The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-09-08
SCOTCH AND ENGLISH

no oCotCh Will, ~ no OlsbDt Po'toot tseo
40 high 0 station % to eloqusnce, a. they al
ready occupy ss historians and poets. There
is no deficiency Of heart, warmth, fsrvof, pbi-
lsnthropy, or eo,husissn, in the Scotch cha
fseter. What it has wsnssd hitherto is op.
poriunily. Psfsdoxiesi % The assertion msy
DO, the Scotch ere less selfish than the En-.
gIish. John Bull will indulge bi, pumof'
and peculiafitits at ell hazards. He Will 10
inquish no habit, sacrifice no comisn for any
ons. lie 10 the very sIave Of slfIDdulgeneo
His b other' OF the north may have ss much
Be!flove, bot he 10 loss selfish. lie 10 not 81
bound up 10 his own HABITS. lie is not s.
much bent on the indulgence Of hi, own iee
IDgs He can suppress 'hsss, moments ny
a. least, for Tho sske Of Others. He 10 sceu'
'omed 10 bear and iofbes'---as much from
motives Of kindness &C prudence. His deb
csey Is grese' thsn that OF his b. otbe' of ,hc
south h's feeling moo intense but ..
ihrow, no pes'ls before swise, he will msks
no claim on the sywpslhios OF stranger bu
John Bull, 90, ON NEE honesly, bot me
,empsr, mere csllopsnost, mere selhshntss
will tax ell he meets win hi, psr soaai aflo >,
eccensticiiies, o. even vices.
lTire Scotsman.
She has lcjf nls"--Ths . is sone,tine
jnexptessibly touching IN en- snecdoe re'o,-a
in London paper, vi on atisi. He was IN
American, end had come lhi,her (he and n,
,ouoe wiie) 10 paint Tor isme and subsI'.
lence. They we'e strangers 10 Ehg'snd
.hty had TO feh sgsins' pIejIdIce and pove
~ DO, their sfecr9n TO each o'her solaceu
,hcm under eve'v privaron, every ftown oi
fortune. They could hink, at least, "sii th'
WY ove," ,bs gfes, Atlantic, end ,hei' ian
(iihe che'ished here) had leisure TO be busy
among tho friends aud scenss ihey had left BE-
hind A geh,emsn who he'd not seen than
for some lcogih OF time, wen, one day 10 IN
auisl's painting DOM, end observing him ps'
and wan inquired chou, his health, and si!es
wa i, rcgs ding his wife. lie answered on'y.
"She has ter me-" and proceeded in hV'
led w.y wnh HE work. She was deed -
lnd he was left slohe to toll, and get moosy,
aud mourn. The heart in which he hst
hostded oil his secrets, ell his hopes, ws,
cold /; and Fsn,o Itself was but u shadow
And 80 il is that oil we love mus, wiihef
and die swsy 'ris ai'os .syisg yet whole
sone lnotal beionse to W The thread
Of our. life is spun; it 10 twissd 6rmiy, snt
looks 40 IL il would las forsvsr, All eolcrA
ore the,e; tho gsudy yellow, and The san
guine red, and black dark es death ye' /.
IS CO, 10 wsin ~ The shears OF fate, simos,
before We discern he peril.
There ore people who think themselves
uncommon gsniesi, and seem determlnsd t.
poll every social patty by hodiug fault with
re arrangements, accommodations selections,
SEC. Such persons resiizs ibe power which
natursliss sttfibu,e 10 he load sx,raeIiss
poison from every obj,ct
The social stfee,ioos are kept alive by
sense OF mutual dependence and mutual Oh.
lisa,ion. Blu, p,ide aekaowisdg no dopen.
dence, and srogstcs to Itself all the attentions
and good Offices Of o'he's, not 90 ms.tes Of
favor, bu, OF IGN. Hence, while 1t is ever
,eady to take offence al the slightest neglect,
il is never Wa ned By kindness into grali,nds.
The salu,s'y eiTec, Of log continued re-
s,raint upon the irsscible pa,,ions, is a strong
srgumen, 10 favor OF the cultivation Of thar
polmeaess, which, though 200 often fictitou.
substitute Of true geo,icness, is YET fayorabls
to the cultivation Of the reality.
To love Gil men ~ our duty, so Ear a. il in.
cludes Q general heblt oi benevoience, and
,esdiress Of occasional kisdness; but to love
al, equally 10 impossible; at lsssi impossible
vitbout the extinction Of those passions which
now produce ell our pains and oh our plos.
.ures; without ,he disuse, x not the sboli.
,ion, Of some Of GU iseo,ti,s, sn6 the sup.
prsssiou If all ous hcpe' aad fears in apathy
and indifference.
Ths, benevolence IL slwsya strongest which
srises rom participation Of the same plea.
sures, siuee we are naturally most willing to
'evivo 10 our misds the memory Of persoos
with whom the idea Of enjoyment /, con.
nec,ed.
S,rile aud contention =, they Cow frota an
III foon,sin, so they tend 10 On III end ell dis
ssn,ion tcnds to dissolution and des,ruc zion
snd oil perfection and safety depend on union;
tho cause why men are so unQuiet snd quar-.
,.t.orus 4. he niIt Of ain eli .od