Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-12-17


are thicker than feas in hog pen.
My friends-there are but few indeed
whose hearts foundations are rightly fitted
to support and sustain the grand and mag
nifcent temple of friendship. No: when
the winds Of misfortune begin TO blow and
the rains Of disappointment descend the
quicksands upon which the fabric rests, are
washed away-and down goes the noble
structure, like a pan of pumpkin sauce
from an upper shelf in a pantry. Friend
ship to be firm and lasting. must built upon
the everlasting rocks Of honor and integri-
ty, and NOT upon the sands of sordid and
selfish motives-else there is no security
when the tempests of worldly trouble rage
and the billowy waves of want, wash the
few shells of happiness that yet remain
upon the shores of the heart back into the
unfathonabIe depths of wo. But constan-
cy my hearers, belongs to love rather than
friendship. 1t has no home in the heart Of
a common friend; but in the bosom of
true lover it abideth forever. When a
young man once gets his heart strings en-
tangled with those of a girl he loves, nel-
Their suspicious, SANDER, circumstances nor
situation can untangle them. If it be call
ed friendship, it is friendship fnwng from
the fount of heaven, filtered through the
skies, and purified from the filth of person
al favor. 1t is that kind of friendship
which perpetuates peace, harmony and
good will among the angels, and prot, is
them from the petit.arcenes of hypocrites
and sycophants. Why, my friends, there
is as much difference between heavenly
love and earth born friendship, as there IS
between a sovereign of gold and a brass
quarter slightly washed with silver. The
one passes current at all times-the other
only while its surface is covered, and its
baseness concealed.
Ny friends-Confide not in the con-
stancy of your fellow man. He is a wicked
decei,ful, and treacherous creature, and so
long as there is money in the world avar-
ice and ambition are growing within him.
Place no faith in his friendship, for it will
take wings and fly Just at the moment you
need i, m"st-no hope in his promises, for
Tomorrow they are rotten--no dependence
upon his charity, for his poverty increases
in proportion as his riches accumulate.
In a word, my hearers, if YOU would
not be deceived and Disappointed. advise
you not To trust your brother man any
longer than little negro boy can hold a
two year old bull by the tail For my
part hate all men for their inconsistency
and yet their society is rather agreeable
than otherwise. | also dislike all women
for their fickleness and still love them be-
cause | can't hel p II. Many a time and
oft have they burgIarinusly entered the
sanctuary of nv heart. and stole therefrnu
heaps of valuable affection; and then, in
stead of making proper use of the pre-
ciuus treasure, they have gone and scat
tered il to the winds of extravaganza anc
f,rtarion. and as though it were of no more
account than a bnshel of chat. But
complain not of this, since in my younge
and more wicked days, have played toe
same trick with them and TO far greater
extent.
My hearers--fIow much more like Eys
=, ium would this vile world appear, were W,
- all as faithful as we pretend TO be fond o
each other. Were 1t not for inconstanc,
the muslcal harmony of our social relation
would never be marred by dlscprdan
:, strife. Then anger envy, Jealousy and re
) venge, would become obsolete terms in tn,
~ vocabulary Of human nature, then we shout
all march up on our phi grmages to heave
nnked firmly together by the silken ties {
brotherhood, crowned with rosy wreath
I1f happlness-and then, TOO, would tn
Mountains Of mans mlseres be IevelleC
md his path to the tomb would lead throug
= fragrant fields of peace, where The p4rel
!, MAI ho~ers Of joy forever blossom.
" My worthy friends--lf you ind III;
n consistency and various other virtues are al
/, 10 leak out of your bos"ms, Just stop IN
1c lsmal cracks with the putty Of practic
q. piely; and the larger ones you may eau
" with the tar and low Of professional chrI
" iianiy. Al any rate. keep your bosom
of so we'll soaked in the wafer of righteous
nd Iness that they will securely hold the mi
d: Of mercy and philanlhrophy, and nevc
of leave them 10 crack IN the scOrchng su
,e of sin. Be firm in irlendship-honesl
IN your deangs--ardenl in your attachment
n consistent in your m0llves-uprIght /
n. your characteristic modest in your b,
n haviour, and although more or less Incol
Il. slant, you are not such terrible monsters ;
a, you would be, were YOU left entirely
he the charge of the devil and your own d'
n. PRAYED nature. So mote II be
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