The weekly Butte record., 1867-04-13

in behoiding the works OF his vast creation In
numbered systems of planetary worlds revolving il
unlimited space. performing their revolutions in
allotted periods, moving in the most perfe1t har
mony and order, present 10 the mind Of nan Wis
dom and intelligence 50 far above his own, that he
Is al constrained in view OF those vast per
ections, to ascrbe supreme intelligence and power
10 their great author and bow before him in praise
and alteration. The creation Of intelligent beings
to inhabt those worlds, the ample provision he has
made for their enjoyment and happiness. and the
endowing them with moral and intellectual facul-
ties powers and natures, which enable them to rise
higher in the scale of beings. even spproximating
towards his own great Projections instinetiveiy
US to recognize and look up to him, not only
as our Creator, bnt kind and benedcent ben
efsetor, friend and father.
The works of Creation are the result of Gods
labor. Let US be admonished that, before man had
being, labor had been dignided and made honora-
bic. And more than this. when sent
forth the progenitor of of beings. labor
made the condition of his happiness the pleas
ure of his existence; for the mandate went forth
with him. and to him, In the sweat of thy brow
shalt thou eat thy bread" He, therefore, who
would fulfill the great law of Nature, thereby pro-
noting his own happiness. must labor. Action
constant and unceasing action, is written in bold
characters upon the whole face of Nature. THE
Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice" The world
moves let the sluggard be up and doing. The
morning dispeis the shades of night, inviting
to labor. Labor, it is stock in trade
The percentage We receive depends upon the man
in which we invest stock. Much of our
happiness depends upon the economy We use in
appropratng that per centage. The man who re-
serves none of his per centage to augment his cap
ta stock, viii be no better off at the end than he
was at the beginning of the year. While he who is
constantly adding to bis capital, and prudenly in
vests it, will increase his revenue and in the
of time will find himself surrounded by comfort
and elegance.
This is thrift, and opens the avenues to wealth.
that is shitiessness, on whose stone we grind our
nose in poverty. Wealth and poverty represent
the two extremes of our stock in trade, within
which may be found every grade and kind of CAPT
tai, from that which consists of millions to that
which may be either plus minus quantity,
whether in cash, in real estate, in personal proper
ty, in fertile brain, in skillful labor or in main
strength and awkwardness. While a few Shylocks
endeavor to control the bulk OF the circulating me
dun, and fatten by speculation, the majority of
mankind are thrown upon their resources of bone
and muscle. 1t is claimed that between capital and
labor there is an antagonism, in which the greedi-
ness and selfsnness of the is continually trying
to o,erreach and deyour the hard-earned substance
OF the other. This may be true in some degree,
but to whatever extent that antagonism may be
;a1 ipn T
discover the means by which capital can control
the labor of the free AID intelligent people of the
United States. Practically, it is matter of choice
If an American citizen is without sufficient home
stead to yield him the comforts of life; yet how
many there are who are content to depend upon
service to others, rather than hew out for them
selves an independent position.
Labor is the poor mans capital, and we have liv
ing examples all around us of what a poor man
may accomplish by labor and economy. No nation
has ever prospered like ours No people enjoy more
of life. None better paid for their labor. The
past has been grand, the future is bright Science,
art, commerce, agriculture, manufactures and me
ehanism present an inviting field for remunerative
labor, and open the avenues to wealth and prosper
ity for even the humbest one of our people. In
this land of freedom, with its surplus of productive
soil and untold mineral wealth, there is not the
possibility of necessary idleness overstock of
labor The hue and cry about Coolie Labor is a
bugbear, and they who think the wages of labor
can be reduced in this free land and enlightened
age below remunerative price, have about as
clear an idea of political economy goose has of
geometry. The agriculturalist can produce ten
acres of grain easily now as he could one forty
years ago. An increased production has been ac-
CELEBRATED by the introduction of labor saving
chnery, and at the same time we have had large
additions of laborers from the surplus population
of foreign lands vet the rate of wages for labor has
gradually increased
The laboring man of America is in the broadest
sense, peer of the realm. His influence among
his compeers is only cireumscribcd by his social
moral and intellectual attanments. Man here If
anywhere. is the arbiter of his own destiny, and if
he prefers TO be street scavenger, an associate of
the vile and debased. lazy. loains hummer, des
pissed of God and Stunned by decent people beg
ging his bread when he ought TO earn it. and swell
ing the food of crime and degradation when the
means are at his command to rise to position of
usefulness and honor, the fault is his own, and he
must abide by the result. On the other hand if be
would rise to honor and usefulness, and surround
himself with competence. let him ALLURE at once
the animal and cothe himself in manhood; let
him comply with those rules of Industry and econ.
omy without which no man can long prosper: let
him observe those rules of sobriety and morality
which will euttle him to honor: let him attain by
reading and study that excellence OF knowledge
and wisdom which confer distinction upon their
their posSessor, and then instead of labor being a
vile drudgery, debating poverty and distress. he
will find il source Of pleasure, the means OF pros
perity. the road distinction and the great thor
oughfare that leads to wealth usefulness and honor.
Let then the laborer be educated; let him be re
fined in morals and manners: let him understand
that the American aborer occupies the proud posi-
ton of peer among his countrymen, position
more to be admired than that of king on his
throne and the laws of nature and of trade will reg
ulate the price of labor to meet the wants and ne
cesstles and satisfy the honorable and reasonable
ambition OF the laoorer. OBSERVER.
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