Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-29

pursuits, the boast OF the countries, In
which they live. But, if they are 10 be thus
employed. they cannot at the same time be oc-
cupied in the acquisition of that property, ny
which they are TO be supported.
Iwell know,thatto the ear Of selhshness this
strain would sound harshly; and am well aware
that shall be answered with that grave tale OF
avarice concerning the necessity, and the diffi-
culties, Of providing for family; and concern
ing the great number Of private and public
claims, continually made on wealth; and shall
probably be confronted by that white. hearted
adage, " that charity begins at home." 10
this story reply with very little complacency,
that the charity in question not only begins,
but ends at home. 10 provide for our children
whatever will contribute to their usefulness or
comfort, so far as it can be done by reasonable
efforts, is unquestionably our duty; but no pre-
cept requires, and no defensible consideration
demands, that we should spend life to nurse
their pride and pamper their luxury In the
United States, where the government Of opu-
! lent parents is but too commonly loose in prin-
| ciple, and imprudent in practice; where the
children Of such parents are usually haoituated
neither TO industry nor economy, and are nur-
tured from infancy in habits OF Indulgence, ex-
pense and show; where estates cannot be entail
ed; and where property is almost always &C
qnired by those who possess it, and scarcely
ever retained, beyond two generations, by those
10 whom it descends; there is no folly more
palpable, than that, which is seen in the toll,
anxiety, and suffering, undergone by wor-
shipper of gold, struggling 10 accumulate
wealth for his children until he begins TO step
into the grave. The children are ruined for
time and eternity by the iabors Of the parent:
for they are taught that all good lies in wealth,
splendor, and luxury: and not in intelligence
and virtue. Accordingly, they seek for no O.
Their. In the pursuit, they ouzz through gid
dy, momeniary course; al the end Of which they
see their Elysium vanish forever; and either
expire under the loss, or pine through their re.
| naming days in uselessness, degradation, and
despair. 1t would be easy 10 name man of
great reputation and worth, who left to his chill
dren million Of dollars; and whose sons hut-
tered through their fortunes in four or five
years; when one of them became the tenant ola
Jail, and died of a broken heart. How much
happier would they have been, had their father
been bankrupt, or left his estate to the public.
But there are many persons, who cannot e.
ven make this plea, and who are obliged, at The
approach of death, 10 hunt for heirs and OBJ
jects, on which they may bestow their proper
~. If these men will inquire, they will soon
learn, that the objects, here urged, are a, least
among the best; that, devoted 10 them, their
property will do more good to mankind, and
prove the source of more honor to themselves,
than can result from almost any other method
of disposal Without learning, what would
their country be? A wilderness. What their
state of society? That of Savages.
| am not weak enough to imag line, that these
observations will operate against the avarice, s.
pride, which they are intended to affect; but
fine my-own reward, for the trouble Of writing,
in the pleasure of u.tering little truth, concern
ing this subject. At the same time, beg
leave to remind those, who are implicated in
them, that learning cannot flourish without
support; that institutions, furnishing all the
advantages of education, cannot exist without
extensive pecuniary foundations; and that until
these are supplied by those, who alone can sup.
ply them, it will no longer become such men to
inquire, either with contempt, or curiosity, why
learning does not flourish more in the country.
On this subject let such men be dumb
1t is not generally understood (remarks the
Philadelphia Gazette) that British vessels which
may enter the ports of the United States, after
the LIST Of December next, from any Of the ports
included in the late Order Of Council, will be
liable TO be con6scated.
The act OF May 9Th, 1922, gave authority to
the President, TO open our poris for British ves-
sells from the colonies, on principles ofretiproci-
ty, bu, lhe 9th section of the act Of March LIST,
1923, says" that if at any time, the intercourse
between the United States and any Of the above
enumerated British colonial ports, should be
prohibited by British Order in Council, from
the time the same shall commence TO be in
force" the act of March LIST, 1928, shall cease
to operate in their favor, and the act Of April
18th, 1918, shall revive and be in full force.
The act Of April 18th, 1918, which is thus
virtually revived by the late British Order in
Council, is very positive, declaring, "that the
ports Of the United States shall be and remain
closed against every vessel owned wholly or in
part by subjects of His Britannia Majesty, com
ing from any port or place in colony or terri
tory of His Britannia Majesty that is or shall
be, by the ordinary laws of navigation, closed
against vessels owned by citizens Of the United
States" And, furthermore, thar every such
British vessel entering one of our ports, shall,
with her tackle, cargo, &c. be forfeited to the
United States.
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