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from tho Juvemlo SW Bnok \London Annuhufior
l 47.)
WOMAN’S LOT.
0h! say no: woman] [Ol u nan],
Hvr pnlh a path 01 Sorrow; '
Tlhdoy. porchancc. aomejoy dehnrr'd
May ywld monnjoy 10-morrow.
fll'in no! hard—J! cnnnot ho.
To speak m [ones of glndncas.
‘Tu hush lho sigh of nusery.
.‘md aoolhc lhe brow ufsndnews
‘h' "I no! hard sweat flowers to spread.
To nlrew lho path \\ilh roars,
To smooth the much. and reel lhe hem}.
_ Where some loved lrlond repnscs.
11-is not hard. In Him lhe henrlh
'For bmlhers homo rrmrmng;
To \vuko (he nyngn n! harmless miflb.
When wmlor fires are burning.
H u: not hard. n nislcr'u love.
To pay with love us (emit-r;
When rum péfplex. nnd lrinln prove
A uislerg' help lo rcmrlgg.
II M no! hard, whan troubles corm-
And dnnlm- nnd {omsdislrossing
To nhollor in n lnthor‘s hnmc. '
And laeln molhcr’u blessing.
It Is nolfgmrd. when nlorms nr'w
Mul fnrkncss nnd drjm‘llun.
To look to Honron \\ilh lruyl‘mg eyes
And alk m kmd protection.
Then any not womm's lot in hnrd.
ller mlh lhe plllh ofsurrow;
deny. pcrrhnnce, some Joy dehnrr'd
May yield un'col pcncn lu~morrouz
Vice President Dallas.
INTERESTING Lyman—'l he follnning
communication to the Washington Exam
inel. inlrmlures n cnnespomlence betuern
citizens of Washington county. Pn.. and
the Vice Ptemlent ol the l’niled but".
We publish the reply ol the VICE I’vest.
dent In connection w ith the communication
«eh-nod to:
To {ln}: Edilors (3/ the H’aalu‘nglon Ear
mnmer
Gunllnnon~ll being (levulvcd uhnn me
to rrquest lhe lavnr of fun In publiah in
your next pnper, lhe annexed Cnru‘!pun~
dence between the Vice President 0! lhe
Uniml Sam and some of yuur lriendr.
neighbnu and subicnbers. in loan and
countiy—lhe Stale and «roomy eleclmn
living over. a calm. delibetale and unbinn
std considenlmn of a great national out»
jecl may be cxpeclml~and I now. [here
lorr. prifurni the duly.
The pure nwrnlisl no less than the re
publican staleman; and bath equal uilh
lhcj Hue pnlri 0 ml enlightened phllnnlhrn.
pint. it may l/ZJNIMHNI In anticipate. will
anunl (hex/u“:|_y nl Mr. Dalian Ihe mum]
nl lhgir higl/i/sl comnwmlaliun. In it lhrro
‘IB nu indirection, no Eublcrluge ; .overv
Ihing is manly, camlnl and ahme-bnani.
He n-gnuls his fellow man nu! us a nun:
animal. whose highest insiincl iI idolatry
.u/ mam-yet? ianes/s; but ns a moral and
inlrlleclunl being. enduwed by lhe wimlnnn
land goodness of lhe Creator, wilh a capn-i
cily, undor a ‘bem-ficent government ol u,
high clegn-e or mental iniprnvtment. and
Individual and nocul happiness. Il’i’ltl/ll‘ i
I'3} may be continued; but this degrades
nnl him. but lhose who use il. “'nshing
lon, Jcflerlon and Jackson wvre merci
luply pelted by such stmms—lllalony rev
yards the result. II is a tribute or tax, ev
er levied on the fearless and able advo
calts ol lhe equal rights of man. How
then can Ihe Vice-President escape? El
ligies may be burnl, but where do we find
the scan?
