Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-23
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The Weekly CORsliluli0Ralisl,
Published sl Augusta, ne0rsia, pab-
lishes a most excellent ahi timely
editorial anlcr the shove heading
Netting is traer than that car
Young men musl he industrious, or
there Is n0 hops I1r lAis generalion
Of Soulhern Peol'le, They mnsl
give az now and IorpVer, the iiea
that they ran avoid labor, az that
labor Is not honorable l-abor Is
honorable ia every other c''anlry,
ard il il an honor lor a man 10 work
ia lhe S0alh,
We cannot fbresa giving some eN'
tracts from the CUnslllulionaiisl
Nc asll our young friends 10 Rad
them carefully ani ,,e goyoTnesl by
them. We would be- glad if all lho
editors OF land would male this
subiert u part aud panNl oi ihrlr
politics, and keep Il as constantly
before our young men ~ they do
their peculiar lonc,s;
The glory thehun0rand prosper
ity Of the South are mot in the
hands OF old polllielausi they are
in lhe keeping Of young men who,
as they prove industrious or lndn'
l0nl, great shall be- their reward ar
terrible their punishment What
the South most urgently requires al
this supreme hour of her destiny,
is a splendid array of hard'worl''
ing, sober, stalwart and cnterpris'
ing youths. She has no need OF
drOncs, and the maI ket for merely
professional individuals Is already
Uycrstockod. Young men who live
in the country should resist the
temptation Of clcrliships in the city,
aud learn that more notable duty
is before thom where they are,
They will be happier, more healthy,
aud more surely on the road TO
wealth by conqucring the globe
than 5y lettering in towns and irit'
tcring their lives away over pro
tmctcd searches for paradise IN
dry goods or heavcm in groceries.
Man must live by mind or muscle
True there is another manner of
killing time, the ignc5lc art OF liy'
ing upon the toll oil others. We
will suppose that few are in this
category, aud all anxious to labor
in some way Tor the common veal.
Granting this, let all who have an
unmistakablc calling for intellectual
pursuits, hcurkcn TO the voice of
God, aud fight their way through
the ranks OF lawyers, doctors, teach
crs, ministers, etc. But for the
many, whose chief reliance is in
their strength Of body, let them
compel the soil to yield its fruits,
the forest its stores. Let them put
their hands to the plow, if agricul'
ture invites them let them enter the
machine shop if mechanics allure ;
let them, with sturdy pride of in
dependence, grapp!c with the duty
80 plainly set for them TO do, and
bless the South with race Of
WORKERS which will be worth all
tho political acrobats that ever were
or over shall be. Many of the best
young men that ever trod the earth
have already commenced this splen,
did task Of rescuing and building
up their States by personal labor.
But many remain to whom the mere
contact Of an implement Of trade or
agriculture is conceived to be Il
shame. Nay, the shame is not in
labor. The shame is rather with
him who eats idle bread in scorn Of
honest toll. Men who distinguish
ed themselves in the army and navy
of the South have not been ashamed
to drive the team a-tcld or perform
services which these dainty boys
imagine menial. The other day, We
read how that noble old hero, Ad-
miral Buchanan, with shattered
limbs, and weighed down with sew
enty years Of strife and suffering
had been working himself almost
to death in order to support his fam
ily." There is not q sovereign or
prince in Europe who is not tanght
some useful trade, and many Il one
who sported with crowns has bless
ed the day he learned some craft
which became his. loyal scrvitol
when the pimps Of power left Him
In the face Of these facts, are we
told that Southern boys are toe
proud to work? The young men
who work now are the lords Of the
future and the rulers of the land
No matter how lowly, industry will
enable them, and their progeny will
own the seats Of domination. In
the same ratio, the idle and timid
will sink lower and lower as The
years progress, and the traditions
of their asistocratic lineage, vii
not save them from decrepitude and
final extinction. The better mar
is born, the more he is called upor
to give proof that he is superior t'
the bones of his ancestors ant
worthy of his gentle blood. There
is no excuse for him if he fails t'
outstrip those who have TO battle
against adverse fate and social os
tracism. He ought to blush if th'
race be won by the tortoise, whli'
he is swift and nimblc asa hare.
BEAUTIFUL ExTRACT-When th'
summer of youth as slowly wasting
away into the night fall Of age, anC
the shadow of the past year grow
deeper and deeper, and life wears e
its close; it is pleasant to look bacl
through the vista of time upon th'
sorrows and felicities of our early
years. If we have home TO shel
ter us and hearts to rejoice with us
and friends, to gather togethe
r around our fircsides, then the rougi
places of our wayfaring will hav'