Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-11-05

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we believe that in this country the man OF merit
and true dignity, who neither over rates nor I'M
der rates himself, has seldom reason to complain.
Where the case is different, and man meets with
scorn because OF his occupation, it is treating the
ridiculous ephemera who thus scorn him, with more
attention than their Importance deserves to make
them the subjects OF newspaper paragraphs. The
extract which follows the communication is good
and better timed for although it treats of the class
who are not worth newspaper notice, 1t is written
apparently, not by one who ever did or could feel
himself aggreved by them.
ARISTOCRACY VERSUS LABOR.
Mr.. EDIroR:-Though it is but recently that
have become citizen OF Southport, yet have been
here long enough to find that there those here
who would raise barrier between the selt-styled
90 aristocracy, and the honest, industrious, labo-
ring man. | must say that In coming west, did
not expect to find that there differences OF
''caste' in a country protesting to be democra-
tic. ! supposed that man was weighed by the
standard of moral worth, without regard to the size
of his money bags, and | CHIT add without the
scale preponderatlng In favor st him who had been
most successful IN detraudIng his creditors; but
am mistaken, for here in this little village, dis
tinctions formed, aud the poor mechanic, is
vulslte, the merchant and professional man. Yea,
and certain gentleman (?) has taken the task up
on himself of teaching the ladies of ouhport bet
| ter than to be seen walking with mechanics.
| Now | 90 not know many of the ladies here, and
therefore cannot say how well he will succeed, but
presume they qualified to choose their
sociates. The idea of any honorable employment,
however laborlous, being degrading is rather new
| TO me, and CRATES harshly upon mine ear. | had
thought that intelligence and moral worth, formed
the only distinctions which should be recognized in
a free country. If am wrong, Mr. Editor, please
have the goodness 10 set right, for If. on ac-
count of my businhss | must keep aloof from our
popular assemblies, lectures, &c, lest some of the
nobility should touch the hem of my garment and
be dehled thereby, want to know it that may act
accordingly. The following cut from an old pa
per; you will confer favor by inserting II. 1t
should be read by our young mechanics that they
may place due estimate upon the artificial dis
tnctons of society, and endeavor to honor the
place they occupy on the worlds great stage, though
It be but that OF scene shitter. Yours truly,
JACK PLANE.
OCCUPATION.
Honor IN LIFE-There is not a more
foolish notion anoat in the world, th1n the
one that ii is occupation that gives the char
acter to man. Ole occupation as the means
of ''gettng ljving,' as tie phrase goes,
is precisely Us high and credtable as another,
provided that it be honorable, and IN accOr-
dance with the laws Of God and man. The
man who holds he plough, hammers the
iron, or drives the peg, 10 supply his family
with the lie CO sSaries Of life, is rot whit be-
low the one who measures tape behind the
counter, mysiiies law at the bar, or p.csides
over the councils of ,he nation. There is
vulgar pcrlicious feeling abroad in the com
munity on this subject. Fathers must edu-
cte their sons for one of what is called the
"learned professions" Daughters must
marry lawyer, doctor, clergyman, or
a merchant. Horror! the good lady would
rs soon think OF marrying her daughter TO
a Wnnebago, as 10 homcly, industrious,
and homes. mechanic. Why, the family
would be dishonored No, no! The bu-
7;;@@ess o. carpenter, blacksmith, or a
farmer, is not so respectable as that Of
shaving notes, drawing soIIdhy from the
desk, p, dding rotten wood pills, or selling
snuff and tobacco. And yet the duties of
all the learned professions, as we'll as those
o.! merchant, are performed for the same
reason that a shoemaker wakes his thread
and the farmer plants his potatoes, viz: 10
obtain living. Still, "a set Of miserable
upstari !aols, who are almost universally
low bred peupie themselves-people who
have begun life in Il ditch, endeavor 10 es-
,ablsh in society artificial distinct ons,
which they hope will elevate them above
the common mass from which they were
taken, and give them an Importance which
innate honesty could not command La
Dor is labor-honest labor is honest labor
Honest and honorable la Dor is the same,
whether performed by the king or the beg
gar, and 1t is Just as honorable in the one
as in the other. It is true all men by ha-
bit and by taste are not permitted 10 pursue
the same avocat ons, and there ale natural
divisions, not distinctions. as the word is
commonly used, created by harmony and
taste. This is as it should be, and fits US
for the discharge of all the peculiar duties
that devolve upon us as members Of soci-
ETY.. But 10 say because man performs
any given duty, however humble, though
necessary, degredes or renders himself SIS
meritorious than his neighbor who per-
forms another duty, yet not more faith
fully, is TO say, we still adhere to the mo-
narchcal principles Of the old world.
Let the father educate the son 10 some
honorable calling, and if he has predlec-
tons for any particular business, as often
is the case, let him follow it, if it be posi-
bic it is the man that ennUbles the man !;
and not spend thought upon distinctions
and occupations, honorable and honest,
that fools have attempted to build up. Let
children be taught to be honorable, honest
and upright. TO set proper value upon the
riches Of the world, which is at best but a
bubble. blown into existence to day TO be
burst TO morrow and TO understand that
the only true and real distinctions in soci-
ETY. ae those of virtue and vice, and the
only true and enduring riches are an in
telect duly cultivated, affections schooled,
ard heart that knows no guile.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
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