Democratic banner., 1845-05-03
CHOICE PASSAGES.
By l.. Z. l..

All! the past is the True source Of
confidence. We must recollect to-
gether before we can confde.
Tie love which We restrained for
the living, defes control when it is q.
reused for the dead. 4
All, tha, talking at! Only those
who have suffered from it can under
ST; ~ !is wearing and petty misery,
especially when placed in circum-
stances which forbid reply.
We are eloquent about oppression
Oh a large scale; We %deprecaIe the
tyranny Of government, which, after
all, extends bu, to lew, and yet how
little r.t.g - bestowed upon those
WHO suffer isom that worst, OF tyran-
ny IN daily praG,!ce III daily life
WHAT grievance would most family
historians disclose! how much kindly
feeling wasted by the arbitrary cru
elites OF temper! | say crue!ties,
for what torture Of rack or wheel can
equal that OF words, Take the an
mails OF a majority Of L,ar,hs ior a
twelve-month aud We should be a.
mazod at the quantity Of wTetched-
ness that would be writ in them, il
VII, truly.
The living console themselves by
the honors which they pay 10 the
dead; and yet this self deceit is not
all in vain. Every feeling that looks
10 the future el-va;es human nature;
for lie is never so low OF so little as
when it concentrates itself on the
present. The miserable wants, the
small desires, and the petty pleas
ures OF daily existence, have nothing
in common with those mighty dreams
which, looking forward for action &
nctlon's r ward, redeem the earth o.
yer which they walk, with steps like
those OF an angel, beneath which,
spring up glorious and Immortal flow
ers. The ~mag!aatIon is mans no
best and most sp!rItua. faculty; and
tina. ever dw ellis on the time 10 come.
Whom the gods love de young
is L Of the truths taught by the old
Greek poet: those poets half sage,
halt seer. And methlnks that though
tears are shed abundantIy when the
coffin lid presses down some fair and
bright head, we wers wiser did we
keep those tears iorthe living. Let
the young perish in their hour Of
promIse-how much will they be
spared! Passion, that kiudles bu, 10
consume the heart, end leaves either
vacancy or regret, n ruin or u desert;
ambition, that only reaches its goal
10 !iad II worthless when gained, or
brt the starting place for another fe-
verish race, doomed again 70 end in
d'sappn'&tmentr enemies that cross
us aievefy step; friends that deceive;
aud what irie"ds do noi?-the blight
ed hopes. the imbit,ered feeling, the
wasted powers, the remorse, and the
despair--all these are spared by the
merciiul, the early grave.
1t is n painful thing TO think how
the pures, and dearest tie that can
exist-tha, which binds the parent
to the child, and the child to the pa
rents doomed to sever by the re.
~ course of nature; that a new and
Vivid emotion. will inevitably enter
the heart OF youth-and before that
emotion, how cold and faint seems
oil that was held precious b%efore!--
AID Vet. 50 i~nextricably blended are
llapriness and sorrow on earth, that
fortunate are they who have such ties
10 sever.
Time should be reckoned by e.
vents. u y Aours; the heart It's tru-
est rnc-peale, at least Us concerns
ourselves.
The memory Of what others have
suffered makes US ,rcmble tor our
selves.
There something IN human nature
that shrinks from any great change,
even though that change be for the
better. Alas! all experience shows
us how little We dare trust u fate.
|, is said that the nams OF love is
often taken in vain, compelled to
stand godfather to feelings with which
he has nothing 10 do, and made an
swerable for all the faults and follies
which interest, vanity, and idlenesa
commit while incorporating under