Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-30
VOL. 2. NO. 1877.
SIisabetb paiIp aonitor,
PUBLISHED AT 155 BROAD STREET, BY
J. MADISON DRAKE.
INDUSTRY.

ly or physically. III anything uselul W
themselves or others /; who fold their
idle hands in laziness, in the morning,
wishing it were evening who yawn
throughout a sleepless night, wishing
for return of day, and whose only
ambition is that they may be deemed
by their acquaintances as being above
work.
If such persons knew anything of the
actual joys of life of industry, they
would speedily abandon their present
course, and would hasten to become
employed in some good work. Ii they
could, for even one month, be translat-
ed to some position where, to obtain
the necessaries of life, they would be
compelled to labor till their brows
were moistened with perspiration-
causing their rest at night t. be such
in reality and not a mockery-they
would never again be guilty of enter
tanning one unkind feeling toward, or
of uttering word derogatory OF, those
who compose the great society-the
sons and daughters of industry.
It is an evidence Of the lack of poss-
essing q we'll balanced mind when a
person can be SO Anticipated as to
speak against honest industry Instead
of holding labor in contempt, every
right-thinking person frowns, with
honest indignation, upon the lazy, the
idle, the do-nothiug drones, whose
lives are of about as little value to them
selves as to others.
That an individual has inherited
wealth, and is not, therefore, required
to put forth daily efforts in quest of
daily food, is no proper excuse for
such an one folding their precious
hands in their lap and yawning ont an
Indifferent, half sleepy negative when
called upon to do something to ameli-
crate the condition of the race-when
such good work requires OF them any
personal exertion. If, on the other
hand, the children of affiuence were to
enter heartily into every enterprise
calculated to relieve the distressed and
elevate the lowly, they would derive SO
much 'benefit and comfort therefrom
that they would never thereafter be
cursed with that terrible affection to
which all idlers are ubiected-ennui.
The truism, that "by industry we
thrive" applies not only to success IN
accommodating money, wealth, but to IN
crease riches of the mind and vigor OF
body as we'll. All of culture which any
person has ever acquired was the result
of earnest effort. Every fortune which
has heretofore been amassed was or
that hereafter shall be accumulated. will
be the effect of constant, untlring in
dustry on the part of some one having
that single object in views. No man
ever achieved renown as statesman.
scholar, artist, orator, or III any other
position in life, who was too lazy to ex-
ert himself to accomplish some one
great object
Nearly all the great criminals, whose
lives are burthen to themselves and
curse to their relatives. and, perhaps,
all the violaters of law and good morals
on q smaller scale, who are pest to
the community in which they live, have
been led into vice through idleness and
a hatred toward honest labor. Such is
the testimony of those who visit the
prisons those good Samaritans who
spend their time in relieving the dis
tress of others who devote their lives
to labors of love and mercy who seek
to reclaim the unfortunate inmates Of
prisons from the depths Of depravity
into which their idle habits, and vicious
propensities have dragged them.
With this fearful lesson i'll view, it
will be seen that there is an awful re-
sponsibility resting upon every person
in the matter of industry. There may
not be any danger that you. who read
this article. may fall into bad practices
such as would lead to your incarcer-
alton in prison but your example
may lead others to commit acts of crime
in their mad desire to come up to your
position of extravaganza. folly and idle
ness, which will result in their impris-
onment.
Every living human being has more
or less influence in the circle of society
in which they move, and upon all with
whom they come in contact. The re-
suits of their influence will last long af-
ter they have passed away from this
sphere of action. If they have been
actively engaged in elevating the race,
all will rise up and call them blessed.
If they have lived life Of industry,
and have taught others the value there
of, their names will go down to pos
terity crowned with honors; but if they
have INDUCED in habits of idlenes@ dis-
sipation, and wickedness, who Will, or