Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-09
From The Connecticut Courant.
False F7ie2,ds and true ones.

From The Connecticut Couraat.
False Faieads and true oHes.
" Give me ;naI whose liberal mind,
f." Means general good to Ill mankind,
Who, when his triend by fortunes wound,
" Falls tulnbiiDy hcad.onsto the ground,
81" Car meet him Wita VIM embrace.
" And wi Dc the tears from OF bis t:,ce.'
1t IS an old observation that prosperity
makes friends and adversely tries them. 1t is
equally true however, that friends of prosperi-
tvs making seldom endure the trial. - Lit
tie do we know mankind, # we are confident
that, IA the hours of misfortune, VIC sh:,,! re-
cci,e protection from the justice, or relief
from tic gratitude Of the world - that d.
Owned by fortune we shall be not also dis
owned ~ friends. When mar falls into
Elsior, une, 4 often happens that some CT
those &c had frost bcG,4ode,l whilst III pros
perity, Will be the first u cer.sura and re-
ploach him. The reason is PLAN They for
Sake him because lis property being gone.
ti:%y think hinl (. pigeon no longer worth the
plucking; and :aey rproach !.i,a 10 Balance
cid scores. C.ascicUs dat ti.cv owe him an
co!isatioa Ter Corner iayors received, ard that
I.cW &c re. Is = return II kind. and unwilling
ssclsy- e. t.e debt OF gratitude norto bear
tae atrdai. y. II. they become hostile, upb aid
HIM OF real or supposed misconduct, ard ,.b;E-
con him Carrying along with them pretty
comfortable sense Of their own superior pru-
ccnce.
The book in the world that best unfolds the
human heart, IS the Bible. There we End d
man, Of vast substance as liberal IS he was
rich, and as pious as liberal. A man, who
" was eyes to the blind, and feet to the larne;''
who was father to the poor" and whose
charitable hand and consoling voice = made
the widows heart to sing for Joy" Whilst
/" the candle CT the Lord shined upon his
head,' unbounded respect Was p4id him.
The Old IS well rs Young, princes and mobiles
as we'll as peasants, did him obcisance. Re
had frienos without number; close friends,
whose determinations was fixed never to for
sake him in--.hroatesty.
With unerring aim; and to answer the
mysterious purposes of infnite wisdom, the
arrow OF heaven was pointed at the breast Of
this eminent and excellent man. he fell, iii a
single day, from the height of prosperity to
the lowest depths Of human wretchedness 49,
Childless, needy, covered from head to feet
with loathsome disease, lie sat upon the
ground; there lett to weep his woes BY HIM
self. His friends, as well as his fortune, had
left Kim. They stood alcof, and with disgu:t
rather than pity, gazed at hiI.i star OH He
called atcr them, 6 lsave t;ty ahon me-, kove
fifty u1lon.,,e )" but lac called IN vain. Some
three or four drew near, ostcnsi5!y, 20 comfort
him. WIKI rugged bards ard .nfecling hearts,
they tore &c. wider his bleeding ETounds; but
poured in TO balsam. They but added grief
to bis sorrows.
Suddenly the "I1ore; .nrned the captivity"
Of this man. And 10 sooner VS. 1t known,
than his old friends who bad formerly tor
saken him were ready enough to hook thc1G-
selves upon him again. Then came there
unto him all his brethren. and all his sisters,
and al they that had been of his acquaintance
before AMI did eat bread with him in his house;
ard tsey bc;Goancd him, and comtCrted him
ever all the evil that the Lord had brought
UPON him. What friendly gre etings! how
gracious the words that now proceed out OF
their mouths F.! AAectionSte souls Good
cheer, good .f-ienae. Had lie been not endow-
e. with all inc patience of JOB, he would
/ need not say what.
Yet, bad as the world is, there are some II
it, and I hope rot few. who stick as close,
raw closer, in the bleak .nig ht Of adversely,
th2n in the sunshine OF prosperity These,
whether they be male er female, arc OF the
right s,.iz,p Reader, hast thou friend OF
this kind; one who had been thy fathers or
mother 'sfricnd in distress one who Eas rea-