Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-18

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"THE SOUTH" published In the
city Of New York, has q lengthy ar
ticle, contrasting the difference be-
tween the Northern aud Southern
mode Of working for a living. What
it says about the South may be read
with profit:
In the South, we are glad TO know. hun
drcds OF boys and young men In the coun-
try districts have aroused themselves OF
late years to the necessities of the situa-
tion. An increasing number has gone into
the fields, laying aside traditional pride
and constitutional indifference; and with
honest and faithful toll have these worthy
men vindicatcd their claims to noble
manhood. All honor to these hardy pio-
ncers who thus point out the royal road TO
independence and prosperity.
But enter our Southern towns, The con
trast Is pitiful. Scores Of young men OF
eligible asr and ample physique, to make
their mark In the world of honest toll, are
seen idling and lounging about the streets.
few are found measuring dry goods
across the counter of merchants who when
they sell an average of ten dollars day
mark II down as q notable era In the years
calendar. Content to drivcl away exist
once upon level OF intellectual stagna-
tion and physical topper, they hunt down
every store.keepcr who has Ave hundred
dollars invested in tenpenny nails, shoe
thread, coffee mills and bandana handker-
chiefs to besclge him for the exalted sta
ton of chief clerk In his establishment.
stili lower, they grasp at the ONCE of
drink-inixcr and billiard marker in some
m-sodden village bar-Dom, where Bar
dolphian noses glow with fnll.blown bran
dy blossoms over the maudiin insanity of
a stupid game. You may sec the youth OF
the town with his hat set Jauntily upon
his head, n smouldering cigar stump thrust
between his teeth, his hands stuck half
elbow deep In his trousers, summing HIM
self upon knife-scarrcd goods box, the
admired Bobadil OF n lazy group of idle
compeers Mean while his beggared father
| poor old man, bends his aged back over
| the garden hoe or the bnrnyard shovel, on
holds with sweat -bcdewcd brow and pal
sled hands the plough handles, that should
be grasped by his recrcant son. And just
out OF the town limits lie ten Thousand
acres Of fertile land, all fallow, and run.
ming to waste with second wilderness fol
want OF honest work. The cry Is, "Oh, the
lazy niger" The groaning threnody al
leisure-canltcred Maworms IL, "The coun'
try Is ruined because the Niger won't
work." Out upon your thriftless tribe
You are the real bane and curse of your
| Impoverished country. Your paunche'
| must be lined-your backs must be clothed
You are as hearty ut meal times rs an En-
glish navy, and as lazy afterwards Us ar
anaconda that has swallowed n five-yeai
old balloon. Quit your lounging, and You
BODYBUILDING, and yourvulgar corner an
ecdotcs, and Shiny puddies OF disgusting
expcctoration. Quilt your lazy pretence o
reading the law that you will never under
stand. and the medicine that will turn yo,
out a licensed quack. Oct out Of YOU
siiken stove-pipe beaver that has not beer
paid for, and your ri teen dollar boots tina
make tho iil-paid shoemaker groan with
anguish when he lifts up his eyes and see
YOU a great way OF. Fly to the deserted
fields that impiore your aid. Rebuild tn
shattered fences: renovate the ill.used soil
TN tho willing earth. so shall the barn
be nilcd with plenty, Ms the scriptur'
beautifully hath H.. DO to workshops an'
learn nm honest trade. Let your faces b.
blackened 10y SCOT and your hands he hard
ened nv tools. II will do you good. FOOL
may pirate and asses bray, but al good mel
aud weii-wishers OF their country mus
and will commend your course and Ill,
YOU God speed. boys. seck energetic worl
and your fortunes Will grow. your charac
YOU and your conscience approve you
Wise and honorable career.