Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-07
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scarce. The cause OF tins scarcity is
oi,sn inquired into; and the answer sc.
Morally gwen is, that "A large quantity
OF specie mas been shipped from New
York 10 Easland fms fact ascertain
ed, The inquiry usually terminates The
whole calamity is supposed 20 be ac-
Counted fns; and theirs isun more to be
said I'm; reminds Us of the story of
the Driehman - ~ oHest Head, &c Fun.
dsTbH learned from ais servant, one
Inoraiog. vain much concern, that hs
favoriie uorse was dead - Ike ras intent
on discovering the cause of bis mlsfor-
tune. Ills servant assured him with ga
cir Of gravity and consequence, that it
must have been owing To- the loss of lis
breath. that the horse died. Thi. the
DRY was beard with degree Of skspii =
cism, at FIRST, by our Solomon, but hsv
Ing from satisfactory testineny, estab
lished the alleged facts, the cessation oil
breathing, il was admitted without heel
ta,ion, as full solution Of the phenome-
non. and no further inquiries were made
Why the horse stopped breathing
whether it was ct from huoger- wheth-
er that hunger cas not Ia oousequen~e
OF the absence of bay ~-anG whether the
absence at hay was not owing to the
neglect OF his servaRl--these were que
ries OF a character too abstract for the
intellecis Of the Dutchman Aud cue
ries equally simple and obvious, are too
sbstrsc. to be preached by many OF cur
political wiseacEes.
"Ha,d ds,es, Hard fime,im Add phu
are the times har9i Because the snec,e
has been shiaped-to England Aod ,ehy
was the specie shipped to England2--
"Why, as TO sha; point, we have no in.
formation. PROBABLY il ~ .beesuse tho
times are hard.'' And So we 60 round
Ia a circle; the horse died because he
ceased breathing: and ne ceased breath
Ing because he died
The simple fac: of The expectation of
specie, Ike the simple fact Of the AMI;
mails cessiug to brea th, Is only one link
IN a connected chain Of Other fec,s. ~
our specie hes been shipped To England,
it was because we owed the English. II
we owed the English, II was because wa
purchased @. them. more than we had
specie from other poets oil the world a.
fast as we want IL 10 send 10 England
it is because eur exports are TOO little
and our imports to- great. II our exports
ere too Iitila, II ~ because We ara not
inaustrious enough, in rearing and fab
rlcsi'ng articles 10 export If we ere
not industrious enough, we are loo idle.
too fond of amusements, too istemne-
ate. too much addicted To aamblips too
Immoral Again: il we import tao
much ii is because we live too axcen.
sively-wear teo many Gae clothes.
make too many costly entertainnpnts--
drink too radch brandy. Channaine and
nj adeira; in = word because we are too
protsse and prod gal five are profu,,
and prodgal, il is because NO are not
sufficiently under the influence Of mo.
raj and religious principle. So tbalthe
deficiency OF our exports and the ca
cess "f oer imports are to be traced 10
one and the same souree--fhs absence
Of moral prsnctp!s, and this is tbs True
and ultimate cause OF HARD Times.
"Rurra' chats the maifer?" muttersd
a mae of my acquaintance, in a tsick
and grud voice, aS in attempting TO
enter the dosr at one o'clock in tha
morning he fell his whole length on tha
f"or. lis vile. vino had been sitting
up Tor him, was startled from sleep
into which she had fallen, and suddenly
shrlsked as il this ives a new spectacle
She bad eiien sat up late before esnow.
until O'Clock, until the candle had
burnt out, ard tho ember, had died a.
wsv to dim and dull cleaning. end
bad seen her husband highly excited:
but never, Till now, had be Numbered
into the house IN such a rnanner. and
fallen pros.rete like beast befsre his
appalled, end trembling wife. She was
a woman of good education, geptsei
manners, and dslIcase sensibility. which
latter quality, from the welt kaswn In.
fiuencs of BODY on mind. had been much
increased by ST. knsss, her sickness il.
self being prsbably as much indu sed by
the sight OF the growing habits Of her hus.
band, as by any other cause. The man
who now lay before her, unable to rise,
wes once kind and attentive husband.
a saasaEable and bountifuI sravider.
fond lover even to Jealousy, the 10Y and
ornament efthe domestic circle. bat he
had companions these men bed
less elevated ideas OF the purity Of viz.