The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-26
Islam,

Notwithstanding the ravagcs of the Great
iire, we have still too many comfortable
street corners in Charleston. There are
places which Il lOungcr cannot pass walls
which attract the back or shoulder of an
idle man as potcntly as. the magnet attracts
steel, counters over which he must loll
sunny curb stones where he must deposit
his weary frame and chatter wltilc he rests
oascs cherished by the Arab of the streets
us fondly us by his dusky brother of the
desert. The tastes Of tho two are congo
| NAL; both love 10 haunt the majestic vicin-
aye OF public huil,lings-to lih:;cr where
they can watch the current of trade passing
by, to encourage the industries and the
pomps OF life by the ragged, jovial contrast,
ana apprcciativc. philosophc patronage Of
their presence. Whether the Arab leans
against Palmyran temple or Il City Hail.
whSthcr he watches The moving caravan of
pilgrims or the drift OF clerks and merchants
along East Bay, whether he lounges around
the Caaba or tho Citadel Square--thc con-
viciion upon his mind is undisturhed. that
the world owes him living, anu that some
how or other the debt has to be paid.
There is only one marked difference be-
tween The kindred races of which we speak
The child of the desert totally abstains from
splrituous liquors-cvcn from wine The
Bedouin of the streets totally-doesnt; on
the contrary, he goes to Il grog-shop like Il
camel to Il fountain, and takes drauGht suG-
ilcient lor many days; he buzzcs around Il
spSot like bee around solitary lily OF the
valley; lie dcyours strychninc like rat
Our hearts are sad 10 think OF these Arabs
amongst us--thcse squattcrs in the thin
oascs of the South-thesc waits stranded
on me Sloril-swcpt COASTS OF civilization
these 'out-oC-works" in modern society.
Tie Tii6nHc, Il sort Of Koran amon.e ;hcsc
American lslamitcs, clissiics them as fol-
lows: They are, |. Those who know how lo
'io nothing: .. Those who can do something.
hni nothing that any one wants TO pay them
10" doing; j. Those who ara no: willing TO
Il" WHAT 'hey can do, an;l might find TO ,io,
IN; will only work at something lighter.
more scntcal anJ better paid; A. Those who
insist on staying where there is no work for
them, inaiHad of seeking it where it NIGH:
be found, and who grumble like the drunken
potato Tiger, ''If you want your potatoe.
dug. just srtch them OH, amt going 10
run MI over the lot after ,liem.''
We for our part, have much more reason
than the Tribune has to warn the laborer
against the Irrational overcrowding OF cities.
when tie country is full of work, when more
than dollar Il day is paid to laborcrs on
The sugar estates of Louisiana, to the lin-
bcr-cut:crs Of the West and South. to the
di;chcrs and drainers along the railroads.
when men can bc supported OH all Our broad
Plantations. IL is the Radical thundrrcr
anu not we, from whom the admonition TO
lille laborcrs comes: ''IIere and there worl,
stops, ANA men are discharged; as the pre-
'mlum on gold declines, nearly everything
''eise is sold cheaper, and wages share the
'downward tendency but there is still work
'ior those who cln ,lo it and will seek it
alright" Any resort is better than Daupnr-
ism, or a shift!ess and predatory Gpsy lie,
10 which not y fc;S OF our s'fclIow-citizcns. !"
polh IN Town and country III present incline.
From the time when we tried in childisl, trc |
bic IN" songs of the nursery. we hare had I'm
iii crest III ''iic man a!! tattcrcd and torn" III
later yeaF: the tender sympathy was renewed
an! dcapencl iy Dickens immortal porirai;
OF Micawhac. And it cuts US 20 the heart when
we are constrained 10 Soy to the hopeful
characterization. Dear friend, yo-r ..mEic"
has been tc :. ui,; your "Govty acres" are
awamred; !odr hands III Your pockets
VIII not create moIay there, your politics
cannot saNpor. you one mui!iutiin0ms Cor
bin or Sco;i, q pinrijns "aWas. can ;.usorb
nj! The s:;iarics 0: Soa.!l Carolina You must
do what Your soul abiors :you must work,
or starye.