Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 24, Richmond, Wayne County, 21 August 1824 — Page 4

As it immediately aims at the c t

jf life, it is next to imposihle, u J principle that every thing may h'e C,lj. done to him whom we have a rirrjlt t . to set limits to military licence- for men pass from the dominion of'rpv -: that force whatever restraints are atv ?d to be put upon passions will be f f, rd fluctuating. Though we rrm1')laud, therefore the attempts of tL $ jinn. vav, v ......vino ui 1,11,., ty with military operations, it js learned they will never coalesce, sii,o -onr I tv 1 1 1 1 c In mprwl tnnvitvn-

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-THET INEBRIATE A ;Pinobv. ' Isat down close to my table, and leaning my head upon my hand I began to figure

I to myself the miseries of intemperance. I

was ma right irame lor it, 60 1 gave lull scope to my imagination. I was going to begin wiUi the millions ofmy fellow creatures, of all ranks and ages,

whose only end of existence seemed to be the indulgence of a depraved appetite; but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it near me, and that the multitude of sad groups in it did but distract me I took a single inebriate, and having first carefully attended his course, I then looked more steadfastly upon him to take his picture. I beheld his body half wasted away with a complication of diseases, and felt what kind of sickness it was, which arises from habits of drunkenness and debauchery.Upon looking nearer, I saw his glaring eye balls and his bloated countenance: in five long years the breezes which fanned him had not abated the raging fever which intemperance had accumulated in his veins; the admonitions of friends and kinsmen had been used in vain; and now was he consigned to the consummation of his own misery: his family But here my heart began to bleed and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait. He was sitting upon the ground, where he had fallen, exposed to the inclemency of the element?, and anon as he essayed to rise, his trembling limbs refused their oftice. He made a desperate struggle, and sunk exhausted by the effort. As the darkness ofnight approached, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards Heaven; then cast it down; and shuddered as the cold dews descended upon him. I heard his groans as he stretched himself upon the ground. He gave a deep sigh: 1 saw the iron

enter his soul: I burst into tears: I could not sustain the picture of wretchedness which my fancy had drawn.

the latter suppose to no dissolved. jf iht mnrnlitv nf noarrfnl firroc j ;f

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opposite iu ijiiAiuaf ui war. p

u. - .o UJ uo p , nfthn latter, to inflict injuries. Ti. VJ

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er commanus u 10 tecure me ornn-t- i

me iauer iu uvi;i licmi me UeteriCfV

The former teaches men to love their

mies; the latter to make themselves tej rible even to strangers. The rules of nct i ality will not suffer us to promote tho rV '

i est interest by falsehood ; the maxims of t f i t - i i i .i .

jappiaua u wncn empiojeu m it;c tlest:

tion of others. Ihat a famiharitv

such maxims must tend to harden the h-.",

j as well as to prevent the moral sentinel' is too obvious to need illustration. Ti er

tural consequence of their prevalence is a unfeeling and unprincipled amhilim, vl an idolatry of talents and a ccnttrrptc virtue; whence the esteem of rr.ai.kii d turned from the humble, the 1 cr.cficei

a cenius fertile in expedients, a courr!

j that it never pities, to become the ;.i i troy ers of the earth. While the ph:!r,rJ jthrophist is devising mears to mitigate tUf i evils and augment the happiness tfi; world, a fellow worker together with G i,; ! in exploring and givir g effect totl.e! cuv

i lent tendencies of nature, tlie warrirrij

revolving in the gloomy recesses of hisc: pacious mind, plans of future devasu'lj

and ruin.

