The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-23

The great want of every age is men.
God through nature supplies all else;
and he supplies men too, if they did
not destroy themselves by their own
vices, and would properly develop their
own powers. "GOOd God, how scarce
men are," said Napoleon in Italy,
when nobody appeared to contest the
field with him. And so it is in every
country and every age. There is no
branch of business, no profession, call
ing or occupation, in which live, ell
ergetic, weIl-fOrnled, determined man
may not command any position. OBJ
tain any wages, and receive any hon
Ors. When Daniel Webster was about
to enter upon the study of law, they
told him that the profession was full.
"There is room enough" he replied,
"up there" pointing up, and meaning
that for the higher class and the better
qualified there was always q demand.
1t is just so to-day. There is little
million of poor lawyers, poor preachers,
poor editors, poor printers, poor me-
chanics, and poor farmers; and some
of them complain of hard times and
want of employment; but it would be
difficult to find one we'll qualified, who
has not had a hundred calls for his
services. Those who have nothing
to do are the ones who never should
have anything to do, for they are not
fit for it. They either have no know
ledge of the business. or are not will
ling to work at it. The world is full
of people who complain that they have
not had q chance in life. If they had
desired the chance they would have
made it, for nobody has chances except
what they make. The bad and good
luck, so much talked of, is all nonsense,
the fellow who has pluck never lacks
luck-he makes luck. The human will
is supreme against every thing but God.
There is nothing OH this earth or any
other earth that the human will may
not control and form to its own liking;
but to accomplish any thing it must be
persistent and determined, then it will
overcome all things. II there are
mountains i'm the way it will cast them
into the sea if there are clouds i'm the
heavens, it will brush them away; If
there are wild lightnings on the track,
it will catch them and curb and bride
them. There is nobody who has life
before him, who can't be what he is
able to be and willing to labor to be.
But is not the fellow that whines at
the corner of the street for ten hours
pay for eight hours work that is to
come to any thing. That class don't
want to work at all. Hire them at eight
hours to-day, and they will want to
work but six tomorrow and the third
day they will have the gout or some
thing else; it is the one who says L
conquer or die,n that never dies till he
has conqured. So in education it is
the man who has no mind to educate,
that sucks his claws and whines that he
would have been something or some
body if he had possessed the benefits
of learning. The man who wants ed
ucation can always get it. He edu-
Gates himself. This talk of Daniel
Webster among the gutter rats, who
are like diamonds in the sand, and
glisten to the dazzling of the world IL
they could have opportunity, is all
nonsense. Every man finds his level,
and has his opportunities to become all
that his capacity will permit. Let
young men get rid of these delusiOns
these night-mares that rest upon theiI
brains like paralysis and death. The
world il before them-its pleasures and
honors and wealth. Anything in IL
will be theirs if they make themselves
worthy of it and are willing to work fol
it. There is no time to grumble, none
to lament; off with your coat, roll uE
your sleeves, and 60 in for what yoI
want, and what you really deserve yol
will obtain.