Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-05


OF an artisan, and the DAYS ei Vis bot.
hood and early manhood ara aneys in a
mechanics shop. as not this tho go
penter, the Son OF Marygr
The prlmegal curse attached IN iaho,.
has boon obliterated bv .Iasns rl,r,.,
lie has shed a halo afnupd Tho ygn,l.,
shop, and has lighted IND mechnnici.
tools by assuming the trade al M st,i
san. II the profession az n yare,.9i
lurist, a statesman and n nra1.ta T.
adorned by the example Of n Wasbir,,.
ton, fancy, Burke and a Carraii
how much more Il tho csiiing ~
workman ennobled bv the eva5,r,c -
Christ.
cannot conceive any Thought het,,,.
calculated to enss tho volsc ana ~
tighten the burden of ~ ch,.is4,.S
toiler than the reflection tbot ~ Li '''1',
est type of manhood had volnntorii,,3H
voted Himself TO manual lobor W.
Labor is honornhla az, otb,,, ,,,.o,,,,l..
II contributes 10 ibe nr,,s,,c,.i,,- e9 ~,
country, and whatevei. c6p5,,c,s o,
nations welfare. Is most ,vo,ti,,. 80 - .
mendation, II Is not tba nf,ict o Ne o,,'u,.
patton that dirniiies tho man mn IA Il
The man thar fli5ni6.s ,,i' III ~ 'A
'Houor and shame from no condition riso.
Act well your part there an honor lips y
Cinclnnatus lent dignity 10 acricul.
ture by working at the plow. CALHOUN.
by an Infamous life, degraded his crown
and imperial purple.
De rocquevilic could not play a iuster
or more beautiful tribute OF praise 10
the gonius Of our country that when no
wrote in 1885 that every honest occuna.
f..nu la fl.., q.
The honest, industrious man Is honotad
among us, whether he works with his
hands or with his brains. because no Is
an indi spcn.ible factor In the nations
lsDto -ss, He is the bee In the social
~, "hce is the heneiactor Of his race.
'StoFV he is always producing some.
time Or the common veal.
God bless tho noble vorlip, man
Who rear the cities Of the plain.
Who dig the mines and build the ships,
Anu drive the commerce Of tho main.
2 81 o,ess mem ior Their swartny hands
"'o'su w 'ii' s'oiS VI our ''uuS'
As an evidence OF inc esteem IN which
the thrifty son OIL ton Is held among US,
we see from daily observation that the
mum oiest advoeauons OF life are no bar
Whatever 10 the highest preiermont in
''-' 'h'' % It-iNiAN Nft"
ability are allied to patient industry.
Franklin was a printer; President Liu-
coins youthful days were spout In
welding the axe and in handling the
pillow on his fathers farm. President
johnson IN ms Doyhood was apprenilced
to tailor Grant was the son OF u tan
ner, and Garfield once drove a canal
boat. These examples are given not to
excite a morbid and fovcrish ambition
in the heart of the labOrer or artisan,
but TO illustrate the truth that no
stain is affixed to the lowliest pursuits
Of life,
In honoring and upholdiug labor, the
nation is strengthening it, own hands
as well as paying a tribute to worth.
For a cOntented and happy working
class are the best safeguard of the re-
public, while ill-paid and Disconnected
luborers, like the starving and cnslayed
populace Of Rome in the time Of Au-
gustus Caesar, would be a constant
menace and reproach to the country
Labor has its sacred rights rs well as
Its dignity. Paramount among the
rights OF the laboring classes is tlieit
privilege to organize or form themselyea
into societies for their mutual protec-
tion and benefit. II is in accordance
with natural right that those who
have one common interest should unite
together for Its promotion. Our mod
ern labor associations aro the lcgiti-
mate Successors of the ancient guilds OF