The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-23
REQUIRED by first. handa for love nor money

procured by first hands for love nor money
This would be very sad state OF thingS
indeed. That there should be no class Of
people poor enough to consent to We in our
kitchens, and work for us instead Of them
selves, would be, in the language Of Mrs.
stuckup, "most intolerable and not to be
borne" II cann,t be that Providence means
to deal so hardly with us, as to diffuse the
advantages we pride so highly over the entire
body of our citizens. Lord Lyttleton writes:
"where none admire. It's useless to excel,
Where none are bcaux, Ills vain to be BELLE"
So may we exclam:
"without the poor, what joys could wealth afford!
Without a servant, who would be a lordi'
Which recalls that other interesting query, in
the shape of couplct:
when Adam delvei, and Eve span,
Who was then the sentiemanf"
The sense ofcontrast gives the zest to our
advantage. Nobody ever makes show in q
desert where admirers are lacking we con-
tent ourselves with substantials. A truly
republican plainness ofliving, would proba-
bly, be the deplorable result Of this hardly
,upposable state ofthings. But without fear
ing anything so remote, would it not DO pru-
dent to provide, in some measure, against the
possible evils of universal prosperity Per-
haps, if people could make up their minds to
treat their servants as fellow-citizcns now, the
time when they would be disposed to shake
off their service might be deferred. If famil-
les could refrain from enforcing cdste into
their treatment of domestics; ifthey could en-
gage the services Of Cook as they do those OF
a Shoemaker or Mason, 4. e. without as
sumption on one side, or hollow servility
on the other, cooking might become recog-
missed trade, and their tables be well supplied,
even after starvation no longer threatened q
concocter of plum buildings who should insist
upon being "as good rs any body" Would
it be dangerous, ladies and gcntlcmcn-espcc.
tally yc ladies and gentlemen ofthe free ani
philanthropic North, where anything tina
bears resemblance toslavery is so abhorent t,
our sensibilities would it be impolitic ant
dangerous to recognize the soul ola Chamber
maidl Would it not rather be apt to maxi
her better one, and longer content with tn
broom and buster, if you consulted her feel
ings, expressed an interest in her welfare, an,
saved her pride as much as possiblel Atprc
sent. it seems to be supposed, that in tn
agreement as to wages, q certain amount O
contumely is bargained for-not loud, indee
but deep not in words so much as il
thoughts, and in the actions which flow un
consciously from thoughts. While this is th
/, case, American servants cannot be had, an
ought not to be had. Our countrymen an
= countrywomen can do far better; and so the
forsakc business which ought to be as com
Portable and lucrative as any other requirin
the same capacity, and leave families to
: half served by the people whose lack of bot
t principle and capacity is too often the yer
n reason why they are willing to be servant
: The consequence is, unspcakablc wear an
$ tear of temper, all sorts of loss and missmar
g agemcnt IN Kitchens, eorrupting example
u for tn, Dung, and temptation to unchristia
prejudice in the heads of families. 1t is a,
: serted that the English treat their servan
y far better, with regard to their national ide,
than Americans do theirs, considering Il
|, profession of democratic principle by the Ia
" ter. We shall be forced sooner or later
" harmonic more our theory and our rractic
and ifpeople do not learn to consider their sci
!. vants-or "helps"-as human beings, the
will certainly be taught the fact by The Sci
: wants themselves; and enforced claims are
Notifying as voluntary concessions are grace
full.