Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-10
JFur tbis cu7stte.
THE REFoRM.-M. 2.

The REFoRM.-N. 3.
THE name Of CERuLIA we may here
after employ for iiluarating fome OBJ.
iervatioas occaionally made upon edu-
cation but at prefent, an objed of
more urgent neceGty demands our at.
tention.
Man is creature Of imitation. His
greateit improvements do nor arie from
, the exertIons of few Scattered minds,
but from the combined efforts of differ
ent ages and nations. His follies and
vices are not the production of an hour,
but are ri2ened by time, and conducted
TO drtadtui tpateaion by long experience
and habit. Thief. have no need of cul
tivation. Their growth, if gradual, IS
F.; yet pontaneous. The danger there is
Of their flreading themielves over the
face OF fociety, calls loudly upon every
wcA difpoied mind to ufe the moi Wig
orcus melfures ofoppoGtion. But how
are attempts of this kind TO be made
! Surely they are not to relt in mere de
clamation, however forci5e or eloquen,
il may be, bot difpiay thenirelves ia the
mott vigorous AMI active puI fut.
hmidlt the alarming afpe6ls Of public
; mind and moral, it mutt be acknowl
hcdgei, there are lgnlinons f5is which
tfrw The operation Of the mott generous
feelings. Ben.yolence has enlarged
her 65r2ers by embracing communities.
She has multiplied her objects by ex
tending her infiuence even into the re
eions OF death. The great and good
RuMFoRD has gained new kind Of
immortality. He has invented the ar
OF PhilofoPhc Charity. The fearing
fcience Of NswTcN brought down the
)sgfble heavens TO the earth. The ex
perimeotal BovLE taught the humau
mind 70 perceive God 10 the m nuteii
objr6. But it was relerved for tn ia
Tioar of Munich, to make phiofophy the
vehicle Of m4rcyIo fufF<ring thoufands
Who that has heard of thee, 0 HAwEs,
ihall ever forget thy name. truly mem
cradle, yet too little celebrated By
thy eScrtions the ever yawning grave
has been compelled to relinquiih bis fud
den vietlm and way has been prepared
through long futurity, for bringing
back TO the arms Of premature fcrlow
many parent, child, companion,
+; friend, whole worth was next to life.
| To thefr lovers Of their fpecies, and
others WHO have walked in their feps
who leem 70 fit for the fra rank 10 the
fcale OF fpirits, let US afcribe motive.
lar more pure than thofs, which goverr
the growing mais of infdels Benevo
lence IS often in their mouth but, IA.
cred, venerable name it is poifoned by
their lips. Ye profound hypocrites
How favoured is the hand which ha.
been employed.to "Trip from your wri
!, tings and deeds, the ten fold difeuifs
by which they were concealed. In lbi.
kind office | behold HALL, who has
demonfrated, that extreme vanity anc
the diibelief of future Gate, which Ger
tainly characterize modern declaimers
are inconfilient with real eompaflion.-
The hrlt of thefe principles leads mer
Ito iacrifice, without dlitinetion, every
thing that obltruds their ccurfe-; anc
by the other, they are impelled to de
Groy like brutes, thofe who are believed
!, at laf, like brute5 10 die. That grear
drama of blood, purified 70 long if
France with growing feroeity, TO the
aitoniflIment OF diaant fpedstors, fiods
its Only adequate caufe in the operation
OF theie two powerful engines. Wi
thofe then, who favour the fentiments
which have produced fuch unequalle 4
maiiacre, hold up themfelves as the
patterns of humanity : With one
breath, they fpeak peace to the void
with the next, they aim to blaf the
sairea hopes of mortals. lffometimes,
from momentary pity, they extend re
iet 70 troublelome vagrant if they
even favour the deGgns of pubfic bene
Violence, yet are their principles calcu
lated to dearoy the power Of enjoy
ment, BY reducing the world to- ,ht
common level of defpair.
! But the voice of compa1ion has no,
been limited by rhe lhores of Europe
| The inhabitants of the old world hae,
pointed to their own example, and iaic