Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-01-13

you Is alaptfor1sm "HiSh VIC 5pciE'S
IS to DC, fonnl in The catalogue of S1th
things in all living, and perhaps hi
dead laasaaEc nd tloagh wesre
somewhat sceptical as to the implicit
dependence to be put i'll the promise
which it contains no one OF the least
observation can doubt the wisdom of
following the injunction prerequisite
to obtaining the powerful aid desigl
The experience of the past year ~
agricultural matters alone, would with
oat any other proof. .demonstrate in,
salIbly and undeniably the position
We take, that obsying the commands
or following the advice contained in
tke frat part of the proverb we have
quoted, will insure a reasonable re
ward as a necessary and natural sc.
quence in most Instances without any
providential assistance. We might
go on to illustrate and explain our
idea in q hundred different ways and
torlus proving Il to those to whom snch
proof IS convincing by the Creators
own words to Adam, when lie was ex-
PEELED from the garden Of Eden. "By
the sweat Of thy brow Shalt thou eat
thy Bread but the thing is SO plain
and self-evident, q that he who runs
may read.n For example, who was he,
or who was they of The planting coih-
manity who made both ends meet, or
come near meeting at the close of the
past disastrous and to many ,.ruinous
| year, Was it him or they who hired
or N Ide contracts with hands aud lett
them principally to their own devices,
10 do or rot to do, as their disposition
or sense Of obligation prompted them,
and perhaps id them afterwards for
their inetiiciency or worthlessness, for
getting that the eye OF the employer
is as necessary as the arm of the en-
iployee; or was it him or they who put.
ting his or their own shoulder or shonl-
ders to the wheel, either with or with.
out the assistance Of others at last,
l,pnshed tic wagon safely through.
II Zone wheel another one must drive,
l. Affairs, by labor enly thrive."i % iH.ii
4 Without assuming the part of a cen
! SOC or adviser, We may perhaps be ex'
cilsed from cur position idsaying that
4 we believe sincerely that much of the
financial distress and want of conf
dence, which We all feel SO sensibly ex
! listing in the South, arises from thu
supine iedifefeHce and inactivity, Il
use no stronger language, cfa majori
4 tyIof Southern born men, who are ca
il,able {if they were only willing, o
1 manual labor In the absence of a,s,
4 other employment g@ioo I'D ls
j There is not perhaps in the broat
!, extent of country embraced IN tn
\ Southern States a single cry, town
sIyillage or even neighborhood, which
,Itloes not contain more or less o
lealthy vigorous young and middle
aged men, lounging about Coffee Hou
4 SEES and billiard rooms, complaining 0
hard times, ara iepdncins the Iabo
3 OF tile country, (their iaea Of labor be
I ing that which would SUPPORT them il
A luxury and idlehess, without even al
effort OF their owh) Who might If the
would tdrn to the plow and hoe them
selves with stout hearts aud within
\ hands, not only at once materially IN
prove their own condition, but also a
the same time lend powerful assis
lance in improving the general cond
ton and prosperity of the country.
IN adapting themselves to thei
changed situation, Southern men ar
! as a rule far behind Southern woner
for nothing is more common now tina
to see refined la les accustomed befor
! the war to every comfort and Injury
with we'll trained servants IN every d'
apartment of housekeeping or domestl
$ economy, do al their own work sexcel
i washing and ironing), and that too Nc
always from necessity, but log prefe
j. ence to being annoyed by incompeter
e and unwilling help. To be perfect
3 independent in every, way, our Soutl
G ern men must initiate the. example 81
j them by their mothers, wives, sistel
and daughters, aad cork thenssesre
y and then peace and plenty will preva
e In the land.