The native American., 1840-03-07

n darkness, taking from us our falrest and our
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ABSENCE OF MIND.-There is no habit more =
frequent among persons OF rejecting character,
han the Troublesome and inconvenient one whose
title heads this article. To be distracted in COM
pany is impote. 1t gives your friends reason
20 suppose that their soeiety and conversation is
They feel hurt ut your apparent
negligence, and you are justly blamed for dull
ness. This habit should therefore be carefully
guarded against. There are however occasions,
when, to some, it becomes almost impossible to
Danish it--and there are often occasions when
that very absence is complimentary to those who
are ANNOYED by it. .s.a@
Who has not known his thoughts to stray be-
vond his control, when in the company ola beau
,iful woman? To stray, not from the object
before him. but from the Indifferent matter that
forms the topic oftheir mutual conversation. The
conventional forms Of society restrain him from
pouring forth the burning words Of passion that
eek utterance from his lips. Topics Of ordinary
interest become distssteful. 1t seems like pro-
faulty for his lips to utter the words of common
place conversation, while his soul is absorbed in
nd brightest CONCENTRATIONS Of earthly happiness.
He becomes distracted, and while his imagination
IS revealing in scenes of bliss, in which the fair
form before him is ever the angel to spread sun
,hine over his path, he seems to her whom he
would be least willing to offend, cold and inan-
nate. Nay, worse, for after answering at cross
purposes to some light badnage, wrong coastruc-'
lions are put on his words, and in apparent bitter
nockery Of the passion that CLOVIS in his bosom,
he is accused Of allowing bis thoughts to wander
in contemplation Of some absent fair one.
Men Of absent minds, or those who are occa-
=, sionaly victims to this troublesome habit, are,
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dull com anions. No allowance is made, or can
be made, for the nature Of their contemplations,
for unhappiv they can only be known to them
selves. They have no business in the company
of the gay and lively. They should stay At home,
and build castles in the air, surrounded by the
dull atmosphere oftheir studies.-Arkansas Star.
DEMocRAcY.-" The system Of democratic
government is most beautiful III its structure, and
Benevolent in it's operations. 1t is transcript of
the government Of God. It is supported by the
proloundest researches Of philosophy, by the
sublimest teachings Of religion, the purestpiety,
the deepest virtue the firmest faith, the bright
est hope, the most expansive charity. 1t gives
to each the rights Of all. Each man is estima-
ted unit, the sum Of which makes up the whole.
What is the right Of one is the right OF all. 1t
confers no title--it bestows no immunites. 1t
makes each accountable for the whole and
pledges the protection OF the whole for the good
Of each. The man that is born in insgnifcance
and bred in corner, may, by continuance
in well doing, rise to the centre Of glory and
honor. Merit is the only avenue to success. And
the sous and daughters Of the rich by the neglect
Of virtue by indulgence in vice, will sink iuto
insignifcance. The man in Office may be re-
moved without revolution, while vacant seats
are open to the emulation Of all
al can conceive no form Of government so
perfectly compatible with the sublime principles
Of christianity, or so directly calculated to pro-
mote the happiness of all mankind, as democrat
CIV. 1t needs only to be understood in theory,
and adopted in practice, by people qualified to
test its qualities to secure the admiration Of the
phiantbropist throughout the world. Req. ".
s. Baish.
THE COMING OF SPRING.-Now the laughing
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