'Strike. but hear.‘ is a noble and heroic
motto. and il. alter hearing what none but
those whn/ear l/Ic (rut/4 tun object to hear
with calmness and cantlor.*uud a sincere
dcaire to arrive at the truth, the weapons
do not [all [tom the hands of those who
grasped them so inglminusly. he and his
lrienda,-. having nothing in view but the
truth, will doubtless heanztyith a eimilar
spirit, whatever arguments may be urged
in opposition.
The subject being a national one, and
'of lhq hlghehl importance—mulling lhe
lsober though! and deliberate duly ol eve
rr-y citizen—coming home, as it does. to
[the fir'uidcs of the moat indigent m the
.cnmmunily, as well as [how in good cir
__c‘umalencea. it is 'wonhy. not ol a fleeting
,nhouglu only, but of the most earnest and
unprejudlced investigation.
Very respecllully,
. . . , . ON3. or THE SXGNERS.
" ' ‘ Philadelplua, Sep!. 26,1846.
Géntiemen :—-The animated and war
~:getic letter I hove-just received Irom you
..‘cnll‘ator an Immediate reply. l‘cnunut
lallow vou, for n Vmomcnt. to suppose me
‘inée‘nsible to the approbation you so eto
‘quén'tiy express of my recent conduct in
thechnate of the United Stated. The
‘compxehens'pVe View which you have taken
“off the-oubject gives. greater valuoto your
judgement; and entitleujou as (well [only
‘thplko‘nl to a’frauk reciprocationof neu
‘tl'ne'n'tl“ : - ' . .
3. 'An‘mqual system bf taxation, 'and as
vmilanmne as ,5 pure and economical ud
j’mipist‘ra‘tionvd their public concerns wall
jubtjfj. _is thcdemand of the; American
pco'pla.‘ "It ig'théir right, routing on a (an:
.daiuonhlgprinclplbzof ~their s‘o'cial 'strucl
;,lu(e.g and guru-limb; the whole {tenor}
of their ‘con'stitucntu. [Why shouldithpy
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not have it? Why should we perc'ewe in
enforcing a mode of obtaining treasure to
meet the expenses which works unfairly—-
kindly on the cast and cruelly on the west
and south; which galhérs wnalclul and
pernlcnuq surplus, and gradually gives un
uicldy and dangoruus power to a single
clu-s ol capitalists? Answers to then
queslions might be easy, as long, as the ma
jority of the people. sensible of an unripr
ofgnnizution.
largely. in order to drive deep Into their
loil the roots of weird independence and
safety. But answers become dillicult, it
nut itnpmi-ible. when tlmt ninjority, con
sciuus ol matured strength, nnd prepared
‘tn cope with every sort of antagonism. n
lvow a change of purpnse, or ’rathe’r n:re
current-e ol the juutice nnd freedom lrUtlt
which they ditergntl under the beliel that
it was at least prudent If not necessary to
do no. They-‘ihuve‘nnw culled for a reduc
tion of the duties on imports tn the meas
ure of revenue want ; tnrnn nbnmlonment
at all legislative favoritism ; .lor an equal
i'mtinn of the burdens which they know
should be borne by all alike; and they
have llllislt‘tl. with emphasis, that indirect
but copious tribute shall no longer be rx~
acted {tom the agricultural, comtncrclal
and mechanical nlttflcfl, under pH‘ll’UCt! o!
prntecltng “here protection is obvrnusly
nnd notoriously more pampering. Call»
puch us these. lrom such a source. it in as
wise, as it is wholesome, in conformity
With the spirit at our institutions to obey
with as little delay or opugnnlion as pos
piblr.
