The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-10
GOOD TEMPER.
BY DR.. BLAIR.


A good-naured man, whatever faults he may
have, will for the most part be treated with len-
|ty,) will generally find an advocate in every hui
man h art ;-his errors will be lamented, rather
than abhorred; and his virtues will be viewed in
the fairest poin,oi ight;-hs good humor, Wills
out the help of great talents or acquirem ents,
will make his col.pany preferable to that of the
most brilliant genius in whom this quality is
wanting-but with it, such brightness will be
added TO their lustre, that all the world will envy
and admire, while his associates will almost adore,
apd labor to initiate him.
BY good temperis not meant an insensible in+
difference TO injuries, and a total forbearance
from manly resentment There is noble and
generous kind OF anger, proper and necessary
part Of our nature, which has nothing in It sin
full or degrading; not to be dead to this,
for the person who feels not IN injury must be-
incapable of being properly affected By benefits.
With those who treat us i'll, without provocatioi'
we ought TO maintain our own dignity but
whilst we show sense Of their improper beha-
vlor, we must preserve calmness, and even
good breeding, and thereby convince them Of the
impotence, as we'll as injustice, Of their malice.
crooked disposition is, indeed, one of the
greatest curses that could be inflicted upon mem
Der of the human. family. 1t seems TO poison
every atmosphere in which he moves, and to ex-
tend It's balelu influence to every society in which
he may have occasion to mingls. Unhappy him.
selt-lrrltable, unquet and disturbed; the una
mlabe and capous man appears to envy the good
nature and content Of his fellow creatures, and
even when he least intends, is certain TO introduce
forbidden subject, to utter a remark calculated to
give offence, and to trampe on the feelings and
memories that should be held sacred and undis-
turbed Clouds and darkness follow his foot
steps, while smiles and sunshine flee away at his
approach. He not only is unable TO kndle a
flame Of enjoyment himself, but he represses and
chills the feelings Of others.
Such an individual is, indeed a curse to any
family, to any society," and as he snaps and snarls
his way through the world, the roses Of life with
er beneath his feet, and the voice OF mirth be-
comes hushed at his approach Such captous
spirit is, indeed to be pi,ed as well as avoided.
The poison is in his mind, the arrows of discon-
tent have entered into his soul, and although he
feels their writing pangs, and knows that his
presence acts as blight and mdew upon So
clety--we pity the man, who lacks the moral
courage to master the foul fend wilhin.-IhH
Inquirer.
FLowERs.-Flowers, of all created things the
most innoccnlly simple, and most superbly com.
lOT CllHuHOOu, ornaments OF the
grave, and companions of the cold corpse
Flowers, beloved by the wandering idiot, and
studied by the deep thinking man OF science
Flowers that increasingly expand to Heaven their
grateful, and to man their cheerful looks-part-
ners of human joy; soolhers of human sorrow;
fit embems OF the vctors trumphs, of the young
BRIDGES bushes welcome to the crowded halls,
and graceful upon solitary graves FLOWERS are
in the volume Of nature what the expression God
IS love- is in the volume of revelation. What
q desolate place would be world without flower!
It would be face without smile--a feast with
put welcome. Are not flowers the stars of the
earth, and are not stars the flowers of Heaven?
One cannot look closely at the structure Of
lower without loving it. They are emblems and
Of Gods love to the creation, and
hey are the means and ministrations of mans
owe to his fellow creatures for they first awaken
IN his mind sense Of the beautiful and good,
The very inuti,y Of flowers is their excellence
and great beauty for they lead us to thoughts
IF generosity and moral beauty, detached from
and superior TO all selfshness SO that they are
pretty lessons in natures book of instruction,
teaching man that he liveth not by bread alone, but
hat he hath another than animal life.
An honest man is the aoblest work Of God