-
From the mid Mu.:n‘jr)t of the •t{;c,
WY.W'Y.S.
is tlic lr,i.d wl.dc irrulilcs ccaso>
V licre toils un! tc;irs ;in* o’er ;
The stinnv climt' ofrc^t and pt-ace,
V !u re rari:s distract no more.
And not the shailo\» of distress
Uiins its un>uilied blcsMi-dness.
Mciiven is the home where spirits dwell
V hovandcr’d here n.vhile*,
Aiul “ seeing'things invisible,”
Departed with a smile
Tjhail, amid s.-piiU-hnl nipht,
The rooming ofeternul light.
Heaven is the everl.istintr throiio.
Where an|,'el‘; veil tlieir si^^lil;
■Whence He—the liijjh and Itoly One,
Thr'^iijrhoiit those rt alms of I k ht,
lliffu-.ei by one tiiri!lin>^ gl.incc
The ijlory of his countenance.
Heaven is tlie plane where .lesiis lircs '
'I'o ;)1( ad his ■lyinf,'' hlood,
Whde to his prayer^ the l ather ^nvott
.V ii unkii 'Wn niiiltitnde,
Viiose har| 8 .nul toiifcues, thro^^'h endlesdays,
hluill ci-own^s liead w itli sony s of prai:.c.
IJcav. n is the temple whilher prayer,
I'ron) saints on earth ascend'.;
The dwellini:>-of the Spirit, whence
I Ii>. influence descends j
I.ike heiveiilN dew, to eheer and hlcSS
His children in the wikh rncss.
lleav( nistlio dwelling' ph'.cc of joy,
The home of lii;-ht ami love,
lA here fuitli and hope in rapture die,
And ransom* d sonls above,
Drink in, besidt the eternal throne,
liliss everlasting' and unknown.
W. S. M.
Mixing' togetht r prt-f.t and delight.
TllK l.AIHI) or MAfNAJt.
Tho iitte Laird t)l Mactiab was the
la^l ic'lio >1 llif .‘Hiciciit, slcMi, Icu'l
«y>U'in—vrre uUimiis Oa/Zionifn.
Cl lief ()1 the U ihc, Cdii |j;ii (1 with wluch,
ill liis opiiiiofi, the (Jamphulls nml the
C nhanis wei’e as mushrooms, the worthy
laiid ackiiovvlodt^tMi no superior, not
even those whose heads wei e (lei’orat»;(l
with rr;al cowns. lle> jidssossed ex-i was sent
nicnala-'Hlp, nu(.l myself, gfio^ aounto'
honest lAiokio Merrylics's in the Can-
on^atc, just hy way o’ takin’ a freeiidly
^lass in hfT cjTiiiV liowfi.’ Jiy niy sauU
Ireemls we tiiii^iit weel be caM lor wf*
never crossr.d the outiiile o’ l^uckie s
door for (ive weeks! drittkin’ and
drinkiij’, till 1 wriI hae hjirdly thooht it
a iTiarvci ifwc had p;row'n into lish and
the very fins had come cot at our hacks.
Av ; J‘V* those were days indeed, and
braw oallants lived in them ! But lioo
Oich ! oich !”
Ill this lii}^ul)rious manner would the
jrood laird soliloquise, ever and anon
carry !it£j the I'lass to his mouth, atul now
aud then i)estowin^ a rueful ^huic*, on
his prostrate and det'cneinlc cronies
The following; anecdote exhibits the
mountain chiel'in all his territorial suj)-
reuiacy, and displays a lolty oml ma{;-
naiiimous contctnpt for the pfity pulti y
rc*>;uHtiwis established by tiie sous of
vtdirar trade.
Like tnany otiior proprietors of larne
I'ut unproductive estates, the Jj.iirdof
Macnnb was often under the necessity
of com|ji'omisiii^ hisdi«!;nity hy grantinf;
bills for his various purchases. 'I’hrse
bdls, for many years, were always dis
counted at the iV*rth bank, ami when
due, he no more; dreamt of [juttiiij; him
self in the slij;htest dciijroe out of the
way by returning his scraps of paper,
conformably to tho established rules ol
trade, than of paying the national debt.
