_~- . “AL 4.... ...
ritoiit Tin: ‘rant rosw.
THE‘ TATTERED TREE-.
There stood upon the faded liill
A‘ withering and a lonely tree, ' .
Thro”which the night-blast murm'ur’d shrill
As dying doves far out at sea.‘ ‘
A few lean leaves yet lingeringhung, ‘
I _Half green, upon each llreezing bough—-
1 “though't'the happy ant t re your g
Should look upon that free just now.
Not longago it brightly bore, _ I
L‘ The softest and the sunniest fruit;
And in triu_mph_ant, freshness wore,
The livery of the summer’s sun.
And giddy birds would cluster there‘,
T Throughout the season’s yelloitv hours:
hat could.not..I_neet with any w iere,
A A balmier paradise of flowers.
But now the dark and doleful blast
Is shrieking round it night and day,
And all its summer charms are past:
Those giddy bit-ds——ah, where are they ?
‘ Oh to the young and desolate,
A moral is not hard to find ;
- This lived emblem ofour fate, .
Sinks coldly on the cheerless miiid.
I. How like that lone and ruined tree,
Is many a haggard lot below ;
Howlike those birds will friendship flee,
When fortune hath become our foe !
How in the autumn ofour youth,
Ifhope’s death-bell begins to toll,
We’re left to brave with tears and truth
The winter evening of tliesoul l
[I 1 _ ‘
From Las Cases’ Jourmtl.
CONVERSATIONS wi'rii NAPOLEON.
The following are the arguments ofNapole-
on on what might have been feared or hoped
by the European powers from the operation of
his views and character, had they acquiesced
in his re-occupation of the Imperial throne of
France. J
‘ What a fatality,’ he said, ‘that my return
from the island of Elba was not acquiesced iii-
that every one did not perceive. that my reign
was desirable and necessary for the balance
and repose of Europe! But kings and people
both feared me; they were wrong and may
pay dearly for it. I returned a new man ; they
could not believe it; they could not iiiiagiiie
that a man might have sufiicient strength of
mind to alter his cliaracter, or to bend to the
power ofcirciiiiistaiices. I liatl, however, giv-
en proofs ofthis, and some pledges to the same
effect. \Vlio is ignorant tliatI am not a man
for half-measures; I would have been as sin-
cerely the monarch ofthe constitution and of
peace, as I had been ofabsolute sway and great
enterprises.
‘ Letus reason a little upon the fears ofkings
and people on my account. What could the
kings apprehend? Did they still dread my am;
bition, my conqiiests, my universal monarchy :'
But my power and my resources were no lon-
5‘~« ‘-4..-gel" the same; and besides, I had only defeat-
ed‘and conquered in my own defence! This
is a. truth which time will more fully develope
every day. Europe never ceasedto make war
upon France," her principles, and me; and we
were compelled to destroy, to save ourselves
from destruction. The coalition always ex-
isted openly or secretly, avowed or denied; it
was permanent; it only rested with the allies
to give us peace : for ourselves, we were worn
out: the French dreaded making new con-
quests. Afs toniyself, is it supposed thatl am
iiisefisible to the charms of repose and securi-
ty, when glory and honor do not require it
otherwise ? With our two chambers, they
miglit‘-liaveforbidden me in futureto pass the
.1{li'iue; and why should I have wished it?——-—
For my universal monarchy? but I nevergave
any convincing proof ofinsanity ; anti what
is its chief characteristic, but a disproportion
between our object and the means ofattaining
it. III have been on the point ofaccomplisli-
ing this universal monarchy, it was without
any original design, and because I was led on
to it step by step. The last efforts wanting to
arrive at it seemed so trifling, was it very tin-
reasonable to attempt them? But on my re-
turn frotn Elba, could a similar idea, a thought
so mad, a thought so unatt-.ii;iable. enter the
‘head ofthe most rash man in the world? The
Sovereigns, then, had nothing to fear from
my arms. _
‘Did they apprehend that Imiglit over-
wheltn them with auarchical principles? But
- they know by experience my opinions on the
score. They have all seen me occupy their
territories; how often have I been urged to
revolutionize their states, give municipal func-
tions to their cities, and excite insurrection a-
mong their subjects? However, I may have
been stigmatized in their names, as the mod-
em flttila, Robcspierrc on ho'rst:bac/r, &tc. they
all know better at the bottom oftheir hearts-—
let them look there! Had I been so, I might
perhaps still have reigned ; but they most cer-
tainly would liave long since ceased to reign.
