The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-10

He who works stated number of hours
daily, for stated price, and who regu-
larly receives his wages, and lives within
his income, is said to be the most indie
pendent man in the world. With his
tools he lays down his care, and in his
family or with his friends spends happy
life, with nothing however to perplex him,
and everything to give content. This Is
one view of the matter, and is probably
entertained by those who are wearied and
perplexed with the cares and responsible
ties of experimenting large business, OF
conducting intricate operations. People
are always inclined to imagine any other
position better, in some respects, then
their own. The happy man above des-
cribed envies his employer, and wishes
that instead of being the mere agent,
bound to move to another's direction, he
could change places with his principal. =
| For, he knows his own embarrassmentS
and carcs, and if he has not the burden of
the direction of great affairs, he has the
daily anxiety of contriving how he shall
make stated sum meet unexpected ext
gencies. 1t may be a daily puzzle to him
to keep down the demands of pride or
necessity. He has, moreover, the con
tingencies of business TO fear, as well as
his employer; and he may on any day
receive notice that his services are no
longer required. And as to dismissing
all care and thought about his EMPLOYERS
interest, if he can do that, he is precisely
the person whose labor can be dispensed
with. The service Of no man so purely
mercenary is worth much.
True independence, so far as one can
be Independent, is accessible both to en-
plOyers and employed. The secret is, to
undertake no more than can be managed;
and to determine that you will have hours
of rlaxation, when you can dismiss the
cares of business from your thoughts -
As poor Richard has it. ''Drive your
business, and not let your business drive
you" In eager competition, men give
themselves too little rest, and undertake
too much. Some one asked an English
statesman and jurist how he could get
through the amount of labor which he
performed.
GAS thief gets through horse pond,
was the reply. 81 am dragged through
il" There is too much of this ''drag-
ging," both among the English and our
selves. Sometimes men make solid gains,
and secure wealth, when too much fatigu-
ed to enjoy it; but too often.they make
shipreck. Hudson, the English projec-
tor, whose popular designation a few
years ago was the Railway King" is
now so reduced in pocket that his friends
are raising a subscription to purchase a
small annuity for him, that his life may
not close in absolute penury. The true
philosophy is to regard life as thing to
be pushed moderately, and enjoyed as it
passed. 1t should never be treated as too
many do, as great game of hazard. -
Nor should we fancy that all in which we
are interested depends entirely upon our
selves. Other people, it must be conced-
ed, can do something. The best business
results are obtained by finding out trust
worthy people, and confding in them
The experiment Of entire direction on a
grand scale has been tried by the Empe-
ror Of the French, certainly one of the
strongest men that the world has ever
seen, but even he is beginning TO learn
that one man is not competent for every
thing; and he, we suspect, may envy the
contented laborer, who has only to do his
daily work and receive his daily wages
There are thousands like him. Their
empires are narrower, but their expert
ence is the same-to-day, success to-mor-
rom, disappointment. = Philadelphia
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