Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-08-25

dignity Vi iDdb, ouo, NooHbS OSh"u
his high aud noble faculties, comes
down to s1ciu it with the beastsf Ian
guage is inadequate to the description
of such brute. He needs only to he
seen TO be instinctiueiy despIsed. His
health, his character, bis happiness and
his hope-all gone! his saseries are
of the keenest and the bitterest kind:
AS to this world his case is desperate
AS TO the next ---Great God
But what? Let veil be drawn over
the frightfnl condition Of such a one
when once the plunge is noade; that
last plunge Of scottish and bruti6ed
soul,
"These views are put before you.
my young friend, for beacons, and not
because / doubt your correctness of
purpose. l hope much from you.
Bot you have your destiny in your
own hands? Fearful trust! Take care
Beware ofevery step you take. Look
well to where il leads, before you
make it: and, rely upon it, there is no
royal way to success in any profession.
The paths are beset with difficulties,
and they are steep Diligence and
honour Gre they which invite all, and
Virtue poin,s the WHY to them. They
are under her guardianship Neucr
forsake them. Deceive DO, yourself
by thiusing that you can forsake and
then return 10 them. Korrid,delusion.
] II is possible l tnow-but then, tn.
risk! WHAT equals III You might
cut a somerset across the ridgepole of
a sharp rooted ten story house, and pos.
siblg, find place to bold to in your
| slippery decept--b,t who tcos'd dare
h2-saiety, in both cases, is about
equally certsin-8' who woulddream
it to be possible in either? The only
difference is that which arises out the
vast disparity between the destruction
OF the body, and the loss of the soul
And can any body conceive ho~ great
that disparity is? What is the world
even to one soul? Less then nate
| to the universal
"Guard well your temper, in all
your intercourse with society. A meek
and quiet spirit is of incalculsble val
| ne, as well to ones happiness as to the
opinions and regards Of society-A
fretful and pevish man is a fool sny
| where; and is sure to be dispised, be
sides keeping himselfa constant source
! of unhsppiness. This temper( / mean
a meek and amisble temper should be
exercised towards every thing, and
euery body From our companions
to our servants, and even down to the
brutes. Good auil to nil should gov,
ern it, And how necessary 10 it efsu
it is known, that even our
-"deares friends
Thro' error wound our resi-
Errors and ignorance are, therefore
to be overlooked, and the party erring
feeling most, care should be taken to
| sootbe that feeling by the kindest ev.
idence which it is in our power to
show, that we know it was error.
Servsnts-how often do these act a.
| miss from ignorance. Shall we fly
into ASSIGN and threaten, and con-
found, or slash these poor animals for
a wrong action, or crooked look: or q
| word which we may deem to be .
missf Think of the prayer
"That mercy to others show
That mercy show to me-"
And this reaches even to the brutes.--
| Man is their protector. They have no
signs to speak their feelings. They
often suffer pains and sickness, when
their more brutal lord, flying into
passion, inficts blows to compel their
obedience, at sight of which
-".uerey ,Seeps"
4" l look upon every man who is
| cruel to his domestics, and his beasts,
as devoid Of the feelings of man land
as meriting the contempt of every soci-
ETY.. Mercy is the darling attribute of
heaven; and so it should be of earth.
esprit is right, in the right place.
You would not stop to chastise drum.
kard who might call you by vulgar
names, although you would kick o. fool
if in his senses, for the same thing,
should he place himself in your way
but then only from your presence.
Vulgarity is always the accompani-
ment ola fool. You are not 10 follow
it, to chastise it, all you have to do is
to kick it out of you. way when it OBJ
trudes into it. But. on this head,
The best rule
| Is, 10 Gpoii q fool;