In the great cause of which I saw niyselfthe
chief and the arbitrator, one of the two sys-
tems was to be follo\\e.l——to make kings listen
to reasons from the people; or to conduct peo-
ple to happiness by means oftlieir kings.-
But it.is well l~.noiv’n to be no easy matter to
check the people when they are once set_oii ;
it _was more rational to reckon it little upon the
wisdom and intelligence of others. I had a
right always to suppose tbein possessed ofsuf-
ficient intellect to see such obvious interests;
I was deceived ; they never calculated at all;
and in their blind fury, they let lose against
me that WhlCllI“W'|(llll€l(I when opposed to
t-hem. They will see ll
.~ Lastly, did the Sovereigns take umbrage
at seeing a mere soldier attain a crown? Did
they, fear the cxatiiple? The soleninities, the
circumstances thataccoinpaiiied my elevation,
my eagerness to conform to their habits, to i-
dentify myself with tlicir existence, to becoirie
allied to them by blood and by policy, closed
the door sufliciently against new comers. Be-
sides, if there must needs have been the spec-
tacle ofan interrupted lcgitiiiiacy, I maintain
that it was muclt more to their interest that it
should take place in my persou,one risen from
the ranks, than in that of a prince, one of
their own family ; for thousands of ages will
elapse before the circumstances accumulated
in my case draw forth another from the crowd
to re-produce the same spectacle ;. while there
isinota sovereign who had not a few paces
distancein his-palace, cousins, nephews, broth-
r nd relatiotis, to whom it would be easy to
low such anaexample, if once set.
‘ On the.other side, what was there to alarm
, people ? Did they fear that I should come
"y waste; and to impose chains on them P
,' Bu‘: I retutiiedthe Messiah tsf‘peaee "t‘i‘n'£l.'o'_t‘,
. that was? Well, the danger was in any case
‘ , absolute power necessary, indispensable? The
‘ enable them to comprehend me? History will
their rights; this new maxim iyas my whole
,'strength—to violate it would havé‘-’?been my
ruin-. But 8VEtI’tlle French mi_struste_d ‘me;
they had the insanity to discuss when there
,was nothing to 'do but to fight; ‘to divide, when
titliey should have united on. anygterms. And
_was it not bett'er- to run the risk of,-liaving _'r_n_e
;again for master, than to expose themselves
ho that of submitting to a foreign? Would it
?not have been easier to rid theuiselves of a
gsingleidespot, of one tyrant, than to shake off
'tlie chains ofall the nations united? and more-
over, whence did they derlve this distrust of
me ? Because they had already seen me con-
centrate every effort in tn self, and direct them
with a vigorous hand? Sat do they not learn
at the present day, to their cost,how necessary
the same ; the contest terrible, and the crisis
imminent. In this state of things, was not
welfare of the country obliged me even to de-
clare it openly on niy.returti from Leipsic. I
should have done so again on my return from
Elba. I was wanting in consistency, or ra-
ther in confidence in the Freiicli, because ma-
try of them no longerlplaced any in me, and
it was doing tne a great wrong. If narrow
and vulgar minds only saw in all my efforts,
the care of my own power, ought nottliose of
greater scope to have shown, that under the
Circumstances in which we were’ placed, my
power and the country were hilt one ? Did it
require such great and incurable mischiefs to
do-me more justice: it will signalize me as
the man of self-denials and disinterestedness.
To what temptations was I not exposed in the
':|t‘n\__V ofltaly? England offered me the crown
of France at the time of the treary of Aiiiiens.
