Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-09-17

dubious rooted plants need looser and ligh- |,
ter soil than fbrous rooted; and plants hav-
ing only short ibrous roots demand a firmerE
soil than such as have long and deep tapI
roots. 1t may also be observed, that rainy /
region of the country needs light soil, while
"a dry enc needs a rich retentive soil, in order
to prevent too much wet in the one case, and |
drought in the other.-lGenesee Farmer
TINE uNBELIEvER.
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And heavy, though cianked not."-Drnos.
pity the Unbeliever-One who can gaze
upon the grandeur, and glory, and beauty of
touches of his finger; who is over, and with,
and above all. From my very heart do II
commiserate his condition. The unbeliever!l
- one whose intellect is sealed TO the light of
revelation: who can gaze upon the sun, andl
moon, and stars, and upon the unfading andl
imPerishable sky, spread out so magnificent
~ above him and say that all this is the work
of chance!-The heart Of such being is a
dreamy and cherries void-In him mind
the godlike gift of intellect, is debased- de-
stroyed: all is dark-a fearful chaotic laby-
rinth-rayless- heerless--hopeless! No
CLEAN of light from Heaven penetrates the
blackness of the horrible delusion; no voice
from the Eternal bids the Responding heart
rejoice; no fancied tones from the harps of
seraphin,s, rouse the dull spirit from its Ieth-
largy, or allay the consuming fever of the
brain. The wreck of mind is utter-remed-
less: reason is PROSTATE; and passion, preju-
dice and superstition, have reared their tenn
lple upon the ruins of intellect.
1, pity the unbcliever. What to him is the
revelation from on high, but a sealed book
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him, that evidences the existence of God;
and he denies-yea, while standing upon the
fOotstool Of Omnipotence, and gazing upon
= the dazzling throne of Jehovah, he shuts his
y intellect to the light of reason, and denie.
+ there is God.
The workings of such mind are marve
: to me. And yet have more than once beer
. intimate with beings Of this mould. During
= a season spent at the south, a few years since
J" became acquainted with a young French
man, Vincent de L'Eure. He was handsome
1t accomplished, rich, a gentleman, a scholar
= : and genius. But he was an unbeliever-
u an infidel! Born and educated in Paris, tn
=: hot bed of nfidelity, it was not to be wondel
~ ed at that his mind should have something q
IN skeptical bias. This was all that at frs
- perceived; and cherished an acquaintanc
q which promised to be advantageous to N
IT. while sojourning in a land of strangers, an
which appeared congenia; with his wishes
Ct Our acquaintance commenced in solitud
1t and in solitude was matured. We often sper
mt whole evenings alone, wandering till mn
III night beneath the beautiful sky of Autumn
ed sometimes INDUCING in poetic quotations fro
th our favorite authors, at others, in reflection
tx on our peculiar situations in life: he, wa
UT, derer from his native country seeking to e
ed change his riches for ease and pleasure; /,
US wanderer likewise, but sacrificing ease al
i'd pleasure, and even health, in endeavors
. procure that riches, which, possessed, he see
he ed not to enjoy. This is the way Of Il
he world. The main spring Of all human actie
and endeay or seems to be, an intense Ion
on ing after something unpossessed-a graspi'
re- after more than We can hold and enjoy; al
Of upon close scrutiny, human life appears to
air nothing more than continual and wearisor
:lu-f chase after intangible nothings.
4, De L'Eure as have said, was an unbel
bic yer; and as our acquaintance matured y
200 ripescd into friendship, and our intimacy
cry creased, discovered that he was an infit
ton Of the most hopeless kind. His travelli
w companions were the works Of Gibhon, v
,eb- taire, D. Alembert, and Paine; and he pour
de- over the poisonous pages Of these high prize
H., Of inhdelity, with an earnestness that y
con- my admiration, though it lesssned the resp
hue in which held him. To oppose the vitiatl
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