Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-07-07

The following extract of letter to Mrs. Nnian Pink
Sney, refers 10 domestic misfortune Which she had re-
SceDtly sustained:
d "HY Derr ,lInclln-If l had found il mpossibe
go answer your letter by the return of the Pacific il
SwouId have been answered Business occupied my time
and anxiety my heart, To the last moment. | would
have cheated the last of these tyrants an hour or two
Coy conversng with you but the first forbade it, and
shad no choice but to submit. From this double despo
tisn am now comparatively free, and the which Il
make oil my liberty is to trespass you with few
4 lines.
81 shall not condole with you on your late loss though
am able 10 conjecture how eeny has been felt: Won
shaVe yourself suggested of the consultations which
snppot the good under the heaviest of all hnman Gala
sintIes-U StdH meet again. IN purity and 5oy the
sfehdS tcho are ere'y duy failing around usThere is
snothnG which more efectually cheers the soul in its
ozark mortal pilgrimage than this noble condolences life
5Hould indeed. be sad journey without it; the power
Got death is in this view nothing; separates us for
Ason merely to mt us for more exalted and holy commu
sIlon have chung TO this thought ever since was
acapabe of thinking, and would not part with il for
worlds it has assisted in many trial TO bear I'M
against the evil of the hour, and 10 shake off i'm some de
Sgree Or who boast of having entirely escaped frel
The influence OF those passions that betray and degrade
Jus. 1t may dare TO say so, it gives new value Ia
immortality, while 1t furnishes powerful incentives ia
8Yrtue You cannot, think, have yetme with AIore-
Sheads Dsconrses- of his turns upon the
gloss of chdIen and he forth, with that eIoouence
(which comes warm from the heart the sottness which
aMs bitter affection derives from religion When YOU
ing short extract will please you 1t is exquisitev
beautiful, and the best of modern Reviews have quo
ated IT as soothing and original suggestion.
wv are all well of the influence of the world.
we know how strongly it engages thoughts and
adehases the springs of actions: all know how
important it is to have the springs of our minds renew
ed and the rust which gathers them cleared AVA
sOne OF The principal advantages, perhaps which arises
rom the possession of children is that i'm their society
the simplicity of their nature constantly recalled to
our view and then when return from The cares apd
thoughts OF the world into domestic circle we be
hold beings whose happiness springs from no false esl>
mates of worldly good but from the benevolent
5of nature-Ihc same moral arnnlagc is oea cyire
IN greater degree from tie mcmo, of those ctiliren
'cho hGre le1 us. Their simple characters dwell UPON
our minds with deeper Impressions their least actions
return TO our thoughts with force than if we had IL
sun IN our power to witness them and they return to us
clothed With that sanity garb which belongs TO the DOS
SCISSORS OF higher existence We feel that there isl
now lux connecting with purer and better scene
oi oeng' that part of ourselves has gone before us
INTO The bosom of God; and that the same happy crea
lures, winch here on earth showed the simple source
3'rom winch happiness springs, hover over us and
scatter from Their wings The graces and beatitudes of
acterny,'
Nv 10 can read this passage without feeling his heart
IN unison with ~ 1t cannot be read without bspirinp
a. pleasing melancholy and lifting the mind beyond the
low communications Of tbs probationary state To
scenes where love and bliss immortal reign. rs