Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-17

.,bsre is utter wreck OF reputation
a,d &C the whole moral frame. Ter
mas he escapes The grosser vices
re,t.ps so foul blot eleaves to his
Hberaeter ard tact the worst Which
a.. ne said of him is. that he il a
.,rc,css. impruhcnt, ard iInprovident
man. mighty lover Ofjo!ly compa
~ that he is here, and there and
.rery ykete. except at home and
shout his osn proper bnsiaes'
Lucky indeed il he is 10 wor10 oil ::
hpt lucky rs he is he must needs be a
soor man; poor in circumstances. \
Of an almost worthless character at
hest. II left with fortune, IT melts'
avay in his improyiae:;t hands. II
be begin the void without fortune, IL"
}ays up mcthing for sickness and "i
orc: instead OF which lie ever live"
beyond his mcomc, BY lccching as
friends. and abusing the coniidSn' {"
Of his creditors. ii IL have IL family
his family,iEis wife EinStss her sca'.-
~ mral with her tear. While tha'r
children receive iittlc from him bat a.
example THAI powerfully tends to lead
them astray. IN short, he IS exactly
such rs no downright honest Air. H.,
.frabls mar would cho"Se to he. Il
all were like him, poverty. "Hctc''-
erlnrSs and misery. ~oala rorN ade TIE
whole fabric o;hNnan socicty.
RReeds scarcely be added, that Sc
llyer of pleasure (rVen "nc Of the
comparatively ;auai~Gns sort. last
men tioneG} scidom e,Ii"sS bus pro
port:ana5lr share Of That community :
IT most, A;s vain and empty pleasure
is so mkt up with rc>ation Of shirt
that he more aGWndaHAy feels the 80.
than rui0ys the o;i,2.'. Not to m2n-
tina, that AL lille, usrl"ss LIE. howe
CT free from gross ::AEiDrai'ty. IS III
the siga; @: hcaro a criminal life ;
isis bg,yirg IL" ,.''cnt that U,rghr T.
have been cmgl"ycd diligently, ard
to useful pur@o>@s.
We have received our earthly cx-
istcnce not os conditions Of oar Own
prescribing. bu+ or tie conditions pre-
scri5Cd b. him w..p made rs. Wit
respect II the present l;ic, 81 Wei IS
that whi;h is IT, come, II holds S7A"
that. a. We suw. So also SHAH w
vaap. IL We eat ~ the seed. We pre-
vent the crop. :f.Hr sHw tnr tarcs OF
idlcncss and Sr,aligs!ity, VIZ sinai!
reap the taips al poverty and Shame.
There is M saCh thiGg a. ahoiish:mE,
or bending, az cva'liHr fine fixed laws
Of nature whether Mc like teen o.
net, they will 20 etca,iIv into eftc:.
Sec You & yoIng raH diljs2nt in his
business. frIC.i, pro,idrnt aad So
hcrl You Sc one WI viii he re-
spectacle, who, in al probability,
will enjoy, through life, a. least "
competence. and w;,o will he 4 HES
sing to bis family. IT, his friends q
70 society at large. On the "ittr
haai. when yOa So rH"ns man idle
improvidcat, eNtfaragaHt. av@rs2
from al regular aid Close attention.
g. uscfh Business" and practically
saving, in the general Coarse Of thaii
lives, " Go 70 noT, lot Gs eDi>r %@A-
sure: You ta2n see Su"h as a"3 s,sa j.
inc, il not inta atraci"HS era! =, a
least into thc ccaj,t,ln . A'srr''r'"
want such as VIII Wig IL H"@"'.
of fathers. m.,the;s. wives IL. C'I''-
lr.m such N, ,,i; B. mat nHHA 80.
sicty, rath than its os"ini I'M ~.
tE> :rJCrS.
Even world by iRscrrS. IN lci;1u J r
yuvrs sJlt-dsniai. One Who can d.
ny himself Of netting. vii be g."
for nothing. however excellent be h;
tai MS. and however great his adTaa-
tagcs. To learn rorths the path -!
scIf-,lenial, is one of the essential
branches of good education whf~h ls
best done by storing their Hl'n!S. s"a
snnably, with the pr"ccptS. p"ohib:-
TINS. and warnings. contained IN tn
xiply Bible. Next 10 this, they Sho'l
BY I'LL means he kept from contract
inc habits OF idlencss and dissipation.
and be so inared to some kind or 9th
or # laudsbIc industry, that their We
Nv toil whether of business O- o. stu