UOMKSTir Lovr.
I’ve niiiij'lcd ill the wiM delights.
Tilt* revels of the festive tlironf.f.
Indulged in fanc\’s fonilest flights,
And chased the i)liuiiti)in, Pleasure, long;
P!ven from a gay and giddy boy,
1 strove to drown each carc with glee,
But n«ver, never, tasted joy,
Till found, Domestic Love, in thee.
Tlie bright romance of fervid youth.
The glwry of those goldt n days,
>Vhen love’s sweet in.age passed liice truth
Herself before my rapturous gaze ;
ffhe luxury of cacli dear clay dream.
Hy warm anticipation wove,
In all their fragrant freshness seem
Concentrated in Domestic Love.
Tliis peaceful home—these fervent friends.
These budiliiig blossoms of my line,
With whom my vcrv being blends.
Whose destiny and hopes are mine ;
If there’s a I’aradia* on earth,
A joy below like joys above,
It glows around tbe social hearth
Of home and dear Domestic Love.
\v;.y til (I>c throne of Polai.il. Wliicliof
our iormcT I’rusiilcijts or their opjio-
neiits I'vor c;imL* |)cr«!onally rorwiud,
avowed t!n.'m‘(?lvcs -camliilatcs and o-
penly clcctioneonul? I'.ven Aaron Hiiri
would have blushed at such an act ; yet
Andrew Jackson has done it. AVhen
J succcsslc'ii t)cu:rc: nic, l yraui
nl Lovo'.id
Mixing togctlu r pr«>Ht anti dcliglit.
[F>oni the Ncw-York Courier.
Seale of llesiJtctubUity.—It is a matter
of curious invesiiKaiion, to pxainiiie th«
I pyramid, oiich toweiin"; niore loft}
than tho other,—while all were out-
I tojipcd in i^randeur by one, iipon whose
i .summit the moon seemed to rest, ss on
he resigns his iieat in the Senate, he says 'iisiincii*»us whitli society lias made a-
'lis because lie shall he a candidate at | •non^'st the diflVrcMit trades and profes-
©rCstnnl.
you TUK CATAWDA JOLBNAI..
PRESIDENTIAL —NO. II.
iiitor ultra crejniiatn—Let the Cuhhlcr dick to
his last.
If we have a cause in court or a sick
child, we immediately ajjply to the
oldest and ablest lawyer or physician.
"Wv all admit that the science of p;ov-
ernment is equally dilTicult with that of
the Law or Aledicine.—Would it not
be as absurd to place the soldier in the
desk of the Statesman, as to call in the
lawyer to see a sick ohihl ? Is ours a
government of Peace and of Laws, or
is if a despotism at war with all the
wc rid ? If it is the former, place a man
of peace, possfc.‘>sing a jirofoutui knowl
edge of tl'.c laws of all nations, at the
helm. If the latter, who niore fit to
fill the chair than Andrew Jackson?
AUhoufih we admit that {government is
a science only to he acquired by study ;
jillhoujjh we cannot hut be sensdjle that
Gen. Jackson never addicted himself to
study of ar.y kind, and that his talents
and g;enius are altogether military ; still
how many ol us arc there w’ho. from
admiration of his achievrments, of a few
weeks only, are willing to surrender
to his keeping our liberties and lives.
But we are told, there is no other way
to show him our gratitude :—remen)her
lhf‘ fable of the slork and the fox, who
having thri^ugh his greediness stuck a
bone in his throat, requested the stork
to thrust lier long neck down and ex
tract it; wl.ileinthe act of doing which,
lie bit ofl’her head. We owe General
Jackson no gratitude beyond a certain
measure, and that measure has been
filled to the brim. We have iorgivcn
him the infr:.ctionof all laws, human and
divine ; wo have upheld him against a
neutral power, whose territories he had
inviuled ; we have pardoned him for the
useless slaughter of our citizens and the
abrogation of our laws ; we have filled
his cc'flers with wealth and crowned him
with laurel. Is all this nothing And
yet ue are persuaded by his partizans
to thrust our heads info the lion's mouth,
only to show the wx)rld how tame he is.
