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Is published in the Borough of ;Allentown,
Lehigh County, Pa., every Wednesday, by
Haines & Diefenderfer,
At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2 00 if not paid until the end of the year.—
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid. • '
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of the Gen= Reformed Church, directly oppo
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otherwise they will not be attended to.
;TOR PRUNTING.
• Having recently added a large assortment of
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are prepared to execute, at short notice, all
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nURING the last Tune years these machines
J- 1 have been fully tested in all kinds of ma
terials that can be sewt:d, and have rendered
generalsatisthet ion. Truly thousands of worth
less Sewing Machines have been brought before
the public, yet Singer's alone has merited and
obtained a good reputation for its perfection
and real worth. To a tailor or seamstress
one of these :Machines will bring a yearly in
come of $750:
The undersigned having pnrchascd of 1. M.
Singer & Co. the sole and exclusive right to use
and vend to others to be used, the above mimed
Machines. in the following localities : The
State of Wisconsin, the northern part of Indi
ana, and Pennsylvania !with the exception of
the counties of Eric. Allegheny,. Philadelphia.
and Northampton) and is now prepared to sell
Machines as above mentioned.
All orders for the Machines will be pimclual
ly attended to. In all cases where a Machine
is ordered, a good practical tailor and operator
will accompany the same. to-instruct the pur.
chaser how to use it. A bill of sale will be for
warded with each Machine. The. price of the
Machine,'with printed or personal instructions
is $125. For further information address
August 1
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extensive scale. They have now in their Yard
a very large and choice stock of Italian and
American Marble which they are manufacturing
into Tombs, Monuments, Head and Foot Stones,
Mantle' Pieces, Table. and Bureau Tops, Win.
(low and Door Silk, Steps, Posts, Ac. Letter
ing of the. best style done in English and Ger
man characters, and all kinds of Ornamental
Work executed in the highest style of art and
in the most substantial manner ; they will be
pleased to furnish engravings and designs to
suit the wishes, of the public. They flatter
themselves in doing as goad work ns is done in
Pennsylvania, ad certainly the best in this
section, and 'to satisfy the public of the truth
of this assertion; they invite them to call at
their yard and examine their stock and style of
work. They furnish all kinds of Sculptures
• nnd.Ornamental Work. such as has never been
made in Allentown. They. also keep on hand
some beautiful sculptures made out of Italian
marble, consisting of very neat and most chaste
designs for Cemetery purposes, with lambs
carved to lay on the top, Flower Vases, Urns,
Doves, and many other figures, to which they
incite the attention of the public.
1. ,- fireat inducements are ofll!red to country
manufacturers to furnish them with. American
and Italian marble of the hest quality, as they
have made such arrangements as to enable
them to furnish it at city prices.
They hope by strict and prompt attention to
business, moderato prices; and furnishing the
best work in town, to merit a liberal share of
patronage.
They also constantly keep on hand a large
stock of brown stone for imilding, purposes, con
sisting of platforms, door sills, steps, spout
atones, &c ; &o,
July 11
New Flour and Feed Store,
HE undersigned, having entered into co
. partnership, under the firm of Bernd &
.Troxell, have opened a new Grain and Flour
Store, in the store of Solomon Weaver, No 147
West Hamilton street, next door to Sleifer's Ho
tel, where they will keep constantly on hand a
supply of all kinds of Flour, Feed, Grain, &c.—
Family Flour delivered at the ho - uaes of all who
order from them.
They will do business entirely upon the
CASH SYSTEM, and can therefore sell a little
cheaper than any dealers who adopt any other
mode.
The highest Cash price paid for grain. We
invite all who wish to purchase flour or sell
grain to give us a call.
JESSE H. BERND,
PETER TROXELL, Jr.
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Oct. 1
A SLY HINT TO MEN AND BOYB.—If you
want to buy a good, cheap pair of pants, coat or
vest, please call at Stopp's Cheap Cash Store.
N. B—And if you want money please pass
down on the other aide and don't look at Stopp's
Cheap Cash Store,
to Drat enntrul 30,r w 5, Slyirtibre, atirtition, Rioralift', Inturitructil, Ritirfat,
VOLUME X.
LeMO County High School,
THE Lehigh County High School will coin
menee the third session on Mondny, Octo
her 23d. 1553.
