Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1831-05-20

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gInElappy Hscm.
" There IL a class 81 maukind--and 6y no
means small wlChare tetined unhappy
men. 40 them, the world, With all lis pleasant
things, friends, social comforts anil domestic en-
deaTmeatg This w0rlH. 70 full ~ AZ tnatis sSuti-
fol, 4he blue skies ahuvE, and lie sreen fields
around, what is il to them but constant source
OF maery and disquietude, a overriding theme
Of complaint and dissatisfaction. fiis unhappy
disposition lncY he traced 10 vatiUus in some
persons TO temperament naturally glDnIny and
dispGndiDe; IN otheFs, 20 accidents, misfortune.
disappointed ambition, IelsiVns fanaticisr.
Some men are naturally unhappy, while nthcrs
arc nnly SO occasionally The lUtmer, at al times
and places, wear the most dOlOrOas cnuitenance,
they cast a chill intaihe very atmosphere arOund
ihsM, like tie chill at Huon day, whsn the sun is
IN an eclipse ;thrii conversation il tinged with
melancholy aud moroseness; and It it has not the
affect Ia make Otieta wretchel as themselves,
Fit at least, prevents them frOn being happy
while in their presence. Such men are eeberas
floating about ia sOceity cold, isolated, terror
wherever they come, repusIve, and repulsed.
They may be seen at she corners Of the streets,
wayaying their acquaintance as they pass by on
business ~ pleasure, TO remind them Of the sanity
and ,rxations Of The world. The uncertainty Of
riChes the precari0usuess OF o, and ~ all those
yarnus subjects for subcr reelection, we'll calcu-
lated to nccupy the thoughts on proper occasions,
hut which serve only to offend and disgust when
tlius obtruded upon the attention. But these men
never take into consideration the times and Oeca-
sious when they shall pour forth their lugubrn.
lions, but like sinister crows are always bodng
some evil.
Next are those who are subject to occasional
| fits Of unhappiness. With some persons these
are periodcai--one will he affected with nelan-
chuy in the spring, y another 10 autumn one 10 a
prev to the blues in one Kind Of weather, and anO-
| cher in different kind, Such is the connection
between body and mind, that the causesof this
i sprcies uf unhappiness may be traced eitherfo.
Z 1tj8e dsafdtf 81 tiie FORMER which acts Upon
the latter. as dyspepsia IN the stomach is gene
rally followed by similar affection Of the head,
or 10 some peculiar sensibity OF the one BY which
external objects easily excite or depress the oth-
) err. Such men are indeed, to be commseraled;
b for who can doubt that their unhappiness is par
!: tial hypOchondra, over which they have no con-
trol--a disease Of the mind, more AGATE while it
f lasts, than the severest bodily pains! Nature
may in some instances be the author Of this kind
of unhappuess, but it is Ottener produced by edu-
cation and luxury. II Is not the farmer aud the
mechanic who are the subjects of This hypochon
! dria: their happy cOuntenances tell different
d tale it is the student whose sedentaTy life dooms
him to this calamity; the voluptuary wholly his
: midnight Carousals entails upon himself and chill
D dren the miseries ola broken constitution.
. Others, again, are made unhappy by outward
: circumsiauces--by misfortune in their business
4 disappointment of their plans, or the bereave
J. ment Of their friends. The species al unhap
t piness, when temporary and under proper res
l. traint, is what all whO consider the inhrmity o
s human nature will respect and approve; but whel
carried to an nmOderste excess when il is suiier
~ ed 10 embitter the whole after lie Of him who
Of perienccs it, it becomes both Improper and inju
r rous. 1t is improper, because there no reaso
in WHY we should forever muurn the loss Of friend
|, or nronerty-the voice Of reason and nature for
a. bidit IL is injurious because we cannot by ou
in grief repay uur Losses, but rather diminish tn
OF chances Of doing 80. There is no spectacle NOR
painful than the man who is the victim Of uu
he happiness from every slight misfortune he meet
II, with in his business. He literally makes troub
nix for hmsef,--he plants thOrns and thstles alon
ds his pathway through life, and irets out both b
body aud soul by rubbing against them. ,..--gs