If he will a«pire to the ivy, let him first
merit it. God forbid that we endan
ger our liberties out of nure wanton-
rifss, or make the physician our lawyer,
in sheer gratitude.for his success in the
pr;ictice of medicine.
Ti'.at Gen. Jackson is brave, no body
tU rnes; but is bravery an essential qual-
it\ in the pfjiicel'ul ruler ol a republic at
pet.ee with all the world 'I’hat he is
finn ;H'id resolute, we all admit ; hut is
nothing wai.ting hut bravery and lirm-
nrs's in a President? 'i'hat he is prompt
and energetic is conceded, and that he
is a considerable tactician anr! a greater
ii;ciicral, iili, the world knows ; but i
j^ruy yoUv aro bravery, and firmness,
and rt'solutidn, and promptitude, and
energy, and the other great (jualities of
J» great general only, essential requisites
in a Fn'sident of the I’nited States ?
I»J\ [ihysician can talk with the best—
he can exjiatiate as long on the quali
ties of rhuharb and calnmcl as John
Kan.lol[)h upon any thing~or nothing ;
nevertheless, he shall never plead my
cause in court. It really seems to me,
that the conviction is iilesistihl' that
Ceil. Jackson is Mantii’g in a knou 1-
iedge of mankind and their institutions;
in a mind calculated for a multiplicity
of business, in moderation, in jusiice, in
mercy, and above all, in self-govern*
mer.t, iti so great a degree as to unfit li/m
for the cilice t f ruler of a free people,
liesides, he has broken over all prececient
and set at deliance all decorum in his
UKinner of electioneering. One w’ould
almost suppose hi^ 'a Siani; laus, by
turns briUIFg and by t\irns fighting his
th* next election of President. I believe
he resigned that |)ost to keep himself as
much as possible from collision with
greater men, whereby his own weak
ness would the more readily be discov-
ed, and because he well knew that we
would never believe that lie who made
hut an indilierent figure in the*Senate,
could shine at the head of the govern
ment. Whata pity but he had forhisowi.
sake, at least, been as cautious in his
Carter Beverly tiansaction, anil in his
accusation ofJ\lr. Clay; both of which
go to shew a disposition like that of
Sylla, deeply imbued with susj>icion
and jealousy. There is one anecdote
wl'.ich renders it very doubtful to me
whether Gen. Jackson’s great object in
seeking the Presidency with so much
avidity, is not the same with that of
Marins in seeking his seventh con
sulship, to wit, personal revenge. At
the close of the war, when Gen. Jack
son wason his way from Ncw-Orleans to
Washington, llte citizens of Nntcliez
gave hiniand his lady a ball at the Frank
lin Hotel. It can be attested by several
gentlemen now living, that Gen. Jack
son, after a parade of oaths, then very
common with him, declared most pos
itively that Judge Hall, who had fined
him at New-Orleans, should lose his of
fice or he would not sutler his bones to
he buried in the United States. Among
the gentlemen present on this occasion,
were •omeof his stafl' and many of the
most respectable citizens of Natchez,
1 whose names, if necessary, can be men
tioned. Now, fellow-citizens, I ask is
I any man worthy the oiTiceof Presidei\t,
I who could thus rashly,swear away ti\e
I place of a Judge, becnusc he had don»‘
i what he thought his duty.’ Judge Hall
I still holds 1 is commission. Whether
! he would long hold it, were Andrew
i Jack« )n President, is very doubtful.
While upon the detail of Gen. Jack-
I son’s charactef, let me advert toanoth-
! er occurrence which I know to be true,
which I do not recollect to have seer
I elsew here mentioned, and which t/mu
! S(/m/s can testify to the truth ol’. Alte’
I the Diitish had retired froni below New
{Orleans, the passes by which tl.i-y hal
I escaped, as well as all others in the v.'-
icinityof the city, were strictly gua;-
led. The city militia were generaly
(letaileH for this duty. Two youig
'merchants, of high rcspeetaLiility, Id'l
the statio'ns of the picket guard and
! turned for a few minutes into to\’n.
