sal and serious tetlectton or our reatiers o{'.;t=eg~,-
cl-ass,the following remarks upon /zublzc ga7).'lt[mg_,
which we extract from the Christian VVatchman.
The Legislature of Maine have passed an act
authorizing a Lottery for the benefit of the Cunt-
berland and Oxford Canal (.‘orporation, by which
50,000 dollars are to be raised for the said Cor-
poration. A minority ofthe Senate have formal-
ly protested against the measure. and given their
reasons. The first is as follows :--‘ Because we
believe thatall Lotteries tend to demotalize so-
ciety, and are detrinzental to the best Imerests of
the State, by promoting idleness and dissipation
and inducing the idle and indigent portion of the
community to trust to accident and chance for
their support, rather than to hottest industry.’
A I‘{':_j()Ill(lcl‘ by a majority of the Senate, replies
to this reasc-nine;, by alluding to the various ob-
jects of public improvement for which lotteries
have been granted. ‘ From their proceeds,’ say
they, l bridges have been erected forthe conven-
ience ofthe industrious : canals have been made
on which to convey the fruits of ottr farms to a
profitable market ; be-autyhas been made to spring
from deformity ; barrenness to assume fertility,
‘and industry and plenty to succeed indigence and
want.’ All this, indeed, may be true, as anio-
direct operation of lotteries; and yet in our o-
pinion. their direct tendency is fairly stated by
the minority. VVc are unable to identify an 65-
scntlal difference in the principle oflot-teties, and
that of games of chance, which have been the
ruin of multitudt-:5. .A greater space of time is
occupied in the hazards ofa lottery, than at the
billiard or card table, and the anxieties ofan ad-
venturer are more protracted ; but this, perhaps,
is a greater evil at_tendant on lotteries, than may
be predicated .t't:speC-ting; games of chance, in
which no more than an equal amount may be at
issue.-—But who are generally the most ft_tt'\vard
as adve,nturers in a lottery ? Are they the men
of business; the diligent rnerchant ; the moral
and laborious mecltattic ; the father ofa family
whose tlelight is in the circle of Ills children and
in the society of their mother? Is the lottery ad-
venturer the serious and L‘.0l‘rSCIchllt,us (,‘l,,-islidn,
who in the fasttily and in the closet can suppli-
cate the blessing of I-It-.-aven on this species of
gambling ? Will not the man, who l)cllt:\'(‘.S in a
superintcnding Providence, rather say, ‘ God for.
bid that I should thus tempt him? If it be his
will to prosper me, and to bestow upon me the
uncertain treasures of earth, the means to ac.
complish his purpose are in his own hands, with-
oot my resorting to any course, the morality of
which is quc.stionabl_c ?’ Such are not the char.
actors, who are tltebsttal fortune hunters ina
lottery. Rattler, ifwe watch the offices where
the tickets are sold, or the hall in which the
drawings are performed, shall we not see the i
dler,{the bleared eye of the intemperate, the va-
cant stars of the fool, and the anxious cupidtty
of the midnight gambler ? and amongst the mul-
titude who are the losers, fora large majority
will be the unfortunate, the disappointed, and
the cl'.a;;rined—an unhappy moral effect is too
often produced. Their‘ plans of visionary bliss
are frus'.r:net~l, their tempers are soured, their en-
vy of the lhttttrtate is encreased, and their form-
er love of honest and industrious employment is
cooled, if not wholly destroyed. The effect too
produced in the fortunate is not unfrcqucntly ru-
inous to health, to temperance, and to reputa-
tion ; asthose are sometimes suddenly rendered
affluent, \\ ho know not the true value of proper-
ty when rightly used, or who are disposed to
those vicious courses, which end in their speedy
death. Whilst such facts asthesc are constant-
ly in view around us, we most devotrtly hope that
our rulers will vigil-antly guard the public mor-
alsby resolutely discountcnancing lottctlcs.
@-
REGARD TO CHARACTER.
