Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-06-17
TRADES AND Professions.

mechanic VINO iaUgrS ilar1 Tor Yea lJuS EC XIV
from five TO ten shihugs for his services, bnta
LAWYER for arguIuC a case which employ hIm from
one TO two day receives from twenty To q hIudTed
dollars Why this difierencei \ iab0fer IS sat
sfied II he dollar day the year rod"d'
blu, n politician or Office holder - not conten'ed
with a Thousand dollars. Way should there he 50
great a difference between mental and bodiIy IA
bort Tne lawyers time - no more valuable than
the northumberland IT the latter obtains but nine
shillings for his days work, the former should be
contented nth the same. We confess we % not
like the marked distinction between professional
aud mechanical life; the serE:ce7 OF one ara Ger
,ainly valuable as the oher-aod there is no
reason in tho world, why a laborer should net re-
ceiye for his work as much as an attorney. why
should it be oiherwisei Perhaps we may be told
that the law allows an attorney SO much Tor sue
ing writ or arguing case but who make the
laws but the very men who arc iattened by ihem2
There IS no more reason why lawyers ices
should DO fixed by the legislature than the fees OF
a fishmonger, wool pulicr, or e grave digger.
If VIC employ laborsr to saw wood, so dig vault,
or 10 load a vessel, We thIok 1t unreasonable Tor
him TO charge more than seven and sIxpence q day,
and some times have hard words about the enoF-
nous price, even though he work every moment
from sunrise to sunset; but If we employ la ~
for half day or less, make no OF lection to give
him three or four dollars. We ask again, why
this dlference2 II one mans services are worth
five dollars, most assuredy arc The services 0!
another
We employ professional men. They receive
for one hours ak more than some mechanics
week. On this account the professions are
crowded. How common TO see traders who have
failed in business. instead of trying their luck
again, resorting to law or physlc for a living
They know # they are employed but short
time every year, they can gam 81 support Here
is the great evil Of overpaying our professional
men. Give them but n fair compensation for their
services and should not hear Of Tom, Dick and
Harry, leaving their trades, their obbies, their
hods mud their handcuris, 10 become gentlemen
of the profession.
l, is high time TO graduate The pay Of men in
all departments Of business, so that each rny
stand a chance to live without having ghostly
starvation staring him in the lace. IL mechsnIcs
ard laborers receive bu, mencre compensation
for their services, let them be increased. II pro-
fessiona men receive too much for their work cat
their salaries down. 1t is mi Hst to tread upon
the neck Of one class of our citizen and elevate
another. All men should be eG Iai IL this respect,
aud receive far equivalent for theiria labor Now,
those who work the hatdest-who dc most fer the
good Of their Countrywide elevate il, and give II
q s,andng-recelve barely support, while those
who are idle three quarters Of their time, OF are
engaged in worse than idle pursuits. are better
paid better clothed, better fed. and are the most
popular. The former Industrious. humble,
kind and useful citizens, while The Inter ara lazy
pompous and ifascble, and hang as dead weights
upon VEG community We iISl pa>~Sh Il id" ti'
whose nose was spectacle bestrd'-he is pompous,
naughty and superficial. \ dozen years ago, and
he was ono Of The dirtiest boys in streets.
He hadn't faculties for trade or a ciefkshiP, and
he took 10 law, and now he is ready TO sue my
gentleman, where the prospect IS that the expense
Of wri, can be wrung from his heart.--Iri5"He.
From tho INDIANA State Journal.
James G. Read cornered! most amusing
treat!
A correspondent furnishes Us The following
aud protective tariff in ls3 t, and yet, las, month,
unblushingly arolcing that He HAD ALWAYS
OPPOSED them ALL
All Locofocoism, where is thy blush?
AN AMUSING INcIDExr.-On the sixth day Of
the present month. a Locoioco Convention was
held at Lexington, Scott county, 4, which dis
,ipguished leader Of the party made a speech II
the course of his remarks, he observed 'that he
was born democrat had lived democrat, and
10 tended diving democrat that ne was now
and had al,cdyS been opposed 20 National Bank.
TO Protective Tariff, and to Internal Improve.
luent.'
Mr.. Bradley. the uhis candidate for Tni, Gov.
srnor, being present, having an appointment 10
speak at the same pace) proceeded 10 address the
1eople. After giving his visws at length upon
STATE and National affairs. he proceeded to saw,
hat In order TO ascertain the positions occupied
~ 'ne puohc men, IN relation to the great GaRs~
ions winch nave agi,atsd the country for many
ears, II would DO veil to examine into the history
u the past lie was so fortunate as 10 have ~
rs possession circular, published hv The Demo
IRA tic candidate for governor of this Slate 1s3t
rom which he proceeded to read as follows:
"The subjec, Of a National Bank is on, or The a
xcitiUg topics of the times. ADD les, shon,s he
on this head, | will observe ,hs,I
ave always been of opinion ,ha, a really NationaI
'snk was necessary TO carry on, With convenience ,
10 fiscal operations Of the government, and TIA,
nch Bank was also required 70, the purpo.. Of f
qua'lz'ne exchange and facilitating commercial :.
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