I refused peace at Cliatillon: I disdained all
personal stipulations at Waterloo ; and why?
because all this had no reference to my coun-
try, and I had no ambition distinct from hers
—-that of her glory, her ascendancy, her ma-
'esty. And there is the. reason that, in spite
ofso many calaiiiities, I remain so popular a-
mong the French. It is a sort or instinct of
after-justice on their part.
‘ Who in the world ever had greater treas-
ures at his disposal ? I have had many hun-
dred millions iti my vaults many other linii—
dreds composed niy domainc dc £’e.rtraordi~ii.-
rt-ire; all these were my own. VVliat is be
come ofthem ? They were poured out in the
distresses ofthe country. Let them contem-
ilate me here: Ireinain destitute upon my
rock. My fortune was wholly in that ofFranc—e.
In the extraordinary situatioti to which fate
had raised me, my treasures were hers :I had
identified niyselfcoinpletelywitli her destinies.
What other calculation was consistent with
the height I had risen ‘to? VVasI ever seen
occupied about my personal interests? I ne-
ver knew any other enjoyment, any other
riches than those of the public ; so much so,
that when Josephine, who had a taste for the
arts, succeeded undertlie sanction ofiiiy name
hi acquiring some master-pieces, though they
were in my palace, under my eyes, in family
apartments, they oli'ended me ; I thought my-
self robbed : they were not in the Mu.seum..
‘ Ali ! the French people undoubtedly did
much for me ! more than was ever done be-
fore for man ! But at the same titne, who ever
did so nnicli for them ? \Vho ever identifietl
liiniselfso much with them in the same man-
ner? But to return: after all, what could be
their fears? Vllere not_ the cliambers and the
new constitution sufficient guarantees for the
future? Those additional acts, against which
so tnucli iiitlignation was expressed, did they
not carry iutlieiiiselves their own corrective-
remedies that were infallible? How could]
have violated them? I had not myself millions
of arms—-I was but a man. Public opinion
raised me tiponcetiiore ;public opinion might
easily put me down again ; and compared
with this risk, what had I to gain ?
‘ But as to surrounding states (I speak par-
ticularly as regards England,) what could be
her tears, herjealousies? We inquire in vain——
With our new constitution, our two chambers,
had we not adopted her creed for the future?
Was not that the sure. means of coming to a
nnitnal tinderstatiding, to establish in future
a coniintiiiity of interests ? The caprice, the
)3SSl0l'lS oftlieir rulers, once fettered, the iii-
tcrests of the people move on without ol;5-tacle,
in their iiatural course. Look at the niercliants
ofhostile nations; they continue their inter-
course, antl ptirstie their business, however
their government may wage war. The two
nations had arrived at that point. Thanks to
their respective Parliaments, each was be-
come the guarantee for the other ; and who
could tell to what extent the union of thetwo
nations and of their interest might be carried.
Iain certain that on the establishitient of our
two chambers and our constitution, the Minis-
ters of England had in their hands the glory
and prosperity oftlieir country and the welfare
ofthe world. Had I beaten the English army,
and won my last battle, I would caused a great
and happy astonislnnent; the following dav I
would have proposed peace, and for once it
would have been lwho scattered benefits with
a prodigal hand. Instead of this, perhaps
the English will one day have to lament that
they were victorious at Waterloo,
Irepeat it, the people and the sovereigns
were wrong; Ihad restored thrones andhaii
inoffensive nobility ; and thrones and nobility
may again find themselves in danger. I had
fixed and consecrated the reasonable limits of
the people’s, rights: vague, peremptm-y, ‘amt
undefined claims may again arise.
‘ Had my return, my establisliment on the
throne, my adoption, been freely acquiesced
in by the sovereigns, the cause of kings and
the people would have been settled ; both
would have gained. Now they are again to
try it; both may lose. They might have con-
cluded every thing ; they may have every thing
to begin again; they might have secured a
long and certain calm, and already begin) to
enjoy it: and instead oftliat a spark may now
be sufficient to re-produce an universal con-
flagration ! Poor weak humanity.’