Li fact, it would have been a danprous
experiment to have hintod to him the
jiropriety of w-hat he oohsideied a most
de^radinfi and unciiieftaiii-like practice.
'I’ho directors of the bank, knowing'
their money to be sure, humoured him,
as bein^ a character of no ordinary
(Ipscription. 11 is acceptances ^ W(*ri;
therefore never (strange to say) noted
or protested ; indeed, suc)i an. imperti
nent piocedure on their part, misht
have brouo;ht down like a torrent the
furious chief, anJ a score or two of liis
fillies, to sack jj;reat Perth.
Unluckily for him, one of “the
(liimuahic hil,s o' jxtjtcr'* found its way
tu the Stirling: bank, an esiablisiiment
with which the laird had no connexion.
Agreeably to his auld v^'e nud tvonl^
he nave hims*;^’ no trouble about tlie
matter. It was in due course noted
and protested, of whicli due intimation
to him. The laird treated
So snyi.,.l.c_spro.a U-to
„„ce.all the horrors of war. General
in break I of a married life, as the coostiii;
them a plentiful ^Aore of mcuntaiti (de
licacies, notfors.-tting kippered salmon
and braaxy ham—lare congeiiial to
hungry stomachs. Nor, it may be opin
ed, was the gndc. {^lenlivet spared ori
thi« occasion. The clcrk and his Icsal
understrappers, deiipjlited with the in-
tellii^once that the caslv was lorthcomina;,
(for the directors of the bank were un-
willin-totake him captive if it could | horses and
OS the -Jltack scninc.l, the corps of 1 rince
B.igratioo had to sustain the accumula
ting we,Vht of nearly half the trench
arnw; and tho determination shown by
its cavalry was so .'espc-rate, that they
charged up to the mouth of th^. Kuss^n
cruns. Whole regiments of them, both
men were sw'cpt down by the
tinordinary enertiies of mind and body.
Altl>nu£;l> his education, like that of
inanv other jjersous ol family in the
tla\sot'his youth, had be ii \c?y de-
fiM’tive, his iiij(M matioii was sinirularly
extensive. He was a miin d ^;realtait
and slircwdness, atul, oh ! wliat a fund
of ijeneaioijy tailed with iiim ! Jlis
corporeal was as vij^orcjus as his mental
frame. I haves(en him, at “dninken
writers’ feasts,” put to the blush many
a three-bottle man ; aiul, with steady
haml, and liead app.uently ihaecesMblo
to the fumes (d Hacclius, (\rink to the
tjpef'dy I't'Siirrei tion of those of his
juvopili! Companions who werenimpeil-
Otl to hue; ll'e carpet. .And tin■■'C ieats
>vcre achievetl at the advanci.'il :i^r of
tis;hty-four, and Mter h.iviii;!; spent
wiiat is called an exc edii uU rouifli
life. 0:i lhe-(' noea.intiis, .Maeua!) w is
V.nnl^ti) nior:.!ise rci I'le v.i/tui dc.tfii-
eia^y ot tl)e i'rsf;f rue, I’l'ii.'; :i''
CM'et’l as if he !';t I lic ii iinji;il(‘il, \\ I'.h his
back .‘t h !i' t I i:;r inci, ;!|n(.:h t l’'uin
that ol iiis I'll,III' tciiiu da-
j^'iii N* u iich, c\r- (or nn.' nione iil. In;
\VOul(' liiVi 0(1. SI rii I ,is ;i :m'.(I)iI:i loU'>
I hi -- I ijM'I a
i.'U'CO 'Viiii nii'dern
u;i'. the \-('tr':in
0.1 I'll i I ( (jiia 1 It \ ol
I) crt ds
L
tlc\':ls
_31,.iir fli
Cie(! (
tii. -ni-
»lij;atajii !!.e;it
;ul (tOi!)
