Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-04-16
THE CITY AND TIE COUNTR !
A TALK WITH YOUNG MEN.
EY HORACE GREELEY.

| presume ii already widely known that
| t.atitually and Systematically discoure @e
the migration IF young men TO cur great
cities. Let me say Why I do 50.
Strictly, however, what d $ TO de-
cline promoting or eacoufagtny the MI
grafton of Young men to cur city |
would leave it as free and open to them
as it ever was to me. came hither, not
quite of age, with toIcrable knowled re
Of my trade (printipg), resolved to make
nv way here, if l could-=if not. to make
my way tron, here, directly. | knew no
one living within two hundred miles |
wrote to ask help or favor Of no one
came in quest of work-tound it pretty
soon-took the worst that was going,
because those who were here before me
had secured the best-and gradually
fought my way to better position
| think It was the 18th of August,
1881. when | landed in this city and it
was iust about ten wears thence that first
felt assured that | could stay in New York
till | chose to leave. unless | should
meantime, be carried out by the under
taker.
There is class Of country-bred per-
sons who eau sometimes. do we'll IL a
great city, almost from the day they en-
ter it This is the class of thoroughly
capable, energetic, temperate, thrifty me-
chauics. who have not yet married Any
one of these may drop into the city, in
March OF April Of any prosperous year,
wien work abounds and everything IS
thriving, and find employment at good wa
ges, of which he may save half if be will
True, bis expeuecs will o7ertake his in
come if he stays here until surrounded by
a swarm of children s; but why sdou7d he
stay here 50 long ? If he develop quail
ties which insure him a leading position
and liberal income, be can we'll afford
to stay if not, let him be off in season
to have his children country born. To
rear sons and daughters in narrow, crow
ded city quarters, on The 5'inted allowance
of a mere journeyman or laborer, is MOTTO
treat them fairly Give them air 10 breathe
bills 10 roam over, and woods TO frequent,
50 that they shall grow up IN health and
yisor The city is hard enough on the
poor man il Is entirely too hard on the
poor man children Rn. fer our common
schools. | would advise them to get away
even though they had to run away.
But there IS an innumcrable multitude
Of boys, Of young lawyers. clerks, Jour
nahsts, etc, who look wiSAfully 10 this
city. or to some other great city. seeking
therein employment. as a stepPinG-stone to
consideration. position, atfiuence. These
| habitu4.ly discourage, to their sore dis
comfort. and even II the cost ot invoking
their Indignation Why answer
|. Because the cities arg largely over
ptopled Their are, a!ways, thousands
here. willing % a. a"ptb.n4.' they say,
which TOO of:en implies that they know
how to dc nothing well Every new eom-
er. f course, lessons the chante-snalI
enough at b,St-tha. these shall gam
here a subsistence. Now. II these could
te driven cut o some purpoSe-it they
were net TOO old 70 ieara a trade-9r II
,hey had ono already-lt | knew wn-r
they c9uld dc to their own aud others al
vantage, or where 70 put taen-l would
cot . stycaurgS'y ob,o-t e tas comm. IN