-.»gQQ«..
Mtsaicxu COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
The sixth annual meeting of this Society
was held in \Vasliington City, on the goth of
February... The Report states that the friends
ofthe Society are tiiorc numerous than at any
former period. The number of settlements
in Africa is about 130. The settlement is at
Montscrado, and has been named Liberia, A
vessel has- been chartered and will soon sail
from Baltimore, with a number of Colonists.
The following extract ofa letter from an a-
cent ofthe Societyhto the Board of Managers,
_will”bei-earl with interest. ,lt,is.tiaterl Mont-
serado, September, 189.19..-Religious Intell.
7 The-whole Ca.pev(by:Cap,é"If‘niean a pro-
montory of..4 miles in extent,).is nearly__e-
qual elevation" tlirougliout‘ the wliole extent,
I‘Ul)nIng.IlI,3_N. Westeijly ari'd,S,. Easterly di-
rection, and teijtiiinatIng,in atlouble, or bifur-
.cated ‘point. -The" river fwa'sli‘es' the N. side-of
this promontory two miles‘ before it falls into
the sea ; and its width front the river and sea
on the N. side to the ocean South, is from 2
miles to 3-4 mile. The acclivity from the N.
side is abrupt, the descent towards the South,
gentle, and nearthe sea contains an excellent
tract of table land. The whole of this ’C'ape.,
except the alluvial table land on the south side
is of volcanic origin. Two kinds ofstones on-
ly are found; and these‘ are abundant. The
first is lava, in a state of partial decomposi-
tion, and exceedingly friable. The other is
of the limestone species, and almost incapa-
ble of being split or reduced, with the heavi-
est lianiiners.
The wood on the Cape is as lofty, and near-
ly as heavy as that of our sturdiest forests in
America. On the table lands it is lighter.-—
Sonie extensive tracts, coutaiiiiiig a rich soil
are nearly covered with brush wood.
it in a day. VVhole forests here are strongly
bound together, and rendered nearly or quite
impervious by a profusion of rank vines ofall
sizes ; some nearly astlarge as a small cable,
which creep, wind, and intertwine'witli other
trees and themselves in all possible directions.
Often a dozen trees must be separated front
their trunks before one can be brought to the
ground.
Fish, in the rivcr’s motitli arelvery numer-
ous,especially intlie dry season : many ofthem
are large—all that 1 have seen, excellent.
Every day I bless anew that favoring Prov-
idence, which eventually led your Agents to
establish the Settlement ofCape Monts ado.
Not an hour havel spent here without feel-
ing the refreshing and saltitaryinfluences ofa
l'rt-‘sli breeze from the ocean. ’I‘lie Settietiieiit
can never be without it. \Vlien coinfortable
habitations are built, a foreigner would endan-
ger his health by axresidence here, no more
tliaii by spending the same time in sailing
down the coast. ‘
I will only say of the licaltliiness of Mont-
serado, that no situation in "Western Africa
can be more salubrious. The sea air does all
that can be done for it in this clitiiate. One
peculiarity is, that the night air is nearly as
pure as any other. The fevers with which
our company lias_ been visited, have all been
nearly of the same type ; quotici ll] and tertian
intermittent; ratlierof the putrescent tlian,in-
llainiiiatory character; commonly gentle in
degree, and easily subtlued by reiiiedies.—
Such has been the cliaracter ofthe sickness
so far. The violent sytnptonis of the Sher-
bro fever, have not, in a solitary case, mani-
festetl themselves. _ _
The rapidity and luxtiriaiice of vegetation
here, the natives of temperate latitudes can
scarcely imagine. I distributed a few liaiid-
fulls of garden seeds on landing. Tliree days
after, application was made to me for more
seeds, and I was informed that those first dis-
tributed were above the ground. A crop of
beans now on the ground, grows, without sup-
porters, 8 1-92 feet high. The pods are on an
average, eleven inches long. The seed was
brought from America. Ifthe season he not
too far advanced for planting, it will be the
fault ofthe Colony, iftliey are ever without the
greatest abundance and variety of vegetables.
