The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-29
From new work entitled II My Mind and It's
fhongl1s, by Miss Morton.


From new work entitled +" My Mind and its
Thoughts by Miss Morton,
Onr Virtues may sometimes cause us 10
sniler, even. greatly as fofbearancr and COR
'itude aud resignation imply the endurance
Of insult, OF injury, or ol trials. But the
sullerings ol',irtur mc 81 sublime, So rich
III pr.cept, and 50 crowned with rewards,
that the rejecting mind must learn, and the
sensible heart will feel, thai Ia trinmpb over
the Passions, is to Triumph over The malg-
nity ot fortune; and IN s,bdning ourselves,
we virtually sabduc the many evils Of our
destiny
AS no tyranny equals that Of the Pas.
slons; neither isthcre any misery so sure
rs that Of submitting tb their unlimited
contsom The greatest peril, the lowest oh
i0quy, Tie most sarcastic contempt, are
loundto folio" and fallupon the uorcstraln.
ed career oil those powerful mental moral,
and personal enemies Of virtue and of hap
pncss.
The Pns4i ons in their excess, are seen 10
dstort, and for the time being 10 DESTROY.
lhc human changing the o..
rene OF dignfied. command, winch speaks
~ the line features of cis.ilized men, 10
The iulgar violence Of savage brutality
altering the angel sweetness of beautiful
women, 10 The character md contour of n
metciless demon; for what il so fearful
as The madness of the iraseble what SO
vile 0s the llsnllaion of the enyiotss z so.
.abject as the srlGshness of the sosdiA ? or
50 ridiculous Ms The excuses OF the vain
and the sensual Nor is il lrrelatile 10 con.
firm this by fact, adduced on The on,hori-
ty,of Madame dc Stucl, that al the ,aco.
bins, actively concerned III the honnrs of
the reign ri murder, were indy itpglily dis
iIngnished by some sort Of coinienaucr---
pale, nervous and agtated, moving from
side to side, like a wild beast in his cage.
And when seated, poising themselves
Without rising, ina sort of stationary rest.
Iessness, indicating the impossibiIity of re
pose.
Thus powerful is the sway Of ihe e,l
passions. SO comioriless aud 50 fylgbifi
The distortion of their fury.
Even ambition, IN whose subl,me Goa.
lures aud high feelings, there is the gasr,,a.
ton OF glory, and the charm of intro
pldlty IN striving TO push others aside.
VINO are, with the same efforts struggling
10 cll'ho the same steep ascent, aud tn reach
the same dangerous apex Of power how
ollcn IS II sfen losing It's hold, and falling
with velocity which strikes, brushes and
disabIes the victim from again rising IN hi
unpo, or succeeding in future honours to
authority.
If distress or discontinue bo thus the
possible portiun Of the most seductive, and
Tie least maleyolent of human passions. Of
hat "A L., =. Al
the indulgence OF the more mean aud less
attractive
Nor lei il BE- urged, that these tmspbdu-
ed foes of feature, Of manner and Of mind,
owe their despotic empire 10 The i,rvour of
youth ; that time, chilling the eirculaiions
into slugg'shness, will, with the same hard
lgrasp, cool, calm, aud quiet the hot spirit
Of turbulent inclination. Believe. it not
To the moral, AS the physlcal habits of man,
age brings no remedy for the neglected.
At that period, the objects Of sense may
change, hui not the violence of sensation
the fretlnl and the furious, will not, ihsl
the medium of disgust, be rendered anna
BILE and conciliatOry. The extravagant
love Of pleasure will change but 10 the IN
temperate desire Of gold, or the more ex~
ccssive asarice ofpower,
A s certainly, ere the autumn cf huu.on
existence has passed away, will the lrorg-
er understanding, be restrained by the
better principle; thence delay wce fatal.
Age may never come, or we're Il sure, as
is the moment of dissolution, does the
mind bloom and brighten ~ the holy
bends and breaks VIII the heart expahd
and grow kind, amid The solitude Of out
lived aud buried affections, or under the
wrongs aud arrangements Of painful bu.
manity.
There is Of heightened existence, pro-
bableperiod, TO whichimprosement does not
belong when 10 Negetate aud TO suffer, are
I'LL that remain of the beautiful and the glo-