Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-10
THE WANDERERS.
FROM TIE AUGUSTA HERALD.
THE NOR ALISC.

THE MORALIST.
--- lie Sons Of tot flow
Down the loole Gream % fa'fe enchartc joy
rofwiit deGruaion. On ihe rankled foii. "a
The gaming fury falls: and in-onc guf
OF total ruin, honour virtue. peace
Friends, flniies, and fortune hca,ong funk
THOMPSON.
By fomc who may be difpoi9d to thir1l
more favorably Of fuch character, may
be centred TOR having given the picture
too high colouring out upon "A iair de-
yclopement Of their principles i, will be
found a jut one. Compounded then Of
fuch balc qualities, it | address them /
have littlc 10 expect from III. influence OF
the mild voice of reason, or the inculca,ion
of the Inca who!elome preccp,s Of moral
ty: therefore coniign them to the goa
ding filings of guilty confidence, and TO
the nlerised punilhment OF offended juaicc.
But with thoie yet unvcr!ed in the ways
OF impiesy, minds are It'll unbiaied, III
whom Whole preJudices have 70, tax
! en- root, nor habits warped the natural
freedom of the imagination. l indulge a
more p'eaiing nope Of proving ferviceaale (:
| Aud il can but reicue one from The scr
TEX OF obligation, II will be to ire rioN
con{oling rejection.
In the gay feafon of youth when the
incentives 10 plcalurc are not isfs poyer-
| iai than they are numerous ;--whcn thong
and vivid palions meet wi,f but feeble op.
Ponents IN rsaion and the dictates OF ON
icicnce, the voice OF admonition .hopph
generally more UNDECIDED, is yet more ne
cedary. With judgement uDmatu, led
! the mind is apt to imbibc i,npreGions IN,
favorable to their integeits, and yielding to
theic, they toriakc the paths of virtue fol
the devious ways of vice. Habits now
formed generally take decproot -"They
| grow with their srowtl. and Grengther
With their frength.' Hence the evident
neceaity OF their forming fuch early rule
t1r their conduit as may cnfure their future
nfsffttl ESQ I'd P4l e 5fJf ma I'LL
was 10 enter into difcuiion of all tn.
evils which prove the ruin of youth. ans
render them miierable 10 old age. Lett
iuttice TO fay--that while fome vices Clair
the pre-emincnce fer cnormi,y, all habit
are me!ets, Ut not vicious) that are no
profitable. In the proper employment O
line much IS inclnd-d. 1t is wiCiom :,
improve every moment for il can never he
recailed. Anrelius has fad we ouoht r.
make the mott Of our minutes ;''-inceaant
| y paiing away, they leave US fewer to
ENJOY. And the obfervation Of Seneca is
aJu'' one, that G. we complain of the jhor,
neis ct time, bur fpend it as if we had too
m@cn.' 1t Is a jewel whole value we Gel.
dom know until it is too late. How i'm
proper to trilc away that which we ought
20 prize mott highly! How criminal TO a
blie 70 precious a gift!
Let ne advile you, my young friends
to guard againf the inroaas of vice: be
ware OF her alluring ways, and view her
70 ter dcformity when ilripped of her gau-
dy 'Fapplngs. Torn from her temptari-
ons' and iliten not to her fyren voice. for
II is the voice of danger. As the 6rl
grand itep to guard you againft her be-
witchng f'niles, fuffer not yourfelyes 70
'e idle, tor this will inevitably lead TO
other and Wort. ahufes. Beings who poc.
lsis foul canno, politely complain of
want OF employment. Your time Mould
De employed ipaocently and by his IS
meant itritt difcharge of ali the proper
duties OF your Gatior. No, made for
yoofieives alone, the various obligations
winch you owe TO your maker, and 70 To-
Glety, feqalre your faithful attention.
fou'h more Especially is the l.af,n for i'm
/, rYYsoent, and every moment as /, a;es
i y leave behind il a pleaGng reflection
Youth is not rich, in time, Il NAV w.
poor. may "
s ~ w.t., wit, i as viii money, fpar,e pay
NO 20, '''snrieat, bosinpurchsfe II rs Worth.