Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-01-18
From the New York Erpress..
Sound Advice to Young Mem

he difficulty ol obtaining employment, SO
often stated and so often, no doubt, existing
arise. we apprehend, not unfrequenlly from
causes within ourselves, and over which we
have control. Man is TOO often unwilling to
do what his hands find TO do. Pride nlerpo,es
its objection against certain kinds Of work.
The youngster comes from the country TO The
town 10 be clerk he can obtain work only
as a porter. The farmers boy aspires 10 be
a counter jumper he can only be stevedore
A lawyers feathers are fedging he nigh,
make, with industry, a lolerable mechanic,
yer. The nominal doctor was Gu, out for a
wood sawyer. The great, the first, almost
only lesson, TO learn, when seeking employ
meni is -" What am bes, fitted for g! and If
that employment cannot just hen be got, what
can fad TO do 2" Aud do it. Whatever it is,
with the hope OF advancing.
The demand for skill AMI capacity in this
country, is such, in all the varied departments
of life, that be who will sioop to begin al the
beginning and there bide his time, is quite sure,
IN the progress of events of coming out at The
end. But 10 take the first place at the frs,
sep-or TO rise without showing the necessity
or wisdom of rising on and by your industry
and derolIon-is almost an imposslblly. The
main thing, then, for young man of lalen, to
seek iur, is not SO much wages at first, or posi-.
ton al fifst, but opportunity; and when oppor-
lunity is gwen ii Is altogether the aspiranl's fault
if he does not make himself indispensable TO his
employer or show him thai he is far better i,-
ted for place above that which he fills than
the place he is filling. Opportunity. indeed,
is all The man Of true talent seeks for i'll This
world, in any sphere. Give him opportunity.
aud he vii! create the necessity for himself
lha. no disregard. Opportunity, in
short, is the Tide that rolls all men to prosperi-
ty or fame. The mechanical genious that slum-
bers in he farmers chimney corner needs bu
the opportunity in some large workshop. to
strike out in him The latent sparks that may
inspire matter with new facili,ies of motion,
and so crown hlmhelf with glory, as we'll as
with gold. But if that genius comes from the
chimney corner and a.pires to be foreman in
The workshop. where hundreds were employed
before him, there will probably be no work for
him. True genius, however, is always humble
IN its aspirations. 1t Is sure OF the strong i'm.
pulse within. that it will descend TO The humbest
position to obtain the opportunity to show is
power. In the workshop, i. will condescend
10 begin with duties that are serve. Ii will
build The fires, or sweep the rooms, if necessary,
for IL feels aud knows tina, within itself which
no occupation can smother, and iha, waits only
for The opportunity TO shine. Humility is the
characteristic Of rising greatness. What means
10 rise, and is willing 10 make the sacrifices
necessary for rising. prefers often to have frs,
a firm foolhold On the ground, amid The dust
and dirt, before IT expands lis wings. No fall
is SD great il knows, as that of him who begins
with creating large expectations, which he can
Bot fulfil, and infames others with ideas OF his
importance that experience soon shows are RI
dlculous. 10 creale rising impression, true
genius feels that il mas, often even undervalur
itself. OF him from whom but tnle is expect
ed and much comes, 10 hm great praise is
awarded. Such man is likely 10 be oyerval-
ued, whereas he is always certain TO be under
valued no overrates himself, or who let's 9th
eTs Overrate him.
The young man in search Of employment,
can almost always find it. if he will submit TO
he necessary self-sacrIffce, and then awai. for
MS opportunity. But selfsacri6ce is indispen-
sably necessary, for The high places of life are
seldom or never obtained but through long and |
painful vigils, or STERN ppreniceships. or The
most profound devotion 10 whatever ones bu.
'iness Is. Our own eyes will show US that
he men Of The most enlneuce in their ,ariou,
pursuits about US have risen 10 thai eiElneace