Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-10
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE CLUB-No. X.


Q.Gd fterim, guild sing; ride; msrifamq; require:
Lirenes noes isse fdem.-UvIp.
Those famiilisr with tie brsu,iful verses Of
the poet from whom my motto Is taken, viii
r m, mber ON what occasion the line. are In
uoduced, and will see how appropriate they ART
to he subject Of this paper
esr, purest, and most a. iding p;irciple hat vas
ever Diab,ed in the human bosom. No other
pa.sion, or ieeiag, or affection, C. n be compar.
Cd q i, in duration and Intensity. Unlike ohtr
loyes. il barns brighter the longer II lass.
is no lckering, unct rtain b axe, wanting fuel TO
Keen i, m exis encr; but a steady, constant, lit
ing light, shedding It's hallowed rays upon all
around, aud cheering :he darkest hours OF ex
isIence.
The lover may "sish his soul away" Gas I
have done in my young days. IN the ears OF his
mistress warm hearts may beat quick and
brieht eyes b- shaded with bought al the reel
,,oca,iop of those .ows-thr father may look
upon his son wi h p'ide ard peasu'e--'he fohd
Affection Ole husband may be answered ny
. th, doa,ing alteration Of the w,fe-thr corhd.
ING sister may look up TO the pa election OF al
attentive b,oher,-and all this is Ioue; but.
after all, j. is not the love Of which | am speak
ing. tell you
"There is none,
In an this cold and hollow world, no fount
Ofdeep, strong de.lthLess LUe, save that within
A MoTHSs's heart"
All Others may dry up: this alone remains full
In IA, b,im amidst the changes OF times and
seaSuns
How many striking examples Of Maternal
loyr, beautiful j" themselves, and rendered
mrre so bv the m inner in which hey are rela'-
ed does history 2reyen,! In all its dfffrtrn
forms-is suength, its influence, its enduring
cons aucy aud its high oned, noble pride i,
h.s been placed before US. G'ecian and r.
NAV annals are full Of instances. "Takr this
shell" said the Spartan mother to her son,
~ o her con.iaIcra'ion-a take THIS shield, and
r. u,n either ,uts upon il" These are my
i,wel,." said The ,ir uous Cornelia, p, ming I"
her children; aud who Can read the stoy Of
Cn,iolanu>, aud be vnmovsd n the Ieci, all
The sol. mn and SIMPLE language OF Scripture
hiss protllim thr strength Of Mothers az
frt lion. "Then sp.s;e the woman whos- tn
living shild was. unto the king, (for her bowels
year, ed after her sony and snr said, .! m, lord,
ei.r her the living child, and in no wise slay
il"
have Of en- admired the natural and pathei &c
exclamation Of a poor woman On hra'ing her
psiIsh priest relate the story OF Abraham OF
ferisc his son Isaac as sacrifice. "Ah! God
would certainly never have required such sa-
cr,6re sc mother 3"
am apt 10 believe that neaily all he virtue
and moral worth that we see round US, is ow-
j. z 20 Maternal love Ambition rxcites some to
az honorable and upright course OF Conducl,
and variety Of other passions opera'e in check
ing and guiding Others; ba' the main spring in
the compile sted machinery Of m ms actions,
is the Impulse REL eivrd from mothers love.
throw on, his idea, no, for the purpose Of
following it up, but That nv readers may re-
feet upun and pursue il themselves.
In the course Of my life, aud especially when
WAS practising attorney, It has been my
t. meet with, aud be the speetato,toi even S,
in winch the principle Of which I'm speaking
.ba> exhibited hsr E. always made IL rule,
aud, b. f.re God! I ever shall, 20 pr otec, by my
c unset, and deieod by my aid, 'he MorHER's
Of h. land Look around you, and See how OF
ten IN il love ior ueir chlldre" operates above
e'-ry o'hrr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES into virrue,
and hen sinks into crime-crime, often dark,
hu, never without i,s shades Of noble and nsiu.
ia, feeling Why, il the hi-,ory If the prisons
of his country could b miou' civ known. 500
RE, voulh be told IN this very subject, enough
10 mel, the hardest "eart All that you have
re d in the pa h-tIc tale Of Efir d. ans in he
II. ar, Of Mid LOTHIAN, would hardly equal
what YOU would there see and know.
VIII he rrsder pardon 'hr warmth even Of
Of a man who is "worn our and 'acknryed in
the arts" ola profession, Gale ulst-d, On many
az cunts, to blum, the f &c feelings Of hrs ma
tures Old as am, W en- f,rg~t 10 reverence
,h memory Of nv Mother, may every though, |
Of ny heart bear with il the SEQ, pon s'ines Of
conscience, and the viper fang Of ,ng.nf,fude.
THE0pHILUS WlGGiNS.