Dr. Green, in a discourse on the importance
ofitnproving the mind, makes some remarks on
regard to character, which should be in posses-
sion of all who have a desire to be useful and es-
teemed in the world. Tltey are as follows:
‘Next to the improvement of the mind I place
a regard to the cltatactetf, as important to him
who tlesires to he eminently usefttl in life. Tal-
ent and knowledge themselves, without charac-
ter. will avail compar-a'ively little. Every young
man who wishes to be influential that he may be
useful, should be deeply sensible of the import-
ance of all his conduct, frtgn the earliest period
at which cltaracter begins to form ; and this pe-
riod hc should know and recollect, is one of a re-
ry early date. It is much when ll;\C1ll'l be said
ofa man that he has always been amiiible, always
exemplary. We atfptit that the errors and folly
of ,ou‘.h are far more easily forgiven and forgot-‘j
zest, than those ofriper age; and we would hold
-aut every facility and every encouragement to
eformation. Still it is true that innocence is
etlcl‘ than reformation itself. It; is better to be
Wltlloul faults than to have to correct them ; bet-
=er to never have a slain, than to be obli ed to of-
face it—-for the work is painful 5 and a 'tc_r all, a
tinge is sometimes left, which, in the fluctuations
ollil'c,kt:en-sighted enmity will spy and proclaim.
The limits to which I am confined, forbid me
to go into any extended remarkson the manner
in which an influential character is acquired and
:.-ustained. Ican only say summarily, that it
outs: be marked uith docility ; without implicit
zltitlt in humanopittions; with diflidence and mod-
esty, without bashfulness; with humility with-
out setvility ; with respect for superiors, courte-
:.y to equals, condcscensiun and kindness to inle-
t”to='s ; with firmness and independency of mind,
wnnout obstinacy and arrogance ; with the most
sarzred regard to truth and integrity ; with indus-
Lry and activity in bu:-zit-ess; with lntiol-able li-
tléltty to every trust; with a spitirof accommo-
Ll‘.-lion, without yielding any lhll‘.-g‘ that duty for-
)I(l52 with a freedom fro;-n all af-if}.-ctzttiun ; with
ltumanity and kindness to the distres_sed, the af-
.I!L"ft(l. and the poor ; with frugality without pro-
l)§-.t,)ll ; with punctuality in the payment ofdebts.
nut in observing and fulfilling every engage-
nt 12'. ; with enterprise without visionary projects;
vim. great care in the choice of company, and
otinitrg the permanent relations of life; in a
rore.-l, will) an humble. enlightened, ardent piety
o God and justice and benevolence to all men.
. —-%%-
THE C.IIRIs'1‘IAN SABBATH.
A correspondent ol the Family Visitor, in an
"tlcle upon the propriety of observing the first
-ty of the neck as the Sabbath, instead of the
seventh, gives the following, among others, as
some of his reasons in favor of the former:
* It is not improbable that a part of the 118th
Psalm, conveys a prediction, that the Sabbath
should be observed on the first day of the week.
‘ This is the day that the Lord hath made ; we
will rejt.-ice and be glad in it.’ Language cannot
more strongly express the day of religious wor-
ship and gratitude. But to what day does the
Psalmist allude E’ Evidently to the day on which
t the stone which the builders refused, became
the head of the corner.’ It seems obvious that
this was done, in the resurrection of Christ from
the dead. But Christ arose on the_first ray of
the wee]; ; uhich then became ‘the day which
the Lord hath made.’
V‘v'c have evidence that the risen Christ ap-
peared to his disciples, on the first day ol',tltc
week, and on the fit st day of the following week;
and found them assembled together for religious
purposes. It was on the first day ofthe week,
that the pentecostal effusion of the Holy Spirit
occurred. The disciples were, as far as we
know, in the habit of obserting the first day of
the week, and no other, as the day peculiarly dc.
voted to religious purposes. It was this day,
which in the Revelation, John has called T/It‘
Lord’.s- day. And this day has, ever since, been
thus observer] among Christians. The whole his-
tory of the New 'I estament, and of the primi.
tive church is in favor of the observation of the
first day of the week. The earliest doubts on
this subject of which we have any record, were
not, whether the first dill’ Of ll"-‘ week should
be observed as the Sabbath, but whether the se~
venth also should be observed. But the appoint-
ment of two Sabbttths in the week would be a
much greater innovation on the original arrange-
ment, than the twmnval of the Sabbath ftom one
day to another. \Ve must be governed by the
best evidence we can command ; anti the state
of the case seems 10 be this; we have no eti.
dence that after the resurrectiott of Christ, his
disciples ever did observe the sevetitlt day ofthe
week as the Sabhatlt ; but we have abundant
proof that they did thus observe the first day of
the week.
