Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-11-25
To yVhig Oifice-H0lderS.

boys tue signs OF tne UlmeS olearly III
dicate that your time is short-that you
will very soon be 'out;' and if your moth
ers do not already realize that interesting
fact, it is evident that they very soon
will. Whether your places pertain to the
Federal, State or City Government, 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 few hints suggested by your delicate
and rather peculiar position
l. DON'T try 10 propjtiate tie meac mas
teyS Of your o6iciai a'eStlny. 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. If he does it, he thereby sub
jects himself to detestation and the loss
OF his legitimate influence in his own
party; and what right have you to impose
such load upon him Men in your sit
aution can't we'll afford to despise them
selves Io~ have no right to forget that
there was once powerful and bigh-toned
Wing party, whose prosperity you shared
whose success you claimed to have pro-
NOTED, and whose name you were proud
to bear. Don't sneak away from shar-
ing its adversely as well, but wrapt your
robes around you and die, if not with dig
nifty, at least with decency.
3 D0nt clam exemption from tie CON-
man lot on the assumption that yOu secret
N ac0rked and Uaed for Pierce. Some of
you were base enough to do it, but why
should you be SO silly as to avow it =
Iou will not be more than half believed
while you will in any case be thoroughly
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 o.
yer the Wing victory as loudly as any of
us. Places they must and will have, and
the official cushions of your new dignita-
ries must be stuffed from yO1v hides
there is no alternative. If you have help
ed tear down the only house that could
have reputably sheltered you, be wise
enough to keep the fact to yourselves, and
not, by any avowal that you are knaves,
justify the conviction that you are also
fools.
g. Don't solicit compassion for you1'
mlYoH~1Ie IN 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 bad any to lose! If it
is hard to 60 out, must it not have been
comfortable to get in and stay in so long?
Some of you are very worthy and we'll
qualified for the Country's sake, we re-
regret that you are to be displaced-often
we apprehend, by men less competent and
deserving-but we can't shed the first
bucket of tears in pity for losers. If a
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 never
should have been put in. If an Office is
worth having, the incumbent should have
saved something from three or four years
enjoyment of its salary; if he might have
saved and did not, he must face the con-
sequences of his improyidence. There is
no help for that.
4, Finally, Set your houses IN ordey.-
Many of you have twenty dollars or over
per week, and should save at least half
of your earnings, henceforth till they shall
be called to their taking off The Gus
tom-llouse incumbents can hardly be star
ted before April, and probably 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 despiscd by man in guam
dary, as many of you are or soon will be-
Look out employment ahead, and be rea-
dy, whenever the axe shall fall, to pick
your respective heads out of the basket
and carry them forthwith to the scenes
Of your future effort. There is nothing
in decapitation after you get fairly used
to it. 1T is the first step that costs
.. Resoire not to hang July abom tie CU-
ieS. If there be employment or business
attalnaDie 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 Ma
ture never discards and rarely disappoints
those who rightly seek her bounties. She
has not turned off the first batch of re-
jectcd suitors since Adam. If no suitable
employment can be found here, remember
that there is boundless wealth in the bo-
som of the earth, and only labor is need
ed to bring it out. Men and brethren
help us to secure the adoption by Congress
of the principles of FREE HOMES FOR ALL,
from the unappropriated Public Doma ain,
and then the loss of Office will cease to be
terrible to men willing to earn their living
by honest work. There is good time
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