I am very sorry to state that we have clear-
ed and planted but a small quantity of land.
It was the first object of our attention to un-
load the" brig. Before this was completed,
that troublesome man, George, began to col-
lect his forces, and obliged us to employ the
.wliole of our little forcein constructing fortifi-
cations, uiountiiig our guns, and patrolling
the woods. Such are our eniployments at
this date (6th Sept.) But we have now iiear-
ly completed our fence works; and I intend,
with God’s help, to put the people inimetliatc—
ly on clearing and planting. A plen1il’nl sup-
ply of vegetables, I believe, are secured to
the present and any probable additional num-
ber of settlers that may cmneont. But anmh
er jear iinist come round before we can cnlti
vatc rice and Indian corn enough to supply
the settlement with bread.
It will perhaps be expected that I say some
thing of the character and disposition of the
people. The old stock, it is well known, have
nndergoiie so many siftings that few unwm-.
thy cliaracters can be supposed to remain,
This I believeto be the fact. Some of then,
Iwoiild coiilideiitly class with the most do.
serving ofiiien. Inrloleiice, and a disposition
to consider the Society as under a sort of ob-
ligation to do all for them without any other
return than their consenting to live, and fish,
and hunt, and barter, in Africa, are fimlt,
which infect a few of the young, men. Tile
most effectual steps have been taken to Cor-
rect this evil. Tli_e Society may rely on its
cure, if possible, by inspiring better ideas; if
necessary, by dropping the implicated indi-
viduals from the Society’s lists. Nothing is
lost to the strength ofthe Settlement by the
disinissioii of persons ofthis description. Take
their rations. and you may hire three-fold the
labor to be done by natives, which they coup}
render. But I have found much more to ap-
plaud than to censure in these people. Oi
those recently arrived, the -best hopes may be
entertained, iudttstry, sobriety, atitl piety,cliar-
actcrizestlieiii generally. There is, Ifear,
one lazy individual among them; and one,
who, for a mis-step committed here, has had
his name erased from the colonists, anti only
resides in the Settlement by suffrage.
The inquiry will be made, what does the
Colony now need from liotne ? Ireply—-Tliey
aieabundaiitly supplied with tools for 1 year,
(I mean those present) they have a fertile
country before them. These are the main
poitits. They have also every otlicruece.~sar_v
for six inontlis. What we shall soonest need.
will be some domestic and cheap woollen
goods, for coats, and two or three hogslieads
oflorig leafed tobacco, to buy rice, goats, &.c.
from the natives. Owing to the infancy ot
the establishment, and my anxiety to make
improveinents,\ve are obliged to ctiiploy more
native laborers, than would otherwise be ex-
pedient. We get tlieui for about four ounces
.of raw tobacco is day, they finding themselves.
The construction ofthe fort, will swallow up
a great amontitof theirlabor. But it is a work
which cannot be dispensed with. Till we have
llr We shall every Week be liable to suffer in-
terruption and insults. Wlieu completed, I
fully believe, not. a dog will move his tongue
against us.
‘large guns over and posted, in differenbposi-‘
‘in 50 or 80 miles of us, who can arm properly,
Our.
force here can clear for planting, ten acres of’
I-am informed fltlll‘ Ileorge has collected a’
small force, say of 100 men, and intended to
attack its the _very night before we got our
lions,‘ in and near the Settleiiient: and that
this circumstance entirely deterred him f_rorii
the destgn ; as it was. inipossible to bring a‘
man within cannon shot ofthe Settlement.
The fact shows how necessary a commanding
position, mounted with a.good battery of grins,
is to our safety and quiet, and how effectual
it would prove to this end.
The Gentlemen of the Board will expect,
me to say sonietbing of the hostility oftheiial
lives. There is ii_ot a king or head man, with-
:30 men. They are cowardly in the extreme,
and have little controul over their inen. Be-
sitlcs, there is the same jealousy and political
sellisliness existing among them, which has
served so niticli to check the accuniulation of
power, and the prosecution_ of their ambitions
schemes,atiiong the tlifferentstates of Europe.