The course of instruction will embrace the
dinrent branches of a thorough English Educa
tion and Vocal and Instrumental Music, with
the French. German and Latin languages.
Young Ladies and Gentlemen. who may wish
to study the art of (caching and may desire of
becoming Professional Teachers are requested
to inquire into the merits of the High School.
There will be no extra charges made for stu
dents
,who wish to study Astronomy, Philoso
phy, and Mathematics. The Lehigh County
High School can boast of having one of the
hest Telescopes now in , use, and also all the
Philosophical and Mathematical Instruments
which are required to facilitate a student.
The session will last five months. The
charges are ten, twelve, and fourteen dollars per
session, according to the advancement of the
scholar. An additional charge will be made
to such students who may wish to study
French, German:Latin and Music.
Boarding can be obtained at very low rates in
private families in the immediate vicinity of the
school, or with the Principal at from 50 to GO
dollars per session, according to the age. Eve
rything is included, such as tuition. washing,
fuel and lights. The building will be fixed so
as to accommodate one hundred students, and
the Principal will be aided by good. and expe
ri .aced assistants also in Penmanship.
For Circulars and other information. address
JAMES S. SHOEMAKER, Principal.
Emaus, Lehigh County.
C. W. Coorr•.n, Esq., Cashier of the Bank o
Allentown.
THOMAS B. COOPER, M. D., Cooper.. burg.
C. P. DICKENS:HER, M. D., Lower Milford.
MARTIN KEMAIERER, Esq., Salsburg.
ThomAs BURKHALTER, Emmaus.
WILLIAM JACOBS, Lower Macungie.
SAMUEL KMIMERER., Esq., Upper Milford.
Emaus, !Sept. 12.
IL 'RANDALL.
Nor: isl own P
51—f,m
Good Times, Goad Times
are before the doors of the people of Lehigh,
Northampton, lucks and Carbon counties, for
he !road is now completed from New York
and Philadelphia to Allentown. Da Monday
lifst the train of cars ran over the entire road for
the first time, and there were something less
than lOU cars in the train, and I suppose they
have all stopped at .
'Rif STOP'S DEW CilEif ST'bilo
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in Allentown, at No 41, corner at Ilamilton and
Eighth streeis, near lli'grabuell's for I
passed his Store, and by the loolis of the ire.
mentions quantity of goods Stapp aild his elek,i
were unpactiiiiir I am sure that the depot must
be right at his Score, and that the whole train of
cars ino-t have been loaded with Gemis for
S , npp. 'We all stopped :tn.! !tioked with aston
ishment at the piles of Shawls, De Lairs, Silks,
Alerinoe , , Persian Cloth, Cashmere, Alpaca,
Calicoes, &b., from the floor to the ceiling, the
mods till new styles. Then I looknl to the
other side of the Starr, and To, and behold, my
eyes were greeted with perfect mountains of
Goods, consisting of Cloths, Cnssimeres, Sad,
netts, Kentucky Jeans,Flannek; Dluslins,'l able
Diapers, Toweling, Stocking Yarn, and Stock
ings, Gloves, Mittens, Woolen Comforts, 'Car.
pets, Oil Cloths, Glass and Queensware, Looking
Glasses,Knives, Forks,Spoons, &c., &c. Then
one of the clerks showedrne In another room
there he had piles of
e. 1114! 7finCic Clothing,
such as coats, vests, punts anti over coats,
all of their own manufactory.and he showed me
the prices of some of their goods, then I said I
don't wonder that all the people say that Dan
Rice has the brat show and Joseph Stapp the
cheapest Cash Store,
Sent. t —tf
OTHERTOWE HARMS SEE
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For 101111 ( r Men and Doys.
ocAnn at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa.,
14 14 miles below Bethlehem and Allentown.
The course of instruction at this InAtitution is
thorough and practical, and embraces the usual
branches of a liberal English education. The
Winter Term will, commence the 22d of Octo ,
ber, 1855. Charges including Board, Washing,
Tuition, Fuel, Lights, &c., $6O per Session of
22 weeks, one half payable in advance.
