New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-08
though they term Themselves the 10 'lts indeed
but the slaves of the Almighty.

have ever endeavourd 10 ponis' the tDer HUI disro-
sion and humane incliosion i o rr"wro IRON h's
parents and regulate il TO The written ana PreScfioou
law. of charity: and if hold the true ANTONY OF
myfelf am delineafed and nstursly framed 'otucp
piece Of virtue; for am oil constitution 70 gen
oral that IL eopsosfs aud symla Ze'h WIN hii
things have no sUups'hy, OF rlher lllo'1 no,aI,
, ~ d;st bpmonr air, anything. wonder not a. The
Facb for th.ir dishes Of irogs, snals, aud toad
,Is nor NJ the jews for locust ard grassht ppers;
. -, ing amongst them, make them my common
yjands, and find they agrte WIN my slonsen a
III ss theirs. l could digest salad gather d IN
cburehyagd a. well ss in u garden. ! cannot dsrt
q, The presence Of serpent, scorpion. lizard or siii
uapdeT: ut the rigt Of toad or viper nnd III me
no desire TO take up stone 10 destroy then' feel
not IN myself those common antpaibies thai can
discover in others: those national repugDanc-s do
moi touch me- nor do I behold with prelucice tie
/ French Ilaliap, Spsuiard, or Dutch: but where
find their actions in ba with my country en- =,
honor love and embrace them III the ssme de-
gree Nas born in the eig th climate, bat seefn
for to be framed and conste Hated unto all; no
plant that will rot prosper out OF "a garden oil
Places all ss. make unto ne one country am m
England everywhere, and under any merdiaD;
have been shipwrecked, yet am not enemy with the
sea or Winds; l can stndy, play, or eleep III a ten
Iesi. In brief, am ayerse from nothing: nv con-
science would give me the lie # j should absolutely
detest hate any eseence but the devil; or 90 st
least shhor anything, but that We might come 10
lcOmpOsitiOn.
THE MYSTERY OF AFFECTION.
There are wonders IN true affection: IS body Of
lenignas, uysteris, aud riddles wherein TWO be-
come one, rs they both lecOWe two. l love NY
irieud before myself snd vet methnks DO not love
him enough: some few months heuce my mnufled
affection will make me believe have not loved bim
~ all: when l am from lin, l am deHd till hc with
him: when j am with hin, l am not satisfied, but
would etill be Iearer lin. United souls are not
satisfied with embraces but desire 10 Toe t'uly each
other which being impossible their desires art IN
Htti INN Vii
siacion. Another misery there IL IN affection, that
whom we truly love like our ourselves We forget
their looks nor can our memory retain The ldea oil
their faces; and II IL no wonder for they are our
selves aud affection makes their look our own.
This noble affection falls not Oh vulgar and common
constitutions, but such marked tor virtue:
he that can love his friend with This noble afdor will
! il competent degr,e affect all Now, If we eau
ring our Affections 10 look beyond the body, and
cast an eve upon the soul we have found out The
true object, not only Of iIleudshp, but charity; aud
the greatest happiness that we can bequeath the
soul il that wherein all do place our last felicity.
salvatiOD which though il be not in our power TO
hestow ~ Ii 10 our charity and plous invocation 10
desire If not procure AID further. | cannot COZ
/ tniedlv frame "a PRAYER for myself in particular,
without catalogue for my fIlen0s; nor request
happiness Wherein my s'cable disposition doth not
dssife the fellowship Of my ueghbOr. never bear
lbe toll of passing bell, though IN NV mirib, with
out nv nray cir ana best wishe- Tor the departing
spirit: can OF 20 cure the body OF my pa'i,nt but
| forget my profession, and call unto God for his
sOul / cannot one shy his prayers, ut, instead
Of initiating lin, fall into u supplicalOn for hm,
who perhaps il more 10 me than common nature;
aud il God hath vOuchsafed an % my supptcG'
lions, there are surey many happy that never saS
me- AID enjoy the bleSing OF mine unknown de-
votiOur To pray for e., that IL, for Their sl.
vaiion Is harsh pTecept, bat the pracpce OF our
daily and ordiuary devoiions. cannot believe The
story Of the iaiian had wi-hes and uDchariable
l.. al fflrfh lfA - 10
dewitt, and the unebaraJle votes Of hell, that DEERE
our mist ~ IN the world 10 come.
