The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1797-12-19 00:00:00, page 4

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FOR THE MIRROR.
Mr. Davis,
Hunting b, accident lit ofthe following Let*
ter, 1 transit it to,on for publication: —
It bun, ackffical amour, Idealt not but
it tall be highly Leafing „theft who, in
faad of reading the EngliJb grammar and
w'fonra^^^ to ite
nus. AMANDO., q
dear madam, ^^^
IF there be yet no proposition
towards a xofynaitm with you, be pleased
to accept of this infrj^atm OT m y 9<,°'
tences— for I do pronouns ad verbair,
that I d#fire to be ^yr^rvfw you in all
cafa ; forMivtl, I declare, that temper-
Aii<vil, fpe^kipg, I (hould be faperlatiiely
happy, might I engender with you in ail
mooch and tenio—l hope you will not
think me so fing&ir as hot to desire to
toefoal numbin in my family ; Or
that i am too matealine to be wafer in re
gat'd to the feminize ; wherefore, dear
Madam, let us have our affeaiohs to
common of /% for be it from me to de
cline this conjugation, though I am not,
the Jif person, hor thejecond, nor the
&/, that has foliated you to be /Wfar
tive to (his love—l presume you will not
be in the imperative, while Ipafs from the
optative to Hie potential, and that you will
permit me to make a cwjunlive ceuflative
of my pro, risque marjbw with you, as in
dueefati ; this will make a forticiphof
nappinefs, if you please aa^el, to give
your voice ^ffive herein, be you butyr
,i„, and I will be deponent —thus you will
find the optative part of my foul to be a
lawful edv^/with tte genitive ; my whole
income (hall be a dative to you for the
present, nothing fliall be accretive against
you for the future, and your dear name
flull be my veiatrve, till death, the great
ablative of all things, fall part us.
I am, D?ar Madam, #
Your's, &c.
Miss A.B. S. C.
FOR THE MIRROR.
" The only amaranthine flower on earth
L virtue — The cnlj lifting trta;ure truth."
COWPIR.
Mr. Davis,
I FIND there has been some enquiry
made who, was the author of a piece
published in one of your papers lift sum
mer, signed " Rusticvs.-" One,man
I heard offered a confiderabie premium
to find our ; —another declared he did
not think he should be wrong to bill the
villain, who was so bale as to write and
poblifh fentimepts so abminaoh.
Now Mr. Printer, Rvsricus wishes
through The medium of your impartial
paper, to present his molt refoeaful com
pliments to Messrs. —; •the Univer
faliftt, and inform them that he (howev
er deceived he may be in himfelf, for felf
knowledge is what few attain) wishes to
seek after truth, and promote the happi
nefs of all mankind ; and iaftead of op
probious epithets, he thinks they might
have dohe him the kindneft (if ihey think
him milled) to have ,i, him feme kind
of an answer ; for if they are rigbt,R
might have been of great utility to man
^kind; then that Tupreme gratitude to
their ranker, which is fa immovably fix^
ed in the breast of all true Univerfalifts,
would have mined in itb meridian luftre ;
then would they have had cause to tri
umph ; then could they have laid, " fee
what we Univerfalifts do—although we
know we (hall be saved, and therefore
have no need to trouble ourselves about
any thing ; yet we are possessed of so
much philanthropy, f> much love to the
whole human race, that altho' this fellow
Rufticus has hinted that our societies
were com,ofed of sheep healers, and, all
the petty larcenaic^l tribe, we undertake
;tor^t out the ^dice, he h^imbib
^sre hi sFPf^yterian, or %.-
on my honor, 4^^ matured,
flexion, £ cannot recoiled@f ever read
fy^4 „^ <^ tbrt?'"*" tfs%?"''
CTttotecieraitiOßCT^^^
era, that ever was a Univerfalift. But,
gentlemen, why would you kill me ?-I
Ihould think ycu would want H punish
me a little, if you so much dislike, as ycu
pretend, what 1 have written ; for altho'
a retrofpeaive view of my part life, will
foow me a fhoufand things 1 have done
that «tre wrong, as pl^in as I fee my
hose in the ghis that hangs before the;
yet, you tell me the moment I leave this
world I am h^ppy ; and the final! know
ledge 1 have of mankind, will plainly
shew me that no person can be really
happy fora very long time in this world.,
But truth is what f have in view ; and if
you ever make me believe that I fall, af
ter ! have -.dually broken the ten com
mands of God, stand as fiitychance for
the kingdom of heaven, as' A per fun thitW?
