The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-31
PAIN TALK..-LABOR.

Z mand' that man shall earn his bread in the
sweat of his brow. No position, no inheri-
lance, no confirmed or assumed right, can
exempt any man, any class, or any people
from this great, necessary and just command.
The man, the class or the people that indul-s
ges the hope ofexisting long without pro-
per exercise of mind and body, or, in other
words, that expects to live and do nothing,
will certainly come to evil. Such thoughts
beget Incidence, pride and crime THESE
bring suffering, aff1iction, disgrace and
death.
But is is right that all persons OF mature
and legal age, and not under lawful restraint
should have some choice as to the kind OF
labor they pursue and as to the mode and
manner of following it. The more varied
and diversified labor can be made, the bet
ter for all classes of society. Diversified indus
try gives employment to greater number OF
classes of people, 1t prevents any one pur-
suit from being overdone, or crowded. Dl-
versitied or skilled labor creates new wants In
community, stimulates enterprise, devel-
opes the resources of a country, and advances
it in the scale of civilization.
The South was essentially slow, sluggish
and stupid in her system of slave labor. lie
masses of our people comprehended thor
oughly no science, no art, no pursuit, no
kind of labor-not even agriculture-our
crops of cotton, tobacco, and other valuable
staples But in point of fact. we ruined the
soil ; we were cheated out of all nett profits
by other people. We enriched the North
and fed Europe We sold them invaluable
products, and took in, exchange bad goods
and paid commissions and transportation
both ways The people that don't under
stand something of labor and industry, must
expect to be cheated 1t is very wrong in
the yankees to make wooden nutmegs. But
they would cease to make them, if they did
not find fools to buy them. The South is
swindled by all the world, simply because
she knows little or nothing OF the great in
dustries of the world. With the loss OF our
slave property, and without diversified in
dustries our people are poor, and know not
what to do But we are rich in the boun-
ties of nature, and full of inherent strength
as people What we lack is. to systemize
our labor, and diversity our pursuits. To do
this is the difficulty. We can throw out
few general hints.
Our first proposition is this Under the
system of Free labor sluggards cannot live.
Under this..System skill, fidelity and enterprise
soon prove their worth. The man or wo-
man who is known to be apt and faithful
can command double wages. Those who
are slow, dull and unreliable are not wanted
at ALL They can't even be fed for their slip
shod labor Each week, month and year
will bring these facts painfully home to
every Ounce, sluggard and scoundrel in the
land That this class of laborers has been
tolerated thus long, since the day of free la
Dor here, is only because people could not
help themselves. But the mass OF whites,
who employ labor are becoming every day
more accustomed to work themselves; they
are getting to be better judges of work they
are more self reliant, and more independent.
They can't be blamed for all this. They
They have right to work themselves, if
they choose to do so. They do well to en-
ploy none but apt, intelligent and trusty Ia
Dor.
But above all, necessity-the law of free
labor-drives them to it. Judge Kelley told
the blacks q striking truth, when he warned
them to be up and doing-acquiring charac-
ter, improving their minds, saving money
and learning skill. For, said he. 1" if you
don't be up and doing, you will find tide
of active, honest, industrious and intelligent
laborers coming in here from the North and
from Europe, who will drive you out of
this country" Such was the advice of a
Radical Orator from the North-the Land
of Free Labor-and good friend of the
colored race. We warn the laboring whites
of the South of the same danger. Immi-
grafton will come here and that before long.
Char. Republican. ~