Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 6, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 February 1825 — Page 4
.rolled its blackening smoke toward heaven.
as if in sign of triumph ; and is the cause required? The answer is, Mahomet's cursed
creed hath done it. 1 ins it is mat natii combined, in one mass, the materials of des-
WUJIT IS LOVE? A soft, mysterious tic, which binds Congenial spirits, kindred minds; A pure, etherial, heavenly ray, Lent to illume life's lonely way; To soothe the pangs of grief and wo, The balm of love was kindly given, And he who its bright pulse doth know, Hath felt on earth somewhat of heaven. 'Tis not the fancied flame which glows For every lovely form it views, Whose, span is short as summer rose, And transient as the summer dews, Or that diurnal damask flower, Whose blossoms change with every day: That is not love, whose fading power Thus soon can pine and pass aivay. Oh, no! true love will last for ever, And in the heart onfaded dwell, Though unkind fate that heart should sever, And all its hopes of bliss dispel; Still as the rose, which, when its bloom Hath lied, and dimm'd it's every hue, Retains its odour and perfume, So faithful love will flourish too: Twill linger round the heart, when all It's fairy dreams of bliss are flown, And when all other feelings pall, Then love hath power to charm alone.
olation and plunder; reared the standard ofl open wide the flood-gates of vice and hn
THE TRAVELLER. Through many a land and clime a ranger, With toilsome steps, I've held my way; A lonely, unprotected stranger, To stranger's ills a constant prey. While steering thus my course precarious, My fortune ever wa3 to find Men's hearts and dispositions various, But woman's grateful, true and kind. Alive to every tender feeling, To deeds of mercy always prone The wounds of pain and sorrow healing, With soft compassion's sweetest tone. No proud delay, no dark suspicion, Taints the free bounty of their heart; They turn not from the sad petition, But cheerful aid at once impart. Form'd in benevolence of nature, Obliging, modest, gay, and mild, Woman's the same endearing creature, In courtly town or savage wild. When parch'd with thirst,. with hunger wasted, Her friendly hand refreshment gave, How sweet the coarsest food has tasted ! How cordial was the simple wave! Her courteous looks, her words caressing, Shed comfort on the fainting soul; Woman's the stranger's gen'ral blessing, From sultry India to the Pole. Mungo.
By two black eyes my heart was won: Sure never wretch va9 more undone! To Celia with my suit I came, But she, regardless of her prize, Thought proper to reward my flame With two black eyes !
of Hrc round about" for protection, and "a glorjr in the midst7' for our guidance. Should we, regardless of this momentous truth, discard the God of our fathers, and neglect our religious institutions, we should
mnndirv: the scream ot bloody supersti
tion would ring through our vales, and the
yell of deprecation would resound from our
mountain-tops; one common grave wouul he the receptacle of our science and our freedom, amid the clouds of ignorance and sloth, the sun of American glory would set for ever. Y. V, Mirror,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Influence of Morality. The changes produced among societies and governments by the effects of moral causes are ir greater than the mass of mankind are generally aware of. The rise and fall of empires and republics commonly owe their aggrandizement to the virtue, or their destruction to the vices of their own citizens. Let us inquire what it was that inspired Socrates with virtue, which remains unexampled? Cato, with integrity, which persuasions and threatnings could not move ? Regulus with fortitude that despised all fear, and laughed at all danger? Or what nerved the warrior's arm and made his soul pant for immortality, when Leonidas and his brave fellows bit the dust? Why were Greece and Rome, each in their turn, graced by splendid feats and exalted accomplishments ; and wharf save the corruption of morals, under depraved, tyrannical rulers, overthrew the mistress of the world? True, the orgies of Bacchus wonld sometimes mingle their pollution with the rites
of the ancients; yet, while on the one hr,nd,j Elysian bowers enticed, the regions of Pluto!
