Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 April 1810 — Page 4
POETICAL ASYLUM,
A COMIC IRISH SONG.
25 1 mull be folly to fuppofc ourfclvcs
always in the right and more than
folly to reprobate thofe whom wc
coufider in the wrong.
Society on which you are about
to enter, is already divided into
various fects in relegion and agitat-
ed by contending parties in politics between thefe hold the balance
with an equal hand, and let merit
and not prejudice or intereft, turn the beam.
To judge correctly, you mull
take a comprehenfivc view of the
whole field of contraverfy. And having honeflly formed your judgment, give full credit to the merit of thofe who differ from you, con
ceive to be their due.
Beware of judging of bodies of
LET Poets berhyme Mailer Cupid, And talk of his man and his dad,
By my conscience, we're not quite so stupid, men in the grofs, as though each
We know he's an Irish lad,
And, if you reflect, where's the wonder ? Tis nothing at all-- hubaboo If an Irishman's caught in a blunder, You'll often catch Cupid in two. Then they talk of his sonnets so pretty, His rhymes and his verses-- good lack ! Why they're nought but an Irish ditty, " Gramachree," or the dear Paddy Whack!" And then for his swate conversation, Twas there I first found out the rogue, For I'll prove it to all in the nation, The language of lore is the brogue. Ould Jupiter oft went a wooing, Was rakish, polite, debonnair--Was partial to billing and cooing, And knew how to manage the fair; Europa he lov'd to destraction, With the passion his heart was so full, That to prove it of Irish extraction, He carried her off on a bull.
individual were chargeable with
the vices of the whole. There is
no body of men among whom you
may not find something to admire and much to blame. Be careful to seperate therefore the gold from the dross, and to distinguish the
precious from the vile.
If there be any thing that can
disgrace civilized society it is a spi
rit of indiscriminate & wanton flan-
der ; a spirit the vilest with which
any nation can be curst. And yet
this spirit exists. It exists among
us, it pervades the whole extent of
a country once proudly pre-emi-
nent for every social virtue. It
insinuates itself into the cottage of
the peasant ;it enters, I had almost
said resides in the mansions of the great, it is cherished by every par-
ty; it moves in every circle. It
approaches the awful seat of justice.
In one word, it surrounds us on
everv fide. and on every fide it
lately complaining at a coffe-house in that
city, that he- had three fine daughters, to ui, Luauui& uiicnu, anu virtue, whom he should give ten thousand pounds and reducing, like the grave, whofc
each and yet that he could find nobody to peftiferiaffe influence it imitates, t i Y" rv I
marry them. "With your lave, Doctor,
said an Irishman, who was present, step-
VUort U nn hnm.nw due to the I Ccphifa loft a bc!6vcd liuftand ;
f.lU U ; her friends laviliied their confolati-
an homage which every man owes ons in vain : they only imwu.u
nnrl which everv Jrood man will her rtet. 1 imc came ; ins uem.-
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feel himfelf bound to pay, after the ficeut had poured the balm ot confublime example of him, who, ibiation into her atlii&cd heart; thoiiirh a lew. and rcfidine: at Jeru- and Ccphifa forgetinr; the dead has
falem, rendered honor, and paid refumed in favor of the living her
tribute to Crefar at Rome. native fraiety and charms.
I cannot fum up all that I would Linval ftrovc to pleaie the young wifli to fav to vou. better than bv and agreeable Cidaola: in vain did
nlnrmir the entire chara6er of Jefus hp emnlov all the relburces which
Chriil before vou as a perfedt mo- nature and education give hin llis
rlpl in the imitation of which alike rfTnrts were to no purpofe. Lin
confift your happinefs and glory, val had recourfc to time : time iofOn every important qucftion, in tencd the heart of his mittrefs, and
every trying fituation, afk what crowned the wilhes of the iortu-
would have been his opinion ; what
his conduct ; and let the anfwer
regulate your own.
EULOGY ON TIME
FOR ages part the world has
nate Linval.
Sainville was opprefled witll
debt ; he came to a lcttlemcnn
with his creditors, who allowed
him time. Time brought about the death of a rich relative, to whom he was heir : time a mailed
t rii i t tl
loaded 1 line with reproacnes anu for him fome ravings; time gave invectives ; he is treated as the u- hiin a wcahhy and "beautiful winiverfaideflroyer;heisaccufedof dovvforhi3 wi(- anj Sainville
overturning every tningoi ruining paid his creditors, the moft folid monuments, of With Time, wc c
bringing in his train old age aful
death ; in fine, or covering the u
niverle with ravages and ruins.
We lhall avenge the refpcftable
old man or the injftice and the in-
arrivc at the
end of all things ; without time we
can do nothing. I would gladly
execute thut bufinefs for you, rays
your friend, but I have not time
Why has this work fo many faults.
ANECDOTES.
ping up and making a very refpettful bow,
"PII take two of them i"
MISCELLANY.
