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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-06

pity not these, as you pity the wicked -
Vice is the accident Of early education. Men
are scattered like the seeds in the field OF the
world some fall in good ground, some in
stony places, some in rank weedy spots oh,
pity the wicked! They have still the power
OF reason, know what virtue is, and remember
their early years, and the peace that goodness
breathes around the heart; peace like the Sc
senity Of early morning in the country. They
stand with their immortal natures all soiled
and polluted. The bitter taunt and neglect of
the world keeps them in mind Of what they are,
and the soul talks to itself in language bitterer
than human friend can utter to another
Language says benevolent and eloquent
clergyman, implying scorn Of our fellow be-
ings, should not be used without extreme
caution and discrimination, and without feel
ing Of evident pity and regret, that being so
nobly gifted, should so degrade himself. The
meanest knaye, the basest profigate, the reel
ing drunkard-what picture does he present
OF glorious nature in ruins ! Let tear fall
as he passes. Let us blame and abhor, if we
must, but let US reverence and pity still
What hopes are cast down, what powers are
wasted, what means, what indefinite possi-
bilities of improvements ARE turned into gloomy
disappointment. What is the man, and what
might he be- The very body, with its fine
organization, with its wonderful workmanship,
groans and sickens, ween it is made the instru-
ment of base indulgence. The spirit signs in
its secret places, over its meanness, its treach-
cry and dishonor. There is nobler mind,
in the degraded body, that retires within ITSELF
and will not look through the dimmed eye,
and will not shine through the bloated and
stolid countenance; there is holier con-
science that will not strengthen the arm that is
stretched out to defraud but sometimes
makes that arm uemble with its paralysing
touch, and sometimes shakes, as with thun-
der, the whole soul Of the guilty transgressor.
Take heart, poor sinner! thou weak brother
of humanity! Be up and be man; let not
thy despair drive thee deeper still in guilt
Thou hast been sorely tried but for nothing.
Not always shall it be il so; not always shall
thy body weigh down thy mind.'
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CAsIMIR PERIER, on being called an " aris-
tocrat," by one of the privileged classes, re-
Piled My only aristocracy is the superiority
which industry, frugaIity, perseverance, and
intelligence will always assure to every man in
free state Of society. belong only to those
privileged classes to which you may all belong
in your turn. They are not privileges created
for us, but created by us. Our wealth is our
own; we have made it. Our ease is our
own; we have gained it by the sweat of our
brows, or by the labor Of our minds. Our
position in society is not conferred upon us,
but purchased by ourselves-with our own in
telect, application, zeal, prudence and indus
try. Ii you remain inferior to us, il is because
you have not the intellect or the industry, the
zeal or the sobrety, the patience or the apPli-
cation, necessary to your advancement. This
is not our fault, but your own. You wish to
become rich, as some men do to become wise |;
but there is no royal road to wealth any more
than there is to knowledge. You sigh for the
ease and repose of wealth, but you are not
willing to do that which is necessary TO pro-
cure them. The husbandman who will not
till his ground, shall reap nothing but thistles
and briers. You think the commodities in
human society are useless and msdirected, il
you do not become wealthy and powerful by
the changes but what right have you to ex'
pect, you idlers and drones in the hive, YOU
shall always be fed on the honey and sweets
of lfel What right have you, who do moth
ing for yourselves, your families, your com
munes, your ACCOMPLISHMENTS, departments
your country or your kind, toimagine that 20,
will be selected by them for their favor, thei
confidence, and their reward.
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The TURK AND THE ENGLIsHMAN.-A
Mr.. Urquhart, who has travelled extensively
and resided for many years in Eastern coun-
tries, has lately published book of his adj
ventures and observations, in which we find
the subjoined curious antithetical portraiture
of Turks and Englisbmen.
Europeans commemorate the laying of
the foundation stone Turks celebrate the
a beard is the mark of dignity with us, of
negligence. Shaving the head is, with them,
custom; with US a punishment We take
off our gloves before our sovereign; they
cover their hands with their sleeves. We en-
ter an apartment with our head uncovered !;
they enter an apartment with the feet unco-
vered. With them the men have their necks
and their arms naked; with us, the women
have their arms and necks naked. With us
the women parade in gay colors, the men in
sonlbre; with them, in both cases, it is the
reverse. With US, the men ogle the women !;
in Turkey, the women ogle the men, With
us, the lady looks shy and bashful; in Turkey
il is the gentleman. In Europe, a lady can
not visit gentleman in Turkey, she can.
In Turkey, gentleman cannot visit lady !;
in Europe, he can. There the ladies always
wear trowsers, and the gentlemen sometimes
wear pettcoats. With us, the red cap is the
symbol Of license with them, it is the hat.
In our rooms the roof is white and the wall is
colored with them, the wall is white and the
roof coored.
