The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-04-13
"Re DIIIRsn. in RusIne...n

"Be DiIIgent In BusIness."
Franklin rs somewhere said, that he
o. "a aaDns rablc share OF his slecess
IiA9Fe 4 the oppression made upon him,
wbAe yet aeOy at home, by . passage
isethc BOOK q Kings, that those who will
"dsligent in business" should stand in the
presence Of princes. II Is well known that
few men were more industrious, more en-
energetic. IT is equally well known that
while he began his career rs a poor boy
and labOrcd assiduOusly as "J65T prin.
ter, lie livedtO be an able and honest atm.
basasdss 81 the COuvt Of The PrOUdest
monarch in Christendoun. lie was an ex.
ample, thcrefore,-a proud Onc-Ol the
fultillment Of the text.
But he was not the only man who re.
allied It's truth. We doubt, indeed, IL
any man ever succeeded in life, who was
not diligcnt in buSinCss-whO was ncgli-
gent and fond Of pleasure. The supposed
instances to the contrary, so often pOpu-
larry quoted, invariably prove lallaCiOus
when carefully investigated. Curran,
the great Irish orator, was said TO have
clOquence native born. But on the con.
trary. he has lcft it on record, that lie
took tue greatest pains to perfect his clO-
cutiOn, his gesture, and his knowledge Of
law. Burke, distinguished for his clo-
qnence and lcufHing, built up tho ediicC
Of his fame BY slow, perScvcring, labOri-
Gus effort. II IL well known fact that
tho Philadelphia millionaire, the late
Stephen Girard, amassed his colossal for.
tune by asSidiOus attention to business.
Clay, Webster, Calhoun and Benton oil
worked hard-thc latter almost inceSSant-
Iy. And Napoleon the First, who was
born genius, il ever man was, achieved
most Of what he did Ivy unccAsing labor,
often debating u several secretaries at
once, and always firing out every body
about him.
II these great men achieved distinction
only by their diligence in business, or
even if this, as none can deny, was the
principle cause Of their SUCCESS. how can
those Of Cur inferior abilities expect to
prosper unless they follow the same cx-
ample! lie who ncglects his business
will sOOn find his business ncglecting
him. Ability, without industry, will not
do and rarely accOmpliShcs anything wor-
thy Of mention. Men who think 70 sue.
coed by doing half a days work, must
tsoOncr or later 60 to the wall. There Is
but ono way to rise; Il Is to he diligcnt,
always diligcnt. Without energy and
industry no man ever conquered Difficult.
tics or achieved greatness" The mer.
chant, who leaves his store 10 take q
social drink; the mechanic, who stops
work to have blue Monday" as was
frequently the case in the older States q
few years ago; tho professional man, who
goes of on parties Of pleasure, and miss
cs the chance Of clients or patients calling
all these either fail utterly in life at last
as is the case in nine examples out of ten
or fall short Of that complete success,
} which they might otherwise have Ob
taincd. The old fable Of the tortoise, wht
beat tho hare to the gAOl, because III,
latter stopped 50 often. is realized ever,
day and hour in life. The old a,lagc, fro
quently ridiculed, "slow but sure" il
verified continually by experience. Eveu
genius itself has been said by no less
thinker than Sir James Macintosh, to b.
only another name for industry. Go an,
ask Of the scores Of beggared old men, who
{ once prosperous, now eat the bread q
! dependence, what it was that ruined them
and they will answer. il honest, "becaus
! we were not diligent."
II is young men just starting in life
who should especially ponder we'll on thi
truth. They must not fOOlishly suppose
, because they see their rich employer
{ living in fine houses, dressing expensivcly
J doing little hard work, or lavishing tim
or money in other ways, that they ma
e also do the same. If their supcriOrs ha
: not been diligent, in early life, they woul
I never have earned the means to live lux
D uriOusly. 4 clerk is not the head Of
Q firm, or MI apprentice master mechanic
The distinction should not be forgotten
BY diligence in business" thousands {
. poor lads have risen to Opulcnce, an
como at last to have all the leisure the
:. desired. But tens Of thousands, VIII
!. could not wait to enjoy life till they la
I won the right to it by diligence in bus
= mess" have gone hOpclessly aud despair
ingly down, In the full meridian Of exist
=. encc, like the crew Of q leaky ship, sink
6 ing In sight Of harbor, because they at
q and drank and made merry when the
should have been working at the pump,
r Young men, follow the example Of tn
Q successful aud illuStriOus, by being " dill
, gent in business"
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. TUE MAJORITy.-Thc Republicans jus
: now have much to say with respect (
submitting to the will Of the majority