For Circulars and particulars address
September 19
IL:MOSSY:Pt &,cols
LIMB 9NO HOE MIMES SEE,
IN'o. 34 East Hamilton Street, nearly opposite
Sacgcr's Hardware Store,
MM
TUHE undersigned respectfully inform their
friends that they have just returned from
Philadelphia and New York with large addi
tions to their already heavy and well selected
stock, and in connection with this they still
carry on business at the Tan Yard - formerly
owned by their father, Jacob Mosser. They
keep a complete assortment of LEATHER of
every description, and Shoe Findings, which
comprises all articles . used by Shoemakers.
such as CALF SKINS, MOROCCOS, UPPER
LEATHER, LININGS, &c. A general assort
ment of Hemlock and Oak Sole Leather, con
stantly kept on hand. Also Harness and all
other Leathers for saddlers.
The highest price constantly paid for Huns
either in store or at the Tannery.
Two of us being, practical Tanners, we feel
confident in warranting every article sold by
us as represented. We therefore hope by fair
dealing and low prices to merit a - liberal share
'Of patronage.
Sept• 19
LtIE 2111 K2IIOTBR
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PSYERENCES
JOHN BALL, Principal.
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W. K. MOSSER.
PETER K. GRIM,
J. K. MOSSER.
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ALLENTOtN, PA., NOVEMBER 14, 1855.
Annual Address
DELIVERED WORE THE LEHIGH CC
AGRICULTFRIL SOCIETY,
Dr R. N. wnianr
It has not bean my custom of late, as many
of you nre doubtless aware; to apologise for
my appearance as a public speaker. The
time for that has for obvious reasons long
since passed away. Nor would I do so now
on my own account, for those who know me
require no assurance at my hands of' my un
willingness to appear as a public teacher when
it can fairly be avoided.
• But it is due to you ladies and gentlemen,
who have a right to expect, anal who were
possibly, by public announcement led to ex
pect better things to-day ;to explain why it
is that I again occupy this position.
It was the desire of the Managers of lids
Association to secure for this occasion the ser
vices of one of the ablest and most distinguish
ed lecturers in the land. Determined to make
each succeeding exhibition better in all re
spects than the last one—to continue in the
" onward, upward" course that has been pur
sued by this Society ever since its commence
ment, they sought to excel in this particular
feature of its exercises also, and strove to fill
this stand to-day with one whose,large expe
rience, thoughtful mind and wiscand ebquent
tongue, would have done honor to the cause.
and have furnished us with an intellectual
feast that would well. repay the time it might
have occupied. In this, however, they and all
of us are sadly disappointed. The invitation
was too late. The gentleman selected for this
duty, had previously accepted another invita
tion covering the present week, and therefore
could not attend. This information having
leached the committee too late to admit of any
other similar arrang ement, it was plain that
unless sonic one at home could be brought to
the rescue ; this portion of our annual exer
cises must be omitted. In this emergency I
was applied to, and being pressed by the com
mittee in a way that would admit of no ex
cuse. I reluctantly consented to attempt that
which I am sure 1 shall never be able to ac
complish, namely, supply the place of Horace
Greeley!
"Silver and gold I have none." " Thoughts
that breathe, and words that burn," are
neither in my brain, nor on my tongue. But
such as they are—crude and ill arranged as I
feel they must be, (having been so suddenly
marshalled into action.) they are heartily at
your service. Would they were more worthy
your attern,ion.
But what shall be our theme to day ? 'What
topics connected with the objects of this Asso
ciatiou can we discuss that have not long since
been exhausted. What thoughts can be
thrown out into this intellectual assembly that
will„be new or interesting to any. This is the
first great question now. To occupy even the
briefest time in stringing together words of
" learned length and thunderinn•" sound," with
out cutlearortng. at least to develope some
good or useful thought, is a fully which I never
will attempt if I can possibly avoid it, and
which I feel very sure you. will never counte
nance nr encourage.
