The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22

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One reason Why many men do not succeed
business 10 seldom taken into account in aftei
wards determining the causes Of their failure.
II ID not because they have been dishonest, o
after long overseeing, find themselves 1t Inl
aveeseacheS; not because after MANY brilliar
winnings q the gaming-table, they 1T last stak
al, and lose al, not because after having mad
partial success, they expect greater, and bull
fine houses, and buy fine horses, taking the ris
Of being able to pay; not because Of the old fol
ly Of investing in lottery tickets and alway
drawing blanks; not because OF induleing in th
newer and more common folly of luxurious Ii,
ing on small means, until they waste their sub
stance in kind Of fashionable riotousness. No
10 il because the times are 50 hard, Or trade
90 dull, or the West is 50 back ward, or the bank
so obstinately refuse to discount poor paper!
il simply because hundreds of men, every yeal
90 into business uithout sufficient natural capae,
ty to carry il on successfully.
When man thinks Of becoming musician
he first satisfies himself that he has a natura
ear fer music. When another sets out to be
lawyer, or . physician, or a minister, he usual
thinks It necessary to qualify himself for hi
profession BY some preliminary studies; for VI
trust that the time il past when an anxious "a
Their, finding that his son will not make black
smith, or carpenter, or . day-laborer, inall
turns him over to be q minister!
But scores Of men in every large town-an,
scores upon scores in every large city--embarl
in business without any more previous expe
rience in it, or any more actual fitness for il
than If man should undertake to play the vic
lin at he Academy Of Music, who did not know
the base from the tenor, or the "Heroic Sym
phony" from the tune Of "Windham!"
A young clerk, who has been two or thre.
wears in great counting house, fancies tina
during that time he has learned all that car
possibly be known Of business. He accordingl,
listens to the advice of some judicious and am
bilious friends, retires from q good position
which yielded him comfortable salary, and set,
up for himself to better his fortune He is-
sues circular to his business acquaintance
prints an advertisement in all the newspapers
and thus begins an independent business career
Now, how long will so slender stalk be able to
stand alone! We will write its history gently
and tenderly! It dourishes perhaps during the
hrst spring like new grass, is willis, and strug-
g'es for life during the first summer; then, on
the first winter day, ''the wind passes over it,
and It is gone" Such man would be graph
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"dead broke"
We do not mean to offer dscoura cement to
anybody. We DO not say that it is fault in
young men to be hopeful, but rather that it is q
common misfortune to be over-sangulne. For
instance, many farmers boy would rise to
wealth it he were to keep to his fathers farm,
instead of hurrying to some great city to make
bis fortune in more brilliant style. Many an
honest and industrious youth, who might be
good mechanic, prefers to be q poor clerk:
many good clerk insists on being a third
partner; and many good third-partner would
,uin the hrm IN one year, if he were to be one
year at lts head. Promotion in business should
De IKE promotion in an army on the field-only
rom merit OF services and evidence of charac-
er! But when young man possesses himself
y vain ambitions, and strives to Jump at once
INTO great business and fine store. and fails
n his foolish attempt, he is often likely ever
afterwards to be untitled for anything else than
! succession of just such delusive experiments.
terminating always in succession OF Just such
results; until he is finally ruined be
'ond all hope OF earning livelihood in any
lonest way. There is such a thing as spelling a
lorse shoe so that it viii not make even nail:
ND there are other men beside blacksmths.
Who have been known 10 do i'll
we were some time ago in a large Western
ity, In which it was alt1ost impossible to find
as we were told by prominent merchant there,
my man ouer Twenty-Five gears of age rho is
lot y, business for himself! Now, ii is almost
eediess Tor us TO say that even in ain intelligent
no enterprislns Western city, it is not likely
hat every man over twenty five years of age is
BILE to conduct an independent business on his
wn responsibility! Nor is it likely tina, more
han one quarter of the whole number. thus
ngaged tor themselves, will ever finally be sue
essfuli
We give, therefore, as our advice, that no
nan should take upon himself the responsibility
being the chief conductor of large bu
ess, VINO does not, at the beginning to a Ger
am degree, see his way clear to success! Mere
' to hope that he will come out well. is not
hough, he must be able to give reason, for
ls hope. For, many nan thinks be can throw
stone across the North Riyer-until he tries.
lany man attempts to build tower without
bunting the cost, TIL finally it falls and brushes
I'm! And many a man who now thinks Of Civ
ig up good subordinate position, in order TO |
remote himself into one more independent |
ut az the same time more precariou4, would do |
ell to go before hand among his friends, and |
scertain whether it is the opinion Of any one |
se beside himself that he has the necessary
et, common sense, and energy to succeed In
hat he proposes to attempt We are very radi
IN our creed as to what constitutes the necssa-
Qualifications for a successful merchant. We
Did no less than three separate and distinct ar.
cies:-hrst, honesty-second, industry-,hird.
.ans!
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
orney's papeI) says that since the leaders who
e opposed to the Democratic party have taken
vantage OF the numerous traDseressions of
e present Administration, and especially of
e indignant protests OF hundreds OF thousands
democrats who refused to endorse a wrong
cause It has been consummated by men elect
by themselves, the prospects of Mr.. Seward
the Republican candidate for the Presidency
We greatly frightened. His advocates think
at nothing can prevent his nomination. and
9 determined that he and no other shall be
man. Mr.. Bolts and his force arc, of course.
alnst Seward, and the same may be said OF
other Ops sition leaders in the South Mr..
ase, OF Ohio, Mr.. Banks, OF Massachusetts.
dge Mclean and Mr.. Hamn are all regarded
ready to stand by and let Mr.. Seward make
e fight. II there is no storm ahead, there is a
eat deal OF mist and some shoals
The Southern men are the best politicians
ey see that the Administration is nearly ex-
suished, and they are preparing to let it slide.
is was seen when Douglas was making his
t great speech, on the 23d of February. JET
son DAVIS was never SO courteous; Senator
son, OF Virginia, always naughty and dicta- ,
lai, was never SO complacent; Mr.. Green was
'der than usual, and Galatin Brown. of Mis-
sippi, was the pink of politeness-a thing
yer before experienced during contest with
rthern Democrats fighting for the right. 1t
we'd to convince these gentlem, n that II /
ertes could rail at Hamlet, Hamlet could an 1
er back in tones OF e1travagant defiance c
N in the open grave. These men find thew D
70 trusted to shadow; they see they have v
owed themselves to denounce good and true il
n OF the North for not yielding to a power e
ich has since betrayed them. The country 0
see different state Of feeling in the United
ties Senate compared with that which has
ltrolled the Senate during the last Congress. =
'IsH EATING AND FEcUNDrrY.-A letter "a tho
irnal of Commerce says: "Every house in Q
IAN seemed to be overrun with children IN u
Ne OF which | counted ten or a dozen and Is
Of about the same size! The birds in a nest. u
chickens in a coop, the frogs in a pond, are y
more compact aud crowded than these Ia
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