The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-12-07

el, neither will tobacco bring 500 pei
bogshead. But does the happiness and
the comfort Of life depend, indispensably
on those prices? Has not the farmcr All
abundance, and more than bc can deyoul
Of meat and bread2 Does he not manage
scandalously whose garden does not fur
nish him with plenty Of good vegetables:
and whose dairy does not yield milk and
butter to consume and TO spare; Cannot
every farmer raise wool and cotton and
flax TO clothe his family and his people?
lie who has not enough Of all these,
owes the deficiency to his own want of in
dustry aud plain obvious management; and
with an abundance of meat, bread, vegc-
tables, milk, and clothing, beer, and cider,
is II not under Providence, ungrateful TO
be for ever repiniDg and moping, and
complaining about hard times hard
times. Where is the nation, we speak Of
the mass of the people, on the habltablc
globe, that would not, ifthey could, change
" times" and conditions with us, and felici-
tate themselves and sing hallelujahs to that
kind Providence which had supplied the
means of gratifying every want that is es-
sential TO wholesome and comfortable liv-
ing? The bane Of our happiness consists
in confounding luxurics with ncccssaries;
and in keeping our imaginations for ever
fixed on those who haye,per .fas at per ne
)aS, accumulated the means Of pampering
their morbid and vicious appettes with
every dainty, and their vanity with all
kinds of empty shows, rather than on the
millions in other countries who arc literal
ly naked, and perishing for want of bread
five would look oftener at these, we
Americans would cease to outrage Proyi |
deuce with the false cry of-hard timesl
To a benevolent mind it must be painful to
draw contentment from the contemplation
Of the wretchednes of any portion of our
fellow creatures; but reason teaches US |
that such contemplation docs not uggra-
'ate their calamlties, whilst il instructs us
hat ours have no reality. To form bet
.er estimate Of our own condition here in
America, let us turn our regards to the
people of Great Britan--that nation
which is said to be the most industrious.
'kilful and cntcrprising, and to be govern
ID by the wisest policy ever pursued by
public councils. lam. Farmer.
MEMoRy.--Whatevc has o,.cc giyen u
ain or pleasure is remembered long, and
ccurrcd to often, as We pass down the
purney of life to the gray hairs and soil
udes OF our last years. Love has been to
very one the source Of both. Every one
AS treasured away on the sacred parcs
{ memory q thousand little incidents, new
r to be revealed in time, to which, as TO
ome fascinating fiction, it returns, whenev-
7 gloomy or an idle, unsocial hour, calls
p the musing spirit-and turns the mind
pon the past. Life, reviewed through the
midst of bytgonc years, seems rather en-.
ious wrought fiction, or a fevcrish dream,
han a stern reality. We are surrounded
y mementos of the affection Of friends
ut these friends, themselves, are gone
v /
le sage instructions OF experience, by
hich our minds were formed, and dir
,tlon given 10 the current of our thoughts
,d habits-but the lips from whence they
,wcd, have long been mute as the still 7
Hey Who're they lie mouldering. We
i've danced and sung with tile gay and 7
ddy-and been enraptured at the thrill
ig voice and kindling eve Of bcsuty--but
c are alone. These visions have passed
oni us. In one graveyard and another,
ere are little hillocks, and white stones
'aring remembered names--and this is
l--all that is left to rs. But IL is among
G melancholy ruins Of the past, that We
'ther the richest stores for the future. II 4
there we learn how very vain are earth
hopes-how fleeting earthly friends how
MI even the strongest chords of affection. 2
is there we learn 10 prepare for another
ate ofbeing--( Tren. Emp. ,
--.ess"A
II is good rule and one we struggle
rd to adopt, never TO speak i'll Of those
Jm whom we have received kindness,
matter how i'll they treat us afterwards.
'rbearance is virtue that cannot be
ltivated with too much attention. Praise
ur enemy, and, as the apostle says, there.
heap Goals Of fire on his head. Enty,
tired, malice and faisehood, let their \,
ats fly in the dark against them, you tc