My taithiin the intelligence and patri
otiam of the people is hab'tua'. The de
rnocrriry never tail. sooner or later, to un
derstand and puriiue their true policy and
inter'ente. ()n the subject of ti tiiritT, how
eier, dtflLultiea exiirted. at once complex
and covert, bv uhich they were liable to
he embarrassed and deceived. It II indi
rect and unseen taxation on all but the im
porting merchantr; and tmpoVCttblics with
out its agency being perceived. Incomes
or wages become inadequate, and it is not
immediately discoierett that this inade
quacy is caused by the swollen prices
which men at e obiiged to pay lor their iron
implements. their clothing, their household
utensils, their firoceries, and their corn
torts. The demand of the tax collector
who visits them tor the ordinary rates and
leviesi. distinct enough, and if thatbe
exorbitant they redress themselves by el
ecting more economical county commis
sioners—the grievance is direct titid un
ilisguised—and they know their remedy.
Not on With the taxation which taxr-s in
phone of duties on import“. The plough
iiiiin ta uncctiat‘mus at having ptiid anvitite
Upon the nuchrne with which he is furrow
mg the :oil—so is the blacksmith u! to his
mnil—and the laiitity mirtroti ad to her
hlanketr. her sugar, and lH‘r salt—they
bought the articles at a neighboring stout
lit” the same money that others paid, and
nothing intimated that a part of the money i
they gave wa‘ the tetlnburat‘lllt‘tll or final:
payment olri public taxi \Ve of Penn
rylvanm, who can acarcely continue quiet I
under the imposition ot three mills per dot
liir to meet the interest on our debt. hovel
actually become accustomed to contribute
from our means Without the s'ighest inur
ioor, titty, not. it hurtdied'tinwa as touch
in as many deceptive mode-8. under the
operation ol the land at 18-12. We not
only pay our share for supporting the gen
qral governineut. but we also pay that por
tior. of the price of every article we buy
over and above what it would have cost ll
the tarilf had not been enacted. Why,
then, wonder that the laboring cianea oi
our population were late in attending to.
and slow in thoroughly appreciating the
oppreariva draining consequent upon an
exorbitant tariff? Like banking, there in
ii mystery in it whose solution lugi at the
close oi protracted dircu~sion, inquiry,
Vigilance and thought. Yet, the same
people that gradually matured the opera
tions and tendencies of the one. and reso
lutely arrested them. have now, with the
progressive Ipirit which characterizes them
and their epoch. pushed torward to check
the other.
The veil by which the evils of indirect
taxation are concealed from the eye of the
people should be determinately tilted by
those who have at heart the happiness 0!
the masses, and seek to ameliorate their
condition. This is a high obligation of
democratic representation. legislative or
executive. It is the higher. because eas.
ily evaded or plausibly lelt undone. Let
the wrongs of a confiding and tolling con
stituency be studied by the agents whom
they honor with their suflragon, and let the
real sources 0! those wrongs be laid bare.
ll harsh, unfair, or unnecessary demands
upon theirsuhstanee have been made, they
ought not to he considered sanctified and
unaosailable because long and patiently
endured. On the contrary. the ,laithlul
sentinel should “cry aloud and spare not"
the more zealously when the opportunities
ot'his elevated position enable him to see
what is hidden Irom others. A strong and
gratitying'illustration presents health: a
recently distributed document addressed
by the Secretary at the Treasury to Con
grass, and received at the close of the late
session, Our countrymen shouldghave
their attention invoked towards this re
msrkable paper—remarkable, in every tes
pact—its broad bearing; [its precision. its
authentic facts. audits striking results—f
volunteered lo sacrifice
CLEARFIELD, PA. DECEMBER 10, Ist
No dcvelopement of which I om aware has
been made equally lucid and impressive.
ll purports to be a report, in complianCn
with a resolution of the Senate, exhibiting
it list of manufactured articles upon which
$54,000.000 (titty-tour millions!) are on
nunlly paid to the protected class (not to
the national Treasury!) by enhancing the
price of the domestic‘ nrticlen, and the n
moun’. no paid on each article. under the
'l'urifl' 0(1842, and by accurately lormml
tabular statements it establishes the annu
fll flugreuate of indirect taxation imposed
by the law—-—seen and unseen—for govern
ment and for lovorite clussel—to exceed
righty-twu millions of dollttrs! “'on: the
American people sensible that this tori”.
