Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-02
SOUND ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
FROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS.

FROM THE NEW KoRK EXPRESS.
The DfFFIcuLrr OF OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT, so often
stated, and ofen no doubt, existing arises we appre
bend, not unequenty from within ourselves, and
which have control Man is too often unwilling to
do what his hands find do Pride inerposes its objection
against certain kinds ofwork The youngser from the
country to the town to be clerk; he obtain work only
porter The farmers boy aspires be counter jump
er; ne only be stevedore lawyers feathers are
Hedging he might make, with industry, oerable mocha.
mic, whereas he will make only intolerabe lawyer The
nominal doctor cut for wood-sawyer. The great,
the FIRST almost the only lesson, to learn, when seeking
poyment, is What am best fitted for and if that en-
ploynent cannot just then be got what find DO "
And do it whatever is, with the hope of advancing
The demand for skill and capacity, in this country, such
IN all the varied departments of life, that he who will stoop
to begin the beginning and there bde his time is quite
sure, in the progress OF events of coming the end
But to take the first place the first sep-or without
showing the necessity wisdom of rising and BY your
industry and devoton-s almost mpossibiy The main
thing then, for young Of talent seek for is not
much wages FIRST position first, but opportunity
and when opportunity given, altogether the aspirants
fault he does make himself indispensable his employ
err show him that he far better fitted for place above
that which ne fills than the place he filing Opportunity
indeed is all the Of talent seeks for this world
in any sphere Give him opportunity, and he will the
necessity for himself that disregard 0pportu-
nifty, in short, is the tide that rolls all prosperity
fame. The mechanical genius that sumbers in the farmers
chimney often needs but the opportunity large
workshop TO strike in him the latent sparks that may
spe matter with facilities of motion, and crown him
self with glory, well with gold But if that genius
from the chimney and asplres be foreman in
the workshop, where hundreds employed before him.
there will probably be work for him. True genius how
ever always humble in its aspirations It is Of the
strong Impulse within, that il will descend to the humbles
position TO obtain the opportunity to show its power In the
workshop, it will condescend begin with duties that are
seile Il will build the fires, sweep the rooms, if neces
sary for il feels and knows that there is that within itself
which occupation smother, and that waits only for the
opportunity shine Humility the characteristic of rising
greatness What means to rise and is willing to make the
sacrifices necessary for rising prefers often TO have first firm
oothold the ground, amid the dust and dirt before
pands is wings No fall great il knows that Of him
who begins with creating large expectations, which be
not fulfil and infames others with ideas Of his importance
that experience shows ridiculous To rising
impression genius feels that often even under
value itself OF him from whom but little is expected and
much comes him great praise is awarded Such man 10
likely be overvaued whereas be is almost certain to be
undervaued who himself, who lets others over
rate him.
The young man in search Of employment can almost al
ways find It, he will submit 10 the self sacrifice
and then await for his opportunity But self sacSce in
dspensaby necessary for the high places Of life seldom
obtained but through long and painful vigs
apprendceshp the most profound devotion whatever
ones business is Our eyes will show that the
Of the emnence in their various pursuits about have
risen that emnence by slow, sborous and tedious steps
Eminence is not in this country, to be reached by fight
but upon steps Of long and constant ascent and foot oo
often with burdens the back that stagger and almost weigh
down the traveller To learn and to understand all this, is
the affecting ard generally the difficult lesson Of
aspiring youth. The buoyancy OF youthful aspiration will
recognise, that walks by his feet but il fances that
he with wings Ask the graduate Of college IT, in his
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be willing learn the trade Of the Printers devil and 60
through all The various transformations Of that important per-
sonage, from being the backaced eand office boy up
being the ndter Of the leading article hundred to Of
such graduates would shrink from such yasage and the
trade be well learnt without doing The statesman
first among the foremost, maintains his position with appa
ease and the whole bows down before bis genius
with admiration but ask youth TO submit to the nightly
Watches the long stngs, the suffering and general affection
BY which the power obtain that Of position and
hundred he will under the demand that made
upon his time and peace The orator has been created only
by understanding and studying life in oil its varieties and
then by bard study, and thus fitting himself express bis
ideas in the most vigorous way The mschnt his fame
and spoken 10 the powerful machinery Of the locomo
tive, in the engine Of the steamboat, in the
spinning jenny, but that machnt bis way from the
poverty Of boyhood 10 the humble task Of cleaning the
chine shop, putting coal the Ere that started all the
chnery Of the workshop. Il is at the beginning things
learnt we'll When we begin to build we begin under ground
even, and the fabric stands only lay its foundation
firmly But IN these beginnings il is that every youth
find something TO do II there is employment in the
building above ground, 90 in and dig out the cellar Rely
upon that wherever genius real industry and honor
exist the workman will in due time discover and pro-
IT, If for other than this that is his interest
50 10 do
difficulty in finding employment, apprehend Il COM
baed with such principles here lay down, will not
often exist certainly with those who have families de-
pendant upon them and who can, therefore, submit to tenn
porsry sacrifices Of wages and time without any injury
others Our country csmorous in it's demand for labor
above all for intelligent faithful devoted labor that wherever
exists i must find employ, If il only make itself known, or
sioto Itself that il can be known There Is scarcely an
employer In one of cities who has not place for such
sborer we describe though every place is seemingly
full lis very true he will not take the word Of man that
be every thing he says be but be can but obtain the
opportunity 10 show what he is and then his acts come up to
his words employment is sure, and his wsy to fortune is
started.