Not one of tliem, I fear, but is made tip of
perfitly, and wholly governed by his immedi-
ate views of interest. But most think it for
their interest to let us alone, and suffer us to
create them a market for the surplus produce
ofthe country. Hundreds hope to teach their
children English, and some of the arts of civ-
ilization, through our means. Others have
it terrific conception of our power, anti that of
our nation. Besides, no schemes of war, can
be contrived without coming to our ears for
weeks before they can ripen. Troops ofpeo-
ple cotne in from all the surrounding country,
with rice, goats, fowls, and vegetables daily.
They let us know all they hear, and foolish
enough, much ofit is too. All the movements
ofthe natives must be first agreed upon in a
noisy and protracted ‘palaver.’ It is morally
certain, we shall not be taken by them on sur-
prise; and with God’s blessing, no forcetliey
can raise, will much injure us, if prepared for
them. The general measures ofthe Society,
ought not, I beg leave to say, to be in the least
affected by the possible hostilities ofthe tia-
tives. “re use every precaution to guard a-
gainst surprise, and employ every means of
defence in our power ; and then lie down at
night and sleep with as little apprehension of
danger, as we should in Aiiierica.
A good Missionary, a good School Master,
and a good Scliool-mistress, are more wanted
here, than I fear, I can make the Board ima-
gine. Asitle from the most important ofall,
the interests of‘ the colonists, there is tiota
point in which our condition would not helm-
proved, materiully improved, by these instruct-
ors. I wish they might all be judicious, able,
and pious white people.
From the Christian Mirror.
ACCOUNT or Asitic.tn1:it_.
This celebrated man isa Hotteritot ofSoutli
Africa. He was for souie time in the service
ofa boor, or Dutch farmer, within the colony
ofthe Cape of Good Hope, and was frequent-.
ly employed in attending to his cattle at a=dis-
tance from home. The boot instructed him
and his sons in the use of fire-arnis, and sent
them out to rob for him on plundering expe-
ditions against the defenceless natives ofthe
interior. At length the buslitnen robbed a
farmer in the neighbourhood, of cattle; and
Africaner’s master who held a subordinate
military command, ordered him and his sons
to pursue them. They refused to obey, and
the master proceeded to flog one of the sons.
A contest ensued, in which the master, his wifef
and child, were killed. Africaner fled over
tlie Great River, to North Namaqua land, and
became an independent plunderer. His sons
made an incursion upon the colony, murdered
a boor aml at bastard Hottentot, and took a-
way many cattle.
When the Missionaries of the London So-
ciety settled in that region, Africaner came
with his family, and took up his residence
near them. For some time, he behaved peace-
ably ; but was afterward the cause of ruin to
the whole settlement.
The robber’s sons dared not visit Cape town
themselves, fearing they should be apprehend-
ed for iiiurder. They hired a Hottentot to
take oxen thither for them, and purchase a
ivziggtiii. In the colony, the oxen were taken
from him by a boor to \vhotii he was in debt,
anti he returned without thetn. The sons of
Africaner murdered him, to avenge their loss.
This occasioned a war, in which the friends
of the murdered man employed assistance
from Nainaqnas, residing at the missionary
station, and received it. Africaner was in-
censed, and threatened destruction to the set-
tlement. He made an attack upon it, carried
.,fi'their cattle and other property, and caused
the dispersion of_the missionaries and their
people. Another settlement also was broken
up, in conseqiience of this event, and ofthe
threats ofthe robber to attack them also.
Thus this man of blood and rapine had be-
come the terror ofthe coniitry. He lived by
plunder, and scrupled not to adopt any means
to secure his prey. The lives ofmen were in
his view indifferent as the lives ofbeasts, and
murder had become his familiar practice.-
His hand was against the natives, the boors,
and the servants of Christ. Men, d--sperate
in wickedness like himself, resorted to hini,aiid
his clan became powerful. He had one spe-
cial mortal enemy, Berend, a Griqua captain.