Let it be recollected,'that they had bfMi
retained at the same jiost for more tian
a week; that they wer** lately' marrijd ;
their wives and property in the ;ity
were unprotected by friends ; the city
literally thronged with the Kentmky,
Tennessee, JMisiiissippi and Louiiuna
militia ; that the pass at which « stong
])icket, of which they composed a part,
was the same at which tbe HritisI had
debarked, andthat itwasknown tc eve
ry drummer in the ranks that the enemy
harl taken to their shipping and let lake
Borguc; and tiome palliation vvouU seem
to be found for this enormo ns crime,
e.specially as they returnel to tltir du
ty in less than two hours from tieir de
parture. Who but would nd have
winked at the transaction ? y. these
men were arrested, thrown ino irons,
tried by a court martial as obequious
as that which mocked Arbntlncit and
Ambrister with hnrdly' the lorn of »rial,
sentenced to be sh«t and thatsontence
ordered to he carried Into exiJuti(jn on
a distant day by the comnander in
chief. Fortunately for these victims,
and fortunately too, for the lero of the
«Mght h of Januai y, the ticws f peace ap
proached ami they' were notimmolatc'.l
it the shrine of military dcpotifim. I
would ask .'ill thinking men, and I desire
no communion with any hu those who
do think, at least when tlier dearest in
terests arc concerned,) wliither a man
^vhose character has been unnifornilv
marked, frowi childhood to>ld age, with
evei y trait oikviolence and laibition, with
a total wantof a)>plicationto every spe
cies of business, but the rade of arms
only, IS not properly st^'Ul a “Military
Chieftain;”—and whetlK*, even setting
ftside the danger of the n'ecedent, and
his still more dangerom attachment to
a military life, the multliriou» conccrns
of the nation must nc iitevitably be
deranged by entrustiig them to his
management?
1 •iioni'St
?ions. “ A saint in crape is twice a saint
Ml lawn,” says Pope; and yet he teiJs us
that “ honor and shame from no condi-
lion rise tbe latter is true by the Ium s
of nature; tlie former, by the usage of
society. Whether ajuwyer is more res
pectable than a doctor, or a merchant
ihan a farmer, is a question that is not
yet settled by her high mif;htincss, Fash
ion—but wiih res|)tct to the drlVerent
j.nrsuils of trade, she has drawn the dis-
linciions, havinjj cotisulted neither rea
son nor rhyme, and governed solely by her
i(wn whims. A butcher, for instance, is
considered by society as siijjcrior to a
baker—arid why, in the name of all ihat’s
edil>Ic ? Th y both cater for the appe
tite of man—one furnishes the slaugl.ier-
ed calf, and the other t lie generouj grain,
which alike support life—one deals in
lire and the other in sword—are they not
on a par ? A shoi'maker is more rcs-
()cctal>ie than a cobbler—why? one makes
jour shoes and the other mends them—
tlu'V both use awls anti wax’d-cnds—
where'is thc'^ditVcicnce Is a hattei
more fXalted than the tailor The otn
(Mncrs “the dome of thoiiglit, the pal-
•uce of the soul !” his vocation iscertain-
1\ ol the head—he sufmounts the crowvj y
—but then the tailor adorns the graceful
form and manly ciirst—the waistcoat that
he i:ir.kcs covers the heart, the seat ol
sensation and the aliode of passion. He
makes you either a gentleman or a clown,
accDrding to his will—you are at his
mercy with rt gard to the fit ofyour hab
iliments and theelTect ofyour appearance
in Broadway—thus extensive is his pow
er, and is not power respectability ? A
ll*
a pedestal.—Drawing near to the shore,
which was sulliclcntly elevated to raise
this city of monuments above the level
of the inundation, I lifted my oar, anil
let the little boat rock idly on the water,
while my thoughts, lelt C(iually without
direction, fluctuated as idly. How va
rious and vague were the dreams that
then passed through my mind—that
bright vision of the temple mingling it
self with all ! Sometimes she stood
hcfor») me, like an aerial spirit, as piire
as if that element of music and jight, in
to which I had seen her vanish, was her
only dwelling—Sometimes, animated
with pasjilon, and kindling into a crea
ture of earth, sheseemed to lean towards
me witii looks of tenderness, which it
were worth worlds, but for one inslani,
to inspire ; and again—as the dnik fan
cies, that ever haunted me, recurred,
— I saw her cold, j)arclied and blacken
ing, ami«l the gloom of those eler.Tal se
pulchres before me !*’
Mr. Ai)erriethv in an anatomical lec-
tijre lately said—“ If there be a great
increase of medical gentlemen in t!ie
profession, I am perfectly cofiiident
that there is a proportionate increase of
disease. Diseases that were rnrely met
with, but very rarely’met with indeed,
when I was-a youngster, are now of ev
ery day occurrence!” Eng. Paper.