Shall I speak to you of practical agriculture,
and spend my time and yours in' attempting
to enlighten and instruct this concourse of'
practical farmers, learned as I know they are,
in all the mysteries of their noble avocation,
and successful too, as these annual exhibitions
show them to have been ? I might do so, but
it would lie a vain and and fruitless task ; one
that I will not attempt at present. I might...
talk long, and learnedly enough of' " Agricul
tural Chemistry,"—of the " Scientific applica
tion of Manure,"—of the Chemical analysis
of Soils,"—the "Preservation of Amoniacal
Gases,"—of ditching and training, '
" soil
ing" and " sub-soiling,"—of stock and its im
provement.—of fruits and their cultivation,—
of farms ant their proper or , improper man
agement; r the books are full of this.
might cn r into the extensive field of the me
chanic ts, and expatiate at length in the bor
rowed erminology of that ; about which I ant
a practical " Know Nothing of the third de
gree." I might do all this with case, and
your politeness—your 'courtesy—your kind
ness of heart, might induce you to listen to it
all with a patient car ; but in every thought
ful mind around me reflections like' these
would be very apt to rise,—" Our speaker is
out of his practical range to-day—he is talking
by rote—he is not giving us the results of his
own experience—the suggestions of his own
wisdom, but is using as his own the second
hand ideas of " wiser and better men,"--
while sonic more blunt might think, and even
say that if it be good policy for "shoemakers
to stick to'the last,' it were equally good for a
/wryer to stick, to his law," and the advice
would be most properly given, and I think
would bo duly appreciated. For though a
member of this Association, one of the earliest,
if not the most devoted or most useful, it
has been'my fate to spend my life thus far in
.pursuiis that arc not at all connected with it,
—to be a consumer instead of a producerto
eat what others sow and reap—to labor it is
true, and labor hard, but in an entirely differ
ent field—where mind instead of muscle does
the work, where the hay that we make re
quires no sunshine—where the seed timcrruns
on through winter and summer, and our harv
ests though small, return to 1:5 by. Act ofAs
sembly four times a year. I may therefore
well decline entering in the disylssion of such
topics here.
But there are other them not inappropri
ate to the occasionthat e indeed suggested
by the scenes around i , themes which are
more general in their n ure, which if properly
discussed might inter t and instruct us, and
about which, one ev in my humble and•se
eluded walk of life might without presnmp t
i on pt, b t e r
truth their oesedtii know some little.
game is legion, and the real
difficulty is not in the dearth of subjects but in
the choosing fr,6m among so many these that
are Most interesting.
Perhaps the first and most striking thought
in the minds of those who think; will be in re-
Terence to the all absorbing and interesting na
ture of that branch of human industry which
it is the mission of
,the Association to encour
age., Few it seems to •me can fail to be im
pressed by it. There was a time when it was
not so evident at least with this community.
When nothing less than the sanguinary per
formances of a military battalion training and
the intellectual amusement of thd time honor
ed "straight four'' with which these annual
festivals were usually closed, could draw from
their quiet homes the peaceful people of our
county, or produce such an exhibition of the
" bone and stnew"—the "roses and the fillies
of Lehigh." But now how changed ! Look
around this crowded field. Behold the busy
and admiring concourse of spectators. What
,an interest !—what an air of satisfaction is on
every face ! No matter how learned, or how
ignorant.—how old or how young. all seem
alike delighted with the scene. The old are
happy and the young- are gay." The almost
brainless fop whose chief use in life seems to
be that of a perambulating advertisement for
his tailor—and the silly miss whose head is a
mere " locomotive milliner shop," mingle in
the crowd to.day with the man of large and
noble thoughts and the grave sedate and pru
dent matron, and though unlike in every other
thing, find the like pleasure in these scenes.__
To what is all this to be attributed ? Could
anything else produce such results, or excite
an interest so general? Would any other
branch of human industry attract such crowds
as this ?
Advertise if you please an assembly of what
I are called the " learned pro fessio»s." Let
there be a grand fair day for theology. or tiled
; icine, or law. Let it be announced that in an
. enclosure like this, at a time like the present.
and with all the appliances that are gathered
hero to at; ract or amuse : the reverend clergy
of the County for example will assemble to ex
hibit the result of their labors—the specimens
of their productions, or that physicians of the
County will hold an annual festival to exhibit
their choicest pills and potions—their most
scientific salves and ointment—their grandest
surgical operations —their most successful
clinical performances,—m• that the lawyers
of the County will meet to exhibit their inge
nuity—their skill in proving that white is
black, and black white, and in demonstrating
that the " wrong is the better reason"—to
show off the ca s es that have managed—the
causes they have won With choice samples of
" declarations" and " pleas" of " rebutters,"
" sur-rebutters" and demurrers. And who
of all this crowd •would leave his home to
witness either of these things, or all of them
combined ? Where Would be the multitudes
that arc clamoring at these gates for admis
sion or roaming through this enclosure with
such apparent delight ! At home beyond a
doubt, wondering at the folly of those who
expected them to feel the slightest interest in
such things, important and useful as ihey
doubtless are in themselves.
