Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-29


Moth s;des: bur had footpad stopped me on the
h;vhwav and rol,bed me of watch and cash. do
believe the same thing would have been sad
The same thing, in fact. acas said shortly ai-
forwards. when vas an innocent sufferer 70
severe. indeed, ruinous extent Having no ao-
mestic ties. no cheerful ireside at home. DeSaa
to get low.spirited, and longed for some sort 1'
occupation. had no pursuit; could no; li"e
out of a morning, for the mere purpose Oh r'ulnS
home again in the-afternnoon. 1t Is very wei,
for elderly ladies to take what they can
airinrs; but man in the prime OF lie requires
something more exciting. at least did. and when
| had arranged with the partners OF banking
house in neighboring town, that should De al
mitted into the firm, I became comparatively
happy. for deemed myself man q business
Accounts were not at all IN my way. AS ooy'
| had sighed over the mysteries of multiplication;
addition had added materially to my Distress
and subtraction had taken away much o, my IT,
pose. Daily, however, did ride INTO tne Tow"
to call at the bank; assuming all the serious ''n'
portance of man of business talking OIL my Ell
:agements and avocations, and really persuau-
ing myself that had great deal 10 40 !,
All this time, Iactually knew nothing OF the
true condition of the bank; had given 1t "myy
name. which is no part of me;'' and, in return.
was teld that should add considerably to my
income. But though had evidently '.no spec,
ulatioa in nv eve, nv partners certainly had
in theirs. We speculated in mines, ana I'M
luckily, the mines exploded, and the bank was
blownup.
The news was told me, one morning, wnen
was snugly enjoying my tea and toast; was In
solvent. every thing. had went to answer 'n y.
calls upon the bank: and, after all, the creai-
tors were paid threc-and- seven-pence IN tne
pound: so they curse me, begcar as am. Inc
principal obloquy certainly has fallen on my
partners; but still every body says there were
:. faults on both Sides"
Isnot this hard? have not right to execrate
old women's sayings i? But | must end my
fermentation; and for once will admit that
eve the saving in question may, IN an instance
or two. few and far between. be used with pro-
pyiety; for should the reader not quite perceive
the point and drift of this paper. aud accuse the
writer of dullness, then am quite sure mere
must be faults on both sides.
-sesae9s-
Consequences of Atheism. by DR.. Claiming.
Few men suspect, perhaps no man Compartments
the extent of the supports given by religion to
every virtue No man perhaps is aware, how
much our moral and social sentiments are fed
from this fountain; how powerless conscience
! would become without the belief of God; how
pa,sied wouId be haman beneyoence, TO quicken
and sustain it; how suddenly the whole social
fabric would quake, and with whata fearful
crash it would sink into hopeless ruin, were the
ideas Of Supreme Being. OF accountableness
and ola future lite To be utterly erased from eve
h%s s iuh thai
affairs; that all their Improvements perish forev.
er at death: that the weak have no guardian. and
, the injured no avenger; that there is no recon-
pence for sacrifices to uprg htness and the public
good; that an oath is unheard in heaven; that
secret crimes have no witness but the perpetra-
/; tor: that human existence has no purpose, and
death is total, everlasting extinction-once let
them THOROUGHLY abandon religion, and who
can conceive, or describe the extent of the desc
lahon which would follow.
/ We hope, perhaps, that human laws and natu-
raj sympathy would hold society together. As
reasonably might we believe, that, were the sun
quenChcd in the heavens, OUR torches could illu-
inmate, and OUR fires quicken, and fertalize crea.
ton. What IS there in human nature to awaken
respect and tenderness. if man is the unprotected
insect of day? and what is he more, if Atheism
be trues Erase all thought and fear of God from
a community, and selishness, and sensuality
would absove the whole man. Appetite, know
inc no restraint. and poverty and suffering, hav-
| ing no soace or nope. would trample in scorn on
the restraint of human laws Virtue. duty, prin-
ciple. would b. Knocked and spurned as unmean-
ing sounds A ,ordid self interest would sup
plant every other feeling, and man would become
in fact. what the theory of Atheism declares him
to be, companion for brutes?
-axssee55Gsssa-
CObbet.-This noted genius lately addressed !
the taxpayers in England, entreating them to sub !
scribe 2o,000l towards paving the expense of
elect'ns C"boett to parliament. He thus speaks
of himself
- 1t is notoriols that have been the evening
and the DAY star, the moon and the sun. and the
aurora of the press; that all the other parts of it
have come twintIing behind me. shining now and
then indeed, bit shining with borrowed light
have always led the way at great distance for
ward: have foreseen, icretold every event. ev-
cry effect; my predictions have, in due success
sion, become history; Lhave been the teacher of
the nation; the great source of political know ledge
and all those powerful arguments by which so