Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-08-16
PROVIDENCE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST l6,

until he is launched into the vortex Of it's ruin
A habit of occasionally drinking pleasant bev-
erages, finally becomes a habit OF taking splr-
luousliquors, and this like those ofsnuti-taklng,
toba Geo. chewing, and other disgusting propen.
sites, cannot be dispensed with until the sac
rifice is too great for human nature to suffer.
A man can become habiiuaiec TO almost any
thing, however depraved, and after some exer.
else a murder would be perpe'raied as readily
as dog killed The force of practice, IS the
most subdung influence under Heaven We
some time since, read Of an idiot who became
so habiiuated TO counting audibly the numbers
that a clock struck throughout the day,
that when the clock was removed he
could repeat them with as mucn accuracy
AS before. Incidence is ever tie fos,cr-father
of vice, and he that is desirous OF living life
| OF happiness and virtue, should fly from habits
! Of Incidence az from coniagion. Contentment
| is felicity, says the philosopher, and none are
| con,ented who are idle, and who suffer the ir
energies TO waste in dlssipated and hcenious
pursuits. He that, from desire 10 the enjoy
ment Of his natural propensties, suffers his
feelings and his affections to be constantly ac-
tuated upon by safety and change, can never
be happy. II is as necessary for the attain
men, of wealth, 10 be full of industry and per-
severance. The moment married man i'm
blbes and gives way TO a disposition OF going
abroad 10 The sacrifice Of his wiie's feelings,
and to the neglect Of his family from tina, mo-
mcnt he may bid adieu to domestic felicity.
woman will suffer any deprivation IN sympa-
thy with her husbard if she love hini--will
make any sacrifice, or share with him any diff
cultics.--
Make her a ,laye-seal from her rosy cheek
BY needles, ealon,ies, let the last star
Leave her watcher 10y l"ur couch Of painj
Wrong her by petulance, supioion, Ill
That make, her cup hiteInrss-tu give
One evidence OF love, and cath has not
An emblem, Of desottdncs, like heIs
But oh e,range her ii boots not how
by wrong on silence. any thing that tell,
chang has come uron your trnicrrc''--
And there i not hish ,hng out ol Heaven
Her PRIDE o'ei mtstitih not"
Any thing but coldness and neglect will be
borne by woman patiently. This she cannot
bear, and in the language of Lavater, "those
who love the most intensely, can hate with
equal bitterness" Say what you please, re.
venge is sweet 10 the oppresscd-t is an attri
butte of human nature, and we are half inclined
to pronounce him worse than slave, who is
wronged and lnsulted with imtinity And
shall woman when sighted and iorsaken--
"Een 'iae the oak has shaken "I,
Bend lightly 10 her tendencies ag,l,,'
Never! it is not the nature of high souleJ
creature to be taunled, neglected, and oppres-
sed-- -perchance by the mau for whom she has
given up all Of worldly honor-tamcly and
submissivey. II is therefore we hear Of faith
less wvGs-the vicious and neglected habits OF
ther husbands have chilled and eslranCcd their
affections -an innate feeling Of pride, and an
innate sense of shame consprc together III re
bcIlion, turning the gushing fountain OF their
devotion into waters Of bitterness and cried
out revenge! But how shall Il woman be re-
venged, The world rs full of calumny a sin-
gle step from the path Of honour, and she is
there are but two paths. Misery and shuuic
on her part for salts! ia ct ion of lrcr revenge,
or quiet rcsignn! on to hcr wrctche JnesS, until
the thread of life is premaiurely u!pped. Such
are invariably the results of habitual estrange-
mcnt from the domestic fire side, and torpid
carelcssnes as to the affections and synpa-
thios Of the heart The formation OF maus
characteristic regula on of his business, and
the quiet Of his family, are all materially acted
upon by habits and Propensities. Every one
of common understanding can discriminate be-
tween those which would be most conducive 10
health, wealth asd happiness, and those o!' an
opposite character; and 1t would be WISE
step in early hie, If every ,larred man, from
The moment Of his entering upon the response
bic duties of a husband, would determine to
indulge in no propensites wi,ich could posi-
DIV detract from his domestic iolrl,es, his
appreciation of his wiie's society, or his taste
for the pure aud genuine satislac lons Of connu-
bal life. PM. .iitum