The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-12-06
Choice E'assa .es
BY c. II. p. LANES

bA - n T. JAMES.
THE BUD.-EIave you not seen lille Is
brown bud upon tree in spring time. look {
ing as if there were IN lis heart but dry leaves.
and then the sun shines upon it for an hour. :
and out it bursts all green and fresh? But |
still il is tho same bud you looked at in the
morning.
WAR.-Donblless il is sinful; but alas!
The sin is shared among so many, that il would
in any war be difficult to portion it out. 'Tis
not alone to be divided among those who
fight, OF among those who first take arms, or
those who follow; it is not TO be charged to
the apparent aggresors; but every one who.
by folly, weakness, passion, prejudice, or ha.
tired, lays the foundation for strife in after /
years, has share in the crime Oh! how
many are the causes Of war! Deeds often
remote by centuries have their part; and al. /
ways many an act done long before it rises
uP-like an acorn buried in the ground, and /
spinning into a tree-an,L is the seed from /!
which after contentious spring.
Cop AND IFS CREATGoN.-We are under
! Gods will, my beloved. He can lenahten
or shorten the tine OF trial at his pleasure.
we ourselve and all the men with whom or
against HON we may act, are bat bis instru-
tnents. We can no more stride beyond tue
barrier he has fixed, than the sea can pass The
boundary of sands with which be has sur
rounded it. Our task is 10 do chat which we
conscientiously believe il is our duty 20 him
to do in the circumstances wherein he has
, placed us; and we may be sure that, how
ever much We may be mistaken, if such is
our object and purpose, the errors of under
standing will never be visited on our heads
as crimes by Him who knows the capabilities
4 of every creature that he has made, and can
Judge between intention and execution.
God Furnishes sins and not mistakes, dear
girl; he tries the heart US we'll as the actions,
S and holds the balance even between each;
g and though we may suffer in this world for
the errors of others or for our own, there
IS exhaustess compensation in the hand oil
the Almighty for those who seek 10 60 his
e will, and those who wilfulIy disobey it,
y MEMoRY.-Memory is The true old Mortal
q ity Of the heart, wandering sadly through the
scenes of the past, and refreshing the tomb,
= stones OF joys gone forever.
10 Be PREpARED-None can tell what the
v next minute will bring forth, and the only
l~ plan is to be prepared to take advantage d
N whatever may happen, for circumstance:
must be hard indeed that will not permit
u wise and quick witted man TO abate their @
SO vii or augment their good.
is THE HUMAN VoICE.-There is somethin!
a very re assuring in the tones ofthe human
m voice. They seem in the hour of despon
dency and gloom, 10 assure US that all is no
. sadness in the world that there is truly sue
al thing as hope that there arc moments Of en-
IL. Al. "a,
,e- forbidden to be happy; all matters Of whic
we entertain many doubts when the cloud {
sorrow first falls upon Us, and hides the brigl
ne ter things oflife from our eyes.
THE RIND AND THE CoRB.-TIow ofte
ra> il is that the reality bellies the outside al
Nv pearence-if not always, at least general
!; In dealing with all things, moral and physica
~ man deceives himself and is deceived, an
IS; never can tell the core by the rnd. The:
ce, are truisms, reader; very trite, very oftenr
ME peated. ! know it; | write them as sue
but do you act upon them? or you? or 20,
Where is the man that does? And if the
Is be a man, where is the woman2 The dem
ok gogue is judged by his words, the preach
atb by his sermon, the statesman by his eIoquen
- the lover by his looks. All secming-not
~ ing but seeming; and it is not till we con
the TO taste the fruit that we learn the real f
pom vor
uts LOVE AND PRIDE.-'Many a man has Sc
and his choice for partner in life, in the humt
girl, far beneath him in the opinion of t
world, and although love and pride mig
out have struggled with him for while, yet pr
ure triumphed, and he sought one from hlgl
.;tv walks of life. In all the vicissitudes Of
ciaI existence nothing can be capable of
reu' ficting more certain misery than is sure
ow, follow such a course. 1t distracts the gel
ong raj harmony Of our days, mis-shapes our en-
how shortens the lenght ofour life, lessons
stature of manhood, and is contrary TO
Gnu plain instruction of reason, for it decla
lngs that where love is, there is peace, and plel
oms of thriftiness. Every thing good is sure
rim, follow a happy union. Let no pride in
fere in this matter"
Never tell of the pang Of falsehood
the slanderer. Nothing is so agonizing
lress the fine skin of vanity as the application