The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-19
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Wait Till You Find q Better.

There are many persons who, observing how
fast their neighbors make fortunes, grow discon-
tented with their own more slender profits. Such
individuals often change their business in conse-
quence, sanguine that new one will prove more
lucrative. Generally they are disappointed. They
do not understand, in truth, the new pursuit as
well as the old. Moreover, they find that what
looked SO promising at a distance shows many a
drawback on nearer inspection. The wisest
plan is to stick to the business one understands,
or at least to be certain that the change will be
profitable. In other words, ,oait till you find a
better.
The same advice will apply to those who think
that by moving to some other locality they may
have more success. To 60 to the West, or even
to California, may be an excellent thing for many
are suited for new countries, or privation will
bring on disease, if not premature death. The
life Of farmer on prairie, with no notes to pay
and abundance Of all around, or that of miner,
digging up solid Jumps of ore, without toll or anx
iety, appears delightful when painted in words
But the reality is usually very different affair."
Don't be in hurry, therefore, to leave your bust
ness here, small as it may be. At least be sure
what you doing before you make change.
In fine, keep to your present pursuit till you find
better. l ss@
Govern your intimacies by the same rule. Old
friends are generally the best True, they may
trespass at times on your patience, either by
AFFAIRS or by taking undue liberties, as old friends
even the best, occasionally will. But the chances
are, if you make q change, that you will not inn
prove matters. The ancient ties, like venerable
ROOTS cling closer than new ones, and may be re-
lied on in tempests that would tear up their
younger rivals. If you are wise, you will never
throw off friend, unless for the grossest mscon-
duct. Reflect how imperfect, at best, is human
nature, and ,cait till you find better.
In social science also the rule will apply. Every
new scheme is not necessari y reform. Nor is
it always possible, even where evil is admitted,
to find an immediate remedy. Visionary theo-
rsts there are, indeed who will tell you that they
have panacea for every i'll of society. But exa-
mine for yourself before you act, and examine
thoroughly, not specifically. 1t is easier to in
jure than to repair to tear down than to build up
Progress is the best of all things. But real pro-
gress is one thing, stimulated progress quite an
other. If, therefore, you are asked to assist in
repeating any law, even one partially, objectiona-
BILE, consider well whether, on the whole, society
will be improved. If this is doubtful, be not hasty
but leave the law aloneacat till yots find better.
AS there are always men ready to tell you that
society is out of joint, and that they only possess
the secret of its cure, there others who in
sist that the faith Of your fathers is absurd if not
all religion deusion. 1t is the cant of the day,
among certain shallow thinkers to say that a man
of sense will believe nothing he cannot under
stand. Yet most men, and invariably those of
the greatest intellect, believe in eternity, though
no human mind can really comprehend what has
neither beginning nor end. But you need no ar
gument for clinging to your faith. You have
never lost parent, child, or wife, if you have
not found that, in the hour of sorrow, religion is
the only consolation. All other props give way,
that alone sustains you Mere philosophy can do
nothing for you when death enters your dwelling.
Hold fast, hold fast to your religion, at least TIL
you find better.
In the thousand exigencies of life--in your rela-
tons to your family, to society, to those you do
business with, in everything you do, never aban-
roughly explored the new one, and know it to be
superior. We do not recommend a blind, sta
tionary, stubborn, old-world inactivity. But
neither would we have you rush into error on the
opposite side. In word, never abandon your
present course in hurry, but observe the golden
rule of waiting till you find better.