clV' ni:'iai’\ , — I ini>,
Chi !l«i:.'> j.eciji ,;i
p:’.,'-t at d j.J ' .-‘■•i.i
I Ivt fill'! 'mI 111 iiiiik o'tne puii-
'lou-a-') I \ s. 7’'u*v ii.ive nne
on ill I e r \va:i;es tIt iii a witli-
I'! (::i.—di’ threi- hours
d)i)of • w'.ei n mvss>'rable lan^'-
eiU'Ueu lo co'.\’]) ih'Mii
Wt'i' li.;. 'l'!i:s is a:ic o’ tlie
' ll.Tts of tin: riiioii, an’ he
tiH'l ! |-{y my sin!, I wasna
tlirt.Uj.';;! -i mi!! s!.!.e; tu see
th»; I ii’i • ntf'ron
mak ill our anid ;i;iis'\
iu-. is .
lles>.' ,
druiiitt .
.. (-oki'i
‘virif'ia c'-.ini;
WOlliil
{'.eoteli d'-'t, a> siwic as thev tiieir
!i,'h>. i’ the itiur Sii.e 'I'weevl. 'I'l'e
vf.i L ■>il*’.t of .1 haiTtCis is eneiK'h to turn
Tii.'ii stanifclis iiisl('(? oui; ; :’M(1 a-* *o
hot.•!•;) it'’'), an ’ cn|,.pithe« ‘the puir,
i;,'^".o 'Hit,' H ''Ml' K !!.: .fr;rrili: vveel s.iid,
' ire not 'v.'rli.' having’ the like o’
to sari t‘ei> '/■nc i 1,‘i'';i|ii»les. '
A ml o;ic i(’h III!. ;ii • laki
—'’''it tie !5! ! '1'.,^
jll'Hir li i; !-f > Mii fji
i, 1 I sick * 'kf t !• -S.'it !■
iti i1k' nii.! .ie. '
C 1-1 •'.Kik a.-".} t.'ii' 
• ’ fra“ a ' \ *i)-. 
"p O '.ciies, 'iiri >,
;ind :i Dji ikle asii-
■ tl> n;! tl.il.L!: in’l 1
^I'l II lie na sii.'iw
w i ’ a \\ lu'i'i) iri'eei)
willinytolaLehin. captive! It ^ ^ of
posMhly be avoided), ‘''f"''| a breast work of
tooth and nail iipontheuelcomceata) g . • Napoleon ordered up
the spJclal object of cunning; Shanet that iresh ^ „ew force
i,.r„ i
works. Their vigorous onset ov ei turn
ai'ianir't, — the f.tnl ti'Mul.
di'in,k -I h;‘iil ni.^'ht sncIi a vi,;|j,ii
■iciliOli, I we’ like to ken ' () ftie
" .'ay i.;n'i t^'ann I I mi'id
' IS i:, it vv.Te \ >'stef ia',-, ii'iv“ve ils
)c, llicio ’.Viis auld Ive’ipouli; laird cuiuuii
these various notices with the most
sovereign contempt. He was, howov(T,
ellectually roused, by the alarming in
formation Miat a writ of hornins^ and
vapUmi had been taken out against him,
and that, in consequence, a clerk be
longing to tho bank, acoinpanied by two
messengers, would proct-'eil on the f(d-
low'inij Friday to Achlyne House, for
the special purpose of taking him into
custody. Even this dire com'nuinication
the liiird received with unnjllleU com-
posnre.
On that “ portentous morn,” wliich
tbreateiied him with durance vile,”
he took aside an old w'oman wdio had
been long attachcil to tl’.e family, and
who was highly r‘gan!ed by lu'r master
I'or* her .shi't'wdiiess as well as fidelity,
“Shanet,” said he, theie are three l.md-
loupeis, a clerk, and twa liml)s o’ Satan,
in the shnp • o’ itiesser'gers, coming
ower t!ie hills the d;iy frae Stirling, to
I: k mt aua hoilily, '.'id to dep tiu. within
ti.e coinj.'ajts o’ fo;ir stain; wa’s ; and for
u'iiat tl'iiik \el—a ptei.ful scait o’ h
siiH s’s t’fiitlu!r—dt ii erip|de the sooplt
siia:iks. It v/wiild ill Iv'come me t« liae
o’i\ iMdibh siiOvv wi sielike \ ermin ; ».n
I’ll av\a np to n,a lord's at 'I'aymou h,
and leave \ (ui m\ hom:y woman, to «;ie
tliein their I'fi.'l t/irou'^h Hit' rt'ck.''
