The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-29
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an. .,rea a, A u flee see .sa' g the
na,p r.. ~, vet dried up, The da'' :. .crnert
capita. m TIA, Of all new Presden'ssr above his
Presaoen' 49,. vh,ch darken the s.s .,r beshs
cd by hungry HOOKS "a's. md thrust their oe.-'
head, aleht upon n'' 'sv' .~.tstcost and o'ee'nt.
~. III. banda bis face his wa" .,-.rv mofning At
into NE =. s,..h AZ crumbs bVe'y - . ,srrs
pockets - 49,, =. n,.ced In the cen" " ..,-,o,.
IN early no.'' -anpded by crown. " g..
room' soo no,h themselves sou A.A1, 'o'
eager to sacr' g., oue takes him oy the ou''on'
their country .nou dozen, until the happy
then another s,r the assembling OF the Cao'net
moment aF.i ,,.sistrate of the United states is
when tne .,,ond to the affairs Of the Republic,
perm" . respite until p. M, when the
.na ' :. .,.n upon him once more, and he SINKS
~ 18th the cry In his ears-"Give, give
~ ~ the daily life of the President. If the dta-
49,, If power possesses . certain transient gilt
A.. and s,me hollow charms, IL has also lite taorns
-. ,ribu,ations. 1t must make both the head and
heart ache, 10 say nothing Of the spine, to be so
chased every day by an eager pack, eternally bay,
ing the deep mouthed cry Of spells into the wea'
red ear Yet, after all, the pursuers are more
miserable than the pursued. The anxiety the
suspense the enforced civi.y the opportunities
after day In the Presidents ante chamber; the
dismal, stsreotyped jokes to Jimmy the porter ;
the alternate hopes and fears; the limited eA-
chequer gradually diminishing, until the iaSs olne
has gone and the office has not come ana al tn's
In ninety nine cases out of hundred, followed oy
dnai disappointment What life why 90
men seek i,s Why, in this vast and fertile coun'
try, opening q thousand fields to manly enterprise
do such crowds endeavor to pension themselves
unon the government, and embark all their nap
pness and hopes upon the wretched venture Of
office seeking
Better take up the shovel and the hoe; the Axe
the plough, the hammer. The United States has
a territory capable of sustaining four hundred
millions of people, with only some twenty-five
millions of inhabitants. The richest soil in thu
world, plenty of elbow room for agricuiturists
and q demand for mechanics, which. In many
parts of the country, 1t is impossible to supply
There are iunumerable avenues for employment
remunerative, independent employment; no taking
of of hats no scrapng and cringing to heads OF de
partments and bureaus; no nervous watchings O
the political weathercock ct the end of every fou
wears. The farmer asks favor OF no man, no.
tina mechanic either. People must have the fruit
Of the earth. and as the wealth aud luxury of TIL
country are enhanced, the demands for mechani
cal skin and industry increase with equal steps,
But here's the mischief. Labor, strange to say
in this free and equal Republic, is not disnihe
and honorable We are all gentlemen, and bein
gentlemen, disd.in to work. We cannot soil GU
soft hands, nor our family escutcheon, with ma
nual industry. That is one reason why this ire
and fertile country abounds with genteel ioafert
why so many men are found in the professions
who were intended by nature for the corn fieit
and why hundreds and thousands OF ofhce-seekei
are periodically prosecuting poor, unfortuna'
President, for few miserable loaves and hshe
rather than earn an independent subsistence
industrious artisans