In Turkey, there are gradations OF social
rank without privileges; in England, there
are privileges without corresponding social
a. lT..t. Il f. oil
quette supersede domestic ties; with them
the etiquette of relationship supersedes that o.
society. With,us, the schoolmaster appeals
to the authority of the parent; with them, the
parent has to appeal to the superior authority
and responsibility of the schoomas'er. Wit
us, student is punished by being " confined
to chapel y with them, scholar is punished
by being exclueed from the mosque. Thcl
children have the manners of men; our met
the manners of children. Among us, mas
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From the London Court Journal, of Sept. !.

LoINbo1N AMI fhhlSlAN fASElONS.
The bodies of dresses continue to be made
en- cGur, the sleeves moderately wide, the
skirts long, but less full than they have been
worn, and trimmed with FIVE or six narrow,
small, straight founces, festonnes or dentelles
Large mantelets the same as the dress, silk
shawls lined or single, but trimmed with lace,
and mantelets of black silks, edged with bias
of color, are fashionable in Paris. White
dresses are literally loaded with lace.
Some new sleeves have appeared, they are
full at the top, sometimes terminating with a
cuff, others, when intended for dress, open and
hanging from the elbow; the gathers are en-
closed at the arm-hole in kind Of jockey or
bias piece, almost flat, from which the sleeve
commences ; the whole is demi-boufant.
Dresses with rows of founces are made in
various styles, but the greatest novelty is with
festons ofcolor or plain.
Peignoirs, for morning or evening, are made
in every description Of muslin or gauze without
tulle in front, but the back tight; when the
corsage is plain long ceinture Of the same
material is worn, forming rosette with long
ends like muslin ribbon, this style is re-
eoetnea and % s sk On half hh dress
Organdy is much in fashion, and though springs
Ill COlOT anu dpPHCdllcHS Vi SchCt HoSO oSCA
attempted, the simplicity Of the plain muslin
is preferred by many. Vandykes at this mo-
ment divide favor with fouaees, many of
which are scolloped in color, in cock's-comb
or deep Vandykes, as well as the fichus la
paysanne, and even collars. A new material
for dresses is the Arabian foulard, with ecru
ground, and figured all over in Moorish or
Arabian patterns.
The small aprons now worn are often of
plaid silk trimmed with fringe or black lace;
they are also made Of plain mousselane de
lame, embroidered in shaded silks, the bou-
quets rising terminate under the pockets. The
carnation color is fashionable for materials for
dress, ribbons, flowers, and all objects Of the
toilette. Many plaids are preparing, ofwhich
the checks are large for the autumn, in which
black founces Of black lace, will produce
beautiful effect. Ribbon is very much used in
every object Of dress for coiffures, nGuds on
the front of redingotes, wide centuries of sha-
ded brooches plaids, or feurs de sses la Pom
padour, also as etoiles, or centuries, with epau-
Heres cut out in Vandykes, which are very
pretty in evening dress the ribbon is then
frequently edged with narrow black blond
Shawls of plain cachemirc with deep fringes
are found pretty and suitable as summer
shawls.
A style of cap termed cap ruce, is new and
pretty; it is made of plain tulle, edged all
round with ruche of tulle, and ornamented
on each side with wreath Of cloves, trimming
descends each side in ide-squared appets
ruched all around
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

MI 100 ANJELlCA GlLBERl q Miss EDWARDS
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And To those who seeking information OF Schools
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Drawing those employed by the Faculty. Dancing
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Reference may be had to Parents and Guardians of
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None are all Eril."-The subjoined feel
ing and benevolent sentiments are taken from
the Seventh Age of Shakespeare" in the
September number of the Knickerbocker
Magazine: .... "...
''See the disappointed man, the ruined
spendthriit, the murderer, the drunkard,, the
thief, the liar, the traitor Imagine their feel
ings, they are men. You have your faults
you know you have. You cannot dcspise
them The very feeling that tells you you are
their superior, in all points, convicts you of
inferiority. Oh, pity not the poor, for labor
sweetens rest pity not the sick, the lame, the
blind, the mourning mother, the orphan child
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WHERE ARE OUR PoETs The National
n1a r,a 'n Intawarm ssa%gPlain,
MUSES. and have sacrificed their poeticaf tastes
upon the altar of mammon, ambition or poll
litical strife. He says:
Gun bono is the great leading question in
the mouths of our poets, as well as Of our
philosophers, respecting every proposition.
Who will profit by it?' will it put money
in my purser Where is Halleck the mimi
table author of Fanny Alnwick Castle, and
Bozzaris Posting books in New York, as
a merchants clerk, at so much per annum.
Where is Bryant, the poet of rhanatopsis
and the Ages7 A political gladiator-who
watches more the issue of a new election than
Of new poem. Where is Sprague-the
American Goldsmith, who painted with such
master skill the secret workings of 'Curiosi-
ty,' and chaunted the advent of the Winged
Worshipers 2 Counting out gold and silver
in bank-content with the paper immortali-
ty which the impress Of his name upon bank
note can give him. Where is Dana, the So
Tenn poet Of the soul ""...