“ IJy the I llavi:-g ihiis jiniiH.'d the oUl lady, he de
parted.
Tho tramsnction now rocordotl, ha v-
ing o(‘ourred upwards of half a century
ago, it is prope?' lo mention that the line
ol travelling between Sailing and At h*
lyne, was ol' a mostruggei! and toilsoire
ilesci ijition, and only j)assablo by j’cdo-
sti'ians. The clerk nuil his legal m\ r-
m_\(!ons, thi.-ret’ore did not reach llie
place wh jr.'* they expected their prey till
it vva.s neaily de.sk. 'I’he iinciefit car-
line had been long on the lot)k out, and
goii'.g to meet them, she invited them
iiito the house in the moot coulhy and
kindly manner. “(), sirs!” (pioth
she, “ye maun be sair forfonghen wi'
your laiigsoine travel. Ooi ilieland
hdh are no tor them that hae hreeks-on,
I rt'idion. Si!, duon, sit doon, and pit
sonn; meat in vere wnmes, for atweel
IK ?'I they riiMiri he‘.';rinnin and wamlinglike
o’ j kiin*s o’ edd.. 1 •«. 'I’he laird’s av'a to see
a lireiid, ani‘ will h(' h.ifk momtintly.
\N '.at gars ye rhiwei at that daftlike
>iate, -ics ?—There is wha ye’re wantin'
in t! at muckle kist, in honnie \fcllow
lairl\ cfuihted by his honor tliis
l)less(.(l niortiin.'—W’lia would hai'
tlioeht ye wad ha(> been sne langsonie
in ronniig up here : clde'ds like you.
that :ie wceM-.eiit to lln* greedy gleds
Tfter the siller. Hut-bid('T^ 'ill the
the irrcyhcanl, that they were speedily
in a veVv unfit state to retread their
steps to Stirling. No word of the laird
yet. Seeing tliey had got to the precise
pitch s.he wanted, says Shanet, “Deil
tak me, gin I ken vvat’s come ower the
laird ; mac doot lie maun be up at the
Verl’s, and ye canna expeck he can leave
ed with fierce slaughterevery thmgtiiat
opposed them, and obliged Bagration to
fall back nearer to the second line ol
the army. The rage of battle at this
crisis is not to be described. The thun
der of a thousand pieces of artillery was
answered by tho discharge of an equal
tho company o’sic grand fowk on the answerc . i>„„ci-,,is
like o’vour account Na, na ; ye’ll got number on the part ofthela ssuns
W veil of smoke shut out the combatants
from the sun, and left them no other
to your hansel I, in the mornin’ wdll be a
sonsie breakfast and wcel-counted siller.
'I’here was no alternative, and being,
moreover, hardly able to stand, the
pro[josal was far from disagreeable.
'J’he clerk, in rcpect of his gentility,
w'as bestowed in an apartment by him
self ; the messengers were put in ano-
tlu;r, containing a single bed for tlutir
accommodation. One of the laUer
worthies, feeling, towards the morning,
his entrails scorcheii with that intolera
ble healconse(|uentoii mighty over-njght
potations, got lip in (piest of some
friendly lirpiid. To aid him, in his
search, he opened the wiiuiow-shutter
—when the first object that saluted Ids
astonished organs of vision, almost
petrified him' into stone. The sight
W'as indeed rather alarming—a huuian
figure dangling in the w’inds of heaven
from a branch of an aiicicut oak in the
front of the house.
As soon as the wrctchcd terrier of the
law had recovertd what small sense he
lif^ht to pursue the work ot death than
11^0 flashes of musketry, which blazed
in every direction.
