Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-07-11

i What are you then, II may ask wllhou
b being thought impodinNtH
Mark Anthony hcsilatl lqr moment
and at length repled y
4 an pour, monsieur; tie happiness 0
the rich aillicls me, and lumuso mysel
B Ia my own way
!, The neighbor regarded !Aoonneau wit
! 40 expression Of interest;'Aete was per
+ cepl,be on the features OF lAe old man
struggle between sarcasm And bsnevo
n Icnce. Beneyolence carried the day. II,
| took chair, and, with that ar Of milo
slcuthority which is the prerogaliye Of old
!, age aud experience, he said TO Rponneau
i 'Ah! you are poor, and consequently
unhappy. Let US have few moments
conversation together, neighboi. You
know that liberaiily is even found amopgs
The poor, and who am happy shouIC
Hike TO beslow upon you little oGlhat O
which you stand in need. desire tc
share some Of my happiness with YOU
/ 'And how might ask. ncighboy, car
you manage that2 for, if am not ,nisia.
ken, you five aIone.' 'Yes.'
You work from morning ill night.
lsYes.
sYou rarely stir OUT Rarely
SIN what, then, consists your happi ness
and what could you give mep
Nothing; but yeti should consider thu |
had done much foryou could | but RI,
move certain something from your heart,
1t is envy that is knawing there Is
whitening away all the pleasures Of your
| youth, as the worm at the head Of the
ltender sapling.
me enyiousn said Mark Anthony, col
oring'
Wen see young man. Are you mar
Iriedg
| mo-
Have you mistress9' mo-
Have you no family who
4 am an orphan
Are you 10 debtg' sNo.'
4 No wife, ergo, no children;no mistress
Iergo, no rivals; no family, ergo, no ties
no debts, ergo, no bailiffs. In word yoI
are exempt from all the plaques Of hu
manity. IL, then, you are unhappy, tina
not coming from exterior causes independ
ent Of your being, your misfortune pro
ceeds from an interior cause is envy
well, and supposing that we're to b
The case,' said Riponneau, 'supposlng
envied the happiness Of every living thing
round me, where would be the harm 0
that?
'The harm is in suffering that which il
foreign TO Your nature, which is, moreo
vel, profoundly unreasonable
Bah! exclaimed Riponnau, lit is moi
unreasonable to desire iortune.'
'ltis unreasonable to desire The chag
rims, the despair, the perpetual uneasiness,
the incessant torments which accompany
Iit.'
Common places all these, my dear
Ineighbor; the empty coincidence Of the
poor man with his fellow; the insolent de-
rision OF the rich man when it is he who
uses similar language
The old man reflected for some mo-
menls, and after silence Of considerable
duration, be said 10 Mark Anthony:
Come, now, answer me sincerely
Whom do you envy amongst those who
surround you? In whose place should
you like to be?'
In whose placer cried Mark Anthony.
'Why, there is not single person in the
neighborhood who is not happier than
am; and since, as far as wishing goes, the
field is open. and as we rob no one BY Ia
king in imagination the goods Of others,
think you that | should not much rather
be in the position Of the Criyelins than 10
my ownp
'Indeed?'
sWhy, hang It! last week did not close
my eyes all night from the noise Of the
fele they gave. The most magnificent
equipages encumbered the streets; The
most celebrated names we're announced
by steniorian lungs at the doors of their
saloons. Those who entered burned with
Impotence to reach the wished-tor goal;
those who we're leaving regretted their
departure; and upon The staircase, up and
down which passed at least ten times
during the night, heard upon all sides
nothing but such expressions as, "Whatf
amiable people! what gaiety! Its easy
to see that they are happym And others
sald-"rhelr daughter IS gong 70 De mar.
ried to the young Count De Fermont.
What beautiful marriage that will be;It
youth, beauty, fortune, rank, and station
on both sides. they are happy, buttheyl L
deserve it,"
'Ahe said the old gentleman, so you
heard all this on the staircase, en- e T.
'Yes, certainly did, +
SWELL, if you had gone into the draw /
ing rooms you would have heard and seen II
still more. On all sides, JOY, laughter, Ie
Fluctuations, and upon The features Of Nd