Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-06-10
The Offices.

cit is profitable result of happy characteristic
of the American people. that the dissensons ana ais
amendments of mere individuals are rarely long
permitted to aflict the public mind" While the
country is we'll governed and in accordance with
the principles which have met the popular approba-
fion while the Constitution is respected justice
wisely administered and the national honor main
tanned, it makes comparatively little difference to
the great body of the people, whether this man or
that man obtains this or that little Office for the
matter of that, this or that big Office either. While
the peope understand that the affairs with the trans
action ofwlch the Federal Government IS charged
are properly administered the intrigues and dsap-
pointments of ambitious men, are not in danger OF
being crowned with much success. The admlnIstra~
ton of public affairs honestly and properly IS re-
oI;tV which all can feel and understand, and IN
which all are interested-the claims of asp'rants, or
the bitterness of disappointed partizans are mere
siams which few understand and none care for, save
and except, perhaps, the great disappointed ltmay
be in accordance with human nature for the atore'
said ppOintcd, look upon themselves as inJur-
ed individuals. A mans sympathy with himself is
ALWAYS sincere and intense, and as Sam Sticks horse
was led to mistake shavings for grass, simply from
the fact of seeing them through green spectacles, SO
the self sympathising individual looking forth upon
the world through perverted medium, is apt to sup
pose that not only the whole earth and the moon,
but also Jupiter and his satellites to say nothing OF
the approaching comet must be as greatly excited
as themselves and that the very stones will rise up and
mutinize, each particular rock exclaming, offices
in general for everybody but ofcourse each partic
uar person in particular. Now, this, permit US t'
say is the next thing to very considerable mistake
the earth and the moon Jupiter and his satellites
yea, even the paving stones patient and quies
cent and the comet has not appeared, and is not ex
pected for time.
There is no sort of doubt but that there are thro
out the country, great many disappointed appli
cants for Office. Such could hardly fail to be tn
case, where the number of seekers far exceeded tn
number of posts sought. Hi could not be accom-
modated nor, under the circumstances, could tn
failure to obtain appointment be regard
ed either as disrespectful or unjust, cal
ated to cast any stigma upon any G
the unsuccessful applicants, whose party stand
Jag can only be injured by their own course j
kicking up about ofices-otices-as if that on
word embraced everything worthy of human after
ti0n,-and the obtainment of such was the only an
proper purpose for which parties were organize
and principles protested.
We must acknowledge ourselves incapable
comprehending all this. We cannot fairly accour
for it. We are poor most folks, but this inol
dnate desire for public Office seems to US ght
poor idea, even in a speculative point of view. BIZ
different people think differently and it may be a
right and proper that they should. 1t is blessing
however, that the &" rest of mankind - have otht
things to attend to, and that the rotary motion
the earth is too long established to be easily d.
ranged.