The sabres of 40,000 dragoons met
each other and clashed in the horrid
gloom : and the bristling points of count
ress bayonets, bursting through tlie
rolling vapor, strewed the earth with
heaps of slain.
Such was the scene for an extent of
many wersts, and the dreadlul contest
continued without cessation until the
darkness of night. Thus closed that
meniorablt! day, anil with it terminated
the lives ofeighty thousand human be
ings. 'I’lie horses which lay on the
ground from right to left, numbered full
*25,000.
The next day, says Labaui.iC, very
early in the morning, we returned to
the field of battle. In the space of a
s(/7i(ire league, ulrnnst evertf spot tras
C(H'ered ivilh I he killed and tvoiindcd
On many places the bursting of the
shells, had promiscuously heaped to-
possessed, he made a shift to stagger to
the bed-side, and roused his brother in
tribulation, who, when he beheld the gcther men and horses,
horrid spectacle, was assailed with the
most dreaflful agonies of terror and con-
stornalion. To aJtl to their miseries,
• From the Ohio State Jaiirnul.
Twenty-eight years ago, William
, , , 1, 1, .1 ! Henry Harrison, now a senator in Con-
the door xvas h.cked. ! ..^^s from this State, presented his ere-
none in the ll,.;luands m » i I ,ie„,ial, to the llousi of Represcuta-
but lH;y.stampcJ& knockcd on .henoor . ^ l)ele^ate from the whole
with dreadlul energy and ,.bin,our Al- Territory. What a cha,.!;e
lerkoepinstlicpooruev.ls.n a .stale of | , ui, p.-e ! Tho
ion of few women tun be regarded a'.,
tiniily esublished until after iheir 20tij
year. Every female, adds anoiher
per, who does not have an ollVr lo her
.astc previous to thai age, will appUud
ius advice ; bill such as may meci wuh
uusbauds lo iheir minds, willl judge ofc'
I heir own fitness, and laugh ai ihe Doc-
Major Noah, in his paper of Saturday,
sjiys—“The barbers in New York, it is
said, have resolved to raise tne price ot'
shaving Adams men to twelve and a half
cents, Lheir faces having gro\*u so mucU
longer since iheeltciion, ihai U rtquirts
double the lime and labor to shave «no ol
them, ihai it does to shave the compact,
pliiz of a Jacksonian.”
We can readily believe the Major, wiiU
leference to.ihe ciitVerence in the aggie-
gate price of shaving in New York, lot-
ihe friends of tUe Auministration ar«
mtn^ while a portion of the Jackson vo^
.ers in this city were %6—-me.re luck
Oiurdn. ^
Gov. Troup, in his farewell messagt:
lo me Legislature of Georgia, recoin-
menus a non-vUtrcourse with the manu-
iaciuriiig biaus and a more friendly iu,
tercourse wiih Foreigners!
There were three Candidates in an
election for Congress, one Jacksoii niaii
anU uvo Adams men. ,A Jackson editor,
noiiciug the succe.ss of the Jackson candi-
date, crics out “ Hurra for old Hickory
—one Jackson man out-run two aUiniu*
isiraaoa men !” Augusta Cour.
Fiom the Chail ston Mercury.
TJIE Uj:.ATHE1L
The monih ol June lasi was uncommoi!-
ly coolj the present month of Dtcemut!’