From the Ncw-York Obsfrvcr.
DEISM Lr yj: (r- york.
It is peihaj)s not generally known,
that a regularly organized I’lub is iu
[existence in tliis city called th« Free
I Piess Association. One dollar as en-
miWincr is more respected in society than
a mantaumaker~ihe one makes hais and | trance money, and twenty-hve cent?
he other makes dresses—wiiy is a she
matter greater than a she tailor ? Why
is a grocer considered inferior to a seller
of drj^ goods ? is not a bottle of niusturd
a'j respectable as a yard of tape ? Is not
a pound of cheese as lionorable as a pa
per of pins—-a biincli of o io.is as a skein
of thread—is not sugar eqi al to Uroad-
clotli, and molasses to ginghams ? Cer
tainly.
Again, why is a saddler superior to a
shoemakt Tf covers the backs of
harses, while the lalttr covers the feet
r»f men—and is not the foot of lordly man
and lovely woman, an ohjPct of greater
moment than 'he back cf Kciipie himself.
How and v'/ii/ tiien are tlitse distinc
tions uiudc r It is easier to ask than to
ansvxcr the question; to do the latter
surpasses our wisdom. Hut are these
monthly, makes a nicmber. The funds
are applied to the suppoit cf n t>ee
press (}!S they term it,) to the purcha^^e
(>f books, &c. They have under their
diiection a weekly paper, with about
UOO subscribLrs. Its objVct is, to cast
eonteinpt on the Bible and its Divine
Author, and on all those, who believe
its iloetrines, and practice its precepts.
It contains, among other things, most
of the Lectures which are deliv«red
weekly b» fore the Chib.
On "the Sabbath, at 4 o’clock, P. M.
they assemble in a spacious room from
two to three hundred in number, in-
culding transient visiters. 'I’he meeting
is opened by anode, su.ng by the Club,
with the assistance of a few
a lew' females,
, . , , . "’-'o suUiciently divested them-
.l.s.nir K.ns,..».o,,al,,;a,uJ naunal? No. s.Ovcs of Ihc fcnr of God to ioin in such
Uolii-it llulusl'y IS ahke rtsppcuble in Tl,!o A.M 1 u
( very vocation. Tlic faitht'ul mason
who piles one brick upon another, is the ,
equal ol him who makes the bricks, oi i
a circle. I’hls is followed by written
Lectures, successively delivered by
two or three individuals, and then clos-
him who burns the iime which is usedanother one to the praise of
in making mortur. Tiie industrious me- j ^"•'’ture.
chanic is the prop of societj, and so long! Fiom attending one of these laeet-
as he labours diligently anfl honestly in iogs, it would be dillicult to ascertain
CfiHivatr of tht Soil.
~ rilAldi/.
To relieve the oppibsed is the most
glorious art a man iscrpiihle of^ it is in
some measure doing it busineis 8f God
uud Providcncc. ' * .
his vocation, he is entitled to respecta
bility, and he will receive it.
The Shawneetown Gazette, states thf
following iii!itance of adherence to mil
itary etiquette :
“I is understood that Maj. Gen. Dun
can, commanding the first division of
liiinois militia, und father of the Miiitia
Law, has refused to comply with the or
ders of the Governor, r. (juiring a portion
ol the militiu to be draf td and I.eld ii
readiness to march against the Indians,
because those orders were nm dated at
“//mr/ Clnarterst," and signed by him as
^^Cummufifkr iu Chitff” He wants the
country d Icnded smmdctn arteni or not at
all.”
THE CITV or THK DFAn.
