The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-21

was worth possessing, lnaSmuch as IL
would wear we'll for nearly a thousand
wears, and that, too, without the aid OF
patent preaching, Brandreth's pills or me-
dictated lozenges: now, 1t is only reduced
to mere span, but is full of trouble and
disappointment as dog is of fleas. Inch
by inch the chain of man'sexistence has
been shortened; and have but little
doubt that the time will yet come when
all babes will be born upon their graves
and beside their cotfins-and thus will
the work of population be brought to u
focus, and the affairs of human existence
to a general winding up.
My friends-we, poor sons of earth,
have to pay dearly for our primal fall.
| 1t is true that we still inherit some of
the flowers of Eden; but, if we walk
among them, there is no knowing but
some venomous snake may bite US on the
heel; and, besides, they are as evanes-
cent as they are inviting. They bud to
bloom, and bloom to die-and when they
are dead the places they once occupied
and ornamented are barren and desolate.
The flowers Of Joy and peace that grow
in the gardens of our hearts are beslim-
ed by the trail of the serpent, sin; and
after poisoning for few brief sunny
hours, they cast theircorolla, and naught
but the dried stalks of sorrow remain
What mildew has been shed upon the
world and the happiness of man by
single false step of his ancestor mani
f hac NJ
forth its thorns of iealousy-the gall Of
despair is placed at the bottom of the no
ney-pot Of hope-the foundation of
friendship now rests upon the quick
sands of circumstance-thes smooth vel
vet of sympathy is rendered as roughas
the back of hedge hog-the burning
blaze Of avarice has dried up the foun-
tains of benevolence and charity--ambi-
ton is coaxed up the mountain of fame
TO perish amid the SHOWS of disappoint-
ment-the fragrance of virtue is con-
taminated by the etfluvia Of vlce-shame
even Pushes the cheek of innocence,
while impudent guilt is brazen enough to
look the moon out OF countenance But
as things are, so we must take them
individuals may improve, reform, grow
better and become happier; bat as for
undertaking to make the whole world
more godly, moral, pious and blessed
than il now averages, one might Just as
well think of going up in balloon to
wipe the stars from the face of the hea-
vens with common discloth.
My dear friends,--ever since Adam
commenced tinkering with his own hap
Plness and the happiness Of all mankind
in the garden of Eden, as our politicians
have with the currency of the country,
we have been in very curious predica-
ment Mortal existence is poor trash,
and there is very little of it at that: we
don't want to stay here forever, and vet
are afraid TO die. Man looks upon life
just as he does the women-there is no
living with them, and he can't live with
out them. He wiU run after them-and,
rather than be held, he will lose his coat
tail and character-kisses them for love,
and then kicks them for leading him in
TO trouble. So with life ,y--he par
takes Of It's pleasures an en- damns it
FORTS pains-gathers bod Of bliss,and
when their blossoms hav he finds
himself in POSSESSION of IF bril-
ers; which is all owing 4 incl
dent that occurred ia Parad. han
was as green as tobacco ghd as
unsusplclouS as tree toad under
storm. lie was then told to and
multiply; and SO he accordingly increas-
ed his cares and curses, multiplied his
mIserles, and peopled the world with
parcel of candidates for perdition !--and
! am one of 'em grieye to think, that,
ct no SIN of my own, my fathers or my
Standiather's, | am compelled to gather
my bread from brambles, and that poi
Sonous serPents lurking the tall grass of
SOCIAL enJoyment; but | submit to it all
as becomes one who can carry off as big
load OF afiliction as any other child Of
mortality, and IN whose heart, patience,
iorbearance, meekness, moralitM. and
mercy are sprinkled prof Ito
s"eeten the sourness of here b,
ana 10 correct the acidity of a.
ture.
NY Misunderstanding w
wrecked upon the island sh :
row, pent-up existence J.
PaTIahvely barren by prinz b
ihdlscretlon, we must endea
prove II as well as well we can IRE
are some refreshing springs J d the
most SANDY deserts--some pretty posies
among the rankest weeds-in the neigh
mood oil every plant that poisons, there
grows plant that life affords without
imolblng large quantity of It's bite
In too many instances you pay dearl
Tor your primal fall by allowing the SO
Dcnf OF Safan to n ron l.; ~