Litchfield enquirer., 1836-10-13
No: I9. WHOLE No. 5so.
TO YOUNG MEN.

1 1-s1." s' hOaC to sag ss No. .''--. An excellent
 a:J .:.,. w'se mother gsve the fOIlo3inp adSieeg
 . "'r dy'ng breath: !" Nv sniR fIts,Fd
 "Sw .S,s So say no. Notthat she did Fr3raN3T
 - oT.se. ,." nsE son to be ehurl in aneecS Sp
 ne sun hearted in things ind;fsrSr,J
 WN'al ; and much less did she -: -
 o Put ms negative upoRthe calls aS ah.. ".s:'
 ana the impulses of hainanitv h,,.; :Il'- ,.a-
 meaning was, that along with gsnt,ensss .'er se
 mannefs and behevOlenee 6fdlisposit;on iSs
 snopiu possess an inaexible irnInesk of r,r
 pose, quality beyond price. whe,her ;f
 regards the sons or the daughters of our fsI-
 len race. g,5rg,, ri.s+g -, - Rers0ns Sso infrm in purpose. so war,;.,, ;. IinresolmiOH,asL tO be, incapable. ain sis,as., Ilany cascs tof saying no, are among the rssss,
 helpless 6f human beings and that nSo,ts
 witLstatidihg their sweetness. .yoc yocf ,emnef
 their courteousness of demearlor, and what ever else ofamieble and restimabls qualities they possess thuugh they see the rieht.s they pursue the; wrongl-nOt so much from
 inclinati"n. as from a frame of mind dispo.. iSe1 tOs yield 10 RNAEsw il
 A hist0riail Of . former and dissanf aoe says of Frenchmah who rank ked as fEsa first prince of the blood, that he. bad i. Ibright and Knowing mind. praoef.sl good intentions. comnleta dlslnterestedness. 1nd incredible easiness nf manners but that, win all these onAlitiesg he acted most coAtempfibie parI for fhep want of resolution; that he2 esme into aH the factions df his time, because he wanted power to resist those who drew him for thelr own interest but that he never came oet oi any but with shame, because he wanted resnlnt'onto support himself whila he wasainffens. j ~ 3s1nl5pa ! lael tis.ifFtta
 II is wing to the want of resolution more than so the want of sound sense. that q great many persons have run into inpirtai- i,i E. de'!ces, injurious and sometimes fatal 10 their worldly Interests. Numerous instai- ces 0i lhls might De named, but5l .slsalhcon. tent myself with naming only oues andssiaU is, rash and hazardous s0retysfip Tie pic stands uncovered, md, yet men of good sense, as we'll as amiable dsisposi lion. Ri6nplg into 1t with their eyes wide ol,en.. n Not. withstanding the solemn warning in, tI,e proverbs of wise men, aud nOtwithstarsd- ing the examples of the fate of so ma many I that have gone before them, they make tho hazardous leap . and wby1 Not from irl-. clinasienl orawiilau willing mind, butlbes caus6 being solicited, urged and entreased. they know not how wtoisay no. IF they had learned, not only how to pr0n0upce that but itb make use of 1t oiieaif proper occasions, 1t might have saved them from ruin, both them and their wives, and their children. .ag h.ta ..,s h.ss,.ss s, asJsr
 But the worst of all is siiM behind. Tho . ~;s ef sharneter, of mOrals, and of theNesg heart and soul of man, ofien originates tn a passive yieldness of temper and disposis ton, ,iur in the want of resolatiOn to say nos Thousands, and many tllonsands, through tliis weakness, have aheen the victims Of craft aud deceit. Tho6sands, and hsiny thousands, once of fair promise. but nov sunk tn daprayity and wre.chedpess. owe their ruin io the art of ofeonsen.ings agaiapf their better judgments, to the excitenseps of evil companions and familiars. Had they said st No,"when duty, when honor, whom conscience, when every slSing sacFed dcnisndsd 1t of them. happy ii,ight tBsy now have bosn-ths s.,lacs Of their kiads rcd and ornaments q society. as a.. ss1sl s,asi
 < Sweetness Of temper. charitnbleness of heart, genileRess Of demean0r, iogethef with a strong disposition to act obliginely, and even 10 be yielding in things indiffer- ent, or of trifling moment are aiiable and tstiniable traits of' the human ckaFactef.-- But there must be with all, aud as the groundwork of the whole, such a irmness Ofresolution as will gnarantee against yield- ing, 1eilher imprudentlyt or, 5ipsilorally. to solicitations or excitements; !; else one hes very little chance in passing down the caf4
 rent of life, of escapiSg the eddies aAd quick sands thatIie in his way. ssF aslsfs s. will add here only ope remark, which is, that stiff iempers in children are cf bet ter onen than generally they are thought to be. Such tempers, properly managed and rightly directed, are the most likely to form characters of fixed and iumoyable resolution characters the least liable to bs bent by circumsisnces, by threats or per- suasions, from tic line of prudence and duty.
 Itis sad thing to feel that we mass die away from our hone. Tell noi ibesinva- Id who is yearDing afier his disiant eOun- try. that the atmosphere around him is aOsa; that tho gales are filled with balm, and the flowers are springing from the gFecIi earth: he knows that the soitest air tO his heaFt would be lLe air which hangs over his na- tive land that more grateful than all the gales of the south, would breathe the low whispers ofanxioas affection that the very icicles sclinging to his own eyes and the snow beating against his eW6 windows, would be far more pleasant to his eyes, tllal the bloom and verdure which onIy more iorcibly remind him how far he is from that