Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-22
HINTS TO VOTING rAnMrus.

Idon'i know a principle more imnor,ap, to be cherished, by all ages and conditions. than an llabitual reliance, under Providence on ones own exertions, for the comforts and enjoyments of life and the respec. and good will of society. Stimulated by this principle, and governed by a rigid adher- ence to honesty and virtue, the mind and body are kept in leathful exercise, and tue best faculties of our nature are called into action. How many of our first men have earned name for usefulness, and risen from poverty to wealth, by the practice of this sautary rule. And how many others can we recognise, who have sunk into indo- lence and vice, and lost the dignity of frcc- men for the want of its vivifving influence; from slothfnl dependence upon patrimo-. nial and public aid for character aud for subsistence. Wealthy parents are apt to forget, and their sons often do not learn to appreciate, till too late, the importance of those habits in youth which can, alone se- cure comfurtand responsibility manhood. Neither our fortunes nor virtues are likely, to descend, Hnaccompanied by the habits which procured and established them, as patrimonies to our children. Ls' 'ss'i's fsssfFi 'rhe mutability of fortune is thus beauti-. fully described, I may say, drawn, by the pen of Kennedy, in his late address before the American Institution j., vi sgs,s.r s3di
 Our country is a country fbusy. naen.i Whatever gives facility and expansion to labor, benefits every class of the eommun- ty. Unlike the European States, we have no piles ofhoarded wealth to be transmitted in mass to our posterity. Opulence, among us, is like gilded pyramid that stands up- on pedestal of ice, and it's foundations are perpetually melting tn the suu: the stream that flows from them may fertilize the land and spread bloom and beauty over barren places but the pyramid itself falls inits appointed time, to be built up again by other hands and to adorn other cities. Oar laws, which forbid the accommodation of hereditary treasure, have reiterated to the American citizen, said sentence ot an an- cient date"-that, i" like an Emmett. he must ever toil, ''-and they have promised to labor fitness of honors. In providing, therefore, for the industry of posterity, we but hew out for ourselves and our posterity a better and more suspicious destiny
 Frank Stevens was the youngest of seven sons, whose common father was considered a man of some fortune, and he belonged w,hal to one of the learned professions The elder boys, left pretty much to their own guidance, grew up in habits of indo- lence, and failed 90 raise, upon good farm, the necessary provisions for the family.- Frank, finding himself taxed with all ,he chores, and most of the labor on the farm, resolved to take care of himse!f. With this view he applied, at IA, to be put to trade; and although rather humiliaiing to family pride he succeeded in obtaining his parents consent. From that momeni. Frank abandoned all hopes of family aid !: and resolutely determined to depend on his industry and good conduct alone for success in life. Without detailing his his- tory, tits sufficien, to say that he has been cminen,ly successful and now enjoys a goodlv share of the comforts of life and ot the respect of all who know him. He sup- ported his aged parents during the last years of their lives and has been the hap- nv instrument of relieving his brothers from pecuniary embarrassment. Frank has often told me, in relating his adventures, that but for the early determination he had made. to rely upon himself, he should not now probably have been worth sous, in money or reputation. And he has settled if as a maxim in his own mind, that a sprout is not likely to do SO well, or to produce so fine fruit, when left to grow under tue shade of it's parent tree, us when early re- moved. and accustomed to depend upon it's own roots for nourishment and support My observation in life has induced me tu believe that Franks rule is not far from be. ing true. a8
 Fro the en.erprising young farmer ant me echanic, the example of Frank Stevens should not be lost. Habits of youth, b' ,hey good or be they bad, almost invariably retain, an influence through life. The young mind is like a sheet of white paper, oi
 which every one writes his own character which is extremely difficult in after times to alter or obIiuerate. It is the acquisition of knowledge and the useful application ol lime. tI,at elevate the civilized above tue savage state and the further we would be from the latter, the greater should be our excrlion to be wise and virtuous. The public are ever disposed to help them who evince an ability to help themselves.
 CHINESE TALE.
 A disciple of tho Toalae, or "Doctors of Reason.'' while medilating among the