Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-10
Recognition Due to Labor.

The following eloquent essay upon labor is
taken from q commercial papor Of San Fran
cisco. Tho article is full of truth and sound
sense:
.LaboE j. q great factor 10 Tho problem Of
sooiul economies. 1t is tho producer. 1t 10
tho vital energy that oroatos society. 1t is
tho supporter of tho community. 1t is tho
strength Of the people. 1t is tho power, tho
forco that sustains tho nation. 1t is ovor
active, it never ceases. There is not solta-
ry instant of timc in which labor is not NOV
ing It's in society that which haa 80 long
bcen sought for in tho mechanical world
perpetual motion. Through tho bright hours
Of day. the dim twilight Of evo, the darkness
of night, and tho cold grey Of tho early dawn
tho rythm Of its coasecss pom ncser falls
in it's truest Of all barmonies. 1t is tho song
Of indepcnocncc tho hymn OF creative abil-
ity; psalm of vigor, hymnic tribute Of
puro nobility.
Labor builds; our villages, towns and
cities are evidences Of it's handiwork. 1t
constructs; our railroads, canals, telographs,
steamships and all methods Of conveyancos
arc proofs of it's ability. II invcnts, oil the
vast array Of machinery that is crowded into
our factories; tho engines that give motion to
it; overy article of comfort or utility, and
thousands of materials for amusement arc
testimonials of its originality in design. It
cultiyates our fields, it spreads tho sails Of our
| commerce, it guides the speeding car, and,
most powerful of all, gives to tho printing
press it's disseminating univcrsality.
Labor benefits mankind. 1t gives physical
strength to the worker; it develops tho unato.
mical symmetry Of The human race. 1t OK
tends tho intellectual faculties and gives in
creased energy to tho brain. IL promotes tho
moral qualities and giyos to the mind its
loftier continents. 1t is benevolent, generous
and charitable; it supplies the wants Of the
needy, gives abundantly aud freely to all and
bestows upon tho suffering tho means Of
amelioraton Of their troubles.
1t is tho companion Of tho poor and the
friend of tho rich. 1t brings oheerfnlnoss to
tho hovel and plontitude to the palaco. 1t
never dcgrades, it always elcvatos. 1t gives
employment to oil, and deprives mono Of occu.
patton, for tits misnomer to tern, any inyen.
ton labor saving machine; it should be
termed, instead, q labor-gonorAting machine.
The sewing machine has given work to thou
sands Of operatives that elso were idlo withs
out it, the cotton gin has. caused countless
acres to whiten in the autumn breeze that
would now bo barren plains had not labor
constructed it.
In every ramihcation Of society, in overy
department Of life. labor hos been and ever
will continue to be, a self evident blessing to
the human race.
Possessing so many virtues, and containing
no evils, the recognition duo to labor should
be pre- eminent over oil other considerations.
It should receive tho wormest gratitude for
the blessings it beetows, and tho highest
need Of praise should ever be given to ita I,
should be regarded with honor aud attended
by renown. NIJH a4.4l at6 u;a,g
Whom labor attains its trucst deserts, then
the highest stage Of civilization will have
boen attained. Man willno longerbe grow
eler, but ho will have risen to a condition
| bat a littlelowor than tho angels.
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