Had they sufficient authority for making this
change ? The change must have been made by
Christ trims;-lf. or by his apostles, or by others.
If made by others, it must either have been in
opposition to the rule ofchristian duty, or coin
cident with it. If coittcitlcnt with it, then there
tnust have been some new rule given on the sub-
ject, since the former would otltertvisc have re-
mained in force ; and this new rule originating
in divine authority, justified the measure. But
if it was in opposition to the rule of cltrtstian du
ty, can we suppose that the apostles, who could
not have been misled in this matter, would have
sanctioned it ? \Vhen the habit was growing in-
to such universal prevalence, would they have
failed to hit their warning voice against it ? It is
incredible. If the change was made by Christ
himself, then no further authority is requisite,
to render it binding on all his followers. But if
made by his apostles, it must have been in con-
sequence of a divine direction, or on their own
responsibility. Can we for a moment suppose,
that they would have ventured on this measure,
without a divine intimation? VVould they pre-
some to abrogate a law of God? Wicked men
might have attempted this; but they were not
wicked men. They were moreover inspired, so
that they were qttalificd unerringly to announce
christian truth and define christian duty. Ifthcy
made the change, it was right ; and if right, then
_, ‘od ltimselfaothorized it.
"’-‘gilt does appear to me, that from the fact that a
change was made immediately after the resur-
rection of Christ, we may infer the divine author-
ity for the change. as certainly, as if we had the
precept expressly connected with ‘ Thus saith
the Lord.’
6000c»
Extract front ‘ Remarks (luring a Journey rlzro’
./Vort/1 /1merz'ca’—/tublis/2c=d m the C/tristitrn Ob-
serve-r,_/'or‘-./urze, 1822 :
At W’ashington. I attended Divine Service in
the House of Representatives : a magttilicent hall
in the Capitol, which is always appropriated tu_
this purpose on Sundays. The sermon was an
impressive one, from the words ‘ The glorious
Gospel of Christ ;’ and yott will readily believe,
that the promulgation of this Gospel in the cap-
ital of this vast continent, in the new chamber
of its Legislature‘, under the fostering care of its
popular government, was well calculated to ex-
cite the most intt-resting reflections. The scene
reminded me of the period when ‘ they shall
the north and from the south, and shall sit down
in the kingdom of God ;’ and when I reccllected
how long the Star had appeared in the East be-
fore it shed its radiance on ‘the darkness of these
western shores—_whose very existence a few cen-
turies since was unsuspected. and which had long
,been abandoned to Indian superstitionswhich had
only just ceased to linger in primeval forests
which surround us, and on the banks of rivers
which yet bear their Indian names—l scented
admitted to a clear view ofthat mysterious pro-
gression by which ‘ the kingdoms of this world
shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of
his Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever.’
This train of thoughts, the place, the congrega-
tion, the surrounding scene, conspired to give a
peculiar interest to the verses with which the
service was concluded,
‘ Ha-w Ira/zjzy are our ears,’ U’c.
To enter fully into my feelings, you must re-
collect my distance'from the scene where we
have usually sung these words; and that when I
hear of the East, I do not here think of India and
China only, but include I:Lttropc, and Africa, and
with them dear England, in the idea which is
present in my imagination. On my return to the
inn, 1 dined in company with my friends, the
Indian Deputatiott of the Creeks and Cherokees,
to whom I have already introduced you. In the
afternoon, I sat in the seat next to the Pt‘esidt;t'tt’s.