were displayed on the otner to terrify. The whole artillery of eloquence was drawn by their orators from the arsenal of religion; they espoused the cause of injured innocence, and by assailing the ranks of treachery and desertion, suspended for a while the tottering empire's fall. "From virtue's fount, their poet's inspiration flow'd, "And in celestial numbers, sweet and tuneful glow'd : "Imagination chain'd, confess'd their powerful sway, "The heart was melted by the harmonious lay." We have seen the proudest monuments of genius and of art fall prostrate, the hallowed seat of the muses, and the venerated temple of Jehovah pillaged indiseriman tely ; we have seen the collected science of the lobe devoured by the Amend bonfire which
brutish sensuality and ruthless war; made
man "a reasoning savage," and taught him to degrade himself, by tyranizing over the fairest "last, best gift" of his Creator. The infidel endeavours to lull the voice of conscience, and grounds his hopes on the phantastic visions of his own depravity, submits to be the slave of degrading passions, which he opposes to the light of reason and of nature, and 4ihugs to his heart the horrid hope of annihilation ; or trembling, shudders at the terrors of an hereafter.' Where infidelity hath once fixed her seat, the utmost stretch of human understanding will fail to calculate the extent of her power and destruction: when she seizes her baneful torch and fires her self-created volcano, the explosion shakes the civilized world to its centre; its desolating lava in thick columns rolls, nor thrones, nor kingdoms, can withstand its force, and the empires of the world
are withered by its blaze, or swallowed m its conflagration.
The light of intelligence had been hid.
and mankind kept in darkness through the
night of ages, without a beam oi an mtellec
tual ray to illumine their paths, or guide
them to the mansions of happiness. The pa
pal pontiff arrogated to himself the attri
butes of the Almighty; the fulminations of
ecclesiastical censure, or the terrors oi ev
erlasting condemnation, were held out as the reward, should prohibited genius exert its energies, or the soul aspire after knowl
edge. Luther arose, and rent trie veil of su
perstition which had been wound around the heart. Then it may well be said, a light
burst from heaven with electrical rapidity
it flashed from soul to soul. Regenerated minds from lethargy awoke, and in their own
dignity walked forth, free from enthrall ment's chain, & with shouts of triumph hail ed the re-illumination. Religion may be called the chart and com
pass of life, and if on our setting out on the
eventful tide of human affairs, we throw
away these directors, and abandon our
selves to the mercv of the waves of time.
when the thunder of discord rolls over us,
the lightnings of allurement gleam around us, and the whirlpool of dissipation draws
us circuitously to its centre, what can pre
serve us from being ingulfed in the awful
chasm of misery? The effects of neglected
education, and depraved morals, are the
same witn nations as with individuals.
There are men who would burn with resentment were they deprived of the sword with
which they defend themselves, and yet, by neglecting to encourage the spread of sci
ence, and refusing to assist their moral in
stitutions will divest themselves of the
strongest of all bulwarks that enthusiastic ardour for glory and honour, which is only
o be found in the enlightened minds of their
citizens.
Let us cast an eye around upon our own
country, the greatest republic on the globe ;
a theatre which exhibits nought save scenes But if the ladies were what suriv misan
of happiness and prosperity; the nursery of thropes call them, who is to blame? h it
good as that of another? It is the same darts, the same flames, the same coxcombs. The man of sense, when he attempts to compliment, recommends the art of the beau, since he condescends to do with awkwnrd-
MAGISTERIAL AUTHORITY. In the early part of last week, the driver of one of the Edmonton stages was charged before Mr. Mores, a magistrate, Edmonton, with having beaten one of Ins horses in a brutal manner. Mr. Harmer attended for him, with several witnesses, who were to prove that the horse was exceeding obstinate, and required smart casligation before he would move. As the case was one in which the magistrate was to act judicially, and the public were of course entitled to be present, Mr. Harmer, whose attendance under such circumstances might have been essential, did not expect to meet with any op
position from the judge. Mr. Mores, However, told him that he must retire, as magistrates should not allow attornies to be present when prisoners were brought up. Mr. Harmer expostulated with his worship upon the order of exclusion. If the magistrate was acting magisterially,as in the case of any felony, the power of excluding existed ; but as he was acting as a judge, the public had a right to be present, and lie (Mr. Harmer) would insist upon that right in (his ease, particularly as there was no appeal from the decision of the judge. Mr. Mores then ordered Mr. Harmer peremptorily to withdraw. Mr. Harmer refused, and was at length put into the hands of a constable, who, taking him by the arm, very unwillingly requested that he would go out. Mr. Harmer left the place, desiring his client not to plead, nor defend himself, and observing that enough had been done to justify his own appeal to a higher quarter. Mr. Mores adjourned the case eventually, and thought proper to let it stand over for the
decision of a bench of magistrates, before
whom, we understand, it fell to the ground.
