Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-24
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cluded all those who follow the various
branches of artisanship, who cultivate
the earth, or are in any way engaged In
producing by the labor Of their hands.
There is, doubtless, as much real indus
try in the labor of many statesmen,
merchants and professional men /; but
there is q certain taugibleness in the
products of the labor of the hands, and
the good produced to society is SO GER
tain and easily ascertainable as to ju'ti-
fy the special application of industrial
labor to this kind Of work. There is q
prevalent feeling amongst the young
which leads them to despise physical
labor of oil sorts and to strive to push
their way into the crowded arena OF
mercantile and political life without a
due regard to the probability Of success
to themselves or usefulness to the
world. Such persons greatly under
value the advantages that they so light
" cast aside. There are certain advan-
tages which are always attached to in
dustrial labor, but which in this coun-
try alone have had their full scope, and
it is prominently in these United
Stats that this class of laborers have
attained their true dignity.
One most obvious advantage OF the
industrial classes is q better developed
and more healthful physical system than
the generality of others enjoy. This
cannot be affirmed of the o~yercrowded,
o~verworked and underpaid masses of
Great Britain (; but with US the high
price of labor insures q better living,
and it should and might bring also an
abundance Of fresh air and healthful
surroundings, while the regular habits
of alternate exertion and rest are the
greatest of all preservatives Of the con-
stitution. Whoever has noticed the
fluctuations of society will have seen
that there is a constant circulation 60
ing on, rs when water is heated at the
bottom it rises to the top, o new stratum
then comes in contact with the heat,
which in its turn rises ; then the
top cooling, descends again to the
bottom, and so on. So men
begin with physical labor-thoy
have strong constitutions, industrious
habits, energetic and resolu,e charac-
tiers. They rise by acquiring property 4;
their children grow up with additional,
advantages in many ways, but without
the same habits Of industry and strength
of character as their fathers, and in a
few generations they begin to decline
again. And thus the circulation pro-
crosses. Mental and moral strength
cannot be permanently retained when
habits of personal industry are forgot
ten. The industrial classes have IN
their regular daily labor the most nec-
cssary ingredients of future prosperity,
namely, that while doing some tangible
good to society, they are receiving an
intangible and in%calculable good to
their own character. Unless vice or
immortality prevent, they will by a nat
ural tendency rise to be the leading men
in society, and to possess mn influence
and weight that others, enfeebled by
luxury and idlencss, will have lost.
And where the influence of sound moral
principles pervades their lives and la
bor5, they will have n strength for reso-
luton and q readiness for every noble
exertion and sacrifice that will produce
the highest type Of character.
The regular habits induced by indus
trial occupation are of the greatest
value in the formation Of q truly worthy
individual. Habits once acquired form
the system of u life, and the regularity
necessary in daily duties will generally
conduce to regularity in the exercise OF
the mental and moral parts Of a mans
nature, all Of which need the same
alterations of labor and repose. The
true dignity Of human labor consists in
its being the production of IN intelli-
gent, active mind. Many results of
nero handwork are better performed by
machinery, but the superiority OF hui
man labor consists in the fact that
through the work of the hands, tho will,
the thought, the mind and the soul of
man is developed.
Few understand the value Of time and
money so we'll as the industrial classes.
He who receives money by Wholesale,
and without regard to the exact amount
of labor performed in return, will not
be likely to feel that every hour he
wastes is so much direct loss, or that
every dollar that no foolishly expends
is so much hard work thrown away.
Every effort of benevolent exertion
is also likely to be worthy and noble,
because more appreciated and felt by
him who knows the true value Of what
is bestowed, as only ho who has earned
it by earnest endeavor q know 1t.
The truth is tho real dignity Of q life OF
industry is greatly u~ndervalued. Too
many arc willing and even anxious to
consume as much as they can obtain Of
the produce of the earth without pro-
ducing a equivalent Of good to society
Such an one violates an essential law
of his own being, and cuts ut the root
Of all national and individual pros
perity.
We need not keep constantly in mind
that all kinds Of industry are equally
noble, and that what constitutes any
superiority, is not what sort of labor we
perform, but with what motive 1t is un-
dertaken. Hc who has formed honest
and industrious habits, and is con-
trolled by noble and benevolent motives,
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