in the Episcipal Church, where we had a|‘cx-
cellcnt sequel to our morning’s sermon. from
Ilte Wolds, ‘ How shall we escape if we neglect
so great salvation .7’
Vt/lien visiting VVashing(on’s tomb, in his fa-
vo-.ite retreat at Mount Vernon, on the banks
of the Potomac, my black attendant informed
me! that the tlomestics—about thirty I believe
in number. and principally slaves—asst:mbled
mot ning and evening for family worship,at which
the Hon. Bushrod VVashington, the present oc~
copier oI'Mount Vernon, and a Judgr ofthe Su-
preme Court presides. W hen I was shown into
the Judgt~:’s study, Stott’s Bible and Dwtght’s
Theology were before him as if just laid aside,
and gave rise to a little con\'ersation. In speak-
ing of the African Colonization Society, oftvhich
he is President, he remarked, that the most in-
teresting light in which heregarded it, was as an
instrument for the conversion of the Africans to
Clnistianity ; that be conceived this would be
accomplished by native teachers ; and that the
Colonization Society, by the introduction into
Africa ofsoclal '-trrangements and religious insti-
tutions, was calculated to raise up a supply of
native instructors, and thus form an important
link in that chain of secondary causes which are
10 establish the Kingdom of the Messiah in eve-
ry quatter of the globe.
—€§§'— .
PULPIT ELOQUENCE.--.Ext7‘ac‘!_fr0m Boss-uet.
I-luman life is like a road, of which the termi-
nation is a friglttful precipice. ‘We were warn-
ed ofit at our fnst step; but the law is passed,
and we must continue to advance ; I would wil
lingly retrace my steps; but onward! onward I
an lll\-‘lIlCIl)Ic weight, an irresistible power hur-
ries us, and we are compelled to advance, with-
out rcsting, towards the precipice. A thousand
crosses, a thousand pains trouble as on the road.
‘Yet could I but avoid that frightful precipice ?
.No, no; I am forced to proceed, to run ; such
is the rapidity ofonc year rolling after another.—
VVe are consoled, however, because from time to
time, we meet objects that divert us, limpid
streams and flowers, that pass away. We are
anxious to stop---Onward, onward! and yet, we
behold all that we have passed falling behind us.
in fearful desolation, inevitable ruin. Still we
Comfort out-solves, because we carry off some
flowers, gathered as we pass, which we see with-
er between our hands, from morning to evening.
and some fruits, which we lose, while we taste
them :'enchantroent 1 illusion all l drawn on for-
ever, we approach the frightful gulf; already.
all around begins to be disfigured ; gardens are
less blooming, flowers less brilliant, their colours
less lively, the meadows less smiling, the waters
less clear; all is tarnished, all is elfacetl. The
shade of death pt esents itself. VVe begin to feel
the approach ofthe fatal gulf; but it is decreed
that we must still advance. One step more; al-
ready horror agitates the senses, the head swims-.
the eyes are bewildered. We must yet advance ;
tnost eagerly do we desire to return; but it is
not possible, all is fallen, all has vanished.
THE TABLES TURNED.
The following singular facts were stated at a
meeting of a public society in Sheffield, England:
Gibbon, who, in his celebrated History ofthe De-
clinc and Fall ofthe Roman Empire, has left an
imperisltable memorial of his enmity to the gos-
pel, resided many years in Switzerland, where,
with the profits of his works, he purchased a con-
siderable estate. This property has descended to
a gentleman who, out ofits rents, expends a large
sum annually in the promulgation of that very
gospel which his predecessor insidiously endeav-
oured to undermine. Voltaire boasted that with
one hand he would overthrow that edifice of
Christianity, which required the hands oftwclve
Apostles to build up. At this day, the press
which be employed at Fcrney to print his blas-
phemies is actually employed at Geneva in print-
ing the Holy Scriptures. It is at remarkable cir-
cutnstance, also, that the first provisional meet-
ing for the formation of an Auxiliary Bible Soci-
ety, at Edinburgh. was held in the very rootn in
which Hume died.—.NZ Y. Azurr.
cowa-
orzxrou or BUNAPARTE.
