Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-03-22
From the Connecticut Courua
The Brief Remarker.
Fiiial Pietu Recorded.

Fftui TiCly tctOufuoU.
Domestic affection is stronger, b.
many dcgrcesein its decent than il
its ascent. This important circum
stance in our general nature is wise
ily ordered. We're not paseutiy ioy'
one of the strongest oil all lluma'
affections, the task Of rearing vi
Ic:,i.dren would be extremely irksomt
and moi. .unfrequentFY. they woult
be neglected. cast oifand left to sui
| fer. Always children are deren
Ident and helpless for considerable
number Of years /; but it seldom
happens that parent is ahogethe'
dependant upon child. Kfliai at
Ifeetion were commonly as ardent as
that which is commonly felt in The
parental breast. fl,nily would be
like hive Of bees reiusiDsto swarm,
and furnishing by the excess Of its
numbers-ChiidreD would be alto
getaer averse to leaving the paren
tai roof, how urgent soeser the Dc
eessity. Father and mother would
not be forsaken for the sake OF
wife or husband. The young shoots,
instead oftranspIanting themselves
would cling fast TO the old stock
and general famishment "onid ensue.
No where in the sacred volume
are parents commanded. in express
words, TO love their children /; BE
canse it is natural and u,iversai
affection, which is more apt to run
into excess. than TO tai short Of the
true mark, The excess. or rather the
wrong direction Of parental love, OF
ten very often. leading 10 asarieieus
ness Of temper and 20 acts Of injus-
lice. On the other hand. Deca!ouge
eIoins it upon children
TO honour their parents; and The
preeept whish enjains it. is the onl,
commandment in that holy oode
that is promissary. And il is not a
little remarkable. that children no
tsrious for requiring their parepis
With base ingratitude and unteeling
cruelty, 90 generally carry about
with them the marks Of the divine
f,isoleasure, and at last come 10 a
bad end and to those who were Shin
ing examples offiIial pie.y. friends
have been raised up, sometimes in a
marvellous way, to assist them ia
their needs.
The following instance, from a.
mong a great many is entitled to sin
gular notice ). and the story, ] hope.
will be read with edaal pleasure and
profit. Ii 10 taken from velums
of the Royal Magazine. published
in London, 1852 and the writer a
ayerred, that the story was related by
an ingenious foreign author, who
not only youched for it as true, but
he affirmed that the parties, ut the
time be wrote, were still living in
France.
3. In a great sea port, in one of
the most distant provinces Of that
Kingdom, there lived a merchant,
who had carried on trade with equal
honor and prosperity till lie was
turned Of fifty years of age, and
ben. by Sudden series Of uaexpect-
ed and unavoidable losses, fouad him.
TO comply with his en-
ga gements !; and his wife and chill;
dren, in whom he placed his princi-
pal happiness, we're reduced 20 such
q situation as rsdoubied his disiress.l
IS His sole fespurse in tsis sad
was the reflection, that.
upon the stfietest review Of his own
conduct. AJtaing either Of iniquity
or imprndence appeared. He tho't|
It best to repair to Paris, il, order tel
lay a true state Of bis aaaiEs Before