The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-10-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN HIGH
LIFE.

OCCUPATlONS-HONORs IN HIGH
LIFE.
There is not more foolish notion AAoat il
the world than the one that it is occupation that
gives the character to man. One occupation as
the means Of ''getting living" as the phrase
goes, is precisely as high and Credilable as an-
other, provided that II be honorable, and IN ac-
cordanGe with The laws Of God and man. The
man who holds the plough, hammers the ron
or drives his peg TO supply his family with the
neccssaries Of life, is not whit below the one
who measures tape behind The counter, mystic
fes law at the bar, or presides over the cOunu
ellis of the nation. There s vulgar and per.
nlclous feeling abroad in the community on,
this subject, Fathers must educate their sons
for one what is called the learned profsssiOns.'
Daughters must marry a lawyer, doctor, q
clergyman, or a merchant Houoll The good.
lady would as soon think OF marrying her
daughter 10 Winnebago, as to a homey, inc
duslrious. and honest mechanic. Why, the
family would be dlshonoTedl No, mol The.
business Of a carpenter, blacksmith. or q
farmer, 10 not so respectable as that Of shaving
notes, drawing solidlty frem The desk, peddhg
rotton wood pills, Or selling spuff or tobacco.
And yet the dutes Of all the learned proisH-
sions, as we'll as those of merchants, are per-
formed for the samo reason that shoemaker
wakes his thread and the farmer plants his po.
taloes, viz. 10 obtain living. Still set OF
miserable, upstalt fools. who are almost uni
yersally low bred people themselves--pco
whe have begun life in ditch, endeayor TO.
establish in society artificial distinctions which
they hope will elevate them above The common
mass from which they are taken, and 10 give
them an importance which innate honesty could
not command. Labor is labor-honest labor
is honest labor Homes, apd honorable labor
is the same, whether performed by The king or
the beggar, and it is just as honorable in the
one az IN the otter. Ii is true that all men by
habit and taste are not permitted 70 pursue tho
same vocation and there are natural divisions.
not distinctions as the word is commonly used,
created by harmony and taste. This s as it
should be. and fs US FOL. the dschargsof all
The peculiar duties that devolve upon US 40
members Of society. But 10 say because .
man performs any given duty, however hum
Bile, though necessary; degrades or renders him
less meriloriOus than his neighbor who per-
forms another duly, yet not more faithfully, ia
to say We will adhere 10 The monarchicel prin-
cpies Of The old world. ... ,.., ... f.. ,al...
Let the father educate bis son 10 some honor.
able calling, and if be has prediction for any
particular busness,as as often is the case, let him
follow i'll # 1t be possible; it is The man that
ennobles the business, not the business, that
ennObles the man; and not spend thought
upon the distinctions in occupations, honor
able and honest, that fools have attempted to
build up. Let children be taught to be honor-
able, honest and upright, to set Ptoper value
upon the riches Of the world, which is at bes.
but a bubble, blown into existence tol day to
burst 10. morrow, and 20 understand that the
only true and real distinctions 10 society are
those Of virtue and vice, and the only true and
enduring riches are an intellect duly cultivated,
affections schoolsd, and heart that knows no,
guile.