The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-04-15

III the people be governors, who shall
be the governed!" But although The
people control, vet it is necessary for
4 them 10 delegate their authority, and the
number of ministers they select to execute
/. their trusts must be limited. As il is
post OF honor TO hold such a trust, it
would have been well If they had moi SUI
peraddea more profit to The honor than
+, could be obtained by the exercise of SIM
liar abilities in private employnents.-
When the question of salaries 10 federal
officers frs. came up in the Convention
that formed the Constitution. Benjamin
. Franklin, fofesaw and foretold the strife.
the rivalry, and the dissensions tina, would
ultimately ensue, if the posts Of honor
were made posts of profit. Experience
has proven the truth Of the prophecy.
Limited asis the number Of appointments,
the number Of aspiran.s has become UNI
limited, aud is constantly increasing
The universal and inordinate desire for
place exhibited in the ranks Of every
party, without distinctions, has become
great social evil, calling loudly for correc-,
ton. We need not say that it destroys
the spirit of independence; that i, dfuses
venal and servile huuor; that it wastes
time and spends money for naughi; that
1t gives rise TO secret intrigues and various
arts of corruplion; that IL ''creates an i'm.
productive activity, which agtates the,
country without adding to its resources"
Mululudes know these things are OBJ.
vious.
If commerce and industry are checked
in their growth, and all the ordinary
means of making fortune are closed up
If the different lines of business are
few and ill-paid-and if public employ
ments are numerous, lucrative and per-
manent, we may see the causes of the
evils, and the remedy readily suggests
itself. Let commerce and industry be
revived-let enterprise again enter the
lines of business. and let public employ
menls be reduced in numbers and in pay,
and lei every body know how precarious
is the breath of party favor, and we are
quite sure that various members of the
community, who, despairing of their con-
di,ion, rush to the head of Government
for assistance, will see that their endur-
ing welfare lies afar from a government
Office. Let young men possessed Of
character and ambition, be taught that
the task of copyist, or a book-keeper,
which constitute the principal employ
ments ofpnbiic clerks, is no fit place TO
immune their youthful energies. In nine
cases out of ten, perhaps, he will never
after be heard OF beyond the walls OF his
office, and the record of his life will be
bat a folio of figures. How much sweeter
is the air of freedom how much more
savory is the bread of Independence
how much dearcr that fame which is
wrought gu, by our own honest unas-
sisted efforts.
it was but short time since we heard
that an advertisement of a 8. 3 Blacksmith
apprentice wanled." was unheeded, while
the place for a clerk, advertised at the
same time. was applied for by more than
twenty. What does this prove! An
aristocratic spirit-a contempt Of labor
lhat clerks are more highly estimated
than mechanics---a love of ease and
luxury-a desire 10 get bread without
the sweat of the brow, contrary TO the
divine inlention-a namby PANTY educa-
tion--a false pretenSiun of superiority
over the mass and growing desli,u-
ton of sympathy for democratic insti-
,utions. But is clerk or an Office
holder more respectable than an honest
manly blacksmith Not he. Is not
the carpenter, the printer, the painter,
the manufacturer, the farmer. just as res
pee,able as an office holder And is the
merchant, the. lawyer, the banker, the
editor, from the nature of his calling
merely, entitled to any moe respect
than any other member of any
other profession No. H. is not the
profession which distinguishes the man
lit is the heart, the department, the
daily life, the character, the wisdom,
which determines mans rank in the
estimation of the sensible portion of the
world ID
Honor and shame from no condition rise
Act we'll your parl-ihGre all,helionor lies.
The spirit to which we have above al.
luded is the result of false principles, false
education, and exhibits itself in place
hunting, SO extensively as 10 demand cor.
rectlon. 1.-THE evil can be corrected by
aid Of the Government, we have nc
doubt, it viii be accomplished.
SIS q. az i. Y. az u i r.- Z
i.....s, t. From the Cincinnati Gazette.
"THE .ARTFUL lDODGER.''
I The Locos have been in strait ever
since the election of General Harrison I,
the Presidency was rendered certain
Soon after that event. Mr. Benton causet
Mr. Van Buren, to be nominated for ano