The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-07-03
& PIITADFTPHIA july

| again begaH to experience, as On a for
mer occasion, the o'ermasteriug power Of
mind larger beyond comparison than my
own but felt it my duty to resist the
influence.
= Yes, you ere misplaced, my friend" |
said" perhaps more decidedly 81 than any
other man I ever knew Dut - not this
Characteristic, IN some measure, Of tue whole
species We are all misplaced and 1t
seems part Of the scheme Of deity, thai We
should work ourselves up u our proper
sphere. ia what other respect does man %
differ from the inferior animals as in those
aspirations which lead bin through all the
progresSi0ns Of Improvement, fron the low
est 20 the highest level Of his nature g'
[" That NAV be philosophy, nv friendr
he replied, but a heart i'll at ease finds
little comfort IN it, You knew nv father
need say he was one Of TIE excellent OF
the earth-a man who held directly from
God Almighty the patent Of his h1u0rs
! saw thar father sink broken hearted into
the grave, the victim Of lcgalized oppression
yes, saw him overb1rne III the long con
test which bis hfgh spirit and bis indOmita-
be love Of the right had melted him 60
maintalu--OyeTborne by a mean, despicaDle
sculndrel, one 1f the creeping things N the
earth. Heaven knows did nv utmost to
assist iu the struggle. I'D my fifteenth year
Mr. Lindsay, when q thin, loose j0inted O0y,
/ did the work q man, ana stratneJ my
uuknit and 0ver-tJned siness as If life and
death depended on the issue, ull off, % the
middle of the night, | have had q ding my
sell from thy bei to avoid instant suG1ca-
uon-an effect ~ exerU0n 20 long and so
premature Nor has the man eXertei him
lfless heartily than the boy--in the rough
est, severest laoOrS Of the field, have never
yet met a competitor BIT my ab0rs have
been al in vain-I have seen tie eyil be-
walled by Soipm0n-the righteous man
falling down before the wicked" I could
only answer with a sigh.
" You are ia the right" he continued,
after a pause and Do more subdued tone
" man Is certainly spnced-the present
scene W things II below the dignity ~ both
bis moral and intellectual nature. Look
round you 1--WE bad reached the summit Of
grassy eminencs wAicd rose over the wood
and commanded pretty extensive view oi
tha surrounding country )-see yoadsr scat
tered cottages, that, n the faint ilht rise
dim and black amia the stubbla deldS-my
heart warns az I look Ou them, tur ! know
how much of boucst worth, and sound
generous feeling shelters under these root
trees. But why so much 81 moral excel
Iguce unteI to mere machinery lor miu-
STEERING tO the ease ana luxury cf a few 0f
perhaps, the least worthy M .ur species
creatures SO spoiled ay pro perIty tuat the
c.sIm Of common nature has 90 force %
move tbem, and who seem ls mis.ra0Ig
misplaced AS lHe myria * waom they 0p-
pr -
It rm designed You lordHuEs slave
By natures ia& d--sue--
w hy was sn Independent Eish
Eer planted 10 my uiLty
Ii nut, rhy 4m subject t3
Ms cruelty 4ut slorn
uruhy nis rnl tlu @il aal a1wHr
L1 make ha i-.iaa Illru t'
" would hardly know what ta say iu
return, nay frsend,' I r,j1iUei, did not
YOU, yourself, furaish me with tle reply
You are cropping 1n In darkness, and Ed mas
ba ulhappness. fgr youf proper sphere
un. it is iu obedience t0 "A great though Uc-
emit law of Jul nature iav. general as it
aHac.s che species, 90 ils course 81 onward
progressi0n--pa i,G.ar. aud infinitely more
irresistible, as "a operates on every frulv
Superior intel. ect There aIe mea born q
wIl.i thl dgsiu.as of uat0rs-HaY. more,
t0 stamp -Ae Impression 20 their thoughts
ana feelings 0n the mLi 0( tie whole evil
zsd world And bY what means 90 we
often i1i them reused % accomplish their
appointed w1rk "A times bounded 3n bv
surr0w ard suffering. anI tlus iu the de-
.iEn of Providence, that there may be less
.. .rrav ana suffering iu Jhe world ever
afl.r-st times reused hv c,uel and mad
lHug oppression, l1at the 0pqressor may
lgr.-l in h.s E4lt, ana a whole country
a;.9r thg blessings 0f freedom. If Wallace
had r1t suffered from tyranny, Scotland
would lot have been .rea.'
Bot h0N apply the remark ~ said my
unDanl0u
X 5gt Burns lrapHed, again grasp
1z hi, hand. " yours, ! am convinced, rs
re vulgar destiny. I0ur gr.efs, your suf-
lgung,, your err-.s even, the expressions
you have seen and felt, the thoughts which
have arisen IN your mind, the feelings and
sentiments of which lt has been the subject
are. 4 am cUnYinG-l, of infinitely more inn
.artauce In their relation t0 your country
Luaa te v0ur-ef- You are, wisely ana ben
evoiautv, placed Gar below your level, that
thousands and ten thor -ands OF your couu-
rrymen may be the be .eT enabled to attain
% theirs Assert Toe dignity 1f manhood
and of genius, ana there wiIl be less ~
wrong ana oppression in TIE world ever
a-ter.'
I spent the rem8 Ter Of the evening IN
the farmhouse at Iossgil and took the
coach next mornin Jr Liverpool.