Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-05-18
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ii cass;fcation Of persons is thus annlhiiated,
I'D ,ba coach Of your tailor runs against the
,vbeois of your own tilbury." This IS the opin-
ion. no doubt, Of many who never earned dol
lar bv their own industry. Bonaparte, the oest
;dpe Of human nature and of merit, never WIS.,
tied a o. eat painting or specimen OF ingenuity or
mechanic art, that he did not, on taking leave,
walk I'D formally to the artist mechanic. or en- |
gneer and, taking off his hat, salute him with a
low aud respectful bow: 1t was u homage due to
merit, and he always paid that debt Nothing |
gives mo more pleasure than seeing ,ne'"'"
n his own coach, that IS to say II ne orNes MS
own coach on the actual profits of his occupation:
If he mistakes the time and begins too early, he
"a lost. for a mechanic who sets up his coach, and
n compelled to set 1t down again, from prena-
,ure commencement and not understanding hIspo-
si,ion, is a poor creature indeed, and runs aheai
Of his business.
Il, ia n CUSTOM and a bad custom in England, to
look on tradesmen and mechanics an interlG
class Of men, without reference to their character
or wealth This, however, grows cut of the dis
,iuctions and ciasSificatiohs ofsociety IN mona+
chial form Of government, and keeps mechanics
excepting in the city of London, continually undG
the ban, and consequently prevents their ever a
tanning a high rank; and we regret to add, that
we are tnctured a little too Inuch in this county
with the same feelings. Some OF our famii@,
accustomed to believe that there IS IN mechanic
some thing low and grovelling, prefer bringing Up
their sons to a profession, or In counting hous,
or in a retail fancy store, and when they come Of
age they have no capital to give their chdrento
commence business with, and they drag out
wenried and poor existence, depending Oh chance,
aud seldom attaining aluencc. This IS not tho
case with the sober, industrious mechanic; he has
a business, capital of which he cannot be deptv-
ed, and If possess ingenuity and enterprise, and,
above all, sobriety and industry, he very likely
10 attain fortune. The secret, therefore, in this
republican county, Is to give your sons good
education an education suitable for any profess
son and then make mechanics of part of tbem
because, if they are temperate, ingenious, indus
trious and frugal, they must make good living,
but If these principles engraf ed on good ed
ncation, such mechanics not only become rich,
but tnev become great
The education which qualities them for the bar
or the bench-for the highest honors of profes-
sion, imparts a greater value to their mechanical
pursuits, and enables them to take high rank in
the political world, sustained By a powerful inter
est, ana II we nad larger portion OF ''ecnhnics
in Congress than now have, the country would
repose safety their sagacIy anS intelligence.
True, there are privatIons aEd lnconvenences IN
learning and working at a Mechanical business
boys must be up early ard late-live hard-work
hard they must make sreat sacrifices of ease and
comfort for term of years, and then they will be-
gin TO realize the good resuts-to taste OF the
good ruit-beside,, what is above all price, their
habits from Ia to 10 formed m proper and
safe mould, free fom incidence, wee, and extrav-
agance.
The very dandy who turped up his honorable
nose at the tailor driving his barouche and pair,
actually the son of a uechanic. and inherited
large fortune, which hs does not know how to
use. In few years, ne will have dissipated it
in folly and extravaganza, aud then become a loaf
and without, kno wing how TO earn his bread, he
will follow the meaaest trade III the world-that
Of begging.
Let parents who have several sons, and not
means to give them all fortunes, begin in time to
bend their minds to the consideration of usfuI
equations
'SJust the ,wg is bent
The trees incned.''
The other day l held coloqny on this very
subject with one of my boys-a little fellow, full
of sprightiiness and ambition. sFather,' said he
what trade am to learn? "A lady's shoemaker,
my SON a whatr said the little urchin his
full blue eyes widening with a stare of astonish-
hent,and ms broad cheeks reddcning to the Grim
son OF pulpit cushions-a lady's shoemaker2-I
why what 10 the use of learning English, and
iiehch, and Spanish. grammar and the globes,
a.i'hmetic, and dancing, and playing on the fid-
aif, and composition, and elocution, and riding
horseback, if Pm only to be a lady's shoemaker?
PRECISELY so, my son--when you have finished
your educatIon,you shall learn to be lady's shoe
maker; when you have served out your time |
will send you to Paris Madrid, for q wear or So
to finish your trade with the very first masters
there they mike beautiful shoes--then you shall
have a store in Broadway, a small capital will set
you up Ia business, and do you think that the la
dies of the city would prefer a well educate gen.
tlemanly young man, with good address and per
iect master of his art, to take measure of their
delicate feet, than greasy, rough looking rude
fellow, with his fingers all over wax? Certainly
You would be every where patronized--your
work would be praised, and your fortune soon
made Now is not this better than putting a pair
OF specs on your nose-a thread-bare black coat
on your back-Blackstone in your hands, wait
ing day after day for client?' swell, but ia tn
er, said he, "you will give as much none v
as want when am a man--there is no use in
~orx'ng" ayes, but there it is nv boy-vou
.aas' earn money by industry-were l to give |
-. ,"ones and bring you up in idleness, what
Tuu'u oecome otyou when the money is all gone p
nh,,. ..,e ie'.ow d'd not exactly understand the
philosophy Of such conclusions, but as he grows
I Aver ne . VII. view the matter in proper Zig h,
after all said, much depends on the good counsel
motners IN laying the foundation for a sound
uPerstrucfure IN the minds Of their SONS let.
s'oow lett only in moderate ci.cum,tances have
h al intelligent, well educated bows. who have
! .o.ao'y and successfully served GU, their times