has a&d out all the chriftian graces of
benevolence, difintcreftedotfe, charily,
meekness, love to all iraiikirid, and a
cheerful rtfignednefs to whatever isone's;
lot, I hope you racier wihbm^ke me guilty
of breaking bneef those commands.—
sot let me ilk you a few qudlions, and
believe me gentlemen, I aft. because i
want informations 1
Has the system of religion, held up by
The Uaiverftlifts, a tendency to promote
virtue or vice ?—Has not a principle of
fear been a mean of deferring many ig
norant persons from vice, when the most
rational arguments against it would have
no est&? Would not many persons, if it
were not for thafrprinciple of fear, be
mere pests to society ?—I. -jolfce tn at
tribute of the Almighty, or is he a God
of lattice and &(ercy /—Every one must
know that virtue alone is whatcan give
happiness, if they had never Teen a bun-•
dredrh part of the essays and moral tales
that have been written to prove it. Hear
for a minute or two the admonitions of
your friend Rusticus. You fee with
what affidwy some will pay attention to
this thing, some that—dancing, fingiog,
learning to read, write or cypher; are all
necessary accomplishments. It is com
mendable to fee men attentive in laying
up money, or erefling fine buildings But
only mark out a virtuous course, and put,
fae it with three fourths of the attention
you do some one of these things, ahd yoti
may depend on it, you will attain " the
only solid treafare, the only amaranthine
flower on earth." . '*, ~
RUSTICUS:
,LOVE FOLLY.
LOVE.
THE greatest vittpei that men
pofftfi are owing to Love.
From whence proceeds the balmy
bird of hteedfhip ?— From Love.
Whit felicity would there be in
the mirtiige state without Love I
How wretched are those month
who ate incapable of hietidflrip,
and who fed no (athfaaibn in
loving or being loved! How
merole, how savage, how indeli
cate, how dull, how cruel woud
man be, if exempt from social vir
{fe 1— Anp from whence do they
^1 fpirg, but from Love ? I will
even go so far as to lay, that the
police „/i owe their prigin to
Love. Even the most celebrated
Poets have exerted their utmost
flgill on the fubfeaof LowE
(both/#, fofteoi, and harmonizes
the raiah of men, and Ufpires
them with fentimenti of tendernfefs
and humanity; It even ditpofes
them to feel for their fellow crea
turet, and "comfort the bosom of
affliaion. It cannot- be denied
but men's glory, honor, - prefix &
please, all depend upon Love.—
Love would with that all meh
<h ? fd ,e in perfect harmony
with mty other,: >pd that there
thou:d be no dißia&ion of per
font. Love iofpirtt honor, frieud
thio ch^ritv humwitv beht*o»''
fence, modesty, meeknefe and
ch^ity. .-
FOLLY.
FROM iht firft moment that
man was placed upoa^uth, he
beagan his Ufi, bv porfuing the
dtaa/rf Folly, fice which his
focceffort have conti: urd to fol
low the example, and have im
proved by her precepts beyond
what their forefathers could
have conceived, or even hoped
for. Fei', has invented every
kind of excellence that is held io
estimation by mankind {luxury,,
nngnificerfee, titles, honors, and
riches. Folly cccafioned ore set
cf men to rule their tefo% ,&&
cure, and keep them under fob
j^oo. ' What but Folly could
haveinduced men to, fear&h irito &
(he bowels of the earth lot iron,:
gold, precious ft ones, and a thou-:
land other ufeleh babbles /—Even
commerce herfeif would be ban-)
ifhed, if it were not for .Folly.—
How would so many lawyers,;
judges, fiddlers, players, perfumes, §
embroiderers, and ten thous md
other profeffioni and tradei Hour
ifl), if it were not from Folly.
FroM/bi Farmer's Weekly Musr UM.
Common Sense, in Difoabilla.
N°. XXIII.
LOOK PRE YOU LEAP.
IF you aurad by the charms of,
1 betuty, look twice as often at
my text as on the face of your
chartrer ; remember " beauty is;
but skin deep." Nature, fay feme 1
phyfwgnomifts, uni ei an amiable
mind with a fair face. It may be
rth was nature's original plan ;
if faithfully executed^ no man of
sense would marry a woman
without beauty. But art has got
the uppethand of nature. When
a hanefome lady look# io theglafi,
vanity is almost at sure to be her
companion as her own image—
vanity whifperi in her ear, that
her fortune is made for this world ;
away with such old falhidned fluff
as the improvement of the mind,
fay# this monitor ; it is fit only
for ugly faces, a mere invention
of arc to supply the defeds of
nature. Ifyou fee a fine lady,
who p„i frequent devotion to
her own image, beware, I fay.
