The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-07
Young Morson's first essays were nJs dnl y


ma feeuny. In his first accommodations h
Saw oniy-a pledge of independence to his
mother and sisters and perhaps the germ
ri future glory To himself B, degrees he
beg: N to be satisfied with acting within TIE
pale oil cold and .igid morality, leaving the
question OF feeling to shift for itself--then he
began TO be astutc in finding out arguments
to prove that he was within the pale of mo-
rai'ty and to draw by force cases within it
which, at the first view. he was conscious
seemed far without--by imperceptible graz
datl"ns, he sided from the moral ground
III o the mere question OF law and as the
p'ie encreased. his solicitude. his affections
shifted from the consequences to the cause. :.
1t was no longer the effects, but the money
itself that he loved; and all the opening
blossoms OF his youthful heart and mind
withered and fell. Before he was five and
twenty he had married very silly and dis
gushing girl with five and twenty thousaDd
pounds, and beng well prepared for both
ms professions, returned to establish him.
set IN his native village. In the mean
tune, said my mother, l had married your
father and removed to Virginia ard il was
nn1 until several years afterwards. on vi.
SIT 10 my. relations, that j saw the once
gay ano elegant and noble Henry Morton
A'as. how little did he now resemble tha,
before the whole village had spontaneously
Hooked out, to bio atlieu: whom even the
chiloren followed with claSped hands and
eager eyes, 10 the bend of the road and
when they could see him n longer turn
ed and wept."--I could scarcely believe nv
brother, when from his window he pointed
to tall, pale, thoughtful, anxious spectre
that slowly stalked along the street with
eyes oen' on the ground, and tod me that
was my Old acquaintance Henry Morton
ne is Coming, said he =" 20 claim the paw
men' OF sum of money borr wed a usurv,
ior winch our father was surely" pazed
upon him with MANAGEMENT and win the
most painful regret. Gone was the ANNA
'ea step ma once seemed TO tread or air
gone, me oiot"ing cheek, the sparkling
eye, the enkindiug smile, the beamirp be.
e 'oie"Ce that once scattered pleasure
Wherever he wen, and drew upon bin thc
bless ngs of he old and the vourp. The
agedno longer followed hi ~ with heir nrav-
ers, nor did the children run out 70 ss;z. HE
nahd and receive his cheering saluta,ion--
va uie contrary, he nro,ed ike pes l.
, xT ana deSoiatIon was around his path -
t'ue leureu from The blasting spectacle,
ana poverty shrunk back with intuitivr ter
ror 1t an eye was turned upon him. il &c
10 curse and not 10 bless. The widow anT
tne orphan, when they saw the merciless
Won upon ms walk. remembered the sepul-
cnre In win. Ii the ashes of a brokeu-hAar,
ed husband and father mouldered
" my sen, avoid this fatal error Re
''eVe ME that excessive wealth is seitber
slry nor happiness. The cold and sord,,
wre en- who thinks only of himseif. ,ybo
draws MS head within his she'll and never
Pe'sl OUT ont Tor the purposes of iucre or
Oh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES looks upon his fellow
with arrogance and insolence. as Is tba,,
were made 20 be his vassaJs and he 49,
MADE 10 be their lord---ls il they were formed
ior no other purpose than to pamper his a
Var'Ce o. To contribute to his agra ndiza-
ment--such man may be r.ch. bur ,rns,
me, that he can never be happy nor virtr-
Gus nor great There is in fortune a-poldsn
mean which is the appropriate region Of
virtue and intelligence.
be Content with that; and if the horn of
p,en'y oVerho"' let its droppings fall upon
youi ieiic" men let them fall, like the drop
pings OF the honey in the wilderness r.
Chez. ;he faint and way-worn pilgrim, -
l WISH you indeed to be distinguished bv,
nor !or ycaF wealth, is wealth at al, es-
sehtial to distinction. Look at the ilIns,r;
Gus PATRIOTS, philosophers aud philanthro
pists who III various ages have hIesssd
the world was IL their wealth that made
mem great! Where was the wealth of A
ris1iues. OF socrates, of Plato, of Epaminon
das, or Fabrlcius. of Cmcinnatus and
countless host upon the rolls of fame win
"hom you will by and bye become betser
acquainteds Their wealth was in rho 80,
ana N ti'e heart. Those are the treasures
oY which they have been imfnortaIized anJ
such alone are the treasures that are wor,t
a serious Struggle" VIZ
Shui Tie lecture of this beloved parent hae
made me forget the reader TO Wiz
unexpected and tedius length have / draw
out thiS paper ''Letno man say will SET
9o"h ana write little book" saws Sterne
Lei no man promise himself that he will CO,
u e ana write "a short essay, saws R,bc,-
Cecil unless. indeed, he has some co,t,o..I
over MS hind and pen which | Confess that
l nave nor. sat down, for instance, to treat
OF the folly OF solcitude for wealth &. noIi
tcai honors; and instead Of animadvt, inc
as nao intended, on both subjects, have
barely touched on one of them. Vet he No,
formal nor hasty with me, gestle raader
am an old-taShioned old fellow. whose err
neSt desire is to amuse and serve you but
as we say IN the country, you must freouept,
" rake the ITD for The deed. If Won cnoo.e
to be my reader you must De content al
am, TO follow the wanderings of INV mind
IN It's own way; and to drop resume and
continue broken subject, just as occasion
and fancy prompt '-''
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