Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-03

ther eccentric in his character, and like mum
bcrs of his ministerial brethren, fond of q
joke, and given to relating stories
Never Despise your Business,
"No man of sense" it has been observed
"despises his bread and bnlter." 1t is only
the weak who are ashlmed Of laboring for a
livelihood, or who affect to scorn the branch
Of business which they especially pursue
The first duty which man owes 10 himself
to his family, and to his fellow citizens, is
not to become 8 burden pecuniariy to so.
ciety. That commonwealth also is the
most hourishing in which the proportion Of
drones is the fewest indeed, the idea OF
each State involves the necessity OF every
member Of it being producer. Hence it is
that work is always honorable. The most
ordinary handcraIt employment is as worthy,
if exercised honestly, as the profession of
law or medicine. Each citizen follows that
avocaion for which he is best suited, and
when he does this ful6ls the law of his ex-
istence; but never otherwise. A bad law
yer is less truly respectable than a good
mechanic, and an able doctor is more meri-
torious than an honest .laborer. TO do ones
duty, in the walk where one can be most
efficient, is TO be honorable; to neglect it or
to seek some other walE, is to become really
disgraced. BY this standard, and this only,
should we judge of mems respectabiity. 1t
is time that we republicans Danish the arbi.
trary lines Of castes, applied to the pursuits
of life, which are derived from feudal Europe.
Yet there are thousands Of men who are
at heart ashaped of their business. Are
they retail venderss They scorn continu.
ing to make moueph~ tsssir. own. way, and
long to embark in the wholesale line. Are
they jobbersl They think irthey could only
be shippers that their g lory would culminate.
Are they mechanics They regret that
they are not lawyers. Are they farmers I?
They wish to be in business in town. Such
persons, in their hearts, worship absurd dis.
tiuctions, inherited from the social life of
England, and regard the physician, the poll.
tician, or the banker, as really greater men
than common human clay. These are what
Thackery calls snoJs-men of prctence and
weak foIly--men who despise their bread
and butter. Tie wise man, on the contra.
ry, seeks independence by steadily atten.
dance to his business, well aware that an
independence, an aspect of perfect unanimi.
ty and Of resoluto devotion to our rights
Congress would not dare 10 enact measure
against which the South protested in q uni
ted voice.
In view, tLen, of the crisis before US, il is
OF the first Importance that men Of all par
ties in the South, profting by the example Of
the enemy, should so far suspend their mu.
tual hostilities, as to unite in resolute re-
sistance to the threatened attack of the
Abolitionists. Every Southern representa-.
tive in Congress should oppose the re.enact.
ment OF the Missouri restriction for, what
ever may be his view of the policy of its re-
peal, he cannot cooperate with the Aboli-
tionists in the attempt 10 impose it upon the
South again. By universal concessian it
was unjust to the South in the first instance,
and it is certainly not less offensive since it
has been incorporated in platform Of anti
slavery agitation. In regard to the projec-
ted repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, and
the exclusion of slave States from the Union,
the representatives and the people Of the
South will be animated by common i'm
pulse Of determined resistance.
l'irmness is not less essential than unani-
nifty; and fortunately the struggle in which
we are about to engage, does not admit Of
any compromise" or adjustment" After
assuming its position the South will have no
alternative but unconditional surrender or
resistance to the utmost extremity.
mond Enquirer.
DEAD HEAD,-We were not a little amused
the other evening at witnessing the effort of a
country friend of ours, who was little by
the head" and who was trying to make his way
into the Varieties Theatre without the form of
ticket. The door keeper stopped him and
asked him Tor his ticket. "Whatw exclaimed
our country friend,"a ticket from me-l'm a
member of the Press"
"Ah!" said the door keeper, by way of apollo
gy, and turning to his book whers the inter-
ments" are registered, what press are you con-
necled with"
"Why, sir" said our friend, furiousIy, F" ono
whose circulation Is limited 1T present, owing
10 the failure of a-Cder Press" He was allow
cd to 60 in.
MATRIMoNY.-Does not agree very well with
some people Thurow Weed, an editor, for
instance, is now the father of eighteen children
his valuable helpmatc having presented him
with one every eleven months since their mar
riage. We should say that that Weed was
rather luxuriant kind Of vegetation, anyhow
cY@ THERE is petition before the Legislature
of Canada, asking for the Charter of Il North
crn Pacific Railroad Company. The plan is to
start the road at Montreal and proceed by the
way of Bytown and the valley of The Ottowa
10 the Western boundary of Canada thence
along the route surveyed by Gov. Stevens, of
Washington Territory.
A girl ut school would like to have two BIRTH
days every year. When she grows up woman
she objects TO having even one.
THERE are two things, says Mrs. Partington
shat should be at home every evening at dark
COWS and women"