Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-02-01

light | should wish never to put pen
TO paper; and the more because OF the
treacherous practice some people have
of publishing ones letter without leave.
Lord Mansfield declar il breach of
trust, and punishable at law. | think 1t
should be penitentiary felony yet you
will have seen that they have drawn mo
out into the arena of the newspapers
A Though know it is too late for me TO
buckle on the arm our of youth, yet my
indignation would not permit me pas
siVely 10 receive the kick oil an ass.
To turn TO the news oftbe day, 1T seems
that the cannibas of Europe are going to
eating one another again. a war be-
tween Russia and Turkey is like the bat
tie OF the kite and snake :; whichever de-
slroys the other, leaves destroyer less
for the world. This pugnacious humor
of mank ind seems to be the law OF his ma
ture, one OF the obstacles to the great
multip lica,ion provided in the mechanism
of the Universe The cocks of the hen
yard kill one another; bears, bulls rams,
do the same, and a horse in his wild
state, kills all The young males, until
worn down with age and war some ylgo-
lous youth Kills him. *ssss hope we
shall prove how much happier Tor man
the Quaker policy is, and that The lite OF
the feeder is better than that OF the hight
er and ii is some consolation ihas
= the desolatlon by these manlaos OF one
! part OF the carth, Is the meapr- OF i'.'-
proving II in other parts Let me
!. latter be our Office; and LEI US mIlK the
# COW. while the Russian holds her by
: the horns, and the Turk by the All
: God bless you and give you hea''N,
strength, 90. d-spirits' and IS mac" 'A
life as ~, ,h,ob worth having
~ THOMAS 'I1' JEFFERSON
Mr.. Adam's PEP.
hoNTEzILIo, JUNE, II,
Dear Sir,-Half on hour ago ,rt
celved, and this moment have be.
read The third or fourth time, the beA
letter mat ever was written by an DC.
tsgenarlan, dated June lst.
n
have not yet sprained rny wrist; but
both my arms and hands are so over
strained that ! cannot write line.
Poor S'arke remembered nothing and
could talk of nothing but the battle Of
Bennington. s**s is not quite 81 reduced.
i | cannot mount my horse but I tan walk
three miles over rugged rocky noun
tain, and have done it within month;
yet fecl when sitting in my chair as it,
could not walk across the room: my
| Ic RI too
memory poor enough.
answer your question--is death an
evil 1t Is not an evil. II is blessing
to The individual and to the world vet
We ought not to wish for il ill life be-
comes lnsuppouabe. We must wait
The pleasure and convenience OF the
=" Great teacher" Winter IS as terrible
to ne as to you. | am almost reduced
IN 1t to the lite of bear or torpid swal-
low cannot read, ba. my delight is TO
hear Others read | TAX al NY friends
most numerically and tyranic ally against
their consent.
Tive ass mas kicked in vain; al men
say the dull animal has missed the ozark.
The globe is the theatre OF war; lis
inhabitants are all heroes. Tue iitle
ecls in vinegar and the annimalculas in
pepper water, | believe are quarrel
some. The bees are as warika as tbe
| Romans, Russians, Britons or French
men. Ants, caterpiliars, and canker-
worms, are The only tribes among whom
| have not seen battles and heaven it, /,
self, ii we believe Hindoos, Jews, Chris
llans and Mahometans, has not always
been "a, peace. We need not trouble
ourselves about these things, nor fret
ourselves because of evil doers but safe
ly trust the Ruler with his skies. Nor
need we dread tie approach oil dotage;
let ii come, ii it must. s***., it seems,
sill delights in his four stories and
S arke remembered to tn, iasl Iii, Bon
ngton, and exuted in his glory: The
worst OF the EVIL is, that our friends will
suffer more from our imbccility than we
ourselves
In wishing for your health and happi-
ness. | am very selfish for hope for
.,.,,.- 1-..~.s,-triar is worth more than
five hundred dollars to me, for it has all
ready given me, and it will continue TO
eivemore pleasure than thousand. Mr..
Jay, who is about your age, am told
experiences more decay than you do.
am your old friend,
JOHN ADAMS