Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-10-23

with every romantic embelishment ar
fancy. a shruhbery thar Shenssone
might have enyied, 6looms around him I;
music that nigh, have charmed Calyope
and her nymphs. Is ms; m extensive
library spreads ID treasures before him !;
. philosophical apparatus ofFers 20 him
all the secrets and mysteries Of nature !,
peace, tranquility and innocence shed
their mingled delights around him and
70 crown the enchanments of the scene,
q wife, who Is said 70 Be lovely even be-,
yond her seq, and gracsd with every acc
complishmsnt that can rtpder ii irresist-
ible, had blessed him win her love, and
made him the father Of her childsen-
the evidence would convince you, cit,
that this Is but faint picture Of the real
life. In the midst Of an this peace, this
innocence, aud this tranquility, this fsast
softhe mind. this pure banq1et Of the
heart--the destroyer comes--hs comes
% turn this paradise into hell .-yet The
flowers do not wither his approach and
no monitoty shuddering through the bo.
som OF their unfortunate possessors
warns them Of the rlin that Is coming
upon them. A stranger presents him.
SELF Introduced 70 their civilities by
the high fanf which he had lateIy held ID
this country, he soon 6nds his way 10
their hearts by The dignity and elerance.
Of his dsnieanor, the liRht and beauty az
bis conversation, siidthe seductive and
fascinating power If his address. The
conquest was not . difienIt one. limo.
cenceis ever simple and eredulous con.
scious Of no designs itself. lie suspects
none infothtrs il wears no kuardsbefore
its breast every door and portal and !.
venue ofshe heart il thrown open, md
all who choose il enter. Such was the
state Of Eden, when the serpent entered,
its bowers. Theprisonsr in more en-.
gazing form, winding himself into the
open and Unparalleled heart OF The nnlor.
tpnate Blanuerhassett, found but littls
difficulty 10 changing the native charac-
ter Of that heart and tRe! objects Of lie AZ
feciion. BY degrees he jnfuses into Il
the pplsou Of his own ambition a Re
7bfeaihs intoitthe FIRE ofhis own courage !:
i daring and desperatethirst for florg L
an ardor parting Cor ALI the storms ana
hustle and hurricane oflife. Ina short
time the whole man is changed, md &.
very obiect ofhis former delight REIN.
qaished,-No more he enjoy 8 the tran.
gull scsae it has become aas and To-
sipid % his palate i bis books are aban.
dnnet his retort and crusible are thrown
aside his shEubbefy blooms and brratks
i,s fragrance upon the air in yain--hel
Ikea 1t not j; his ear no longer drinks the
rich melody Of music il longs for The
irumpet's clsngor aud the lannon's roar:
even the Prattie Of his babes, once 10
sweet, no longer affscts hin and the
angle smiles of his wife which hitherto.
touched his bosom with eestacy 20 I'M M
sPeakable, are now uAieit and nnseen.
Greater objects hate tal.sn possession Of
his soul Atns inlaS hation has been dag.
zied BY Wisconsin diadems, and Stars and
garters and ti,lss Of no6ili,y; be has
been taught 70 burn wish restless emula.
ton AZ the names OF Cromwell, Caser
and Bonaparte. Ills enchanted i.land
IS destined soorr' 70 relapse into 1 de.erty
and IN lew months We End the tender
and beautiful partner Of his bosom whom
he lately "Permitssd mot the Minds or
summer : toyisit TOO roughly, we end
her shiysring. .. midnight, or.,h. vim
Ter bank ofthe Ohio, and mineiins her
tears WITH the torrents thar froxe q they
fell Yet this unfortunate MAJ. I'm.
deindsd tfom his interest and his happi.
-Fhus seducsd from the paths of
Innocence and Peacs---thus confoundcd
IN the toils which were deliberately
spread Tor him, and overwhelmed by the
mastering spirit aud genius of anothsr--
this'msn. thus ruined and uudone. and
made .oplay subordinate part in tL,s
grand drama Of guilt and treason-thi.
man . now 20 called the principal "a
fsnderi while he, By whom he wa thO.
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