The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-12-17
Very sincerely. &c.

Jasfice. The source Of Deiicaey.
There are some things not determ ined
by precise rules, but which are neverlhe.
lsIs prescribed by deIicsey. Here diff.
.ailiOns fail. and moral sentiment mus,
ealighIea %. whII prscerts cannot pro.
ride for. will be inspired b. that instinct
ola virtaous heart. which 10 surer than
sll precepls. Delicscy is the flower Of
justice; il eviness the Vie and fertility of
the planG and when IL wiihers. IL is be-
cause the sap has begun 10 dry up. De.
tic,cy 10 justice in little things; IL there.
fore supPoses that our pure love for what
10 just will give ~ Discrimination, and
rasa little things BY mixing them The &C.
eHioa Of virtue. Delicacy acquires pc.
sulisr merit from the nicely OF diserimi.
nation which II surposes. and IL 10 pure
IN proportion IS !, hiss no other witness
Than itself. .
We nua kno- how to love. IL We
would bsiPerfse,ly just.
Tolerance.
Sometimes men canfound or affect 10
coniound. tolerance with indifference, in
maisrs Of opinion or belief. Bu. these
notions are essentially distinct inJlifer-
enee consists in looking upon opinions a.
equally doubtful. ss equally good or inne.
csnL Tolerance consists in sbslsiniug
from condemuiag as guilty Of evil inlen.
ton, those who hold opinions which We
consider false or pernicious. Therefore
we can have the most ardent zeal Tor
truth. and the most entire tolerance for
persons. We can deiest error, and slill
cherish him Who deceives himself: in
which case We shall have more mesn,
Of unlscei ving him.
- Independence.
Of what use is free space 10 q man
~hse limbs are rarslyzedl Yet such 10
the pretended independence OF him TO
whom every thing is possible. except ru.
"as himself. True independence belongs
only 10 the free soul. II is self.gosern.
m.nl which confers moral emancipation;
aud il is by Obtaining this control, tha,
man becomes sui juris, as the lawyers
cav, and 10 able IN conceive. undertake,
and accomplish all tia, no is capable 81,
and 10 act With all his faculties. Then
bis thoughts. opinions. sentiments, and
resolutions ara his own. lie becomes
creative; for man can create only by the
help Of wha. he draws forth from himself
he creates only through the power Of
the will. lie is able 10 do without tne
:adependeuce which fortune gives. and
which is reserved 10 so small a number
Of situations. lie can preserve, even IN
chains, the freedom he has receised, Tor
he acknowledges no other master than
himself, and nn one can make him bend.
Truth and equity are secure deposit in
his hand. lie becomes upon earth, new,
= murd power, and rallies around him
the Conscience Of the good. aud repress-
es tyranny by the majesty oil his suI'ude
alone. Should he become the martyr 81
a holy cause, h,s example will live in
pas,er,ty to encourage the timid, aud be
gae Jay ,he object Of emulation.
A. CVstFCfUWNNs
The world is full Of people who have
conceived and undertaken greet and no
bic things. Perhaps there is not one VIC
Jas not formed some brillirnt plans y
early life. aud hoped to realize them. Al
these buds Of promise. however, are, a.
II we're. borne away and dissipaled by
ihs wind. before their maturity. We see
nothing bu, balllsd, or unconnec'ed ana
incomplete performances. What wat
wanting! To grea, number. dou5uess
either know ledge, talents, tho means o
execution. or favorable cIcams'anc1s.-
To grest number. however. nothing
vas wanting. perhaps, but perseverance
10 exeeu,e the plan. and carry it OH Il
lis ead. The Athens of Italy is ornsmen
tel with a crowd of temples which riva
each Other in the beauty Of srchl'ecsu's
but not one i. finished. The Tdscans
IN this. are representation oil what W
all do every day.
Modes'y.
Mndesty adorns virtue. a. basniuines
ornaments besuly; it hsrmonizes WIN
Jnsl sense Of character. as m"dera' o