There us, i > tlic north (d Memphis,
a siilitaiy liike (whit^b, nt this season
of the yciir, mingles with the rest
of the water^j upon w!iose shores si.inds
th(‘ Necropolis, or (Jity of the Dead
a j,lace of iiifLncholy grandeur covert d
withbhrincs and pyrnn'ids, where manv
a kingly he.-ul, proud-non in death, lor
Oiies waited thi resurreetion of its- glo
ries.. Through a range of sepulchral
grots uiHleriieath, the l.nirihle dcni-
zeiis of the tomb are depositiMi — look
ing out on car' succ\ssivc generation
that visits them with the same and
features they wo.e centuries ago. Kv-
ery plant and tree that is consecrated to
death, from the aspodel-llower to the
mystic phlitaln, lends ils .sweetness or
shadow to this plac« of tombs ; and the
only noise that disturbs its eternal.calm
is the low' hurnming gound of the pri^fsl.s
at prayer, when a *ew Inhabitant Is ad
ded to the silent city. It was towards
thi>> place of death that, in a mood of
mind as usual, half briglit, half gloomy,
I now, almost unconciously, directcii
my bark. 'I’he form of ti;e youn”-
priestess was continunlly before my
mind. Absorbed in such ti)ouc;lits I
rowed on, scared .knowing whither I
went, till, startled by fiiulirg nn'selt
within the shadow of th> City lifthe
Dead, I looked up at.U.saw rising in
what arc the precise sentiments of the
speakers. In two long and laboured
essays, there was not the slightest ac-
kt'ou U'tign.eni of the being of a God,
and, his name was only nientioned to be
treat(!(l with irreverence. Whether
thoir leaders are Deists or Atheists it
is hatd to say. iM uch of the speaker^s
strength was levelled against miracles.
Of these, and of prophecy, he could not
speak with composure^. All pretended
miracles, he said, were only tllght
ol-hard tricks, and ihoso who wroiM'ht
them «ere mere jugglers and iiv.po.storg.
ith the most, disdainful levitv, he
introduced anti repeated some verses
from Kx. chap. to illustrate, as he
supi>osed, tlie horrible effect of I^loses’
■'.nger, and the m.ilignsnt nature of the
Mosaic God. lie attKinptcd to prove
that religion was ojiposcd to moralitv,
!nid consequently injurious to society ;
torgetting to tell us'how happy France
wss, while weltering in blood ut.der the
inlluence of his system. The audience
in general, se(rmed to accord in the
speaker’s sentiments ; and those men of
such stupendous reason, and mightv
intellects, were ol'ten C'U.'ored in theiV
b(ddest invectives against Christians
and their Ciod. A consiiierahle portion
ol file Club were men of from dO to 60
years ol ago, whose oountenances indi
cated that but few of the lender sensi-
bilitiesof our nature remained to theni;
hut that they had become hardened in
sin,*and were ready for any enterprise
their master’s service. Other swereyoiin-
,men and boys ; who were thus’early
tnucht to rilicule that precious Book,
wli.oh has corileirjid such innumeraWe
blessings omhe cnilcircn.oK nun, and
that Divine bi;/viour who ha, gianted so
many ^consolatrons to hi« followers
tiiro’ ail the trials of and In the
soh nin hour of death. With such com-
lerts these men ar^l wholly unacfiuiiint-
u 1 heir boasted deity, which thei'
call N iturp, e^innot confer tRem • anli
itisgrently to be feared that they will
make the awful discovery* tcjo^klo; that
their GaJ and Saviour wl
have
li.-5pise>l >nd rijoctcj, h al,|,. i„
l« Ihe Utm05l, all the thrMI„i„g,
W ord. I 0 sec a worni of the dust
dying mortal thus trifling with all f’h,^
IS good and holy and lovely, and endea
vouringtodraw into there dreadful vortct
every one whom he can influence can
not fail toexdte pity and indignation in
every good ma^^s mind. Hut such men
there arc ia the midst of us, eoino
themselves and dragging others down
to perditicn, even while surrounded bv
all that blaze of evidonce which has so
clearly exhibited, and is now exhihitii)ff
the divine, authority of the Volunii
which they afl'ectto despise. p
From the (iobpci Messenger.
