The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-11

Inc lollOWlng, altnOugn Catculated 1Or the
parallel and latitude of New York city, will
perhaps. with very slight variations" as the
aimanacs say, do for Minnesota. We have, at
least, no hesitancy in endorsing it from A to T.
From the New York Tribune.
To Whis Office Holders.
Boys! the signs of the times clearly indicate
that your time is short-that You will very
soon be out : and if your mothers do not al
ready realize that interesting fact it is evident,
that they very soon will. Whether your pla.
ces pertain to the Federal, State or City Gov
ernment, the wolves are fierce on your track,
and must very soon overhaul nearly the last
man of you. Bear with us, then, while we Of
fer a few hints suggested by your delicate and
rather peculiar position.
!. DON'T try to propitiafe the ne,c masters of
your official destiny. Trying to hunt up some
second cousin who is an influential Locofoco,
and who may keep you in if he really tries, is
very mean business. II he does it, be there
fore subjects himself to detestation and the loss
of his legitimate influence in his own party !;
and what right have you to impose such a load
upon him? Men in your situation can't well
afford to dcspise themselves You have no
right to forget that there was once high ton
ed Wing party, whose prosperity you shared,
whose success you claimed to have promoted,
and whose name you were proud to bear. Don't
sneak away from sharing its adversely as well,
but wrap your robes around you and die if not
with dignity, at least with decency.
2. Don't claim exemption from the common
lot on the assumption that yon secretly ,cOrked
and voted for Pierce. Some of you were base
enough to do it, but why should you be so silly
as to avow it You will not be more than half
oughly despised. by the new dispensers of pat
ronage. They know full well that you would
have kept very shady about all this if Scott
had been elected, and shouted over the Whig
victory Us loud as any of us. Places they must
and will have, and the official cushions of the
new dignitaries must be stuffed from your hides
there is no alternative. If you have helped
tear down the only house that could have repu-
tably sheltered you, be wise enough to keep the
fact to yourselves, and not, by an avowal that
you are knaves. justify the conviction that you
are also fools.
3. Don't solicit compassion for your misfor-
tune az losing office. That only brings you
down to the level of the rest of us and why
should you be more pitied for losing the Offices
you have enjoyed for three or four years, than
the rest Of us for never having had any to lose
If it is hard to go out, must it not have been
comfortable to get in and stay in so long -
Some of you are very worthy and well qualifi-
ed for the country's sake, we regret that they
are to be displaced-often, we apprehcnd, by
men less competent and deserving-but we
can't shed the first bucket of tears in pity for
the losers. If man is fit to hold an Office OF
any account, he is abundantly qualified to live
without Office. He who says that he knows not
how he shall support his family if turned out,
shows good reason why he should never have
been put in. If an office is worth having, the
incumbent should have saved something from
three OF four years enjoyment Of its salary if
he might have saved and did not. he must face
the consequences of his improvidcDce. There
T. Finally, Set your houses in order. Many
of you have twenty dollars or over per week
and should save at least half of their earnings
hencef0rth till they shall be called to their
taking off, The Custom House incumbents
can hardly be started before April, and proba-
bly, will not be till May, by which time each
should have his nest-egg laid carefully by. A
couple of hundred dollars is sum by no means
to be despsed by man in quandary, as many
of you are or soon will be. Look out employ
ment ahead, and be ready, whenever the axe
shall fall, to pick up your respective heads out
of the basket and carry them forthwith to the
scenes Of your future effort. There is nothing
in dccapitatiOn after you get fairly used to it.
1t is the first step that costs
5. ResOire not to hang idly about the Cities.
If there be employment and business attainable
here, you can surely ascertain the fact by next
March. If there be none such, why loiter here?
The Great West has still room for you, and
Mother Nature never discards and rarely dis
appoints those who rightly seek her bounties.
She has not turned off the first batch of reject
ed suitOrs for her favor since Adam. If no
suitable employment can be found here, rcmem-
that there is bOundless wealth in the bosom of
the earth, and only labor is needed to bring it
out. Men and brethren! help us to secure the
adoption by Congress of the pinciple of FREE
HOMES FOR ALL, from the unapproprated Pub
lie Domain and then the loss of Office will cease
to be terrible TO men willing to earn their mon
cy by honest work. There is "a good time
coming yet for those who deserve it, but it
wont come soon enough to keep You hOnorably
in ofice-rest assured Of that! Ho for Free
Land and unfailing opportunity for every man
to live by honest sweat, regardless of great
mems favor and the mutabilitcs of Politics!
Independence forevcr