Try the same experiment with any other
branch of human industry. Take for exam
ple the mechanic arts. Announce an exhibi
tion of the most ingenious specimens that the
County can produce and the result would be
very nearly-• the same. The question then is,
why is all this ? Why is this particular
anch of human industry so all absorbing
ts nature—so interesting in its results. The
answer is most obvious.
1. It was the Arst of occupations in point of
time, and will most assuredly be the last. It
is the alpha and omega of labour.
2. It is the basis of all other labours, and
without which every thing else would sink into
destruction.
3. It is the healthiest of all human occupa
tions. .
4. And it is in itself the purest that man
can follow. Let us pursue these thoughts a
moment.
I. It is the first in point of time. When on
this infant earth, just born in sinless beauty
from old mother chaos, the parents of the hu
man race first walked abroad, this was their
first employment. Adam was no professional
gentleman. He did not practice law—or
medicine, nor teach theology,—nor was he a
mechanic either. He was not placed in a
furnace, or a foundry, or a workshop. He
never humbugged a jury, or abused a witness,
—he never amputated a leg or cured a fever,
or preached a sermon, or struck an anvil in
his life. Nor was he a merchant either,nor did
ho ever trip behind a counter, bending his noble
head over a box of hooks and eyes or a paper
of white chapel sharps, or poured out elo
quent harrangues in the praise of silk mantil
las and Iloniton laces—or strained his stal
wart muscles in measuring tapes and ribbons,
or in diving into a barrel Mier snit mackerel.
Noy was Eve ono of your weak bodied, or
strong-minded women—she never " lectured"
in her life, not even to her husband,—she never
went through the medical schools or walked
the hospitals, or worked in a cotton factory.—'
She Was no milliner or mantua maker nor ever
tried her hand even at plain sowing until after
she fell from, her high estate, about which time
she commenced making aprons for the family.
Nothing of all this was assigned as their duty.
But in a garden, fitted with friiits and flowers
they followed the highest occupation that sin
less humanity was capable of—the cultiva
tion of the earth,
To " keep the garden and to dress it" was
their early easy task,—and though salter tho
fall man's labours were increased and were
less successful than before, it was long, long
before they sought another channel. And—as
it was the first, so also will it be the last, em
ployment of our race. When it ceases, man
kind must also cease. But while the world
exists U. will exist, for ho whose word is truth
itself has said that " while the earth remain
eth summer and winter, seed time and haivest
shall never cease." •
11. But it is beside
things else on earth. I
"'Dust we are" ie a, tt
From earth all living
God given soul—the In
burns, within us—this
man alone, is not of eal
it by his God for wisaf
is the basis of all
t versal truth.—
geed. The
park that
spiritual
ced upon
urposes,
his whole existence here depends on this. His
food—his raiment, all are supplied by it.--
The intellect that roams the illimitable fields
of science—the busy brain that conjures up
and developes all the mighty thoughts that
wield and regulate the world of mind and mat
ter, as well as the muscle by which all the
useful and ornamental arts of life are wrought
and perfected, all, all, go back to this as their
sole support, and all will fail the day it ceases.
No wonder then that here as.everywhere.
that now, as ever since the world began. amid
all revolutions, in all governments, under all
dynasties, this art,this occupation has had the
power to gather round it the warmest feelings
of the human heart.
No wonder that this, the favorite pursuit
in times when halcyon peace sits brooding o'er
the land. should also bind the warrior in its
silken chain and win him from his fields of
bloodiest, proudest triumph.