On one ocfiasion they and their‘ followers
fonglitagainst each other 5 days in succession.
When Mr. Campbell wasinAfrica,.in I813,
inspecting the missionary stations, he sent Af-
ricaner a few presents with a conciliatory let-
ter. For a long time, no one was daring e-
nough to convey them. At length they re.icli-
r.-d him ; and soon after Mr. Albrecht took his
life in his hand, and made the ferocious chiet
a visit. The tiger was softened, and conclud-
ed peace with the missionaries_. He even re-
quested that one ofthem should come and re-
side with him. Mr. Ebner went, and the
spirit of God went with him. He witnessed
very remarkable displays of divine grace a-
mong the robber’s people, and ere long bap-
tized two of his sons. The stout heart ofAf-
=icaner himself was subdued, and he sat at the
feet ofClirist. Said he, ‘I am glad that I an
delivered. I have long enough been the horse
of the devil, who employed tne in his service;
but now I am free front his bondage. Jesus
has delivered me. Him will Iserve; and with
him will Iabitle.’ His kraal became a mis-
sionary station, and is called Jerusalem.-—
Five years ago, forty had been baptized, and
I00 attended public worship.
Berend had been converted a few years be-
fore his enetiiy. Mr. Campbell in his second
visit, had the satisfaction of meeting them
both, worshipping under the same tent, and
\
mlich feeling. Berend engaged ‘in prayer,
"and Africancr knelt at his side. They are,
says Mr..C. ‘ both judicious, excellent Chris-
tians. They are now kings, fathers, and :priests
in their doinestic connexions. They -instruct
their faniilies,.preside_ aiiiorigi-tlie peoplein _the.
absence of the;missionaries,and breathe noth-
ing but peace on-earth and good will to’ men.’
We ‘should be glad to know what infidelity
can say--to instances like these ;-“and how op-
posers of missions can dispose of them, con-
sistently with their scheme. The facts are
beyond dispute ;, and to us they are an evident
fulfiliirent of divine predictions. ‘The wolf
also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leop-
ard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf,
and the young lion, and the falling. together,
and a little child shall lead tlietn.’ ‘
‘There is an elasticity in the human mind
capable ofbearing iiuicli, but which will not
show itself, until a certain weight of affliction‘
be put upon it ; its powers may be compared
to those vehicles whose springs are so contriv-
ed that they get on smoothly enough when
loaded, butjolt confoundedly when they have
nothmg to bear.’ . .
EJ3ample.—Never lose’ sight of the power-2
ful influence of example, and be careful in the
management ofyour concerns, to recommend’
by your own personal ititeicst, nniforin habits
nfartive, interested, and p'erscverin'g diligence,-‘
to those in your eiuploy. I -
-onegflaqu _ -
FOR THE l;xzi:'r'i'E.
INTEMPERANCE.
Perhaps no evil with which we are acquaim.-.
ed is ofinore pernicious consequences to the
community or individuals, than the excessive
use, or rather abuse, ofardent spirits. A very
laudable ambition has prevailed "for some time
past, among the moralists of our day, to dis-
countenance this brutish vice ; but .it is a sub-
ject of sincere regret, that notwitlistanding all
that has been said and done by tliem,the dire-
ful malady is still increasing. It’ must not,
however, be presumed that intemperance is to
be exclusively applied to the sot who is riot-
ing over the deadly contents of the bowl, and
wasting his time and money, and ruining his
constitution, at the tavern or grog-shop. The
man who suffers his passions or appetites to
gain the ascendancy over his reason a_nd judg-
ment, and to lead him into any excesswhat-
ever, is intemperate. Should we cast an eye
for a moment at the evils which originate from I
the immoderate prevalence of female visitiiig -
or tea-parties, we might find inteniperance .
making more desolating havoc with our in-
comes, and increasing pauperism more rapid-
iy, than even tippling and drunkenness. See
that young man, with his amiable partner,.
