Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-15
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Arkansas lntelligencer.


Messrs. Editors We occasionally favored with
lecture upon dancing, from what should be esteemed
high authority and doubtless it would be SO esteem.
cd, if the talent employed equal to the dignity of
the calling.
That those who have wrinkles of the heart will
continue to dance is just certain that taste and
enjoyment will be appreciated and INDUCED in by the
more refined and cultivated portion OF society. For
some thousand years in the carly stages of the world
it was exclusively religious ceremony. The dance Of
the Jews, established by the Lcvitca law TO be exhi.
bcd at their solemn fcasts is perhaps the ancient
upon record The dancing of David frequently quot
cd, and many commentators have thought that every
psalm was accompanied by u distinct dance
We are told that the daughters of Shiloh were thus
recrcatng themselves in the vineyards when they were
caught ny the young men of the tribe of namn who
dan ccd into their good graccs aud carried them off for
wires-a process which is frequently initiated in these
degenerate days But there teachers more wise in
their cOnccit, who erect standard of morals from
their own gloomy immag nations. and dcnounce all
those who do not square their actions according it.
They maintain in its full latitude, the doctrine of the
ancient Wadenscs and Aibgcnses that as many pa ccs
as man makes in dancing, so many leaps he makes
towards hell Even the amidbc Cowper, the poet suf
fcrcd his no mind to be darkened by bgotry as
believe that great proportion of the ladies and gentle
men who amused themselves with dancing, must
sarily be damned. As for ourselves, (mcaning those
who "sport toe" occasionally must be, | sup
posc read out Of tho fellowship of the good for fre.
Guentng balls But we have the charity hope, that
the increasing good sense of the well ming, but
guided acetics, will speedily get the better of such
Monkish austcrtics, that the time will come when they
VIII lcel persuaded tlat our Heavenly Father
template the innocent recreation of his with
as much benighty parent bcholds tho gambols of
his children, aud that the gloomy of the
tabernacle may justify the change, by adopting the
beautiful sentiment of Addison Cheer r(uess the
best hymn to the Deity"
We do not despair of eing whole brotherhood and
sstcrhood stand up in pairs for coton, and he who
is to lead off clasp his white gloves ecstacy. and call
upon the band to play up Wesleys fancy, the Whit
field reel
"Go 1t while your young" is the sentiment of wis
dom, Tor this very good that when you get old
you will not be able to 60 it at all. And when cage
shifts into the lean and sppcrcd pantaoon with spec
tacios on nose" with what pleasure you set and
look on at your sons and daughters your neccs and
grand children, in all tho joyousness of their
hearts, gaddenng your old age by their cheerfuncss
and grace.
All, what a flush of rosy recolIections do they con-
Jurc up. The music of their young laugh seems to
penetrate into the quiet and grottoes Of memory
awakening ideas that had long slumbered undisturbcd
They fasten their fowery wreathcs the spokcs of
Times great Wheel and drag it rapidly ba ckward uu
t the days OF youth become evolved before YOU in all
the hdey and vivdncss Of their first existence Throw
The gloomy austcrity Of a sousubduing Monksh creed
TO Inc mocs and the bats and give the freshness
ot the hearts first feelings opening like the buds and
flowers under the genial sunshine Of SPRING For such
is the nlucnce Of the innocent gaety Of the social