Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-06


q4iet." Nbeu ke zo6s .a an eleqatrd nm
"fiO~, TO ntt0cS linn 4vas uo5k and bryoie
bHt n07v thar be is a,1veA ntO retirement
l"e june thing le 7ate numuuiy." W,beu
be qoa' P,eGatnt Of The Uuised STATES, 0,
a eHMalaafe FIR thar 4bfee, be 4v0s a to,y,
a" a'1f9eruf, mona,eJiR, a ty,uu,. n
10Ary -beaaed Villum 81 but no4v tb0,
ne I" frfOGfe eHizru, "bis boueRy and
pA'r'9tym @re admired BY The CANDID of
ALL PARTIES" Wbru he. zvns .up, II
4v@s p,ober to PHI bin down; but noqo
f6at be IS down, and nev~r i" expel7sn 10
riie, 7cSy-LET HIM ALoNE-LEr HIM
ALONE.
lhefe remarks are not dictated by any
iH.whi towards the printer of +" the Sum-
"hiie he boscFJ maintains his fentirnen,s,
ne Will be applauded by every candid man.
but he'very much erdangers his reputation
as an editor, when he acknowledges ,hat
the lame man has honefy and patriotilrn,
wnom few months Gnce, he frequently
aferted was deltitute Of both and when
ne alto makes the precious conseifion',
that he vilihed MIR. Adams while can
didate FOR office, merely to ant yer party
Purpoies. There is no time when III.
public 10 much require true information
WIN refpett 10 mans character, as when
ne is candidate for Office. Ii is there
1ore ~@gen<ro4s to the people, and uajuR
TO the Candidate, TO detame him when in
that tituarion. On the whole, we think
the printer OF " tie SUM- in this inftance,
mas been 0Uer-candid. He has almolt
" let the Cat out of the bag
Balance.
10 aid the caufe OF virtue and religion.
lIME IS money!" as the faye DR..
Franklin oblcrved: minutes are cents,
hours are dollars and days are guinness
Now money -wile man is careful even Of
MS cents, and will not throw them away
tof nothing; and he is careful Especially of
his dollars aud guineas, for he knows that
II ne iquanders them away, bankruptcy
and ruin muR enfue. And 10. oood
huiband of time is careful not TO waf}e
minutes; and much lefs will he needless.
~ waite hours and DAYS.
On the other hand, the fpend,hr;ft.
neir to an eltate, that knows NOTHING of
the trouble of getting, values not an baud-
J3l Ct cents, and careleisly throws away
even dollars and guineas. The young
ipeHdthrlit thinks chat the fountain will
never dry; but ioon finds his mihake.
Ills easte, however large, is Obligated
before ne is aware of it, and, he 6ooc
h,mielf ingulphed in poverty and wretch
ednefs.
There are alto fpendthrifts of ,i,ue as
we'll as OF money. Sc There is time e.
nough before u.s." thefe fpendthrifts fay,
there is time enough: for to- morrow
VIII be as this day and much more abun-
dainty" And 70 they heedletsly waite
days and years, till at length, and before
they think OF it, old age wrinkles their
prov, or death fops their career and
10 their time is gone and they have done
nothing to the pnrpofe. They have wait :
cd their Lords money, tbat is, Time. and
are bankrupts indeed.
Time is more than money. Joa mo
ney may be found or re earned, bur 6 loft
time is never found again. No money
VIII purehafe it, no prayers will bring it
back. Titus, the wife Emperor of Rome,
reheeting one evening, that he had NOT en-
Pioyed himlelf uiefully the day preceding,
exclaimed in a mournful tone, (" have
lott day. What heavy lofs /! A day
Is no uncomfortable part of mans life.
and the lois or day may be irreparable. But
fools do not feel this iefs, till il is to-, late
They fcarcely fpend thought upon the
worth OF time, till it has been wholly wait
ed, and then they mourn at latt and fay,
I" How have we hated inRruf}ion and def.
piled reproof!" When a man Gahs, as Ii.
! tus did, at the lois of a day IT. paari.