launching into the cares and concerns of do-
iiiestic life: how soon is be involved in debt,
unable to meet his engagements, and either
thrown into prison, banished pennyless into
the wilderness, or obliged to resort to some
fraudulent or infamous means, to keep pace
with his fashionable neighbors. But whence
'3 a” ll“? _Wh.Y 3' have we not seen his house
tlironged with company, and his companion
exerting every faculty to outdo all in the pomp
and splendour of the tea-board, disdaining to
estimate the expense, and doubly compensa-
ted by being coinplirnetited on the style and
elegance ofher accommodations? Have we
not seen her fitted out with the amount of six
months labour thrown upon her, in order to
adorn her person, and to purchase the idle
compliinent ofbeing fashionable,or to vie with
othe.rs in extravagance and folly P My pm.
sent design will not allow me to draw the con-
trast between the evils of drinking spirits to I
excess, and that oftea;-parties, with their pre-
requisites and conconiitauts; sufiice it to say.
that whilst the. former tends more to degrade
the morals and impair the constitution, the
latter preys upon the purse in a tenfold pro-
portion, and it is to be feared that the im- ,.
inense sacrifices made to this fashionable idol
are bringing destruction on our heads more
rapidly than would war or famine,
[Here our correspondent takes tip the cause
ofthe venders ofspiritotis liquors, and endeav-
ors to defend them from the charges often,
(and we.believejustly) preferred against them,
tor causing the ruin of many a hopeful youth,
and destroying the happiness of many ititio-
cent families ; and supports his argument by
asking iftlie intemperance ofa king should be
charged upon his cup-bearer. He seems to
discard the idea oflicences, and says, ‘ when
we bind the conscientious trader not to sell his
liqtiors until he is sure a good use will be made
ofthem, we mustbind the farmer not to sell
his ‘grain until he is sure it will not be distill- ‘
ed ; the cooper not to sell his casks, the glass-
factor his bottles and glasses, and so on, till it
would extend to all classes of citizens,“and
strike a deatli-blow to all commercial dealing.’
' He next states (as follows) what he conceives
-to be ‘the only remedy that can be of any util-
ity iii this desperate case?)
To suffer our country to be overflowed or '
inundated with one contitiiial deluge of ardent
spirits, whose surging waves are, as it were,
flowing into everv street and lane, and dashing
against every _man’s door, and at the same
time to prohibit the use of it by the inliabi-
tants, is an attempt fraught with folly and ini-
lJ0.0lllty.. '1‘o depend upon the retailers of
this article as being capable of laying. a re-
straitit upon the appetites of their fellow citi-
zens, or assuuiiiig suflicient authority over .
the minds oftlieir neighbors to dictate them -
in their desires or diet, is like asking the mil-
ler, the baker, or the butcher, to control the
iniiiioderate gormandizer, or the insatiable
gltitton, or-accoiiiit for his extravagant sallies. ‘
Utterly impracticabe will it be found to
check the consumption ofardent spirits intliis
country, whils' the present encouragement is
afforded to its importation and distillation.-—
It is self evident that if noiria‘ was imported or V
d s illed, the calamity would cease ; and ifon-
ly one halfof the present quantity were to be
introduced one half of-the evils would be rem-
edied. might as Well put fire into pow-
der and tell it not to btirn, as to fill our coun-
try with this article and order the people not-
to use it. Let heavy duties be imposed on
the importation and distillation of ardelt spi-
rits; atitl when it shall cost the ctiiisuiiiefstwice
as much as it now does, they cannot, in gen-
eral, be able to obtain but half their present
quantity: and let ,tbe revenue thus raised be
applied to redeenitliem from, other taxes.-
The evil ofiiiteiiiperate drinking is an exten-
site, a national evil, and requires the immedi
ate and direct authority ‘ofa nation to retnove
it in any degree; and to place the burden on» V
the shoulders of individtial__ retailers, exhibits
receiving_the glad tidings of the gospel with
a high degree ofwe-akness and inconsistency.
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