Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-07
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 FEELING, NOT THE MEASURE OF VIRTUE.
 is easier for some to feel than io rsason judge There are those who talk OI the iMrury of feeling thor do they talk altogether yaiOy) who delight to re- view, and tell over their fseings upon such or such a" occasion. They really take pride, and feel a sort Of enchan'ment in remembering how they were ena- hIed to feel on certain subject, and at a certain me But is pity, for truths sake yes and for the sake Of their own happiness too, that they take 90 little pleasure in listening the sober counsels of reason IL is well known, the grief and wreichedness of not few, that the feelings may be ndulged to excess ! Thousands there are who have become the melan- choIy victims Of biRd feeling. Porental tenderness or indulgence, breaking the bonnds of and truth, has prepared the way, and Eor, victims to the gallows: it has burlened the community with drunkards aud miserable paupers; it has created idle ness, and reckless indifference the good of man. kind; i has clogged the wheels of mpro ovement and moral refOrnaton and it's cursed inRuenc has reac ed the ''ahird and fourth generations"
 Again-affection for friends may, through exces. sive indulgence, become strong as to be exclusive shutting out all that do not belong to the family of friends and relatives It may overlook the mos, pal
 
 edness, and dsrelish present things Ths may be especially in the of separation from those upon whom the affection is conce entra,ed.) It may reader one unfit to discharge the necessary of op- crate with wasting hand upon the corporeal system, and hasten it's dissolution.
 Once more the iHaginatire and poetic tseliags, have caused much unhappiness, when indulged ex- cessvely. They have, by deaining the mind long amidst airy castles, fictitious scenes & unreal delights destroyed its taste for those ye0es, by which man is 10 live; which prove his soul; and prepare him for another state of being The wreiched lovers of such romantic and exiravaga"t feelings are seldom conte"ed with the slate of things which their Maker has established. They are ever seeking something " fairer than augh. that is." taas 'sss no. Heaven ? And hence all around them is ias.eless and unsssfy ing. Finally: sympathy for suffering homanily, no, directed ny reason, sinks it's pOssessor into wreiched ness and despair. Such deep and blind afec ton o ,he soul magn6es the suarngs Of its oh-c. an hun. dred fod: and hence leads undue and improper action; action that may he no biessiRg b", cTrse be- it is excessive and unreasonable. I leads an erroneous estimation oi human nature. |, makes US look upon ,ho trembling culprit awaiting his dread sentences and the Defarious wretch who s Gstiy pun 
 Now when either of the classes of feelings meuriou ed are thus iDduged 1t leads to the dismal, and often fatal results Hence Iei not the individual who may be the subject of such excessive senbity or affection whether from choice or misfortuhe. ca'the deectary, preference, if such h be, uirsue. For, is in fact mental oOxication, that shuts out the light o truth really any other Arrangement of the mind. And the o"y differeHce between such an effect, and that caused by ardent spirits s, the deprives the body of its strength and balance ef Cecually and ediaely than the other and renders il more ioashsome object to the eye of Both are equally hostile and truth. Both lead to fatal consequences. Certainly, then, feelings tha, not tempered by sense of what is right and true, no rirtue, bat, repeat, they the greoes curse IT this he so then how mad are morials that lriAe with their reason! that feel shame guilt in of fering insult, a contradiction, to the righiful sovereign of their souls! Reason is that divine prin cple which God has implanted iR every huma" breast to guide the arigh,. And the individual that deavors suppress the voice of reason, even to close his ears upon her authoritative commands, dees heaven; deGes truth and de6ss the best part of his | naiure.
 am, by no means, an avower or believer oi Zenos principles. would discard all seii.g and main tan tba, there s virtue bat in rectiiude of duci," this phrase is understood by sioics. The tenderness which feel for intimate rela- iions the affection which we exercise for friends; the susceptibility for she poetic and romantic feelins' with which we are endowed; aod the sympaibs we have for our suffering fellow 'oen, are ""doooedly l feelings that were given man ~ seotc1s o'napp'' oess. and as meaos of doi-. good to mankind. But .. .o, .x,.s.;..~SOng iasShs Us, that n order to ...,, blerSsags, they must pcs ,. ;adused be- p'o,o If Ieasonf Let our Jssiisgs a,~-y4 oe un0ef sne restraint and UaWs,;fyne influence of sound judgment thea shall they Ls streams o rich en- joymeni; then may they be pronosaced uirsues.
 Bradleyvils, April, ls3S. P. SpeeNlafioB.-Wss there ever such lime as Al, present. Every thing is dear bal msoney. Land no matter where nor what-s bought up nl extraya. gaWt prices, # the limits of the country had nreadv become contracted sor its inhabi,anss Ever Ter "s is not oo distant GDr the range of speculation 10 wander Stocks, goods. groceries. and almost every thing else, pariake Of the general impulse What ,s the of a ttisf It Is the reac,ion censeaueo, upon the siagnaiisn 01 business year ego. h s one extreme following another, and perhaps preparing the way Ger repetition of the frs Every hody is rust- ing into esgsgeEen,s, ihsy could 6e cancelled by U B. Ba0k taking lhe lead, and allowing herself io become deeply indebted to the local insliiu:io0s.- Waae will be the ssse of all this? "Increasing aad e''Ii increasing prosperity, will be ihe reply. We nope eo sad we try to believe ii. Bai really are not without some @asgisings on the Suhiect. lf the oi IS334 w0sld ercise l6er vocation
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