American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-01-10

in whose minds no associations exist. Il
TIE mower of associations, in exciting the mind
Tn actions or emotions which, without the'i i"nu
ence, had lain dormant, is well known oy all "no
make the mind of man the object OF research.
Shakspeare, than whom none was ever more deeply
initiated into the springs OF ac''on' ano W. eauss'
which tended to the production OF particular GNU
tlons in u.s. has evidently made use OF The ehect OF
associations in the mastetly Grafton OF An'hohy
over the body of the murdered Caesar.
"A,d ,hev would go and kiss dead Casars wounds
And din their napkins in his sac ed bloou'
Yea beg hair of him for memory,
And diving mention il in their Wills,
Beqlei,hng il, as rich legacy'
Unto their issue"
Here ", observe one Of the most ordinary, and
not unfreuuenly, very Indifferent parts OF our con
struction assuming superbly poetical cast ana ex
citing in us emotions OF nature when can oniy VIC
felt by such as. knowing the history oil him OF whom
this was said and associallng with the oolect eX
pressed the deeds of the man, to whom the huoi-
con was but the streanale of the last shower whose
voice had Gained the mut,udes in the iorum' ard
when thew came 10 condemn, forced them not 10
applaud only but to act as he desired II we VINO
! know him only IRON lame, feel emotions alike SUB
Il me aud pleasing from thus assocallng the mann
mate c ay Of Caesar with his living deeds, what must
have been the feelings OF the Roman who had seen
him in his car of triumph, when with the glow OF
| Victory YET UtSn upon no olo"' ~ 'NN"'SAN S'V'
although no more than man.
And there is another name-let me not tell 1t.
Enrlsnd's shame shall tell it, when England no
longer exists yet his tame shall overtop all nv
ling voice, without cessation as nhout emo lie Is
no more he lies with the meanest, low, ana co'o'
and decayed but not forgotten. When the young
warrior reads his story, and his heart leaps WITHIN
him when he goes forth to battle, ana NAPOLEON
Us he war cry-then shall hi, spirit mngle in the
xl..lt. hi her
And Why shall a name do this. " Btutus and
ICasar--what is there in hat Caesar that his name
should be sounded more than yours g However
1.-The sophisry Of Cassius might have pretended 10
,e unaware Of the causes which give high powers
of excitement to the mind, al the meoton o. those
names which are connected with actions consPicu-
us. either from singular benefits conferred OF
mighty deeds executed he must have been conscious
,hat the cause OF Caesars name being in high es'
ul4ton, proceeded from no inherent qualify 10 the
name itself, but from the associations which the
mention of it brought to mind. The PROSTATE
Gaul, the wild and hghmnded Brion' fhaisaiia'
land E.ynt were lis appendages F; hence VINO can
doubt why was the name like magic TO the 10
man, who felt it the glory OF his country
| once had friend, who recks ll--he IS gone
he was Iaithless and we were severed--he lives but
not Tor me--others there are on whom he may Law
lsh his Establishments, | am alike, without ,hei'
reach, as impenetrable TO their efforts. had cher
lished him in my bosom, but the viper only Wount
himself around my affections the more ehectuail\
10 strike his enyenomed fangs-he succeeded, bu
not TO the extent of his wishes although he ruined
my fortunes ne did not break my spirll-l hsv
overcome his perhGy; but then, wheG all alone,
take my starlight walk, when the days OF my bette
feeling come full upon me, and in seeming moeke'
OF my SORROWS, display their happest hours, whei
mingled with them, IN sad "reminiscences, the COLDER
hues of my best and fondest friendship come oac
upon me, and then darkenlng shadows again chas
away the moments OF recollection, when the SAM
moon that once rose on our iellces comes her un
weared round unchanged, and finds me in solitud
watching her trackless way-alas. how dreary
il to think Oh los, connexions thus alone, to behol
The same sky which with cherished one we wer
wont 10 scan in It's proxity OF stars, and imagine
in every cloud lat toated its surface, the orr
Of some gen as he fastened on his secret mission
How have these visions fled-how stale, how taste
less are they row, when associated with----out n
matter-the miserable should not dwell on the sour
ces Of atfi ,cton too long.
! have loved. Beauty once could charm me, an
the gay moments OF daliance had their ull share
allurement. have drunk deep in what fan woul
have believed the purest fountain of woman's Low
yer was | deceived. She needed not her plgh
nor alteration of my short lived pleasure
Am alenated from man? who shall say hay
M 20 reason Cor my misanthropy yet, even nov
.s when the feelings that once bound me to propnqu
N. ~ N"h him ae seemingly estranged from the ma
h. uial exercise OF their occupation, may think
y. her, no, to execra.e, neither to blame but wht
- catch tn unwi,hed-for tear, come to tell me
my weakness when unwittingly find my he;
buried In my hands, and my beating temples t,
ny me all is not yel quiet-then do know that whe
to mind, and feeling, and taste, Join to give a tone
he susceptibility 10 mans emotions, then, when
by rambles amnng the Of his happier hours,
are mind may determine not to acknowledge. but /
TO heart must feel, the penetrating, the thrilling inf
so ence OF his young associations they crowd up
The his thoughts and Danish present for the consider
iCh ton OF past qualification. N. Y. .4thenuum.