The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-01-22
GEN. BEAT'FY'S ADDRESS!
At the Annual Reunion of the Sons Of
Protection, Columbus, Ohio.
A NEW VIEW OF THE TEMPERANCE
QUESTIoN-HOW "GoD HELPS
: THOSE WHO HELP
THEMSELVES.

The General said it would be we'll
for every young man to paste this
proverb in his hat and think about it
every evening when he goes to bed,
and act upon it every morning when
he rises. God is just, merciful and
wise, and yet he never comes to the
idle man and insists upon feeding or
clothing him. The man who prays
with his hands in his pockets simply
calls Gods attention to his own lazi-
ness, and if he gets any answer at all
to his petition, it comes in
the form Of an empty stomach and
frost-bitten feet. Men were not Gre
ated to suffer, but may if they will
If they prefer idleness to industry
they must be content with the re-
wards of idleness, which are cold and
hunger, and destitution and wretched-
ness. Gods way Of helping men is
the best way; forif they help them.
selves they at once become independ-
ent and self-supporting, contributors
to the wealth and happiness Of the
community, but if they once become
accustomed to looking to others fol
assistance, they are likely to continue
a burden to themselves and to society
1t is well to give, but it is better te
give not at all than to give indiscrim.
inately. A gift is generally curse
to the able-bodied, for he cannot ac.
cept it without loss Of self-respect
and a feeling that he is to some ex.
tent a mendicant. When an able.
bodied man Of ordinary good sense
comes to the conclusion that he CAM
make his own living and hence if he
lives must become a burden upon hil
neighbors, the very best thing for him
to do is to go down to the river bank
fill his empty pockets with bowlders
and jump into the Scioto. He will
then get rid Of hard work, and cease to
be an annoyance to his neighbors. Il
called upon to suggest what mer
should not do in order to succeed in
this country, I should say: Don't
look for public Offices; don't look fol
soft places; don't look for personal
favors; don't wait for something good
to turn up; don't go in debt for the
money needed for the necessaries OF
daily life; don't contract expensive
habits.
y
I have friend up in the country
by the name of George Thompson.
He was born in Virginia. When
about eighteen years Of age, George
concluded that he would make little
investment in live stock, and so he
bought himself for $1,000. 1t was a
pretty big price to pay for one two
legged animal, but George had some
knowledge of the critter, and consid-
cradle confidence in him, and so, as
have said, he made the purchase, and
set to work to earn the money to pay
for him. In Eve years he had, by
steady working and close living, paid
81 900 on the animal, when the man
Of whom he made the purchase broke
up, and the Sheriff levied on all his
lands and chattels, and among other
things on the very two-legged beast
that my friend George had bought
and almost paid for. Thereupon
George, like a sensible fellow, got an
grv and concluded to take the animal
and run away, and this he did. He
first went to the State of New York
and worked as a wood-chopper. Then
he came to Columbiana County, Ohio,
and worked among the Quakers. Then
after a time he came to Morrow Co.
and bought farm. There he is to-
night, on his own well-tilled farm;
under his own comfortable roof, braid
ng whip-lashes. Nights and rainy
lays he devotes to whip-lashes, and
pleasant days to farm work. George
S maker and a saver. He is rich
If he had the wealth of Jay
Gould he would not be any more COM
and happy than he is.
Now, is there an able-bodied young
nan before me tonight who has so
poor an opinion of himself as to ad-
nit that he can't do as much as
George Thompson did? If so, let him
10 half as much, and he will do very
WE'LL George is not only well off, but
lis family is somewhat proud, and
about things While | was
n the army Mrs. Thompson called on
ny wife with a fine young boy in her
lrms, and in the course Of the CONVEX
ation said, my ole man fit nifty hard
o have the name Of this boy John
Beatty. but tole him it wasn't big
,Dough name for sich a fine boy, an
% we called him Solomon P. Chase"
Now this was all right so far as Mrs.
Thompson was concerned, but what |
of is this. my wife told Mrs
Thompson that she had done exactly |
he right thing; that John was too