Mr. Harmer intends to indict both maaristrate and officer for the assault, in order to
ascertain the length to w hich a magistrate
can go in a case w here the presence of i
legal adviser is indispensable. limes.
ness what a monkey can do with iiraee. With all she is a goddess, and all men are equally mortal-. How c;m she prefer, when there is no superiority ; or be constant, when there is no merit? Is she capricious ? Can rhe be otherwise, when she hears that the universe must be proud to wait her commands, that the utmost of a lover's hopes, is to be the humblest of her slaves. that to fulfil the least of her commands, is the highest ambition of her adorers? And are men so unjust as to censure the. idols made by their own hand- ? Let us be just; let us begin the work of reformatio!:. When men cease to flatter, women will cease to deceive; when men are wise, women will be wise to please. The ladies do not force the state of the men; they only adapt themselves to it. They ma)- corrupt and be corrupted; they may improve and be improved.
PHILOSOPHIC COURTSHIP. Sir Isaac Newton was pomaded by one f his friends to marrv: he excused himself
in saying he had no time to court a wife; his friends said they would assist by sending to his apartment a woman of worth. He thanked them for their offer, and promised lo receive a visit from her: his friends applied to the woman, and requested her to dispense with the u -rsal ceremonies of courtship, and wait on the philosopher, which she consented to do. When she came lo his apartment, and produced her letter of recommendation he received her politely; filled and fired Ins pipe; sat down by her side; took hold of her hand and conversed on the subject. Re fore they had brought the points to. a cho, seme questions about the magnitude and motion of the heavenly bodies struck his mind with such force, that he forgot w hat he was about, he turned his eyes up to heaven, took the pipe out of his mouth, with his left band, and'being Ict in his study, without design, took the lady's hand, which he held in his own, and with one of her fingers crowded the tobacco in the bowl of his pipe; held it there so long that her heart as well as her linger took fire, and she in a huff sprung and went off, leaving the philosopher to finish his study alone.
heroes, of statesmen, and philosophers, whose names gild the brightest pages of history, and whose actions aiford a theme for praise throughout the world. Let us seek for causes which have raised united America to a pinnacle of fame, on which she stands, the envy of nations the admiration of the world. They are written in characters so plain that '-he who runs may read them." The sun of science dispels the clouds of ignorance, and sheds its enlivening ray upon our country; the star of Bethlehem in all its glory, shines on us with unceasing splendour, and the genius of knowledge may be.
seen, hand in hand, with the spirit of religion, hovering over and protecting us. While the institutions which are reared and supported by the fostering hand of public benevolence, continue to spread their inspiration throughout the community, chastening vice, and guiding v irtue, we may rest secure, and repose ourselves on a foundation which no enemy can overthrow. The permanency and fame of our government depend far less upon the number than the morals of our inhabitants. Every literary, eve
ry religious seminary is a pillar, which will, assist in supporting the fair fab rick of our country, and promulgate that knowledge which is necessary to make republicansto make men. Servitude never can subsist with the habits of such a people, for enlight
ened minds, and virtuous manners, will point .1 1jy
Uie patn to glory, and to freedom.
It is intellectual and moral improvement
wnicn elevates our national character, and flows through innumerable channels into public wealth, strength, and felicity. It is this which leads to a knowledge of our physical resources, and gives consistency, permanence, and efficiency, to our laws". It is this which consolidates union at home and commands respect abroad. It is a defence against all enemies, our strongest fortification, and our noblest treasure Tit is "a wall
From the Monthly Magazine of OtU 1824. THE LADIES. The critics of the fair sex tell u? they are
vain, frivolous, ignorant, coquettish, capri
cious, and what not. Unjust that we are! it is the fable of the Lion and the Man. But since the ladies have become authors, they can take their revenge, were they not too generous for such a passionsThough
they have learned to paint, their sketches of
man are gentle anu kind.
