Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-12-02
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(which persn who is possessed OF a
competency 1 the goods Of this world
lean be placedo feel real, pure. and un-
affected grief4o be overpowered with
bitter anguishit is when he has the
misfortune 10 taken sick at dis
lance from friads, from relations, and
from home; mere there are no watch
lfui friends to aid in supplying the
wants of diseased body; then il is
that nature call most loudly for assist
lance, and thento be deprived of it, is
Ia subject Of sncerc grief: grief with
(which few, vey few are capable Of
lsympathising, ave those who have at
some period their lives been sub
Ijected to its searching, whitening blast!
Like the inpetuous tornado that
sweeps over the earth, spreading hor-
jiror and desolaton in its path, and is
guided alone b, the hand which rules
the universe, md in whose power a
lone it is to say to the troubled winds,
s:be STILL, AMI TO the rolling waves,
ssthus far, but no farther shalt thou
come; here let thy proud waves be
stayed" How grand, how beautiful,
and how sublime it is to contemplate
the working Of that mighty
and .mnipotent hand. Look when
we nay, upon land or on the ocean,
the field or the wave, we cannot but
sse some of the productions of pow
.r which nature, which reason tells us
is superior to any which can claim
naught but an earthly heritage. The
works of his hands are far beyond the
conceptions of man, and why should
they not be? He alone it is that is all
wise. all truth, all omniscience. He
is the only omniic being in existence,
che alone can create and he destroy"
He it is who directs the wanderers
fate.
Although the wanderer may receive
all the attention that can be bestowed
upon him by strangers, although they
may feel and express tender sympa-
thy and regard for his sufierering, still
that attention, that regard, that sympa-
thy, is not calculated to act with soul
cheering effect, not SO well calculated
to dispel the mists of sadness, as it
would be did it come from home
When upon the bed of sickness, with
what anxiety will the poor exile watch
for the arrival of tidings from that
dear spot; with what anxiety will he
seize upon an opportunity to converse
with an individual who may have ev-
er seen the place of his residence.
When tidingsare received, what cheer
fulness will it convey to his mind (;
with what joy will not he clasp and
hold to his aching bosom the slip Of
which he a, yet knows not the con-
tents. and which perhaps, instead Of
producing joy when known, may be
a source Of the deepest sorrow. Per-
haps it may convey intelligence Of the
death Of some beloved friend or rela-
tive; yet SO long as he is not informed
lof il, he is e!ated with the more pleas
ing idea that it is intelligence from
homo. And even now, perhaps, his
fingers, weakened by the hand Of dis
ease, almost refuse TO perform the task
of breaking the seal. Imagination can
not trace the feelings of an individual
upon such an occasion: they cannot be
expressed; they are too deep to be
reached by any Of the rules used in
narrating the common events and adj
ventures of life.
What then, on the contrary. must be
the feelings of one less fortunate one
whose lot is cast among sharpers and
souliess beings, amongst those who
will serve him just as long as it may
be for their interest so to do; those
interest their whole study-the main
spring of all their actions, and who,
the moment they perceive that there
is no longer any hopes Of gain, will
leave him to his sad and cruel fate, to
linger out the remainder of the life al
lotted to him, amid the tumults, the re.
proaches and the cruelties Of those
more heartlcss than wild beasts. How
shocking it must be to humanity-to
the warm, generous and feeling heart
to reflect that sach has been and still
continues to be the fate Of many wan
derer in our prosperous and happy
country. OF those who are cast upon
upon the wide and cherries world,
perhaps BY the force Of circumstances
to seek an honest independence, but
who may chance to meet with misfor-
tune and defeat in their schemes; with
adversely where they had hoped fol
prosperity; perhaps by those bold and