The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-07-17
ENERGY

ENERGY OF CHARACTER is undoubtedly the pbi-
losopher's stone of this life, and should be engra-
we'd on every heart. 1t is III at which has peop-
led the Temple of Fame-that has filled the his
torlc page with great names, in the civil and
military world--that which has brought a race
from barbarism-unveiled science, and develop
ed the wondrous powers of nature. |, makes men
great. First or last 1t brings success. Without
it, Ben Franklin would never have been able to
draw lightning from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
the Athenian orator, would have mme on
to his grave-CiDcinnatus would have died a
common soldier-Shakspeare been shot for
poaching--Roscoe lived retailing beer--Pope d.
ed selling tape, and Napoleon would have gone
out OF the world a Corsican bully. With it,
each one has not only done much good for him
self, much for his day and generation, but much
for the world, in the past, present, and the future.
Energy Of character will do the same for any
man in a email way, that it has done for those
Give the lawyer energy OF character, and he will
succeed at the bar, without talent. 1t is the Sc
cret by which the artist, the scholar, the mer-
chant, and the mechanic arrive al distinction
and wealth. IT they fall, they will rise again;
no contrary winds can beat them down, or If
) down, they will not stay down. The man VIII o
: has energy Of character, will rise in spite of for
1 tune or opposition. Give a man energy, and he
is made a man, place him in what condition you
will. II is this fact that gives US confidence thai
the American people will rise from their present
depression as soon as the blast has blown over
4 that threw them down: In defiance of bank
suspension, bad currency and every other evil
> that malice or Ignorance can nix upon them the
. people of this country have energy enough TO rise
| and prosper He who gives up in despair, and
: cuts away the sheet of his canvass, because he
finds contrary winds in his passage, Is but a very
poor navigator.
TIE TARiFF.-The effects of the Tariff on the
|. planting interest of the South, were recently de-
monstrated in a manner as clear as mud, to the
census taker. of Hancock county. He called
officially on one Mr.. Boz-,whent the following
~colloquy ensued:
e SHOW many have you in the family, Nip
"You're a pIunter?"
"Yes.n
+ GLOW many mules and horses have you raise
% the past wear!
9 HsNone.H
s'How many pounds Of Pork ~
lel NKone,n
b. show many bushels Of corn, W heat, rye, &c?'
sNone."
.How many pounds of COtonl"
" "None."
IN "Why, Mr., I'm apprehensive that your
not serious. Remember, ! shall require your al
nj hdavit to this statement"
ssYou can have my affidavit, sir, Tor what Nv
said is the truth The fact is, the tariff Cypress
Az ed me go, that couldn't make anything"
vol fSANDERsvIbLE TELESCOPE.
q The following note was found among the pa
'o' pers of the late Lord Erskine:
ds[To General WASHINGTON:
bel SIR have taken the liberty, TO introduce yot
III august and immortal name in a short sentence
;. which is to be found in the book | Sc nd to yo
have u large acquaintances among the mo
valuable and exalted classes of men, but you a
re-. the only human being for whom | ever felt q
awful reverence. l sincerely pray to God
grant a long and serene evening to a life so 81
'u' riously devoted 10 the universal happiness of ii
ne world. I. ERsKIEE.
,ysi London, March Is, I796.