Litchfield enquirer., 1830-05-27


 needless catering orthe egrossestappesif : Ethere is such an unseeMIy and slIOe K ing Si- cinity of innocence with the most Slianle- Hess corruption, that we can speak of tils Theasre, in its present states only if terms of utter reproduction" ss .,s5 FGsksOn.-Fa Fashion erects its shrine and lcalls its blind and deluded votaries, and Ithey bow down swithsa lIOmageas base ahd idolahous as if they worshipped an image. Opinion reigns over ths crowds, tIIat throng the plaeesUf fashionable recreation $ and many there are, who are more aflx- ions to please their fellow beings, than to please their Maker who would shrink more from violating the etiquette of tho world, than the command of the Almighty.
 The curse and blight of temptation never descends more awfully or more fatally, than when tthus comes amidst smiles and gaie- ty. amidst the forms ofcivilty and fashion, and the sounds of music and pleasure. A being on whom the law of fashion has done it's work, who lives only in the cpin. 1 ion of others and in an outward sh0M-A~ such a being, whether man or woman, is as utterly, though not as visibly, degraded from the rank ofhumanity as the sellsualist or the profligate and if sensualitt and profigacy do not set their mark upon such an one, it will only be---because they are not the fashion ,s4ta
 Spirit of Christ;anity.--" We know that every thing is affected that is touched by the spirit of Christianity. It touches the heart of the poor man, and he becomes humble as a little child it tonchess the heart of the sensualist, and he becomes pure and heavenly; it touches the afiec- tions of the covetous,. and he becomes libs eral; it touches the hearts of the revenge full, and they become forgiving and loving l; it touches the chain of caste, and it melts , it touches the idols of the heathen, and they fall to the ground like Dagon before the ark of the Lord it touches the atmos- phere of idolasry, and the glare of super. l stitiOn is dissolved; it touches the fetters 1 of the slave, and they fall of; it touches the ruthless despots of the earth, and they wither at its glance; it touches the hearts of savages, and they take their place among civilized men; it sends ils fructifying showers on the barren wilderness, and it blossoms like the rose; it smiles upon the desert, and the inhabitants of the rock, the wandering bushnien sing for joy, and shout from the tops ofthe mountains."
 The following somewhat unique adver. tisement appeared in late Essex Gazette. ~ On Eagse's srings in,nio,tat Gcawdals Hy." Whereas false report, for . long time past, has been indusiriously circulated in this vicinity, to the no small injury of the character, and interest of the subscriber, viz: that he is guilty of a breach of the marriage contract, which, it is reported, he has made with certain young lady live ing in Rowley this, therefore, is to re- pei the scandals, by correctly Informing both friends and foes, and the public in general, that the report Is absolutely false in every sensey--that he is under no alsch engagement to any lady on earth-that the report is so far from having even the segl1 blance or shadow of truth, that in fact h0 has not paid his addresses to nor held any correspondence, with this young woman on res 0moris vel m0trimonii, either per. sonally or by proxy, verbally or epistolaey, directly or indirectly, for more than Jf- teen gears; and no person, who has the least regard for truth, will presume even to insinuate any such thing in the presence of sae @ MOSES P. CLARK"
 HoU Scholars are Made.-C costly ap- paratus and splendid cabinets, have no magical power to make scholars. In all
 circumstances, as man is, under God. the master ofhis own fortune, so he is the ma ker, of his own mind. The Creator has so constituted the human intellect, that it can only grow by i,s own action, and by its own action 1t will most ceftainly and neces- sarily grow. Every man must, therefore, in an important sense, educate himseIf.- His book and teacher are but kelps, the wOrk is his. A man is not educated until he has the ability to summon, in an emer- gency, all his mental powers in vigorous eK- ercise to effect it's proposed object. It is not the man who has seen most, who can do this such an one is in danger of being borne down, like beast of burden, by an overloaded mass of other men's thoughts. Nor is 1t the n,aa who can boast merely of native vigour aud capacity. The greatest of all warriors that went to the siege of Troy, had not the pre-eminence, because nature had given strength, and he carried the largest bow, but because seB disEip1iae had taught him kow Co bend it.
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