which (t‘lt‘llSllliy lonced but a single vein.
practically made them blood ‘at every
pore P—which prolz-‘ssrd to collect for pun
‘ltc' user twenty-eight, millions, yet silently‘
and imperceptibly drew also, {or private!
monopoly almost twice that sum? Did
\\'o nl this Commonwealth realize the ex _‘l
trotdinury juggle by which the federal let
gialnture bt't’lllltlg to seek from u duty on
Iron alone a gross revenue of but 83,2314
437,31‘tun11y extorted o total tax oi 336,-l
515.317? seeking from in duty on coal a
lone the sum of $130,221, extorted .1 tax‘
“i 86.869092? and seeming to seek Irom
n duty on manufactures ol wool alone the
ium ol s3,73l,oos,rxtortetl a tax ol $lO.-
437.i-is?t¢, Some lew financial students
may have early detected these Intent vi
one of tlte system ; but our formers and
yeomanry. our Working producers and
toiling poor, our men of the oxe and the
anvil. the scythe and the sow, they have
not the means our the time for such inves
tizutions; they Could take no note olit
but by its loss. they suffered long under
the weight of the burden, and dreamed not
that ll was the invisible and tnsatiate vnm»
pyre of indirect taxation which exhuustcd
their ntrength. '
[Wish not to be understood to prefer
the substitution of excise {or impost.—
There are aspcritiel in the former “hich
render it almost intolerable among a peo
ple peculiarly sensitive as to domrcitiary
visits ; and it is abuse only that makes the
latter mischievous. Certainly our liber
ties would he safer under a system of open
and direct taxation, withall its roughnen,
than under a prolonged administration at
such t'urtive oppression, gross inequality
and immoral deception as characterise the
tariflot 1841!. But reduce the duties one
hfl”. take from them their tendency to
nurse and rear monopolies, adopt value
Instead o! name or torm as the controlling
~tanilaid, drop the false hypocrisy 0t min
itmumi, and the thing essentially demo
,cr‘atrzcd. becomes at least harmless.—
i-q‘tC t. ln plain truth, is the. law which "the
izrca: Congress” has passed. to commence
operating on the first of December next.
[That law may contain errors ol detail. it
meridablr- as developed by expericllct‘. bl“
comparatively its traits are equrility'i jus
ilire. moderation and candor. \Vhde the
lneceasary revenue is snught at custom
lhoust'l, we shall experience ie-S wrung.
land incur less tt~k train a tariff tuumlcrl
on its principle- than from any other mode
lottaxirig. if la.o not mistaken It! the
pervading r-pirit of that law. political BCO
nnmists “ill herealter say that its reforms
igave security to the earnings of labor and
itimrts to the power of capital.
The horne operation of the taritT or 1916.
promises! to be genial and salutary—l
mean in regard to the great industrial
masses. Its reduction of taxes, one half.
is immediate reltel; its indirect abatec
rnerrtot prices and the general expenses
ut comtortable living,nwakcrin hope in the
breasts at all whose wages or means are
low and precarious, and its tendency to
oblige capitalists to seek the success of
their investments rather in a fair and gen
erous. than in tin arrogant and avaricious
treatment of their workmen. yields a pro
tection to the worst independence and
dignity of labor tar worthter ofattainment
than that which the manulacturer demands
for his wares. There is much more to
protect in the citizen of a repubiic than
his opportunities to work. He is not mere‘
ty to devote his days unceasingly to ac
quire bread and rniment. The "rights of
man,” rights too readily ridiculed or for
gotten. are his. The pride of character.
