The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-09-14

which the pr lest sent his voice to the
statue, to delude the people into the be-
lief the God had spoken, was now dis
closed. / walked through the house oil
poet, into his garnished sleeping apart
ments, forming, in their silence, part
IN a greater drama than he had ever con-
ceiyed. l stood before the tavern with
the rings yet entire to which the horses
were fastened, and where the bones of a
mother and her three children were found
locked in each others arms. Temples
were overthrow with their affairs. The
inches in which stood the gods were left
empty, and the affairs before them, on
which smoked the sacrifice, were silent
and lonely. Columns fallen across each
other in the courts just as that wild hur-
ricane had left them, pieces of the ar
chitrave blocking up the entrances they
had surmounted, told how fierce tho
shock and overthrow had been. One
house was evidently that of remark
ably rich man. Mosaic floors represent
ing battle~scenes, precious stones, still
imbedded in the pavements Of his corri-
doris, long colonnades, and all the appur-
tenances of luxury ,attested the unbound
ed wealth Of the owner. But no bodies
were found in it. The rich man had
fed with his portable wealth before the
storm came. We passed through the
temple of Jupiter, the court of justice,
the forum, the market-place, and emerg-
ed into,the country
"A Merchants Clerk long out of
asks US if we can give any
advice or afford a ray Of hope to The thou
sands in a like deplorable condition. We
answer TO him or them, as Clerks, we can
hold out no hope. The great evil which
overwhe:ms them is the disposition so
prevalent among US 10 get living, if
possible. by something else than down.
right, bona fds productive labor. If the
whole world undertake to be Merchants,
Clerks, Doctors, Lawyers, &c.. We must
all break and starve, there is no help for
it. If half undertake to live so. we shall
all see hard times But if the nine-tenths
will take to Labor, and find pleasure and
pride in ii. there is chance that the other
tenth may subsist by Trade, Law. Physic,
&c., and be useful therein.
A young man. who finds that there is
no call for his services as clerk, ought
at once to conclude that he is not needed
in that capacity, and resolve 10 be:ake
himself 10 something else. Let him not
spend his last dollar, awaiting in idleness
and anxiety the return of better times.
but transplant himself at once. If he
knows nothing but how 10 measure tape.
Heaven help him! but let him not de-
spair. Let him go to some good farmer
Or mechanic, and offer 10 work for his |
board and clothes, till his work shall be
worth more, resolving 10 learn both the
science and the skill needful in his new
vocation as rapidly as possible.
For those who are young. hearty and
single, we have no pity. We consider i. !
-ather mercy that they are saved, how
ever roughly, from the baneful ways Of
rafic, and restored 10 the natural and
proper sphere of all men-that Of useful
Labor Let them quit the City at once,
md 60 to any friend they know in the
Interior or in the West, who can make
" find them chance to work. But for
hose who have families around them,
md invetera.e habits Of cIerkship, We
ave deep sympathy. They can not re-
move so readily - they can not easily
moose new line of life The single
nd yet plastic as to their habits and occu.
,ations should clear out at once, if only
IS matter OF noble consideration for 9TH
RS woes, and not stay here to diminish
he earnings and asgravate the mlseries
# those who can not live at mere board
vaees.-N Y Tribune.