. ...
great and the good, and the ig
noble, and the vile, to the fame humiliating level. Permit me to induge the hope, young gentlemen, that you will never enlift under the banner of this foe to human happinefs, norprofti-
tute your talents, or even lend your
EXTRACT
jFrom the Address of President
NOTT, to the Senior Class ofU- names to this work of intellectual
nion Colledge. New-Tor k deli- maffacre.
vered at the last anniversary oj Having taken fo much pains and
the commencement oj that lnsti- expended lo much treaiure in pre
tutton. paring for future ufefulnefs, ujli
I HAVE detained you fo long you conrent to become mere fba
on the means or happiners, that
time would Tail me were I to enter in detail, on the condu6l or life. The great principles of morality and piety arc involved in the argument we have been perhjing. An incidental thought or two ruggefled by the times in which we live, is all that will be attempted. Permit me, then, particularly to enjoin you to condudl honorably and charitably towards thofe who are oppofed to you in their opinions. Diverfity of fentlment is inevitable in a (late of things like the prefent The difpenration ortime is an obrcure difpenration ; and till the light of eternity fhall break upon the mind, it is not expedled that erring mortals fhould fee eye to eye. While groping in this
world, and following the guidance of that erring reafon which is . fcarccly fufficicnt to dircft thro it
vengers in fociety and fpend your
lives in collecting and retailing filth ? Remember that thecoma of the eagle is directed toward the heavens, and that it is the vik rerpent that winds along the rens creeps upon his belly, and licks the dull. Whatever party you may join, or in whatever nvaHhips you may
engage, let your warfare be that
of honorable policy, and not the fmutty contefl which fucceeds byblackening private charaacr. Convinced or the racrednefsof re-
putation, never permit yourfclves
to Iport with the virtiles. or even
lightly to attack the vices of men
in power. If they pals a certain
boundary, indceed rufTerance
would be puhllanimity, aud filcnce trearon. But the public good and
not private intereft, or private re
rentmentt mull fix that boundary.
gratitude of his dctruSors, by Becaufe the author did not take
lutiwiiiB uiai, aimous. UK u,c due dme jn Us compilat,on. Whyauthor ol Ionic inevitable evils, he p,, -r:m cn (unr
knows how to compenfate them . f.n the rUiPft 5 fn ranalile of
amply by the! numerous favors ampHfication ? It is becaule I liave
which uc uonicrb upon iimiiKiiiu. nt t,m tn,vr' mnr io a
regard for the Time or its readers SINGULARITIES
On the 2ift ult says the New
Follow a man from his cradle to
his tomb : with time he arrives at
walking and speaking ; with time
his limbs grow strong, and his or-
gans develope themselves ; with
trie aliiltance ot time tie adorns rn London paper) fifh were found
mind with every lpecies of know, frozen on thd fhore orthe Niantic
ledge which can contribute to h is ;n ruch larce aiiaaiities that a ver.
happiners. His heart Tpeakes, the fcl'was loaded with them and they
paffions awake increare in violence Vere Tent to New-York to market.
rife to their summit, the tempest is
formed ; and the sport or a thousand contrary winds, the unfortun-
ate rolls from rock to rock at the
mercy of the enraged waves. In vain does reason present him its torch ; the thickness of the clouds obscures its light, and this very guide, stuck by the tempest, serves only to lead him astray by its frequent oscillations. Who then can appease the multitudinous waves ? who restores a calm, and at length conducts the shipwrecked mariner into a salutary part ? Time : he alone extinguishes the fire or desire suppresses, the fury or the passions, and brings back to the heart of man peace and happiness. Suppose his fortune unequal to his wants, and that he must labor; it is only with the assistance of time that he can obtain the ease which he desires ; It is time which gradually makes known his merit, and at length, opens to him the road to honors & lucrative employments. Delia complains that time has withered her charms ; but by howmany kindnesses has he indemnified her for this loss ? Love for an ingrat consumed her heart, and constituted the torment of her life ; Time has destroyed the illusion, and restored peace to her mind. A cruel sickness undermined her health; all medicine was of no avail : Time, alone, has effected for her a perfect cure.
Such an instance has never before occurred to the knowledge of the oldest person among us. There are now living in Dover(N. H.) three sons or Robert and Sally Stevens, who were all ushered into this world at one birth. Their names are George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas; Jefferson. They are about two, and a half years old MARRIAGE FROLIC Married at Kaft-Haddam, Conn, on the first day January last, nine young ladies, being all the girls in that town that were marriageable. During the tremendous gale of the 5th inst. the Great Elm Tree at Kensington, (PhiIa.) under which it is said William Penn the founder of (Phila.) ratified his first treaty with the aborigines was torn up by the roots. This celebrated tree having flood the blasts or more than a century since that memorable event is at length prostrated to the dust. It had long been used as a land-mark, handsomely terminated a north-east view of the city and liberties on the Delaware.
FROM THE PRESS OF E. STOUT. PRINTER TO THE TERRITORY AND OF THE LAWS Of THE UNITED STATES. .