But it is again the healthiest of all em
ployment also. That it has hardship none can
doubt—that sinew and muscle must crack
and strain in its service none will deny. But
the aching head that mars the student's life—
the narrow consumptive chest—the hectic
fever— the pale and bloodless face—the turbid
circulation—the asthmatic lungs, and the thou
sand similar things that follow through life the
other labours on earth—pent up and shut
in from the pure fresh air and the bright clear
sun of heaven as they are : these are all strang
ers in the famer's home. The sun may pour its
fiercest rays upon his head—he needs it not
for while it tans his cheek it ripens his her-
Vests and makes them both look all the better
for it. Tho winds may whigtle round him as
they will, they do no harm to him, but they
purify the air he breathes, and freshen up
the blood that fills his veins—his labour
strengthens, and his rest refreshes him ; while
the vast variety of his pursuits prevents that
endless sameness that curses almost every
other occupation.
1. Besides this, it is beyond all doubt
the purest of all employments. I mean in
a moral point of view of course, for phys
ically it is dirty enough, as any one knows.
There can be no deception in the cultiva-
I ion of the earth, whatever there may be
ini disposing of its products. The learned
professor may deceive, and the merchant
and mechanic cheat—the clergyman may
be a hypocrite, and preach Tor years that
which he does not believe—the quack may
kill all that he attempts to cure, and con
ceal his faults most effectually in the place
whr•re we are l.uld , c there are no repen
tances"—the lawyer• may oppress the poor,
plunder the ignorant and stain his hands
with base bribes, until his profession fairly
"stinks in the nostrils of the people," the
mechanic may employ materials that are
imperfect, temporarily concealing their de
fects, or may use for his own purpoSe that
which others have placed in his hands.—
But the tiller of the soil has no such tricks
of the trade. He stops no crevices with
puttycovers no defects with paint. His
operations are all fair. He covers up no
thing but . the seed in his field, which is
sure to come out again in its true character•.
He can plough' and sow and reap and
thrash, without trenching on the ten com
mandments. Whatever improprieties may
accompany other occupations. in life, we
may rest assured that the moral law was
never violated in the raising of potatoes,
nor was any one ever swindled by horti
cultural cabbage.
Accordingly, in all ages of the world,
the best and purest of mankind have been
fbund among the husbandman. Away from
the busy turmoil of life ; from the jarring,
clashing discords of the world, heedless of
the heroes' victories or the statesman's tri-
umphs, •
Along the cool sequestered vile of life,
They keep the noiseless tenor of their war.
Hence obviously the interest with which
this occupation is invested. But there is
another side to the picture, which it may
be useful to look at.
While all this is undeniably true : while
the science of 'agriculture is the first of all
in point of importance, we must also re
member that it is by no means independent
of the other arts of life.
"Cod never made an independent man."
Man never framed or followed an indepen
dent occupation. While supporting all,
this occupation is in its turn supported by
all. Nor is there a single branch . of indus-
ry, or even of idleness that does not tend
o its support.
But for the various mechanic arts, what
would agriculture be ? But for his ploughs
and his harrows and his drills—his mowing,
his reaping and his threshing machiPes,
what would the farmer be to-day? An
abject toiling slave, scratching up the earth
with a crooked stick, harrowing in his
grain with a bunch of brambles, threshing
out his wheat with a beetle and winnow- .
Ing it against the north wind, as they still
do in some parts of the world that arepure
ly agricultural.
But for commerce and its merchantmen,
where would his profits be? where the
world-wide market that is now open for
his products?
But for the professional part of the com
munity—the non-producers, as they are
sometimes sneeringly called, who would
purchase and consume the surplus that the
farmer raises? What motive would he
have to grow a single bushel more than he
could consume at home ? And where theli
would be the glorious results to him and to
the world that we see around us—where•
the wealth, the real independence which ,
he now enjoys and which marks him - aithe.
favorite one among all who labor?
It would not exist, and instead of being.
as he now is, one of the happiest .roes on.
earth ; he would be of all mankind most
miserable.