Influence of National warfare on the morals of mankind. The contests of Nations are both the offspring and the parent of injustice. The word of God ascribes the existence of war to the disorderly passions of men. Whence come war and fightings among you? saith the apostle James, come they not from your lusts that war in your members? It is certain two nations cannot enpage in

hostilities, but one pcrty must be guilty of

injustice; anu u me magnitude oi crimes is to be estimated hy a regard to their consequences, it is difhcult to conceive an action of equal guilt with the wanton violation of peace. Though something must generally be allowed for the complexncss and intricacy of national claims,and the consequent liability todeception.yet w here the guilt of an unjust war is clear and manifest, it sinks every other crime into insignificance. If the existence of war alw ays implies injustice, in one at least of the parties concerned, it is also a fruitful parent of crimes. It reverses, with respect to its object, all the rules of morality. It is nothing less than the temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It it a system one of

wnicn almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are incorporated. Whatever renders human nature amiable or respectable, whatever engages love or confidence, is sacrificed at its shrine. In instructing us to consider a portion of our iellow creatures as the proper objects of enmity, it removes, as lar as they are concerned, the basis of all society, of all civilization and virtue: for the basis of these is the good w ill due to every individual of the species, as being a part of ourselves. Frcm this principle all the rules of social virtue emanate, J usticc and humanity in their utmost extent are nothing more than the practical application of this great law. The sword and that alone, cuts asunder the bond of consanguinity, which uijilts man to man.

44 Give me iiiy If e art." This exhortation or ct ir tnai d, tv!

may he understood as addressed ta ihj one of the children of Adam individuuih, j after implying that our hearts are aliti i j ed frcm God, authoritatively direct. i5 : replace cur affections upon thattl. ilu

Let us listen withawp. fnrit i Ot f t p-

self that speaks. He who commanded ml the great work cf creation was acccm-

plishcd: he who formed proud mnncitV! dust, and will bring him again to that dtf out of w hich he was taker, coir.mar.dsii V to give hjm our heart; to love bin le cause he is altogether lovely. Whoever i? thus united to him can sav "The Lri

is my light and my salvation, my reck a: d my lortress; through a host should er-1

j camp against mc, my heart should not tear. ! It Gcd be for me, who can be apai;.4 i me? Surely goodness and mercy will i ! Icy me all the days of my life, and I il i dwell in the house of the Lord forever.'

But where shall we flee for safety, if innoxious to him whose presence fills a universe which he created, and who. (t of Christ is a consuming fire? Childiciui men! the terms of salvation are easy GIVE VOl R HEARTS TO GOD 1 )o J CU plifi inability? on account of that very inatil.:j will the judge condemn you; for it consists only in the will. Shall a criminal a: an earthly tribunal plead his aversien u goodness and love ot wickedness, to ex a his atrccites? Much less will that ar-u:i

j plea avail us at the final bar. God ta a

right to our supreme affections, lie is eve way worthy of them, and the ieldirg t? to them alone can alli rd us peace. OJdrenof men! give your hearts lo CcJ.

A countryman driving a tcr.m, rll tl horses in wliich were iike Fhaivairsh' kine, except the leading one; was aski by a portly Attorney whem he met, vlj the fore-horse as so fat and all the rcttf leant "Uecause, S(juire," said he.-'f erf; hcrse is the luvrjir an'd tlx cthin an his & cnis."

from (he Edwardsville (Illinois) Spcctatrr.

Ky recent information fn m every sect: o" 1

of the state, the Friends of Freedcm reason to rejoice at the cheering pic?jfj of a highly favorably result of the aj-pn-aci.-ing election. Notwithstanding tl;eu i c: tionist have heretofore claimed tbc counties on the Blississippi, with tlieJ-eli'r' dering on the Ohio, as almost ursi:l'JJ in favor of slavery, their opponents (U: conceding this point in its fullest cxt have never despaired of the safety i1!e state, from the overwhelming m:y0,.:t-, which will be given against a coiti Lli in the north-western counties. L'ut b-'-6 information from the former, by gently 5 of high standing, and seme of"thtin el ti-f convention party, whose candor them not to disguise the truth, gives us understand that the opposition to 'ic(,'u' tion in that part of the state is much stro:? er than has been anticipated. t-.