IS uiicoinmonl) warm ! Indeed the bci-
sons ihrou^jboui the year have pclorm*
cu “ their mysuc dance” in nioveinenis
somewhat new and unaccountable. Ua
this day, we ha\c huherio been wouiio
Icel the Mgors of an icy winter, and lo
screen our laces from me cutiing North
West wind, liut these things, liuiiui
Nature has now ordered otherwise. We
are without tire j our winUow s open :or
the aumisaion ol fresh air w^ich conus
ever and anon in the soliness of a S^uia-
erk zeplijr: I'arenneit’s thcrmoiueier ir,
7U deg. wiiiun tive ro six ut giees ot bum-
uier heat. '1 ne plitnomenoii is renjaili
able, tnat the bun shouiU be wiihm iho
days inarch of his utmosi Souinern Ut-
clinaiion, and that the weather should
be
“ As full of spirit as the month of May.'*
unspeakable ti'rroi’ fur a space of time
which ap(tcared to them an eternity,
the old woman unlocked tlie door, and
presented a visage iii which were ex
pressed all the united horrors of coun
tenance attributed to the infernal fur.e
lias taken place under his eye ! 'I’ho
lirTce natives of the forest, after many
a snuggle, have disappeared before th^
facts of wdiite men—Their shrill war
whoop is no longer heard to animate
the heai t of the warrior to battle, or lo
. ,1 r I r I I • sound the signal ol death at midnig.it
hat, the foul fiend gars ve make sic i . , ^ . r.i i- •
. 1 .1 r V II 11 I to the white inmates of the cai)in—their
a din torshouted the leat iul beldam. i . , . r. .
.V , . . I' 1 .1 1 1 Icanoeis no longer seen to boat on the
(Juakin in everv hnib the on'v wf>rds;, ' i. • , *
' . I / • ; bosom ol Huron or hi io, or wend its
tbeir lips could give utterance to, were, .
, , I .. ,i . wav atTiong the sinuo.'ities of the beau-
“ \N hat »—what s that on the tree i ^ •, r • i >
, i.-i .1 . . ,,, ■ i ,1 tiful river. 1 fje council fire is broken
hat s that on the tree ! ’ cned the , , i 11
,• ■ r II 1 M I I'hU)—what tew liave survived t!ie bloo-1 , , ■ . - , , • i i
carl...e, ,n a di.mally hollow an, with their daring invaders, I'-'I .-"'d ' '‘f
.".■h oneofvo,ce; “ ils a bil 1to the.distant reason lo call ev.l soo,I, and cood evil,
body frae the bank o Stiriin;;, tiiat: , . , • , r n
I 4 • It . ! .11 I \>est,anl, with a sitrh, bid farewell
cam here last night to (leave the lairtl I
..... . . . . . . ' to Thr* rirh vn evc ni\ri ni
uud \u wiii V, lul
lor siller,—wev’o taen and hangithim,
puir pIJ'.'" 'I’h., efi'ept of tliisappalling
(lisc!v)surc was doctrifying. Fear ad
ded wiiiijs to tlieiriiieed,--and the ter
rified bracc of tiiossei.^ers ticver looked
heliind tliom for the first ten miles on
their road lo Stirling.
Now w hat almost fi i;j;htoned into con
vulsions two surli exunisitely sensitive
personages as me.ssengcrs are in irener-
al, was a bundle of straw’, artificially
sUillcd by Shanet into some ancient
garments ol the laird’s which she had
suspended from tho tree in the manner
described. 'I’ho innocent clerk, dur
ing all riiis stramash, W'as quietly re-j
posing in his heil : and if he dreamed al
all of susnensions, it was that of the
\vrit of hornin'^ and vdpl'uni.—Wiicn
he got up, he was surprised at the non-
ajipearance of his companions, nor could
he eMrai’t tin? smallest information on
the siiliject from trusty Shanet. 15eing
therefore ileprived of his legal tools,
no other resource vvaii left tor him hut
to “ jilud homewards back his weary
way.”
J'o conclude : so tremendous an ac
count did the messengers give of their
expedii'ion, that no temjitation could
to tlie rich valleys and hunting grounds
where the bones of their falliers re
pose. A new rare now occupy their
possessions, and the wilderness is made
to blossom like the rose. The forest
is thinned by the blows of the back
woodsman—villages and cultivated
fields arise on every side—the land
teems with poptilation—the rivers,
which felt no weight before but tlie
canoe of the warrior, hastening to bat
tle, are now'coveretl with freights, con
veying the rich products of the West lo
market—canals and roails too, are con-
stucted for commercial and friendly in-
j tercourse—halls of legislation and jus
tice are erected for t!ie govevment of this
thriving peoi)le—and colleges, sem
inaries and common schoolsj are found
ed to disj)ense the treasure of ancient
and modern knowdedge to their sons.
