, 1844-03-30

under an angels wIng-and my de-
sires for the promotion of human hap
Piness are just as happen to feel a
bout the head. heart and stomach.
My friends--metaphoricalIy speak
ing am n toy thing Of Time, played
with for a short period and thea cast
among rubbish; a loct bail of fate.
kicked about till burst, and am 10
longer verify ven of Z kick; n
windmill! Of excitement, that moves
with the popular breeze, but is still
in Z calm;a correct thermometer. mv
mercury rising to summer heat by
the warm rays Of hope, end sinking
to below zero N the cold atmosphere
Of doubt: Il mean tallow candle, al
ready burnt one-third of its way 10
the socket, and every momement in
danger Of being extinguislicd by the
shutters Of Death: all old boot. worn
by a poor pilgrim with Il wooden leg.
over the rough road Of existence, I'll
il is neither worth heeling. Soiing.
patching. EGr preserving. In fact.
my friends. don't see that : am Of
any more use 10 the universe (consid-
cred rs a whole than a shovelfuIl c!
p%oudrette TO a ten acre cornfeId.-
When ! am dead and gone, | shall be
as n thing that never had been; and
tie chi'd,en of posteriry will proba-
bly, shoot marbles across my grave.
as unconscious Of their sacriiegious
doings as 4 parcel OF mice gaawing
at the greasy leaves OF an Old and ia,
vorite fami bible.
My worthy hearers-now let me
ask, for the sake Of answering the
question myself what are your
You are no better than am. made of
no better stuff, and the devil would
bid no higher for you than for me-
You came from the ame place that |
did-and with me you have all finally
got to creep through 4 cold. dark and
narrow hole. which is the outIetoi
time and the inlet 20 eternity. You
are all anxious for an equal supply OF
the rich milk Of mammon; but, like a
double litter Of sucking pigs to one
SOW. you haven't but half q teat a.
piece; 80 you are continually roofing
one another aside-and while you
are thus roofing and contending some
more cunning brother-piC. perchancc.
is laying "f.' and takinL his belly full
al ease. You are 4 tribe OF ~vo:acious
fishes. swimming in the turbulent va
ters OF the worlds wide ocean, con
stantIy devouring each other--those
with Ieaden fins falling easy prey TO
those that flourish with fins of gold.
Yon are 4 lot of ~half-Starvrd barn
fowls, that have to keep scratching
the dirt to pick up a living. and ever
ready to run for the crumbs wherev-
er Luxury happens to shake her Ia
bic cloth. You are a multitude Of
stray sheep. of all sorts and c%olors,
scattered over every portion Of the
habiiable globe--some feeding on
wind shorn mountains, some in rich
and fertile valleys, some on almost
barren plains, and not a few caught IN
tie thickets Of trouble. to be s~acrifi-
ced on the altar of despair. Poor
miserable wretcheS! you nav have
folds to shelter you from the beating
winds and pouring rains. but no cano-
py can be spread to protect you from
the beating storms of time! Now yOn
fancy yourselves beautiful flowers Of
hope and happiness, and that YOU are
to bloom perenlaIIy; but, oh! my
triends-a short season or two. and
YOU will begin to fade! Soon will old
Tempe breathe W on your petals with
an auiumnal breath-brlng a blight
upon their beauty, and scatter them
abroad upon an unknown atmos-
phere.
Tomorrow. as it were, the bright
blossoms of being thatnow adorn the
gay garden of human kind will be
withered, and mingled with their an.
c~estral mould, and a new generation
of vegetable carnosities will spring
up in their places to fall, as they have
fallen, before the fatal scythe Of
Time.
Ny beloved friends, and fraiI fellow
mortals! You know you cannot last
but a little while at the longest. You
know that you are manufactured of
materials as brittle as glass; and that
the day must come, sooner or later,
when you will lie, like broken jugs OF
whiskey, by the way-sIde, with the
spirit all evaporated, and the clay lett
to congIomerate with It's original clay.
Therefore, exercise every prudence
and ]precaution to prolong life 10 its
fatherest limits, and lay in a good store
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