New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-11
BE SURE OF YOUR CALLING.

to Mr.. Jacob Mueller, for be makes to,
great mistake in politics to be much O
hand at the cutting knife. Mr.. Muelle
does not propose to set up manufactor,
OF conestoga politicians, if We understan,
mis- programme Alright; and any shoe
maker who hopes to palm himself off 0,
the community as competent legislator
by repeating the platitudes of Genera
Campbell, of Ohio, will never obtain the
signature Of Jacob Mueller to his recon-
mendation. The REPUBLICAN is the
friend of the people, and this
boot maker may consider himself one OF
that family, if be pleases, but whether he
does or does not, our attitude must still
continue the same There are some few
people who are not boot-makers, and it IS
our business to see that they are dealt
Justly by, even while the shoemakers are
being attended to- Weadvocate free men,
and free men advocate free labor This
is the basis of all political intelligence in
this matter. A free man is the best sup
porter OF free government. He Is at
the same time his own protector. His
success is only limited by his capacity.
All trades are open to his entry. He can
compete with the richest and the poorest.
Wherever there is foot to be shod he can
present himself to make the shoe This
| is all that government can do. But this
man in the Democrat does not seem to be
satisfied with our platform. He probably
wants return of that shoemaking bust
ness which was paid for by slave labor.
He covets renewal of the good time
when he made nice little inniAin shoes
for gay young men from the
plantations, and when the nice
young men sent to Massachusetts,
for ten or twenty boxes Of red brogans for
the hands on the place" Or probably
this shoemaker has given over the bench,
and is now a politician, hoping to obtain
an office by persuading the men of the lap
stone that they are the only competent
people to select the rulers of the State
If he is, he has made mistake. His own
unftness is told in his own correspondence.
The shoemakers will see that he is bogus,
or else they will condemn themselves as
incompetent. We have not degenerated
so far yet that the State can afford to let
incompetent Crispins manage her affairs.
Men must present some other evidence
than a leather apron and badly-written
communication, before they can be trusted
with the baton of power. And in this ex-
pressi0 Of sentiment we have no doubt |
that Mr.. Jacob Mueller will fully agree |
with Us. And as a test, we propose to |
give this candidate or support if Mr.. |
Jacob Mueller will agree to let him man
age Jacob Mueller's business for month
Surely if he is able to take care of New Or |
leans or the State of Louisiana he ought |
to be able to run a shoe store for month.
We are perfectly square in these re-
marks. Shoemakers are very good in
their line, and if there is a single man
pegging soles to-day who deserves better
destiny, let him hold to hope and clear
conscience and he will come out in time,
as Jacob Mueller has done All good
men, with the true leaven in them, rise as
the occasion for their advance presents it.
self. But the workman who is above his
last and leather apron, and who thinks he
was born to be ruler instead of cob
bier, is generally nuisance in the shop
md a botheration to the wise in every
other place. We can not take him, and
We have too much respect for the trade to
suppose that our remarks will be applied !
where they do not fit Shoemakers have
heir business as blacksmiths, painters,
mas ons and carpenters have theirs. In
his free country men rise in all trades,
'ut sometimes discontinued spirits bring
emark upon good occupation by setting
t up as something that it is not. And it
s our business to trim these self-elected
patriots down occasionally They injure
heir professions by urging their own self
sh aggrandizement as necessity of the
rade. And as this is just what this Dem
'cratic shoemaker has done, We take it
hat it has devolved upon us to correct his
IDEAS. Let him stick to his trade-he has
lot been called to save the country yet.