the sense o! natural equality. the spirit ot
independence. are. his. The ennobling
relations and duties of domestic life. are
his; and the law uhich would sacrifice all
these. upon the wretched pretext of secu
ring‘lo him a market where he can sell the
strength 0! his linews or lhe dexterily‘of
his fingela. is a law tor the gradual estab
lishment ofllnvery on the basis of'anilnnl
necessities. - >
Thev'l‘arifl" of 1846 recommends itsell
no less by certain consillerationa‘counect
ed with its external hearing or aspect. [.t
l: 111-greater harmony than its predbces
nor with thaliberul ideas of international
commerce prevailing throughout .lhe
world. {Retaliotory restrictions (on trade
are uncalled for» The vista of general
peace stretches far into futurity.~and‘ inr
viles us in mingle on terms of reciprocity
and feurlessfl'riendship With our fellow
men every .where. Even now Agrioullure
exulls in the liberty of sending her surplus
food over lhousands of tunes. ol water. to
.lhegfamishing sons of Ireland; .Our'crops;
,olrwhcat and .lndlan corn are suddenly
augmentcd in value upwards ol lorty‘ mil~z
lions of dollars an clfecl 0‘! opening lhc‘
eaten in o ningle channel, which will cat'-
ry gladnessito the family fireside olevery
larmer. ‘Auuredly this 'l'artflis far from
Free Trade; that, nl enurse cannot be pre
tended. while' the revenues necessary to
mntntain ‘ the Government, say twenty
eight millions of dollars, are exacted lrom
our imports alone. but it meets modern en
lightenment hull wuy;hn(| though'atill-dis
criminating in tarornf our own industry.
it gives- a much broader welcome than was
heretofore given t'o.th_c industry and en
terprise ol other countries.
in relr-rrtng with such extreme kind
and complimentary language to the dams
ion given by the Vice President, when
reunion were equally divided in favor of
the new 'l‘aritl', you seem gentlemen, war
.med up by the shameless excesses of slan
der and outrage with which cupidity and
{faction nttetnnted, an it were, atronce and
lb}! storm to overwhelm the casting vote.
51 fear you do me more than justice. and
ithat I am hound’t'o thank my defutnera for
In large share of your animated applause.
it was the duty ot-oflice and the peremp
.tory lawvol position. The citizen—l care
itiot whether whig or democrat—who can
deliberately inculcate thzu under the cir
‘cutnstnnces. political and personal, which
surrounded me, I should have voted a
gainst the bil|-‘ Itic niger est. [nine to
cavene Remand—4w is radically and in
curably insensitile to the obligations 0!
public trust, and his instincts utterly rick
ety sud unsound. I claim then only not
tothnve been recreant, not to have proveu
false to my morals or my mission. nor
have sunk to the hopesand standard ol my
assailants. in one aspect, indeed, the
chance or the design which devolved upon
me the necesstty of intervening, assumes
an importance and a charm to which I
cooless myself tar lrom insenaible. If.-
au you forcibly argue, and as certain ad
voc‘alea of moneyed interests seem almost
to admit, the casting vote has disenthralled
the producing classes, has dissolved the
letters which bound the poor to the cars of
the rich, has palsied the movementsol cuv
etoue rapacity, has summoned labor to the:
assumption of its natural independence
and dignity, and has taken EVen a few
leathers from the backs ol theoverburden
ed. it. I say, the casting vote. by the clo
sing career of the Tariff of 1842. has led
to these results, then I solemnly and sin
cerely thank my God that it fell to the lot
also humble an instrument as myself, e
ven reluctantly on other accounts. to
strike the final blow in an nnchievement
so philanthropic and subatuutiatly glori
nus.
Our cornmnuwealth 0! Pennsylvania.
is thought, has ' intern/9’ which may be
Injuriously affected by a diminution of KM
dunes un Impqrts ufcoal and mm. The“:
‘interesls’arc; I presume nothing more
than the profits ol such of her capitalists
as have made investments connected with
procuring and selling these two articles ol
merchunilize. Such profits may. for a
season be impaired. and no one can be ac
cemnry. even when impelled by the best
inntlVeu, and aiming at the wisest purposes
in (leleziting incidentally the pecuniary
culculatiuns nl lth friends and neighbors,
without feeling pain and repugnance.—
Such was m'y avowed sentiment when dew
trimming the Senatorial tie.