THE testimony OF AGE T^ RELIGION,
When an old man is advancing with
rapid steps through the vale of life, and
is approaching
“ : hat undiscovered country from whogc
bourne,
No travillor rotnrra,”
It Is delightlul to the feelings cf the
pious heart to see him supported and
cheered on his darksome road, by the
promises of the everlasting Gospel. ]f
is a source of exireme joy to every sin
cere professor of Christianity, la hear
it declared by aged men of high iiucN
lectual attainments, and of great person
al worth and experience, that all U eir
“ comfort, consolation, and strength.’^
in the warfare of llf.j, have been de'-;v-
ed from “ the dirlne eflicacy of relir.on
in the soul;” and that th'^e is ‘^no
thing as efficacious for cal.-iiing the pas-^
sions, which have been rufllt'd hy thr
concerns of this wav'Naj(i world,” “ af
faith in our divine .Saviotn.” Suchcic'
clarations should rouse iho inrerjsic'-
erate votary of the world to refloi i on
the hearts and conscienccs of such dis
tinguished persons, as Sii Maltiicw
Hale, John Locke, Sir Isirnc Newtnn,
Sir \\ m. Jones, Mrs. Trimmer, Mrs.
Hannah Moore, and a host cf othc:
jiious Christians of both sexes. And
when pe rsons cf sucli great worth ns
well as wisdom, become tborou^hlv
convinced of Christiarliy, and publickly
confcss in their lives and in their wri
tings, the indispensable obligation of
living in obedience to its requisitions, if;
it not worthy of the consideration of
every person, to inquire whether there
may not be more in the Christian reli
gion than they have hitherto suspccted.
And it there be, whether they' can an
swer to God, for their neglect of the
revelation which he has been gracious
ly pleased to make by his son.^
Tl'.e following testimony of anotlier
amiable and learned man, to the divine
elficacy of Christianity in promoting
human happiness, will be read with
interest. It is the confession of C/^m-
Itnn Furchtngutt GcUert, an eminent:
German poet, and professor of philoso
phy in the University of Lcipsic, who
died ill Dec. 17C9, in the 55th year of
his age.
“ Let me here be allowed,” said lie
to his friends and j)Upils a few years be
fore his death, “ to make uU inge nirvjs
confession. I have lived fifty ycnr;,
during which I have had Uiaiiy siiiijtcls
of joy’ ; but none of these have iHeu
more lasting, more innocent or iiiorc
satisfactory to my ticart, than those I
have sought and tasted in following tho
councils of religion, whose mild re
straints eaj.'tivated my soul : This I at
test to be the truth on my conscience.
I have lived ffty ytars^ and have ex
perienced many ^ifllictions, but I ncvc:
obtained more light in iny perplexities,
more comfort, more consolation, more
strength anrl courage in my troubles,
than what I derived tVom Religion ; and
this I attest on my conscionce. I Inve
fifty years., and have frequently
found myself on the borders ot the
grave, and I have exjiorienced that no
thing can help us to triumph over tlio
fears lif death, hut tlie divine cfTicary
of religion in our souls ; thit nothin':
so powerful in strengthening it in the.*;'.;
decisive moments, in which it secs it
self, not without emotion, on the e-:i-
lines of eternity ; and for Cidming
when our con.'science ri*>es up against u-%
there is nothing so efiicacious, as lait;)
in our divine Saviour and Redeemer
I nltest this as in the prcjencc ol Go'.!
0 ! it the testimony of « friend, of a ti:
tor, can have any rv;.'ighl with yo- •
if mine, my dear yoiin;; friends^ can
have any' influence over you, whencvt*
any j)resuir,ptuous rca*«oner wotiid
} (iu against the doclrincs of the
Scripturcs ; or when the inndel, i.(i\'
knowing how to tranquilize his f>v:i
mind, undertakes to extinguish in
a belief, the holi^ess of whieii
founds him—0 Chrlstain youth, 'c‘. l i-'
never find one cTmongst you, '.vho I'-l'
dare to despise the ni(>st excell''nt o' '
books and make it a subject of rrsil!'’ ■
Let the Scri[)tures be at .•'I! tiiiH-s ■■
object of your ver.ci^on , ;■
tutes you hnppir.tss on
cure: itirLlieiiT'^n ’’