The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-17
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Relics Of Scraps aud 4usfnes.


es'Ac'sy' every increase Of knowledge - just -
'ks'y to lead 70 false. true conclusions A col
lection Of the errors and blanders OF the wise.
would make = very respectable countsrpoiss 10
those Of the vulgar and ignorant. The praxrsss
OF knowledge - TOO often only the substitution Of
one error for another The present age il only
type OF the forward child that fancied Itsef wiser
than it, parents. Tbs longer | live. ths more
am inclined 70 suspect that every advance In
knowledge leads % new errors. Am growing
wise or foolish
ARisT0CRAcr.
An upstart is the worst Of aristrocrats. He i
an apostats. a renegade. who dw.ys nost biaser-
| " Persecutes those he has deserted. IA
| LIBERAL rRorEssroxs
Liberal professions are those in which man
says and does nothing without being paid double.
! TuE woRLp.
Men find fault with the world when H. blsm.
rests with themselves. BY far. the greater Dor
ton Of their sufsrings is Of their own creating.
GOVERNMENT.
| That government il secure where the middle
class Is more numerous than the two extremes.
| aErMxMgnr.
| Those who boast of the inteliectual epiovmenss
Of refined state of society, would do veil 70 ask
themselves whether the sensual appetises do not
keep pace with, and often entirely supersede thsm.
HArrINEss AND nrsrar,
Nothing appears TO me more certain than that
we err quite az much in our anticipations OF mis-
cry a. of happiness We exaggerate bosh. and
are a. oflen relieved by finding the one moi 80
painful as disappointed at the empty realiti,. Of
the other have been assured by physician OF
great practice, that in nine cases out Of ten, the
pain Of violent tooth-ache exceeds those Of The
struggles Of death. Shakespeare, who was even
greater philosopher than poet, was right in cap
ing" The sense Of death is most in spprshep-
sion, " The fears Of future state have made al
christians. with few exceptions, towards on the
bed of death.
never expect any thing great from man Who
is afraid of soiIing his boots. And yst shS1ats
William Pinckney, Of Maryland, war, 1t Any,
more careful in his toilet than dandy with %
thing to recommend him but his dress, Hut he
was an exception to a rule. He was by far The
most finished speaker ever saw at the bar, and
his reasoning powers were equal to his eloque..ce.
His application was equal to both; and his dsa.h
was caused by sitting up two nights in succession.
preparing himself to argue great cause before
the Supreme Court. He was the only really ersat
man ever knew who was afraid Of soiling his
boots.
swEARiHo
Persons never take the name of the Lord in
vain. They max living by it,
DOCTOR H---- E
He could not bear the idea of capital punish
ments, which he considered robbing the facufy
Of their fees.
LAW EXPENSES.
roor clients may now be said to gain their
causes, az sailors preserve ships in storn, BY
throwing the whole cargo overheard, and coming
into port empty.
PHiLANTHRoPr.
Before we set about curing what we are pleass.d
to consider great evil, it is well 70 inquire inAo
the cost, and whether the remedy will not te
worse than the disease. In the Hrst place, many
evils are only imaginary; others are only msans
Of bringing about good, and Others, while thsy
operate inariously on the happiness Of one claas,
contribute in an equal, perhaps greater degree. to
that Of another. Hence, when thai species OF
weltmeaning busy-bodies. called phiIanthrspiss,
set about bene6tting mankind, they Often do more
harm than good; sometimes by huptinx down
one evil and letting all the rest along, sometimes
by removing one evil only TO make way Tor
another; sometimes by making their own pecu-
liar notions of right and wrong the only stand
ard and always by an incorporate zeal thai loses
sight OF oil justi6abie means in vainly attempting
to attain their ends. Many of them are doubtless
sincere; but it is equally certain that still greater
portion are hypocrites, who make il a business,
and get living by appropriatipg portion Of
the charitable contributions Of others. The svils
Of this world are part OF the great system Of
Providence, else they would not be permitted by
an Omnipotert Being who could prevent shsm at
his pleasure; and nothing is more difficult than
TO confer benefits on one portion Of mankind will
out lnaicting corresponding injuries on another.
Thus by indiscriminate charity we encourage idle
ness, wastefulness, and vice; by pardouing crimes
we contribute 70 their repetition. and consequently
to the injury Of society; and by system Of NEE
school education, we weaken that great bond Of
mutual protection and dependence between pa
rents and children, which forms the frat element
Of the social state, and undermine the domestic
affections In short, the longer live, the more
am convinced that all which can be said Of phi
lanthropy, is, that, like physic, it may be good
in itself, but nine times in ten, is converted into
poison by the ignorance, quackery. and presump-
ton of its professors.
A&Yroses