Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-09-16

or toroiodcn by it.-There IS no man or
woman that in every Gtuation of life revcr-
ences Themselves bur mutt necrharily be
gocd-shey mutt do honor TO themielves
and to the highef ornament Of fociety.
would ak my fair country-women,
when they anembled round their tea tables,
and every Idle tale they hear, though big
with neitruetion 20 lome ones reputation
or haPPiueis, whether they reverence t6sn-
Jelye5f
iwould ak the gambler, when he leaves
his home, his wife and his little ones, and
Pailes the nighr with knaves and iharpers,
whether he references bimlF?
| would AK the drunkard, when he
nightly boozes in fome bar-room over q
mug OF nip, when he conitantly lifts to his
mouth that cup "whofr very insredien, is
a devil = il he rsvyences hgmf[f?
would ak the wanderer from fweet and
holy wedlock's bed, when he fpends this
money, his itrength, and his conltitui ion
upon ftranga women if he reverence him
Jy?
would ak the maiden juff blooming
into lite, when fhe hears with patience the
courie jeff, or the infdious entendre. if fbe
reverence beyf1fs
! would ak the lawyer, when with art
tul cunning and low deceit, he caioles his
client into hop-lels lawluit-he yeveyeree,
bnmff?
would ak the chrifian, when forlak-
ing the heavenly precepts of his matter. for
getting chaiity and torfaking mercy, he
hears and tells tales of lander, or doon1s TO
Perdition MS milaken neighbor, if he rsy-
cranes h@flr,
would ak the huiband, who inftead of
cherlihlng with fondeft care the wife Of his
ooiom, With unkindnefs, morolcnefs and
ieverity, annihilates the 1weer concord Of
domeitic love--if he Ytverences bimttlf ?
would ak the wife, whole dutv i is 70
ioiten and annihilate the cares of her par t
ner, 10 fIf,ooth the rougher pafIions Of his
breait, and his home the feat of cheerful
nefs and peace, when inftcad of doing this,
by doneftis caviis, by home made thunder
and wilful negligence, fhe drives affection
and peace, from his bofom and his fire. Gde,
lhe reverence heyjsFP
would ak the parents of a Young and
beautiful progeny, who inftead of taking
them BY their hands and leading with CON.
fcieus care and folicitude, to the WAYS O.
virtue, of religion and fcience, turn them
carelesily over to four dollar fchool matters
and fifty cent ichool-dames, to be laugh,
every thing but that which is virtucus or
proftable--whether they reverence tbsmyelves
Laftly would ak, with Difference to
his " highnehihip, the greateit man in A
merica, whether that man, who is fet as a
watchman on the walls of our political Ter
ufalem, and iuffers our flag and nation TO
be ipfulted with imPunity by every petty
power. He who had recommended and
fancrioned the mott open violations of shat
contribution Whole principles he had fworn
to fupPort. He who feeling power and
forgetting right" could molt philofoshically
take the bread from the mouth of the war
worn folder, and beltow it upon him who
was mean enough "to pleafe him with the
rattle, or tickle him with the itraw" of
fattery. He who while the hypocriticaliy
drops tear upon the alhes of WASHING
TON hires icoundriel more--than him
felf "to blacken with vileR calrmpv the
the memory not only of WAsHINGroN, but
of every noble friend of his country.-I
would ak this man whether he reveyenceJ
bimfF?