SHH. I cannot retrain Irom snymglhnl
lhosu 'interc’srs,’ an loudly lrumpvcted,
are very far from being the only or the
area! public ‘ Interests’ of Pennsylvania.
They are mtthnsc which constllute her
happim-M. her intelligence, her character.
The}; are an! the ' imam." oi her Juri
sprudence. Juulice. Education. Virtue, or
Liberty. Asau'rcdly. ihev are not the
‘ interests’ which create or strengthen the
roots of patriotism. or bind the hearts of
her Inns. a: mine ha»: been bound. insepa
rubly lnhcr puritv and honor. Muy we
not be permtm-Il lu think something more
of the" interesta‘ of her poor. as the many,
than of her-rich 11‘s the lewP—more ol her
moral than of her material ‘ inleresla,’—-
more of the free, upright. and manly small
ul her pupul‘ntiun. than of thecheets 0| her
corpuralions? All who have weathered
lhu slurmu uf lhe Int lwunly years. can
remember how the ' intelesta’ of the SIM:
were represented as centering u! n grcnl
buanl. \vhereon paper credits Were. manu
l‘nctured wilh magical lacilily, wilhiu lhe
while Wall! ul' n Chesnut Ilreet temple
when our mlernnl improvements and their
avails. our public schools. ohr commerce.
and our currency.‘ were said,to radiate
from an' institution which wielded the
lorce’nl hundreds of millan of dollars.‘
amllilledhrlower'ed lhe value-clevery
thing around us-nt in pleasure.
[The sumo debating and stale picture il
now drnwinghy lhc'siune class 'ol men
only lhefidolv with which they at New“
identity on! "interest? is the, Tarifof
W 2. placed on llie'pede'stal whehce'lhc‘
National: Bank was‘Crumblcd in'rums .-—:
They lsummon' us-lir p’ray fall-our! inter
cs‘ls’ at ”glue old'shrine‘, ‘wi’lh all lhe sup‘e'i"?
slilmue observances'nnd‘rileo formerly es
tablished, and really. makes nor change but
in the figure'olrtheir JO5. May we not
doubt wh'elhel? lll‘ese .minialefs ol the Pro
lean Mammon have junter conceptions of
.‘lhe enlarged. lusting, und'sulid ‘z'nt'erests’~
of _our 'people‘than (hey-enlertizined' in
1836? Is ilnol excusable to tell them
that this noble' community-has mu’clihfio're'
to_be.proud.ol nod to raly 'upun, ablmégfi.
of prosperity. order and renown,l {hag
NEW. SERiESmVOL, 1..N0. 425-WlioLé No. 10“?
what they are pleased to label all hel‘ vitll
‘ interests P' ' ' e ‘ ‘ '
It would be well and wisevrere these
' interests’ to take ‘waroiug iron the ‘gia‘s't.
nod resolutely decline being‘pluced'hy
party fanaticism in a position uhta'gonitiiic
to the social and polticnl relorma ef'pro
gresswo democracy. , Within'their profier
sphere. no one cun desire that they should
cease to thrive. But if they quit that
sphere, and blindly rush forward to domi
neer over the' masses—to assume him
‘all in' all.’ highest, greatest.- belt-fie
marshal, exhort. and subsidize, 0r coerCo
p'nrtizane—or corruPt or overuwe legisla
tion—and to dictate what shall be, instead
0! obeying what is, the law—then it in but
the deduction of uniform and yesterday's
experience to my that they must become
odious and Intolerable to a free and proud
people, by whom, at any seeming acri
(ice. they will be dimwned, provtrated,
und proscribed. Let us. gentlemen, en
deavor, while we have yet time and toni
per left. by inculcations of truth. forbear
ance and moderation, to avert the neces
sity of such courses, but if‘the one‘c‘epsity
be forced upon us no a similar ueCeeeity
was forced upon us‘lin 1836, your letter
distinctly tells whereegin that conjuncture.
the honest republicans 'of Washington
county will be iound. and' I hope this an
swer was not necessary to let you know
where to look for me.
