Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-11-01

regenerated or purified under the influence
Of these unjust and pusillanimous COM
promises ! tell you never.
So long as vice is suffered to bo fashion
able and respectable-sO long as men are
bold to condemn it only when il is clothed
in rags, there will never be any radical i'm
provement. You may multiply Temper
ance Societies. and Moral Reform ocie-
ties-you may pile up statute hooks oflaws
against gambling and dishonesty; but so
long as the timid homages of the fair and
honored are paid to splendid iniquity. it
will be all in vain. So long will it be felt,
that the voice of the world is not against
the sinner, but against the sinners garb.-
And so long, every weapon Of association,
and every baton of office, will be but n mis-
sile Of feather against the leviathan that Is
wallowing in the low marshes and stagnant
pools Of society. "-Des0e's Moral Vieacs.
The PROVIDENCE OF GoD.-This mer-
its our attention. From it we arc con-
stantly deriving the fruits Of Divine good.
ness-from it we experience the express
sions of the care and kindness of the great
Jehovah in blessings new. every morning,
and fresh every evening; blessings requi-
site TO sustain the existence !; to meet the
wants and further the happiness Of man
kind !; nothing is there needfnlto promote
the real welfare Of the creature, for which
kind and indulgent Providence does not
graciously provide. He, therefore, who
seats and drinks, and rises to play" sre-
CARELESS Of Him from whom all his bles-
sings fow-he who can live in this world
and not witness, and confess the mighty
footsteps of gracious God stands before
the world monument Of insensibility--
deaf to ten Thousand voices of gladness
which reiterate the bellevoience ofthe Al
mighty blind to the beauties Of natures
fair picture, rejecting the wisdom Of that
supernatural hand which formed all its glo-
ries, and spread them before US, that all
might see Father and Friend, ever
mindful of his children's want. But he who
DOES cultivate a contemplative mind ; who
loves to peruse the book Of nature /; to
scan the work and ways of the blessed
Creator Z; HE beholds that Almighty being
upholding and directing the movements Of
systems, millions upon millions, bending
Himself in Infinite condescensfon to feed
the falling sparrow to elethe the lily
fresh and fragrant and to supply the in-
Vulnerable wants of sinful, ungrateful man;
and when he lives, moves or has being,
in the fiilness of his soul he feels to ex-
claim, Lo God is here here to create |;
here to preserve, and here to bless. Such
an one is alive to joys to which the thought
less wording is stranger. Borne upon
the wings Of contemplation, oft does his
mind gaze {" Through nature up to natures
God" With gratitude and admiration he
pours ont the illusions Of his elevated spir-
it, a willing tribute to the Great Invisible.
CLEMENT FALCoNER.-You may taks
the whole population Of Maryland, aud SCI,
lect from il the fifty men who are most dis
tinguished for talents, or any description Of
public usefulness, and, I will answer for II,
they are all, every one Of them, men who
began the world without dollar. Look
into the public councils of the nation, and
who are they who take the lead il,ereS
They are men who made their own for
tnnes-self made men, who began with no-
thing. The rule is universal. II pervades
our courts, State aud Federal, from tho
highest to the lowest. 1t is true Of all the
professions. 1t is SO now sit has been so
at any time since have known the public
men Of this state, or the nation, and it will
be so while our present institutions contin-
ue. You must throw man upon his own
resources to bring him out. The struggle,
which is TO result in eminence, is too ar
duous, and must be continued too long-to
be encountered and maintained volunta-
riiy, or nnless as matter of life and death.
He who has fortune to fall back upon will
slacken from his efforts. and finally retire
from the competition. With me 1t is
question whether il 10 desirable that pa
rent should DO able to leave his son any
property at all. You will have large for
tune, and am sorry for II, as it will be the
spelling Of good lawyer. These are the
deliberate sentiments, and shall be rejoice
ed to find, in your instance, ! have been
mistaken. t a
ON COMMENCING BUSINESS. As this Is
an affair which is likely to influence your
whole future life, advise you, in the most
earnest and serious manner, TO examine the
ground over and over again, before you re-
solve on starting for the prize.
Many young men, by their Impotence
and precipitation in this particular step,
nave haSteneu sneIT own rum anu TeHOeTeu
themselves the perpetual slaves Of trouble
and wreichedness. To commence, busi-
ness and fail, is like the blast to the blossom
If it do not absolutely kill, !: leaves j. dis
easel.
II has often been observed, THAT few sue
coed who commence business the moment
they are out Of their leading-strings.-
Hope has too great AN ascendancy nj that
period Of life, and the youth is ssnguine
enough 10 begin where the master left of,