The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-11-13

sciences, one on which msn depends imws-
dia'ely for his subsistcnce, should hs in the
hands Of every AgrieuIru,is,. Il !. The srs,
nonuiav work Of the Mind ever s,,em,,.d IN
America and the msuer !, contains " adam
ted TO the spprehexsIoo OF ell. Ii. embraces
in lis volumes, the vie ws. .theories and exber-
imenls OF the principal ricul,urslis,s of our
county. The subject end sphere sdmi, an
smaigs sms,ion Of The most incongruous poli,i-
cat elements; for ia THE vehicle W, 6ad. IA
smiable associstioo, the JgsFERsoxs and
RAspoLrHs Oft South, wnb the PIcxeA.
iNos end QuIScrs Of the Esw--
"Antipathics IN stout smbI,ion's race
The hnts ard s'ee,s ofpo,eh. good aud ruin
Here club their wits"
Although no otherwise Interested in ,fie
sfishs al sg'iculture than - belonging TO tho
great human family, that derives subsiscnco
from is rusiuit, We have perussd tho nuva-
bers, Of this publication with no little sstisfac.
,ion ito bsns fetal Influence upon the sRri.
cul,ore Of our country hss been very consids-
rsbls, and scarcely society EXITS, whose OBJ.
jeets are OF that nature, that has no, paid
deserved com plisncnt to The meri,s Of lie edf-
tor.
IL has been suggested 20 % tina, we might
be imagined to favor, or iook with some ius
dulgence upon suicide, from. the tenor OF
sosnc Of tho remarks which we made on Mon-
day, 'esrccsiog the case Of the MMoos Of
Londonderry. We di.ciaim both The design
end inclination 20 psllia,s ths, act Ia auy de-
gree. Our doubts OF the correctness of ~
inquest's verdict, were expressed chiefly be-:
cs0se we thought that when A0icidv has been
commiued By persons no, absolutely insane,
II ought TO be visited with the infsmy which
has been a,isched to II, In good policy, by tho
laws OF slmoN every civilized nation. We
edopt entirely the sentiment or ShakspeascS
rhoralis,
g. knew NOT hSv.
Isut do nnd il cowsrdly aud vile,
For fear OF, what might fall. 30 70 psevenb
The time Of life"
Even tho anciep,s assigned, In their my
biological scheme OF fotufe rews,ds and pun.
i.hmen,s, rigorous fare 10 this transsression.
The classical reader will secollect The besu,t-
fsl lines Of Vireil's Sixth Eneid,
proSma deinde ,cnen, ms,d Iocs, qui sibi is,uu
Insontes pepcere manu-, lucemque pcrosi
PrCccere snimss. Guam vecm rehere in slto
Nunc c, pauperiedi et duros perferre labores:
Tho next IN place, and punish!nent are they
Who ps0sligally thvsw their souss xwsy~- -s..
gouis. VIM. repinlrg a their wrs,ehsd stste,
And ioashing anxious life, subornd their fate
with late repentance now they would retrieve
tn, bodies they forsoot, and wish TO live"
In Toth, tho mao who, yielding 10 dsspoiit
dcDcy, and 10 order TO escape from personsl
embarrassmcnts, from % alternative of hui
initiation snd mere distress, destroys his life,
and thus deserts, afflicis, and diserAces sitheF
family dependant upon hIs aid, OF PUBLIC
csuse 10 which he vas associated and pIedg-
ed, 10 20 DO considered kks hating hesrsysd elt
/, his duti6s, vloIstAd ali his ties with God and
man, end convicted hitnself oi tho most igno-
bic end pusilianirnous selhshnsss. -..Sx
| ( Indulgence .ough, to be withheld especially,
| from the memories Of those sell. murderess,
whose high stations III society, end fepute Tor
superior inteilcctosi powers, give tho great
est iorcs and diffusion 20 their evil example.
Every such occasion should be seized, 10 inn
press the lesson, that the only sure safegusId
against fatal despair, under severe trisls Of
sdversi,y end dread, Is The cultivation Of . re-
ltgioas spirit Of resignation to tho will Of sn
Almighty Providence, and Of hope in the 6nsT
silo,nren's Of his justice. k,ifibu,s Rrsiui-
fousy or lightly, tho act Of suicide TO deliri-
om--on,ess you suppose the loss OF the mind
end senses, to be the eiFoct Of tho absence Of
that spirit, OF Of deep remorss--sad you taxa
swsy the moral Shd warning furnished, in -
vor OF the genius and prscep,s Of ch'istissisy,
by cases where every merely human eSdpw~
ment and aid msy have been pressns, and
,ssis impo,sncy proved.
fniaad Nad,nar Ca.eSs.
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