" Look ere you leap" into the
snares of love.<
Hyour reighboi'acattle break
into ycur cornfield, or he and you
have a dispute about a few acre#
of land, " lock fy you le#p"in{o
tie Uw, “ The law is a bottom*
left pit ;" and lawyer,, who fome
timei help you into it, and some
times out, will not help you either
way for rowing. Leave out your
dispute ro^mfir of candour and
judgment ; if you are not per
f^iyf^
a (mail part of. your interest, and
live in peace, than to mortgage
"four whole estate, and emit ill
,i|l!0 you, neighbour and your
felf upon your poftefity.
When thieves, horse jockeys,
and fpeculaiot, effer you 1 kfai
bargain, ^ lock ere you leap."—
Sto'en grodt are fold cheap § but
they are li&bte to be taken away
for nothLg-befidei, the fufpi
ci@o of bang a partr.tr in the
iff §%tew,. dm .
^^^i^B .
re^x^M,TO£umx^tßHfcAx*mMßtn^oWffltefeCT omt
great a cheat ^s« women; look
«^% and cenfioer (borough y, bc
?Gie yoo fesp at mere appearances.
Abo^e aU, fi&fon veuf guard;
when an arch fpttuai<r lays hit
died#, patent, mortgages, affign
ment£,.p &ni, oGlfs, bonds, &c.
& - before you, and talks about
hit millions of acres in the Teoe
fee, Kentucky, on the Ohio, rhe
Keohawa and the Miffifippi, and
tells ycu, ihit for * few hundred
dollars io hand, and a few more
"in notes, you may tn ke ycur for
tpoe—then, I fay, " look ere ,Q,
tep." T*ke one how you put
your pen to paper. Your fealfo
his bond, may febl you up io prif
, on.{
THE RIVULET.
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rFOR CT MIRROR. .
MR. DAVES,
As I wax te^ng Q^r „, F&fa, and a few
as my aid ma%u/rri,h, the qher day, 1 far
turoteh <4*^ actys the fdlewirg Linu.
which, if ,ox have rozm.yu ma, give
them a fact IP ,^r tex? Rivulet.
ZENO.
tearcran
TL CONTcN<IQN.
The God cf Wifond God of Lore,
(Supremest of the powers above,)
Contending lor imperia! sway,
And which Ihonld win the glorious day ,
Defignipg one atone to feign,
Refold'd their conkft on a l^iir!.
The Godtof Lore, his goldendarr
Let fy, andbit the Shepherd's heart ;
The fw3im,bandoni#g his (beep,
His scrip and crock, hrs food and Seep,
Addrefa him to Cloth' (brine.
Por Cori* now was nil divine;
Naught left cf human in her nature.
But all a bright celeflirl (remote.
The God of Wine then fill'd a glafe.
In hopes to drive away the hfs
Far from his thoughts, yet all id vafo.
He qtKff'd ano foil'd, hot figh'd again.
The Twain was &fk'd, the Twain confeft
The paffon stronger so bis treaty,
But that the wine had cheer'd his hope.
And hid aside the Anifeand reft.*
The God of Love then fneer'd aloud,
And ail the iinle Cupids bow'd.
He&n let fl y another dart,
Which more enrag'dthe (hepherd's heart: :
Then Bafthas gave a flowing up ;
The Ihepherd foil'd and quaff'd if °P*
1 he Twain was afk'd, the Twain conftft.
The piffion stronger in his brtaft;
But now being rais'd to Cloris' sphere.
He had difeharg'd all grief and fear.
The God of Love twice foeez'd aloud.
And twice the little Cupids bow'd.
The third and left thin new was fent*
Which less cffcaert than it meaat;
For Bacchus with a flowing bowl.
Enlarg'd the Ibepherd's joyful foul.
The Twain was aft'd, the Twain confeft;
The p< ffion now had left his breast ;
He found himLlf grow all divine,
And Cloris at a dittance thine ;
Himfelf the bright celeftfol creature.
And the ream'd to hum^n nature.,
The Bacchanals with loud huzzas
proclaim their God, whose bowl rtifplayw
Such ii fluence, and gain'd the odds J
In placing man among the Gods.
The God of Love withdrew and fwore>
Hi never wou'd encounter more,
The might, iml, but always yield.
Whenever that (hon'd take the fil/,
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