The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-08-08

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then. ARE s~e.t, gla.l.leninT. hni with
le~s outward perfection. YET we would
have them near us alwas.
Tm. truly b~aniiiul aud good arr
llsure Who pursue the paths II virtue
Anl justice fnF the mere love NJ thc@c
attrlbutcs. and not beransc II the merit
that attaalaxs 10 such lilr. ar expect.
ing 81 reap favors and rewards there.
from.
MgS plant the grain and timt~r of
crs-,lny lifc With their strong hands.
which uosl made for that purlDsc.
Women iill in the liollows aud cr.vires
and swelling hanks with flowers. ferns,
and delicate shadc trees, which make
tho vigorous wcrk NJ the strong hand
beautiful.
EM8iish Agricultural l.ah"rwrs NJ Nlasr>.
II wc sct aside names, and look Al
thc things m they ARE III themselves.
We shall lind cloeu approximation and
i substantial resemblance hetwaem tLc
condition uf Engllsh agricultural labor
era and That III scrfs Or slaves. In or
ganizcd communities the possession of
property IL nln,o~t essential to tlie txer-
cisc III freedom. and IN vii stages of
civilization the possession VI a home u
quite essential 10 the education ~ hn-
manity. But our land syrtem Inns made
the agricultural lalNrcr almost entirely
prolcrtylcss. and of all people upon
earth from tho most barbnrons ~ tho
most civilized tho m0xt homeless. ~
tn property, hc ro1scsxrs no more of all
that this world u capable of supplying
Ia man than very scanty store nf
poor clothing and very few pieces ot
r,ckcty furniture. Gould slny. pms.
scss less? Az 10 what stands for his
/ home, Ii In n tenement often unit for
human habitation; from which. such IN
| II IN, hc tnny Mt any moment hc ejccted
~ will, even through The exercise ~
| tho mcrcst caprice, Of his employer, and
for the improvement III which---Oftcn
very much needed he Inns not tho
means, or, should hc have the means, in
precludc,l from the motive for using
them bccnnse. under existing circnm-
stances, be- would only be improving
another mans property. II this ran bc
called Il home. IL can only he In tho
s.1nsc ia which the tenement occupied
by Il slave mny bc regarded IN Il homo
| a. him. There In something exclusive
and sacred in tllc idea of I home, bc-
cause without IL the true life of the
family Ii impossible. II there arc snch
things m natural rights, the home IL as
much the right of the family N life IN
of the individual. And how can that
bc home, especially among the poorer
classes, which doea not belong 10 tho
| family. Init To another, who. NJ tho
prompting of his supposed interest, or
" any kind Of impulse on which lc
may choose 10 net, may cxpel the family
from it2 Tho most patent and tllc
most abiding u NIL educating influences
|. tho eycr.prcscnt desire ~ secnre 4
home, and to make II In all respect. ~
good d~clling.placc " possible Tor tho
| family. That mAn should impose
ON himself hard work and hard saving,
III order to spend for this purpose, II M
exhibition of morality aud religion In
their most genuine form. 10 have \
home which IL no home; which cannot
bc regarded with these feelings; which
kills these motives: which cannot tr
employed for these purposes; which 10.
prives I man of this training; which
interlicts tho education nature intended
for him, in to bc III u position which
although II In what English law has
created for millions of BTitons on brit
iHll soil -has upon IN face something of
the badge of slavery. not little of itS
character. and : great deal oi IL cfIccts.
And, again, tho breaking up of these
homes, such - they arc, and the com
pulsory xcclnaion of their remaining
members In the poor-housc, when tho
mans hic-work ON other pooplr'A land
| is done, IN NOT unlike the provision Il
community might mako for those who.
In thci, working days. hAh been the
slaves Of the public. Tho Hacrednca~ 81
the home. and itA absolute necessity for
anything NJ I'll worthy ii the name oi
human lifu. In consistently 10 the Inst
entirely ignored. and tho only Ioint con
sidcrcd II, How shall those who can ~
longer labor hc kept alive Ut 4. little
cost ~ l,oAHible2 Shocking ~ this II
still IL Ii quite unavoidable under onI
land sy.tcm. And no one In to blame
for u hut those who. heing able u
understand how II was brought Al,ont
and how other cOuntrics have been
saved from IL. not only make no effort 4
remove impolitic and even inhnnian ~
strictions, but would, perhaps, Atrsnu
ourly rcxist any efforts which had tina
object. tits precisely this moral alcmcn
In tho question which makes its discus
SION No difficult. To tho minds of SOM,
. | AlAia ~ ,Al.aA invaaals III With N liula LII