Such is the wonderful changc thnt
has fiassed under the eye of this sole
Delegate (d tiii* Northwestern 'I'errito-
ry in 179f)—I’he teriitory which he
represtmted is cut up into the States of
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and the n’er/-
ritory ofPtlichigan—and leaving a tract
of country to the Northwest sulLcient to
form several more States. At that
have inti-iced twenty of them to ven-! district contained about 50,-
ture on n similar errand, unless backed ! ^"'^^^itdiahitants. Thr population aJ pres-
'ent is above a million; and is repre
sented in iJonijress by eij^hlecn liepre-
by a regiment of a thousand stn>ng.
London Literunj Haze tic.
'/’IIn iin'TLi: of huhodixo.
“ fsco hov.' tlichc Ciiristiuiis lure one iiiiotiier.”
rni • , Fiiiruns.
Ihe nijiht passed slowly over the
wakeful heads of the impatient cembat-
tai.ts. The morning of the 7th of Sej>-
teinhrrat length broke, and thousands
hc^M hi the da\^i for tli€ last time. The
rnu::icit httdaiTiyed when the dreadfu.1 i^^:bJt;ct themsclvcji to the carc
gate.—An advatice similar to this in
population and improvement, will per
haps never he witnessed again.
Enrh,' Mnrringet,—\ Medical corres
pondent of the Portland Pa'riot, thinks it
(Would be advuntaReous fur females^ to
i pass their 2ttli or 25th v«ar. hrd'ore they
caics fi^ii-
CONSCILNCE.
The testimony of conscience is tk:
verdict whicli every man returns for or
against himself upon the question wheth
er his moral character has kept paco
w'lth his moral judgment ? Tins verdict
will therefore be, in relatfon to absoluta
moral truth, correct or incorrect, iii
proportion lo tbe ilegree of illumina
tion possessed by ihe moral judgment,
and the leehng of remorse will be more
or less i»ainlui, according to the ine
quality whicii .subsists betw-een the judg
ment ^be character. When a man,
jlilul river." The council fi.e i, ^"1^00 |l«rseverance has
! »n-what few have survived the bloo-1 Julsment down ^to lhe lev-
reason to call evil good, and good
he has gained a victory over conscieiicc,
and expelled remorse. If he cotilil
maintain this atlvanlage through his
whole existence, his conduct would atl-
mit of a most rational justification. Hut
then, his peace Is built solely on tl.e
darkness of his moral judgment ; and
thereioro, all that is necessary in ordc."
to make him miserable and to stir up 1
civil w’ar within his brea'»t would bC'
to throw such a strong and indubious '
light on the perfect rhaructcr of gootl-
ness, as might extort from him an ac
knowledgment of its excellency,
force hitn to contrast with it his own
past history and present condition.
Vv'hilst his mental eyu is held in uS-
cination hy this glorious vision, he can
not but feel the anguish of remorse, hu
cannot but feel that he is at fearful strife
with some mighty and mysterious ht:-
ing, whojG j)0wer has compelled rvcR
his own heart to execute vengeance oii
him ; nor can h.e hitle I’rom himself tlic
loathsomeness and pollution of that spl^
itual j)e.stilence which has poisoned ev
ery organ of his moral constitution. He
can hope to escape from this wretched-
nesii, only by w'ili\drav/ing his gazo
from the ajipalling briglitness ; and in
this world, such an attempt can general
ly be made with success. Dutsupj^oso
him to be jdaced in such ciroumstanccS
that ihere should be no retreat—no
diversity of ohjccts whioli might divci'.
sentatives, six Senato'rs, and one Dele- ^‘'‘^'''ide his attention—and that, \yhrr
ever he turned, he was met and ftirly
confronted by this threatnin^ii: Spirit ol
Goodnens,—it is impossible that iiO
could have any respite from miserjr
ejicept in a respite from existence. It
this should be the state «f things in the?
next world, we may form some concep
tion of the tinittn tliere Uetwocn vicO and
—l^ndiinc,