The late melancholy mutiny on board the ship Globe, has operated like a fire-brand at
the tail of Pegasus, and set many an unlledged poet to scrambling up the steeps of Apollo's mount. Amonjj the verses which the event has elicited, w e have been favored with a "poem," the moral of which we publish for the authors satisfaction, viz: "May this a warning be to all young; men who folio the sea let your correction be ever so survicr Bare with patitnta and dount mutineer."
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Polly.-
not we who spoil who corrupt who se
duce them? Is it surprising that a pretty woman should be vain, when we daily praise to her face her charms, her taste, and her wit? Can we blame her vanitv, when we tell her that nothing can resist her attractions, that
Tiio T' li nor n (r in ii'iv n."rtnc i- iiin .-.nn , u I . i ' . . ' , t . i j i
not soften, nothing so elevated that she and we'll think -;i! selves extremely lumpy cannot subdue? when we tell her that her! in cratifyinc them.
BREAKFAST. Ma, don't von think fni is ihpt
most bcch'fk ij u morning ever ?iach urprojuccd Mrs. Proudfit. "Tis verv-" fine indeed,
Polly, why don't you a-k the centlemcn if.
their coffee is a-ri ecable?
BoAn-Very good nlkfe. Po?5--tTe n l Ic me n , i f vo u doif t i) nd you r
eyes are brighter than day, that her form
is fairer than summer, more refreshing than spring, that her lips arc verrnillion, that her skin combines the whiteness of the lily with the incarnation of the rose? Do we censure a fine woman as frivolous-, when' we unceasingly tell her, that no other
study becomes her but tnat ot varying her
Boarders. liem fc ilm;r. Polly. Mr. Faith nu n, have you heard of the jucU Fair. AVhat? Polly. Have you heard of the jttei that was contested across the river this morning? Fair. O! I bes
your paruon 1 did not understand you I . i .11 iV. i 1 . 1 .
pleasures; that she reouires no taient but Ue'9 a"! , V,10 Partics werc both'severe- ' ' 4 v ii nun, ,1 l . - . - f i m i
for the arrangement of new parties, no
ideas bevond the thought ot tne aiternoon?s amusement? Can we hlame her frivolity, when we tell her that her hands were not made to touch the needle, or to soil their whiteness in domestic employments? Can we blame her frivolitv, when we tell her. that the look of seriousness chases from her cheek the dimple in which the Loves and the Graces wanton; that reflection clouds her brow with care; and that she who thinks, sacrifices the smile that makes beauty charm, and the gaiety that renders wit attractive? How can a pretty woman fail to be ignor
ant, when the fust lesson she is taught, is that beauty supersedes and dispenses with every other quality; that all she needs to know, is that she is pretty; that to be intelligent, is to be pedantic; and that to be more learned than one's neighbour. i to incur the reproach of absurdity and affectation? Shall we blame her for heincr a coquette, when the indhcrimate flattery of everv man
ly wounded. Polly. O mcicv! The very
iucm oi a juclttr (pine annihilates me. Ma will 3 (hi have a churuip? Mrs. P. No deai but 111 have a pochah-.:
tea. Polly. ?da, will on ha o some sugar for your tea? Mrs. P. No dr, I reckon I don't
ianoy sweet tea lice a,- yon do, Poily. Pol.
i contess my ahection tor tne saccharin? ci. I ovine titc (vrvo'-ity of the sifar alaitx
inc. animosity of the ten, ivhut is veiy inimical to niy diabolical cj petite Fair. Pio-o-di-gious!
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did
teaches her that the homage
A venerable friend and a dashing bud: diiving their resjicctivr-vehicle.?, met in a narrow road where neither could pais without the conrent of the oilier. After u,ir.e
depute as to which
dispute as to which should turn out, the hv:!c drew a newspaper from his pocket andS set about pending ii very diligently; upon which the friend, with characteristic composure, ahkfd, 4d?nen(UJLR paper in thy pocket No ! -TheTwhen thee h:s done reading tho one in ihv hnd.
oi one is a4 nould thank thee loan it to me.