Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-08-20

their accumulation he sacrifices every en- /
Joy men,, deprives himself of every comfort
and convenience ,desot=s his time and yields
his pursuits. He passes his days in count
ing over and striving to make every addi-
ton to his treasures. He retires--but not
to rest. The breath of every zephyr, and
the rustling Of every ieai, inspires him with
fears that his idol gold is in danger, and fills
him with apprehenslons for its security
Avarice, that bar TO every noble feeling, aud
every honour able virtue, that frost whlca
chilIs every warm feeling, and blasts every
affectiona,e impulse, assumes its dominion
in the breas, Of the hall-starved and enact
a,ed wretch. Eager 10 secure what he al
ready retains in his possession--he pants
for more, and in accomplishing this object,
usury. extortion, every species OF opPres-
sion, are the means he uses, and the ins,ru
ments he employs. His heart, absorbed
only in the love of wealth, is nssnslble 20
the tears OF distress, the cries OF penury,the
supplications of the INDECENT and toe unior-
tunate, steeled against the demands oil be
nrvolence, and the ordinary claims Of pity
aud humanity
N 'er felt joy,
Beyond what sofdil wealth nspires"
Narrow and selfish in his disposition, mer
cenary and contr cttd in his views, inspire q
with d suspicion whica makes him shun and
abandon the pleasures of intei course, and
the delighs OF hle' dsbip and society. Re-
served and unsooial, lie lives hermi, aud
recluse amidst the ming lngs and the bus
tie Of The city, AID perhaps the King OF
Terrors SEXES him IN the act Of viewing
and rec bunting his almos, sdored treasure,
Of which Il life, could his avarice have been
prevailed upon to have spared II, would, il
seasonably and properly applied, have pro-
long d his existence but
The wretch, who. dying, would not take one
p,ii,
II. living, he must pAy doc;o''s bili."'
Gan such man find hathiness ? The sup
posi- ion is improbable and absurd
Where, then, is happiness 10 be found !!
In the practice Of virtue, in all unsullied IN
,egri,y and an irreproachable conscience.
Virtue a!one, 10 happiness be.oN.'
1t is the OILY basis on which We can rear
any lasting and permanent supess-rut ture Of
tejcily on earth. Wi this ide. of virtue
we s. Guild never separate religion, as OF til.
consola'ions il impar,s, mere healben and
s'oieal morality would be emil yIy destitute.
Religion 5, IN fact, the found i'm, as well
as the fountain from which al lasting and
perm ,nem happiness proceeds. Il yields
cshnnes OF mind, plat,di,y of temper,
an equability OF disposii ion, system oil
habits, which render US patirn; under trou
bic, humble in prosperity, uncnvious of tn,
possessions Of another perfect r.sie ma
ion o. and ready scquiescencc in the will
o. n inh rely wise, just, and overriding
power-lt presents hopes with which phi
losephy could have never furnished US Il
con,ribut, S, NTH creates, degree ,osssuage
anguish, to mitigate present cslanilies, ii
not entirely 10 10 get them in the contem
pla,ion OF fu' ure and undisturbed felicity.
Unalloyed happiness is not to be expected
hers-but to that lit,l,, Wisdom points ou
the only certain road-VIRrUE and RE-
LlGION. V.
sR. + Pines " Ruling Passion