From this we learn, (and the lesson it
one that can hardly be too often repeated,)
that our teal happiness rests, not in our
independence but in cur dependence upon
one anOther • that the interests of the whole •
human family are identical; and that they
must rise or fall together, Than this, 1
know no truth of greater moment. This.
it is that justifies the vast variety that
Heaven has thrown around us. There are _
those who would fain deny this truth; but'
there are none who can fairly controvert
the fact, that all the harmonies of nature •
are the result of endless combinations of
myriads of dependent entities. The proof
is all around us. Look where you
examine any and all of the kingdornrof na
ture. See in the mineral world the inex
haustible variety of earth, and soil, of clay.
and minerals, that combine together to com
pose this foot stool of the Lord. Behold
the animal kingdom, how rich in variety
and how dependant on each other for exis
tence and for enjoyment. Look at the veg
etable kingdom : who can number its gen
era and species ? No tree, no leaf no flow
er, no spear of grass that has its counter
part, and yet how beautiful its combinations
are, and how the one adorns the other.—
Look into the firmament above us. No
two stars are there alike in glory,' no two•
planets move the same course—yet see the
grand harmony of their movements. Hark!:
to the music of the spheres: •
Think ye not this was all designed ?
Who then cannot see the lesson which it
teaches? As with the material universe,
so is it with the mind of man. Both are as
the Lord has made them—organized and
controlled by laws that are wise as Him
self, universal as Hit.presence, and potent
as His power. He who assails the wisdom
of these laws, assails the Deity himself, and
would if had power; produce • a state of
things that would make existence a curse.
and earth a very hell.
There is no created thing than can say
to his fellow creature, « I have no need of
thee," but each one forming 'a link in the
mighty chain of being, supports the one,
below it, and is supported in its turn.
Away then with the impious thought
than any man or class of men can live in
independence of their fellow creatures, no
matter how obscure or hnmble. Away
too, with the idle thought that men should
be alikebe trained to the same employ
ment, perform the same duties„-or live the
same lives. While men are men ; while.
they 'remain as God has made them, with
tastes and powers and hearts and intel
lects as various as their feces, there is no.
Procrustean bed to- which they can be.'
stretched or fitted..
Away too with the silty thought that
any man or class of men is better than an
other, because of his tastes,. his talent or
his occupation. The little star that twin
kles faintly on the very verge of the tuna ,
verse, is as useful •as the sun. The modest
violet, blooming alone, half hidden by the
mossy rock, sprung from the same hand
that reared the lofty oak, and fills its des
tined place as well.
The man who tills the soil, and does it
well, performs his duty ; but is no better
or more.useful than he who labors in the
workshop, or than he who, by means of
commerce, spreads and enhances the labor
of both. Nor nre they all or either better
or more useful than the man whose hands
are unstained •by tabor, but whose mental
powers are bent with proper force on that
to which his tastes impel him. The minim
ister of God who " points to brighter
worlds and leads the way"—the physician
who boldly grapples with man's mortal foe,
and stands undaunted in the harvest field
of death—the teacher who, with patient
toil, trains up the youthful mind, and lures
his feet from ignorance and error to wk..
dom's pleasant peaceful paths—the lawyer
who devotes his life to the protection of the
right and the redress pf wrong, and by con
trolling those with whom might is right,
secures to all within his sphere equal and
exact justice—the statesman whose hand is
on the helm of State, steering it clear of
shoal and quick sand, who calms the waves.
of faction and misrule; and scatters the .
.blessings of government like heaven, equal
ly on all ;. these, all these, are just as use
ful in their sphere as the hardest laborer
that ever handled tools, since Adam's fall.
Even the poet, useless though he seem in<
this, our dollar loving, bank stock buying
age, has too his proper sphere, and if a true
one fills his place in the grand concert of
life and action that is going on around 'us;
just as well as the most practical, man on
earth : for all together`constitutes the hazis
mony which God designed in.their creations •
and by which all that makes life lovely is
secured. From this it follows, that our
interests are the same. Dependent as we
•
all.are on each other, if we strike, at ode
another our flesh will feel the blow. Nd
matter where we live, no matter how we
live, no matter how high we soar, or how
low we grovel, a chain of fellowship cone
nects us all, along whose links a blow
struck, whenever and wherever it may be e .
will reach the rest.
NUMBER 7
Away then with the narrow-minded adz
fish policy that, by exciting local interest
alone, fosters and excites sectional opposia
t ion and sectional jealousy: There are men
whom some term wise, who would have us
believe in policy like this; men wilco'
would array section against section, state'
against state, county against county, town
against town, and country against city, an&
persuade (if they cab) the denizens of one,
that they. can rise only on the ruins or mis•
fortunes of .the others. Most groundless
error ! Most palpable absurdity ! ! .There
is no open injury that man can do to his
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