Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-16
What We An Do.


may be 81 ent, il one will but search on
from the confused figures OF the census
the number Of persons following various
occupations in the Unt ted States. Thu.
we rejoice, as a nation, in having two
Thousand persons who pronounce them
selves artists, though their are probably
not score who will live in mems memo.
ries, and certainly not one who appears
likely to dethrone Raphael. Of authors
we have, according to the census, only
eighty two; that is, but eighty two are
willing to confess to "genius aud garnet"
though. If publishers advertisements are
10 be credited every new month gives
birth to anew literary star, and one more
brilliant thai any that ever went before.
To pass to bank afficers and brokers IS a
natural transition, and of the former we
are favored with fourteen hundred. the
latter with six thousand, exemplfying the
|old adages,s that s'it never rains but it
pours," and that BLESSINGS never come
singIy." Luckily, there are hundred
thousand honest stout-h hearted blacksmiths
as makeweight again this Egypt, II
plague of flies in the shape OF brokers and
bankers. Moreover, there are six thou
sand BARRIERS to shave" the six thousand
brokers, and thus revenge the community,
which is so essentially shaved" bg the
latter.
We have two millions and half Of far
mers, seventy-thousand marines one huns
Cred thousand metchants; sixlyiour thou
sand masons, and nearly two hundred thou
To-, Il
sond bakers TO make our bread: twenty
four Thousand lawyers TO set us BY the
ears: forty thousand doctors TO "kil or
cure" and fifteen hundied editors to keep
this molly mass in order by the ps.tnt
power OF public opinion, controlled and
manufactured through the press: We
have eleven Thousand hatters; tea thou
sand tdbacconists, and thirty lone thousand
weavers. Against thirty thousand teach.
trs we can set off fifty thousand taiors. so
that we care nearly twice as much sor
adjoining the body that we do for decking
out the mind. Only twenty two thousand
people have been willing to set themseles
down as servants, though most of us serve
others in some capacity or other, from the
boot black, who polishes our shoes, TO the
book seller, who brighten; the public in.
telect. Nobody, according to the census.
follows the trade of a politician, though
there are enough, heaven knows, in this
city alone to have condemned a dozen
Sodoms aid Gomorrahs. The census fails
to record, likewise, the existence Of any
patriots among III though we howeval
nave long thought that patriotism was es-
pecially profession, and nothing else.
The forty thousand ply sicians support,
five hundred undertakers, winch gives
the important statistical fact, that It takes
eighty doctors to keep one undertaken in
IA brief business. We have fifteen hundred
wagon makers; three bundled watch nd.
kers; seventy-eight vinegar makers, H.
GLIDING, We suppose. all the cross wives,
erus,y bachelors, and verjuice old maids;
thirty thousand wheelrights; and thirty
three Snowman. We have four thousand
cutters; ,wenty-three thousand sadders !:
and five thousand railroad men. We have
one hundred and fisy-tour opticians and
ten occulists, bu. nearly four thousand
|contectioners, proving that we care IN
ItinItely more for eatin. than for eye.>ig ht.
This reminds US that there are five thou
sand brewers aud seven hundred wine
dealers, but the census, strange to say, Is 81.
lent as to the number who drink the beer
and quati the rosy" In all, we have
about five millions and a half. above the
age OF hiteen years, who are busily en-
ployed at some trade. profession, OF other
occupation, BY which to earn a livelihood
1t IS plain that se are no! 3 nation Of slug
CARDS. We nearly all do something =
Nay TO be an idle drone, is happily no
re commentator, in America, as i. is IN
the aris:ocra.ic and monarchical countries
Of Europe.-Phila, Pub. Leader.