The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-08
beautiful Customs.

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Russia is represented to us, as being
in u semi barbarous state, and yet the
/ people have some beautiful customs
that would not injure the fruit Of Re-
publicanism, if grated on the tree of
Liberty. No man can be buried there,
until his debts are paid. Even The
Prince de Croi, of an ancient period,
Dwas denied Sculpture, because OF the
| fact that he left the world without
settling his accounts. He had done
the Empire service in battle, yet this
did not pay his debts, and his body
was taken to the church of Revel, and
there exposed in open coffin to crum-
BILE into ashes. The Emperor Alex
ander visited the church, and was so
shocked with the hideous spectacle
presented blythe corpse, that he com
handed its immediate interment. On
tho morrsw, the Emperor departed,
and the body of the Prince de Croi
was duly carried to the cemetery
9The day after, it was brought back to
tho church and placed in its former
position.
Even the flute of the Emperor him
self, could not interfere with this
beautiful semi. barbarous custom.
70 bring such custom into prac.
tice in an honest christian community
like this, where every man paws his
debts, and no body complains of the
backwardness of creditors; could; it
is true, produce no good effect, but
might prevent the community from
falling into that baneful state of socie-
ty IN which everybody is contracting
debts and no body paying cent. Per-
tinent to this matter, we cannot see
that it would be impertinent to ask
"wbat is the outstanding. Individual
debt -" taken collectively "--of this
city :" Put it at five millions, and
certainly this would be far short of
the mark-a large place like this could
well afford to boar the burden of fit. |
teen millions yet the five millions
might be narrowed down to smaller
figure, without any material injury to
the moral condition of society. Gen
ilemen and Ladies, pay your debts
AS Christian duty, this is paramount
in Importance to all others. Do not
expect to live by continual abstrac-
ton; you must give as well as take
Do something. There is no greater
disgrace than that of doing nothing,
in moving world like this. When
the present government is subverted,
and we get to be king of the same,
we shall have all the idlers yoked to-
gether and colonized in some isRnd Of
the South Pacific, where they may
choose between honest industry or
starvation. A life of idleness is the
greatest disgrace and such should
come under the Russian law, and bury
themselves.
Will some Divine take up this sub
ject here (where we shall leave it) and
give us sermon on the same {?
~- Dean Swift's remark at the
close of a charity sermon from the
text He that giveth to the poor lend
eth to the Lord" is well known C"If
you like the security, down with your
dust ~ But the two following eccen-
tricities Of speech, which are attribut-
ed to him, we never saw before "My
brethren," said he, on one occasion,
there are three sorts of pride-pride
of birth, Of riches and Of talents. I
shall not now speak of the latter, none
Of you getting addicted or liable to that
abominable vice" Il fear.' said he.
on another occasion to his flock, Il
fear, when | explained to you, iugny