Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-18

address, won him universal iricndsMP
AMI admiration. Al home he was crowd
ed with ,isitant,-whca be rode 'hfn'
the streets he was accompanied wlth a
splendid retinue Of nobility and gentry
all proud to do him honor and '.htH-
soeyer he entered the parliament, nsr! :.
ed respect and hcnagc wee paid hl'h
there.
But there happened an incident that
put this friendship TO the test, and prov
ed it light as ali. Upon a time. tie
Cardinal vas thought to lie on the eve If
| ruin. In tpat situation he vent TO the
! parliament, TO clear himself Of heavy char
ges which lis edemies had raised against
MIN. and the account OF his reception
there is thus given in his memoirs writ
ten with his own hand.
We went 70 the parliament. 1'ae;
princes had there near Thousand gen.
tlemen with them ; and may say hard.
Nv one from the court was missing there.
was in my church habit, and " cht .hro'
tie great bal! with my cap in u.y hand,
saluiins every t0dy; l. net " IT'D but
few tia: returned ne that ciYility, so
strongly Vas It believed dat was an
und0Hc man"
Neither IS this solitary example, nor
one of rare occurrence. History abounds
with examples, that in the filling for
tunes Of the great and noble OF tie earth
their friend, fall on ike leaves ircm
trees ia The fist frosts rf autumn. Sir
Walter Raleigh, alike celebrated as a
scholar. a gen:leman, statesman. a SOL
die, and nan of genius. il. his last
letter to his wife after his most unjust con-
demna,on TO death, says, 10 what
friend to direct yGu know not-fsr
all mine have left me 10 the true
time Of need.'
But net any longer to dwell on tie
scenes Of high life, with which the gene.
raiity OF my readers have "a little con-
Germs as myself, | will turn now TO the
walks OF the most common sort.
In countries where distinction Of or
der Is established by law, ambition runs
into different channels. With not few
its mel objec! is rank, titles. stars, gar
tefs, and rihbands-these baubles being
by the preferred srcatlyto mere wealth,
which 10 eagerly pursued by these chiefly
who can have little or no expectation of
attaining to the high distinctions Of civil,
ecclesiastical, or military rank. Where
a. in this free country of ours, where
there Is no distinction Of orders, and no
established rank of one tamily above a
mother, the undivided current of ambi-
ton Is stewards wealth. Ayarice Is the
general ruling passion. The pursuit of
gain is the only secular pursuit that is
much valued or thought Of because in
the c"pmon estimation, the grand point
0l honor is to be rich. MammoD is the
IDIOT, TO which every thing is made to
bend. Offices arc sought after for emo
iuren!s Chiefly. Nay the august seats
Of legislation are unhesitatinsly deserted
Tor pablo emplcyments, barron of honor,
but 81 greater profit. Men are appraised
and rated high or low according TO the
magnitude OF their property. The COM
mon question" Vi hat !. he worth" is an
swercd only ono way. If his estate be
small, he is worth bat Iittle-if he have
no estate lett, he is worth nothing at all.
1t IS bu Of little account though he have
an ample tard oil moral and intellectual
worth the worth that is most eagerly
sought, most highly Irizcd, ard most &c.
nerally esteemed, is Pecuniary worth.
10 the scramble Of such mul,ituaes af-
ter riches great many must needs be
unsuccessful /: for in no country whatever
can more than a comparative few arrive
10 veal b BY far the grei',r part of
The candidates. falling short Of their ex-
pcctations, endure the pangs Of disap.
poin;ment and pine under the corrodings
OF cGvy. With some, avarice defeats
its own aim. Their greediness Of gain,
II It impel them not TO deeds Of fraud or
VIOLENCE which bring them to shame and
RUN, yet 1t sours them on to engage in
rash aad ruinous adventures. The es-
ta'es OF Others, as Franxlin's PoorRichard
said. are spent in tie getting Fcndly
anticipating fortune, they dash away
as II they really had it in hand. Others
again counterfeit the spendor of riches,
that lley may put themselves and their
families in The rank: of honor. For as
long as IamiIy could keep up the sp-
peaIance OF "ea!t, by Whatever means,
SO long is It emitted to the privilege e
alliance with good oompany.-But II it
have fallen from thee appea' anecs. it had
better, m tue eve Vt tashion, have fallen
from grace. Whatever of estimab!e and
amlabie qualities such family possesses.
II iares, with lis frmer visltants and ia
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