OF PRIDE ASD CONCErr.
| thank God, amongst those millions Of vicos do
inherit ard hold from Adam have escal cd one, AID
that n mortal enemy - charity the first and father
in, not only Of man hat OF The devil pride VIC
whose name IL cOmprebeud.d M monory liable, but
in it's Lature not circumscr he'd with world have
escaped it IN a condition that can hardly AVOID II:
those pc ~ acquisons end reTuted perieciiOns that
ance aud elevate the ems of other men, add
, mo feathers unto mine. have seen grammaritn
tower snd plume himself overs single line In Horace,
and sho~ more PRIDE IN The construction OF Que ode,
an the author In tn cOmpo.uTe Of tie whole book
For nv own part, besides The iargon and PAT - OF
several provnces understand no oss TAN six Ian
euaees: We, | protest / have no higher cOnceit
r. ~ fnyseif than had our fathers before the con
. fusion of Babel, when there bat one
. Language In the world and none 10 boast
himsef ether linguist or critic. have not only
seen several countries, behed the nature Of their
/. cmes, the chOrOgaphy OF their provinces, topog-
rapby oi heir cities but nderscod t5eir several
laws, customs and policies yet cannot all ths per-
yuade the dulness OF nay spiis unto su an opinion
Of myself as behold III number aud cOncciied heids
that never looked q degree beyond their uests. |
know the names, and somewhat more OF Sil tie
constellation in my horizon; yet have seen pratt
inc mariner that could only bame the pointers and
the north star, out-'slk aud cOnceit hinself q
whole sphere above me. know most o the plants
Of my country and of those al ont me; yet methIks
| 90 not know 20 many "a when j 6id but Know
hundred ana had scarcely ever ,ipled further than
Cheal side: for indeed, heads Of c Gclty, and such
M are not full with handful or easy measure Of
knowle think they know nothing ul they know
all: which being impOssible, they fall upon the
oririon Of Socrates, aud only know they know not
inviting. ! cannot think tina, Homer pinned away
upoo the riddle OF the fishermen; that Aristotle,
who understood the uncertainty OF ~ledge and
ronf.ss.d 70 often the reason Of man too weak for
the works Of nature, did ever drown himself upon
The aux and reflux OF EUrpHs. We do bat learn
TODAY. sha, orr better advanced judgments will
unteach tomorrow and Aristotle DON bat Instruct
us "a Plato did him; that ~, 10 coriuie himself.
have run through All sorts, yet lind 10 rect ~ any
tbonoh our first 4tUdiss and lonIor endoavors may
ptyle no Peripateics Sioics, or Academies yet !
perceiy the wi.e-t heads prove al last almost hli
SeeIdics aud sand Ike Janus III the field OF know
ledge ! have, therefore, ore common and authentic
= philo-opby learned in the schools, whereby de-
conrae and satisfy The reasOn u other men, another
more reserved aud drawn from experience, W ercby
= content nire own. Solomon that conn !nloed OF
ignorance in the hight 81 knowledge, bath bot only
hum led my cOncelts but discouraged my endeavOrs.
There IL Vet another concdt that bath sometimes
0 made me shut my books, which tell me II Is vanity
10 waste our aayr in the blind pursuit Of knowledge
II II bu, attending little longer and we snail ENJOY
l. that by instinct sud Infusion which endtayOr NJ
here by labor and Iuqairion: II is better tori down
IA modest igno anoc, and rest contented with tue
= natural blessing OF own reasons, than buy the