‘ He never can excuse himself, he says, by
throwing blame on others. since he never follow-
ed any but his own decision. He may complain,
at the worst, of false information, bot never of
bad counsel. He 5tll‘l'Oltn(lt‘.‘(l hirntte“lf with the
best possible advisers, but he always adhered to
his own opinion, as he was far from repenttngyof
so doing. ‘ It is,’ said he, ‘ the indecision and an-
archy of agents whichproduce anarchy and fee-
blencss in results. In order to form ajust opin-
ion respecting the faults produced by the sole
personal decision of the Emperor, it will be nec-
essary to throw into the scale the great actions
of which he would have been dcpritetl, and the
other faults which he would have been induced
blamed for not having followed.’ ~
come from the east, andfrom the west, and from
to commit, by those very counsels which he is —
*7‘ In viewing the complicated circumsztancesibf
and from so high a point, that individuals escape
his notice. He"nevcr evinces the least symp-
tom of vitjulencetowards those ofwhom it might
be supposed he had thogreatest reason to com-
plain. His greatest mark of reprobation. ‘and I
have frequently had occasion to notice it, is to
preserve silence with respect to them, when they
are mentioned in his presence. But how oflen
has he not been heard to restrain the violent and
‘You are not acquainted with men.’ he‘ has said
to us; they are difficult to recommend, ifone
wishes to be strictly just. Can they understand
or explain even their owncharactet-s L? Almost
all those who abandoned me. would, had I contin-
tied to be prosperous, never,perhaps, have dream.
ed of their own defection. ' ‘
There are vices and virtues which depend on
circumstances. (lot last ttlals w-:rt: beyond all
human strength ! Besides Iwas forsaken t'alhcl'
than betrayed ; there was more of weaknessthan
of perfidy around me. It was the denial q,/‘Sn,
Peter; tears and repentance are probably at hand.
And where will you find, in the page of history,
any one possessing a greater number of friends
and partizans? VV ho was ever more popular and
more beloved? ‘Who was ever ‘more at-dchtly and
deeply l'C§_{l'Cll.€:(l _l Here from this very rock, on
viewing the present disorders in France, who
~would not be tempted to say that I sill t'ei_s.t;o
there? The Kings and Prittces, my lollies, have
remained faithful to me to the last, they were
carried away by the people in a mass; and those
who were around me, foutid themselves over-
whelmed and stunned by an irresistible whirl-
wind. No! human nature might have appeared
in a more odious light,and I might have had grea-
ter cause of complaint I’— .as Cases Journal.
—-35}-—
Valentine’s Day ——The 14th February, aboli-
day dedicated to choosing Srzveet/teat-(.9, is a day
ofbustle and palpitation among trembling lovers.
But in this republic, where the coolness of reas-
on, the devotion to secular business, and freedotu
from superstiton allow lew holidays, we seldom
witness such scenes ofdelightful agitation and
indiscribable anxiety as are alluded to in the fol-
lowing article from aLondon paper.—SaZcm Gaz.
Jporzdan, Feb 15, 1822.—Yestet'day being Val-
entines Day, the General Two-‘Penny Post oliiee
more sorters, the day before, in order to circu-
late with due expedition, the ./jmazory Poesy. and
emblematic scissor-cut /zcarts and dart-v, which
the love-stricken of both sexes thought fit to send
to the respective objects oftheir pirssion ; the a-
mount ofrevenue, on that day alone,bt.-log 1,5001.
It is calculated that there could not have been
less than 300,000 ofthcse inflammatory packets‘
go through the Post Oflice, within 48 hours.
It waslately stated in the English court ofchan-
cet'y, and proved by affidavits, that lady. Ports-
mouth,vrife ofthe earl of Portsmouth,whois rath-
er weak in mind, was in the habit 0f'1U/Ii/tfzillg /nrr
that if we may judge the ignorance ofthe Mom.
bers of Congt'ess, by their repeated calls for in-
formation, if we measure them by their own
ignorant body in the whole United States. They
have done nothing worth speaking of during the
whole ofthe present session, but ask for informa-
tion. \Vc think that the officers of the govern-
mcnt who may be said without any figure of
speech, to be the hopeful in.-.tt'ttctot-s of the pn-
pils——had better declare themselves‘ the head of
an acatlenty at once, of which our first magistrate
would of course he the President. He should
grant the diplomas from our National UllIvcl‘t-ti-
ty, and distribute the prizes and academic hon-
ors in proportion to the relative l'l)c:‘lt of his stu-
dents. .VVashington wished to ltave a National
University, and we now have one. V,/‘e send
hopeful young gentlemen to that place to be in-
structed how to become legislators. Thair pa-
rents have the most flattering accounts of their
proficjency ; they actually shew a rapacity to ac-
quire intelligence wortlty"ofall pt'aist:.--11’.-zlt./uz.
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.-.
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less reserved expressions of those about him ?---
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