An Idle Man. immured in his closet, con-
tent with what he has done, or busy in sur
veying his cultivated acres. Percival is no
longer the sweet warbler that was so enchant-
ingly listened to in other days. He is now,
we believe, a student of the exact sciences,
welded to rocks, secondary formations, or
dry historical details, and sleeps, regardless
of his once bright fame Willis is raising
onions and turnips on his farm and thinks
more of the cool draughts from the Susque-
hannah than those from the Piercan Springs
He has settled down into plain farmer, in
cow-hide boots and cock'd hat of most I'M
mentionable proportions. Hillhouse, the au-
thor of Hadad, is sleeping upon his Tyre, or
has thrown it aside for more lucrative en-
ployment than those Of poesy. Holmes, the
most original and Waggstaffean Of all our
poets has taken to compromising pills and is
regular Doctor Medicine. Our other poeti-
cal aspirants are as unpoetically employed
They now and then throw off few tolerable
verses for Magazine or Annual, but not one
of them has the courage to attempt continu-
ed flight They are afraid to trust their pin
ions in the Empyrcan regions Of fancy In.
deed, some of the best poetical talent in the
country is at present engaged upon dramatic
composition. In this line as most successful,
may be mentioned in particular the Sargeant's
and the accomplished au,horess of Miriam, a
poem not inferior TO the Hadad of Hillhouse
Perhaps this is not TO be regretted. We have
as yet but few good dramas, fit either for the
stage or which will bear a second perusal in
the closet, and noble prize awaits him who
shall give the world masterpiece in that
species of composition.
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A PSLAM OF LIFE.

Life that shall send 49,.
A challenge to its end, ... -.
And when ii comes, say, Welcome, friend
WHAT YOUNG MAN SAID TO tn
PsALMIsT.
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dreami
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
Life IS IS rreea;II-lffc is earnest
And the grave is not its goal:
Dust thou art to dust returnest
Was not spoken OF the soul. ...
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destnd end or way;
But TO act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than to-day ....
Art is long, and time is fleeing,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Sill like muf1ed drums are beating
Funeral marches 10 the grave.
In the worlds broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant
Let the dead Past bury its dead
Act-act in the glorious Present!
Heart within, and God DER head
Lives of great men all around us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing leave behind us
Footsteps on the sands of time.
Footsteps, that, perhaps another
Sailing DER ife's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother
Seeing shall take heart again.
Let us then up and doing,
With heart for any fate; ..
Still achieving, still pursuing,
. Learn to labor and TO wait.
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tiers require characters with their servants in
| Turkey, servants inquire into the characters
OF masters. We consider dancing polite
recreation; they consider it disgraceful avo-
cation.
In Turkey, religion restraints the imposition
of political taxes in England, the govern
ment imposes taxes for religion. In England,
the religion Of the State exacts contribution
from sectarians; in Turkey, the religion of
the State protects the property of sectarians
against government taxes. An Englishman
will be astonished at what he calls the alb
sence Of public credit in Turkey; the Turk
will be amazed at our national debt. The first
will despise the Turks for having no organi-
cation to facilitate exchange; the Turk will
be astounded to perceive, in England, laws to
impede the circulation Of commerce The
Turk will wonder how government can be car
ried on divided opinions; the Englishman
will not believe that without oppostian, indie
pendence can exist. In Turkey, commotion
may exist without disafecton in England,
disaffection exists without commotion. A
European in Turkey, will consider the admi-
nistration Of justice defective; a Turk, in
Europe, will consider the principles of law
unjust. The first would esteem property, in
Turkey, insecure against violence the Sc
cond would consider property in England, in
secure against law. The first would marvel
how, without lawyers, law can be administer
ed; the second would marvel how, with
lawyers, justice can be obtained. The first
would be startled at the want of check upon
the central government the second would be
amazed at the absence of control over the
local administration. We cannot conceive
immutabity in the principles Of the State,
compatible with well-being they cannot con-
ceve that what is good and just is capable Of
change.
The Englishman will esteem the Turk .un-
happy because he has no public amusements
the Turk will reckon the; man miserable who
lacks amusements at home. The English
man will look on the Turk as destitute of
taste, because he has no pictures the Turk
will consider the Englishman destitute Of feel
ing, from his disregard to nature. The Turk
will be Mortified at prostitution and bastardy 4
the Englishman at polygamy. The first will
be disguised at our naughty treatment of our
interiors the second will revolt at the pur-
chase Of slaves. They will reciprocally call
each other fanatic in eligion-dissolute in
in habi,s-unhappy in the
development of their sympathies and their
seyerally of political Free
dom-each will consider the other unfit for
good society. The European will term the
Turk pompous and sullen the Turk will call
the European hppant and vulgar. 1t may
therefore be imagined how interesting, friend !
ly, and harmonious must be the intercourse
between the two"
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