The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-04-13
"Be DiIIRena In Buslne.s.v

lid Ee the oppression made upOS him,
VIE yet abOy at home, by . passage
iq.ihe box e Kings, that those rho gill
"dsIigent in business" should stand in the
presence Of princes. Its well known that
few men we're more industrious, more en-
energetic. II is equally well known that
while he began his career rs a poor boy
and labOrcd assiduOsAy as "Jour" prin-
ter, he livedto he an able and honest am.
basssdOE Of the Court Of The pVOudest
monarch in ChristendOln. lie was an ex.
ample, thereiOrc,-A proud One-Of 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 diligent in buSincSS-who was ncgli-
gent and fond Of pleasure. The supposed
instances to the contrary, so often pOpu-
larry quoted, invariably prove fallaciOus
when carefully investigated. Curran,
the great Irish orator, was said TO have
clOquence native born. But on the con.
trary. he has lrR it on record, that lac
took the greatest pains to perfect his clo-
cutiOn, his gesture, and his knowledge Of
law. Burke, distinguished for his clo-
! QHence and learning, built up the edifice
! Of his fame by slow, perScvcring, labOri-
Gus effort. It is a we'll known fact that
the Philadelphia millionaire, the late
Stephen Girard, amassed his colossal for.
tune by assidiOus attention ~ business.
Clay, Webster, Calhoun and Benton oil
worked hard-thc latter almost inceSsant-
". And Napoleon the First, who was
born genius, il ever man was, achieved
most of what he did by unccasing labor,
often debating ~ several secretaries at
once, and always firing out every body
about him.
If 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 Car 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 accOml'lishcs anything wor-
thy Of mention. Men who think 10 sue.
coed by doing half a days work, must
sooner or later go TO the wall. There is
but one way to rise; it is to he diligcnt,
always diligcnt. Without energy and
industry no man ever conquered difficult
ties or achieved greatness" The mer.
chant, who leaves his store 10 take a
social drink; the mechanic, who stops
work to have "blue Monday" as was
frequently the case in the older States a
few years ago; the professional man, who
goes of on parties Of pleasure, and miss.
Is 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 foil short Of that complete success
which they might otherwise have Oh
taincd. The old fable Of the tortoise, who
beat the hare to the gaol, because the
latter stopped so often, is realized every
day and hour in life. The old adagc, frc-
quently ridculed, "slow but sure" is
verified continually by experience. Even
genius itself has been said by no less
thinker than Sir James Macintosh, to be
only another name for industry. Go and
ask Of the scores Of bcggared old men, who,
once prosperous, now eat the bread Of
dependence, what il was that ruined them,
and they will answer, il honest, because
we were not diligent"
1t is young men just starting in life,
who should especially ponder we'll on this
truth. They must not fOOlishly suppose,
because they see their rich employers
living in fine houses. dressing extensively,
doing little hard work, or lavishing time
or money in other ways, that they may
also do the same. If their supcriors had
not been dilisent, in early life, they would
never have earned the means to live lux.
uriously. a clerk is not the head Of
firm, or an apprentice q master mechanic.
The distinction should not be forgotten.
BY diligence in business" thousands Of
poor lads have risen to opulcnce, and
come at last to have all the leisure they
desired. But tens of thousands, who
could not wait to enjoy life till they had
won the right to it by d" diligence in bus
mess, )" have gone hopclessly and despair
ingly down, in the full meridian of exist
encc. like the crew Of leaky ship, sink.
ing in sight Of harbor, because they ate
and drank and made merry when they
should have been working at the pumps.
Young men, follow the example Of the
successful aud illustrious, by being +" dill
gent in business"
Tue MAJORITY.-Thc Republicans just
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