Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-06

poor de ! wretch should ;,,,,
lawful fame that consumed Indulge herl
however, think l lay aA,he h1 .a Dos
iotts /; tar from it. l hardly ' ls On Cha
ought to be tn. most ,horoat,A Know Will
married woman, who viii listen 9 os'PAed
to declarations of love, or N. Non,
man, who basely undrrmio.s $, ~ u'nant
a . whole n family by making such h. P P
ton hut our Sex are called upon ISs e:
tom, at least, to resist improDrrr ' ' 'y@
and it is ridiculous 10 talk Of F The v %.
woman, who, like Charlotte. ". ',H7asc
tarily indulge prepos,ession in nI Ia"a vos
enthusiastic stranger, when 81. 'Ofoia
wife of an excellent and long brIov' W"
Tosav she could not help it, i, .';u q.
ridiculous. Every human bsins o'A ~
through ignorance to do essen,iajH1v' j. ''0a
but when we knowingly offend sr J, "''ng
laws OF man, OF conscience and q SI rvs ID
grossly violate the truth to SAY, nv ooo' v.
ne:p ~. nsA your own heart, Hani., ~
listen to its unsophistoea,ed sp,r "''a
will tell you, you never knowiroIv ""
ted fault, that you could no, hay. l wi
had you not preferred the irduIc.n,"" OQ'
petite, or qualification of some ;onsn " a.
ptns''y. to the exer'ion of the am o nI p'
you possess to resist temptation. II, f:'a
not true, how ridiculous to talk Of D m;p:
ment hereafter. Way do we hang ,b p' nsa
derer, if he had not power to resi.; The NV; :'
Of avarice, malice or revenge, Will w" 'a
him to the deed for which he dies 3"
Mankind, my dear Harrie,, are ACTON,
ingly imposed upon by words and Ibr ~.
ter Of this little volume we'll knew ,bs, %
fascinating style, in which he told his n,.".
love story, would ensure a rapid sal, E., /
his work. He did nor, we NAV cbar;,yr
hope, intend that it should plunge hundred.
of families into the deepest misery; ,borrb
that has doubtless been its effect Within
the narrow circle q my own acquan,an,,
| have known two young men, v no rushed
unbdden into eternity, deluded by The &c.
phlstIcsl arguments OF Werter in fdy5r q,
in vina1cat1on of suicide. The bodies Of
each were found with the book carefully
confined nexl the heart, as if the selEds.
celved victims imagined it would serve as
their excuse at the awful bar of eternal JUS.
ticc. These ,ourg men both killed chem.
selves tor lcve, as II is called. Like Wer.
ter, each had seen pretty girl, and deco.
rated his goddess with thousand magma
ry charms, vowIng, pc, hsps, from The first
captivating glance, TO be hers, Or die. DIFF.
fcul'ies arise, their hopes were dtfsaedi
so, taking draught of Luhe hom the
sentimental stream Of nonsense We have
been vie wing, they believed it no hazMdio
rush into the presence oflhe Judge CT quick
and dead. How could they answer to a
probable question, " Why hast thou qui'nd
lite unbidden, thy duties unpettormed, thy
sins unrepented Of" ! he idea is tco
shocking! we turn from 1t with horror!
You may think me urcharlsbIy severe
upon The iaIings of NY fellow creau"i
but l make j, point Of duty, and II is ns'
turai 10 my feelings, freely to "forg"s
those who trespass against me- and re-
venee is as for. ign to ny principles rs n9
Let US carefully distinguish
however, between errors that occasion
temporal inconvenience to an individual
and crimes which destroy society, and rum
the Immortal soul. Marriage is he sacsa
bond of social order, the only basis OF Co. %
mes,ic bliss. the grand preserver o' rev.
eious discipline. Books like th's' ov'
which you imqginedyou shed tears Of Sew
sibili'y, are calculated to excite an IN u'" y,
fable pity for those, who weaken or orsa "
its sacred obligations. Dlvest the eha'".
ters of Charlotte and Werter OF The awe"
,i,ious pre,,inesses The writer OF their s'o,l
has given them, and she appears a "S"'
decriving, unfai,hIul wife /; he, aroman"s
selfish, base destroyer of the peace anu ~
nor of once happy and vi';uous fanny.