Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-17


trees, and now blushing in the face of some maid
en- fair. In the morning the rising sum- in his shi-
ming course, proclaims the great law of labor, and
at night the moon and all its starry hosts utter
their voice from Heaven on high, intestmony OF the
same great truth. The falling of the leaves, the
flowing of the waters, the blowing Of the winds,
with one accord, all cry in the ears of men--work
work. Still more emphaticany does the animal
kingdom, BY example, teach the same lesson
The spider that comes into our houses and spins
its tiny web upon the wall, is little missionary,
sent to proclaim the gospel of labor to woman. BY
example, itexhorts her to- "seek wool and fax and
to work willingly with her hands" and is con-
slant rebuke to those wives and daughters who
lounge in idleness, spending all their time at the
toilette or in reading yellow-backed novels. Will
the ladies of the South not hearken to the voice OF
the little missionary? The busy bee comes and
takes up its abode by the house-sde, to instruct
man in the divinity of labor As day by day it
toilsome roams in quest of sweets to build and
store its home, it says to man Ego thou and do
. likewise" The birds of the air, the fish Of the
sea, and the beasts of the fields, all cry shame,
shame upon the idler. The wants of man call to
labor. The clamorous appetite, the unsatisfed de-
sire, call nightly upon man to shake off the chains
of indolence and give himself to honest toll. In
obedience to this call the husbandman, with the
light of the morning, goes forth into the field
where, through all the long and weary day, till
shades of evening thicken round he tolls on in
hope Of bread for himself and dear ones. The
mechanic hies to the workshop where, with steady
purpose through all the livelong day, he lifts the
hammer or shoyes the plane. The pae-taced std.
dent binds his troubled thoughts to the search OF
truth. His abors stop not with the setting sun !;
but his lamp lights many Of the stars to bed. The
labors of the mind and of the body are equally
honorable, equally toisome, and equally useful
To depreciate either the one or the other argues
very imperfect knowledge OF mans condlton
Yet it must be confessed that there have been too
many among us, who lightly esteem the humble Ia
borer, and were disposed in scorn to say concern
ing him as the Jews said concerning Christ: s
not this the carpenter son Z Ihe man OF DOCKS
is too apt to look down upon his d-hsted oroth
er as engaged In pursuit OF less dignity ana im-
portance than his own; while, on the other hand,
the son Of manual labor Is apt to look on the book
man as rather drone in the hive who produces
nothing but sits idly about getting big pay tor
resting. Both these conclusions are wrong and
if the student would work more with his hands,
and the laborer more with his brains, they would
soon have better appreciation OF each other, and
the usefulness and happiness OF Doth De greatly IN
creased. TO this course nature points, Tor the
constitution Of man is not made exclusively tor
either mental OF physical labor, He who studies
all will become sickly, while he who works all will
become stupid. Mere physical labor without the
guidance of intellect can accomplish but little,
while, on the other hand, mental power cannot be
made available without physical strength In this
life the body and the mind are married to each
other, and must unite in the accomplishment of
everything good. Physical force is the ball-mind
is the powder The powder without the ball may
make fash, but viii do little execution. The
ball without the powder will not go at all.
In Agriculture the principal manual labor pur-
suit in the South-the error, we think, has been
committed of using too much ball and too little
powder: men have failed to recognize mind as
necessary element in this pursuit As it is, labor
has accom- ,lished much and we have but to look
aronnd us to see its trophies. The wilderness of
the savage and wild beast has been converted into
the home of civilized man. But let the deserters
S.om tbe banner Of labor regain their manly spirit
liom .me I ;n,euoot o.s;.. tbe bons
and ray 70 tneE pcsos es aissls' eae p1le
and muscle IN guiding the pan' ana then "hat mas
been done in the past will be to our future pro-
gres as the ripple upon the stream to the wave Of
e. go o. IT, Goodness of the De;tv ia coon in
thet e % 1sbor the original curse Of sim is made the
channel through which the richest blessings flow
to the race of man.
Unquestionaby, labor has its pains which he
c. sTU bis i feelings as he YEARLY followed the plow,
w5;le a hot summer sun was beating upon his
"1.e ny' su a.no.,ha. I whst w ,vsre tbe fsel;noS
achlng neao, UT renienpei "na' "eio 'Ao t1eA'e'
in his back after stopping all day between the cot
ton rows But labor has its pleasures, too, known
onI, w tbose who have been initiated into the
oah,oI of toll How DELIGHTFUL, when parcbed
scnooi oi 'on. t, no" -.:.L 0'-,' w. l L. ~ '.
with thirst and :, neated WIN WORK SO tnat t1e
blood goes bounding on its course, and the pearly