Accept the renewed thank: and vista:
ialulalions of your obliged lellow-clfiun
and (fiend.
G. M. DALLAS.
[‘o Thomas Morgan, and others.‘ ,
During a certain period of Mr. l-lall’s ro
sidencs at Leicester. there were in the eon.
gregation some members of a family for
merly widely scattered over the world. but
Who, I hope, are now dying oil—l refer to
l the [elders—sometimes lound related to
Ithe busy bodies in other'rnen's matters;
and always to be discovered where mis
chief is to be done, especially among
Christians. My friend, having been an
noyed by some of these partial. resolved to
give them a little advrce Irom the pulpit.
On one Lord's day meeting, the piece
being crowded. and the earlier p'or’tioni’bf
the service gone through. he rose, and in
the hesitating, tremulous manner in which
he always began his sermons, announced
as his text. James I. 26. Hll any maneu
ong you seem to be religious. and bridleth
not his tongue, but deceiveth his own/heart,
this man’s religion is vain.” .The‘congre
gation looked at the preacher. and then at
each other, beginning. Isuppose,'to‘expeet
something "appropriate to their circumstan
ces." It is possible that Mr. Hall perceiv
ed this. for he proeeeded. in a somewhat
higher note than usual, to say—"My dear
brethren. you will probably feel that some
thing like an apology is due,on account of
my having selected this text, from whteh
to address you thiavmorning. I entirely
sympathize with this feeling. and'hereby I
solemnly and publicly ask‘pardon of God
and of you, that] have so long neglected
an important branch of my duty, which is
to reprove one evil that has awfully tended
to devastate the world, to ruin the Church
of God,‘and to destroy the peleonal. religion
ofevery one who indulges in'it;.l mean
the practice of backbiting and slander.” . ,
1 need nol add that lhe sermonhaljuo
Which could no! he enailyiorgougn; and
happily it was useful in removing . then"!
which he thus exposed. _ .
313°0l the many revengelul, covetous,
lalse. and ill~natured pereous’whom we
complain of in the world. though'we 11l
join in the cry against them, what man a
mong us singles out himself as a criminal.
or ever once takes it into his head that he
adds to the number? orowhere is there a
man so bad who would not thinkit the
hardest and most unlair imputation to have
any of those particular vices laid to his
charge F ll he hss~thc symptoms ever so
strong upon him which he would pro
nounce tnlallible in another; they are in
dtcatious at no such malady in himself;
he sees what no one else eees. some secret
and flattering circumstance in his'faveur',
which no doubt makes a wide difference
betwixt his else and the parties whom he
condemns. What other man speaks so
often and vehemently against the vice o!
pride. acts the weakness of it in a moreo.
' dious light, or is more hurt with it in sno
ther than the proud man himself? Itls
the same with the passionate. the design
mg. the ambitious. and some otherchar
note” in lilo. and being. a consequence of
the nature of such vices. sud-almost insep
arable from them. the effects an: are geo
_emlly so gross and absurd that where pity
does not; lorbid. 'it ,is pleasant to observe
and 'trace the“ cheat through the seveul
turmngs and” wiodingsof, the heartglaml
detect it. through all'the shapesyend ll
pearances-which it putsonh, . - ». V, .. ,
Mom; SCANDAL. -—The ediwrof the Al
abuma Jl'mrual has jus‘ leArned Hut-lhe
".ludieswill not look at or notice a bright
moon, because Lord Rosne's new Tele
scope has'proven that than: 39.110 mania
i‘o” . . ‘ I ' , ‘> . ' Liz'fll
Language.—-h il estimated that“! '0
housnndlhrao hundred and .forly-fqufldi.’-
umn langungouro spoken, in money”;
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