Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-24

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Ertrdrts .itom an mG"ish,d v>s>.a.-
BY T,RPiEY STARR

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Ertrdrts .iiom an mGniShd uNs-a..-
BY T,RrLEY STARR.
The aight-drving, tough-hrarteI. hail
handed man-of-fact. who secs no boau,, b..
any thing only use in all thmg>-thcr..
the man We mean. Who realilc,. r,r..
nizes, no idea, no sentiment which L.. Gen.
not hitch to a team and drive through D..
clods of the valley: who looks with m.,.
pleasure upon his wheat field and por..
hills, than upon all the seeds Of knowei.p..
bloom Of mind that ever this world cri.y.,.
who in fact, would not let one thing grlaa..
upon the earth, which he could MOI at a,
| hard anvil forge into some utensli If ll,..
cal demand From the Outer-wurll hcp'l,.,
blot the inappreciable stars. the unayailt.
flowers, the idle birds, the unemployed Ir..
tertlies as also the whole vast haryr>, ,' Co.,.
MUS. Music, Poetry, Painting, and Sru.
| ture-what are these to him: how eau
them bv his table Of weights and mct>u-..
music, that can catch the songs OF the an.
as they fit on their noiseeSs way thru
earth, and by them tame the passions at ,nr.
and poetry, painting. scul pture--that ear ,.
BODY this erdnescem breath of heaven .,.
stamp it enduringly to the perceptions OF ..
mainly. These, that to a Beethoven, >ha..
peare, an Angelo, a Canoya, can paraa.,-
earth-planting the ladder, whereby the 49,
gels of God ascend and descend, what AZ.
they to him? Hewould Indignantly rhrM
over and turn them off, with ms plough
share of utility. Nor would this suffice
he could 20 into the inner world and SWEEP
from thence all corresponding iarulrr,-
glorious imagination, luxurious fancy, prom,
less lore, dreamy hope careless ioy--a.
must be swept away with this bosom OF hl>
and the soul converted into an unIncumhcr
ed machine, and the world into ali uuy,.
structed Workshop, where it can opera.
without hindrance.
Every affection. enthusiasm, sentiment
these children of God within Us, Win.
should be kept with more care than was ever
Aztec Priest, in his sacerdotal gurb--mU,.
be all paraded out-crushcd beneath Die
jugernaut or else sold in the shamblcs. o.
some tangible price. They cannot be put
work. What Is their Use! And fancy, al.
Imagination? What do they effect? Ony
by their mutinous whisperings make mc.al.
choly wights of his shop-boys.
Judgment, to be sure is admitted i..
cause he makes the head-workmau-audr .-
ergy, and calculation. There is no gctriu.
on without these; provided they be kept o.
their proper Office: but OF what avail IL eIthnr
when exerted for another mans benefit
They degenerate then, into that consum-
mate verdancy, called-"kimiaeSS' and H.
what use is kindness, pray? Except ~ q
note put out at interest. IT'S good primo.
pal then-but lent to house that has >r,-
pended payment--or to a friend under DO"
hammer-'tis most Improbable coIn-"hc--
CARS any man who keeps it and Friendship
shall she be not exercised? She must chang"
her shape, too--no longer the old fashioned
dove to nestle lovingly-shc must be- now tie
cute, wcll-tramed maggie, to spy out aLl.
ties, and make use Of them. Even love,
that hottest bright-haired angel that ever -
foot on this lower wOrld--who was u guar,
the Sheckina, in our hearts holy tempt
even this is dragged from It's sanctuary By
the "sou drivers of mammon. and hawke
about from stall to stall
No. man: these useless ormrmeHiS-,Ar.'
extra iururies (aS you think)-ycu may n'.
pudate, but thank God. you cannot de'uu,
All these are the items which stand lkot.
lace on the rich mans coat-telling u, a
ability to give good gifts" over AMI above
the stOlid exactons Of vul gar necc5,,!
This il the glorious hint OF mmorm,n
these useless things bring us. They canu'
work. they cannot reason; but they glitter
and shine away before us, in grateful, ',.
preston of glad misunderstanding Gu'
rs it were-shaken from the full hand that
was making up human life. They burn
awhile and 90 out. No use-only br"k"n
sparks from the central sun of beauty aut
glory-gem-flng, gold-dust, to tell US Of u"
infnity and inexhaustibility Of that trca-n.
ry where they shine with united and pr
tine splendor. No gay butterfly ii'ts acr"'s
mans rugged path: no sweet flower >Frh.'
from the hard-wOrked earth-no fresh ram.
bow hangs its promise over tired wor.i
that does not whisper to the toIl-worn hear
of an uncursed land--where pleasure /, Do
slave of gold, but glad and blessed proiu'l.".
the exhaustless heritage of all.
MAN of fact-you laugh at this esrima'.
CT life. You sit on your mole-hill of vel.
ulrt anu scoH Denlnd your DTedSt-NOIh . L
stern, Yet feeting realities. at the poor trG'a
seeker who furnishing for knowledge go
on his way to the heights and depths IF q J
cessble nature -rumaging amidst mouldr'
ing ages; present beauties; through the o..
tinent of science, over the ocean OF Senlu-
if haply he may find some letters, whcr..
he can spell out something Of the great -
known. In the plcnitude Of your pra"'na
wisdom, you take him for fOol-runuEn,
after Misunderstanding at straws-f.n
ing up wecds-.Ah! such shadows Il, h.a
ven projects upon our earth in tins IT. on'
eclipse---such straw as lead the Column
to the unknown land-such weeds a. o'
rooted yield to the aspiring IluaI pa mln'' ..
wealth, more vast than all Potosi boasts
Clarke County, March *, 1852.
lCOWNCSICAfE-
The Third Judicial Section.