.ti f i 'lit' Ml 1i4cr tl- Mhw itwjiirvi, . My oul 111? tuneful itirtin dmirc.... tt, t5 . VOI THE WUT1I1 CA0UI4. TO A KIK!y, riLr fo fuuhtute (lie Inhon 0 lirr iuu$: farnanian nimint 1 cf k in -7 jMjryrwttw ttc-'cu aUain , It t 'nupluTfii fcuMjrnC.'" ' A title to poetic fame -TliO! only fchould, or cau fluiilj lly genius Uught' to rhtmr. True, you may leant to rhyme by at ti, And w ntig-ht any oUu r fool, That' not the kill required ; l or what avail it that you know To make your number smoothly flow . Unless by genius fired 'I he Ianibir, T) rrhic and Spondee, The Anapratic and .Troth e, With all thoas ruk-fcof aif, Should you to memory comimt, Would that increase tour store of r 'J1iotc rule miuu ti impart . No, sun ly not Vet I admit I A knov ledpc of thow.- ndei befit All who'd in rhunc excel ( Hut ra'lwr learn how to control, J o'plan, connect, a:id blend the -w hole, - - In order to w rite well. ilu. rM TIM. B0WI5 r.lzr.TTf. TO .1 V. ' here was an hour w lien I did love To watch the day' departing bcur.i , To we its golden tints above Faulc gently like ablisJul dream. nd once I loved at eve to iew The skv all gemmed with stars so br;gh'. ; jd that mild 01b of silver hue OVr the soft V.urc spr ml its liglit. And once I loved to tread the glade, And pluck each sweetly blooming flow c. : And once beneath yon elrn'n dark hhadc - 1 loved to pais the noontide hour. . But then thy own loved form wis there, And why should I tncb object mark; Ah, w ith thee, all was radiant, fair . Without thec, all was gloomy, dark. - For when the sun had ceased to shed Its glorious light around the bky When its last crimson bennt had fled, Thy cheek, my Anna, bore its dye. And when the stars came on wiUt night. And when the moon resumed her throiw4, Some cloud would shade them from the sight But thy eye ttili with lustre shone. FOR THE WESTER AROll.NI A.N. T1IF. AT1IEXL1X CLUn........J,U Ml.'. "Envy is the canker of the soul. The following beautiful production on the force of talents, we have selected believing that its delightful hinguage will please, while the sentiments which it breathes will meet the approbation of those who may feel its touch with a greater degree of sensibility than oth ers: .v.-.rj . .. . . - 44 Talents, wherever they have had a suita ble theatre, have never failed to emerge from obscurity, antl assume their proper rank in the estimation of the world. The celebrated Camden is said to have been the tenant of a garret. Yet, Irom the darkness, poverty, and ignominy, of -this re sidence, he advanced to distinction and wealth, and graced the first offices and titles of our Island. It is impos sible to turn oyer the British Biography, with out being struck and charmed by a multitude ' of correspondent examples ; a venerable gTorp of novi homines, as the Romans called them 7 men who, from the lowest depths of obscuri ty and want, and without even the influence of patron, have risen to the first honours of ; Hh ei r country; and fmiiVdcd Ihel owlf jamiKes anew. In every nation, and in every age great taienis, tnrown xairiy into tne point ot ublic observation, will invariably produce the same ultimate effect. A The jealous pride of power may attempt to; repress and crusn them ; the base and malignant rancour of im potent spleen and tnvtf ma'v strive to embar rass their flight ; hut t hese 'efforts,, so .far frora .-achieving their -igmbk purpose, to far from producing a discerniUe obliquity in the: as cent of .genuine and vigorous 'talents, will serve only to-increase their momentum, and r :unl hrgm to atcnislt and tranparl the Ihii ihh Parliament, ami the llritinh nation, ly the boldmsi, the force and r.mgc of hii thon,;ht, ,nd the celestial fire and j4tho$ of his elo quence, it i well known that the Minister, Walpolc, and Ms brother Horace, (from mo tives very easily understood,) exerted nil their wit, all their oratory, and all their acquirer ments of every description, stmainv, J n forced by the unfeeling " insolence of Office," to heave a tnountaiu on his gigantic genius, an;d hide it from the world poor and now- cilcss attempt ! The tables were turned i he rose upon them in the might and irresistible energy, of his genius, and in spite of all their .l,.i!idiLl.t,0i,st frantic agonies and spasms, he strangled tnem"5ntl' their "vholef action with s much ease, as Hercules did the ser pent Python. Who canaturnoyerthc debates of the day, and rcaJ the accounfor Ws coh flict Ietween youthful ardor and hoary head td .curlniyg .and power, without kindling in the cause of the Tyro, and" shouting" at his victory . That they bhould have attempted to pass off the grand, yet solid and judicious operations of a mind like his, as being mere theatrical start and emotion ; the giddy, hair brac ed excentricitiesof u romantic boy ! 'Hint they fehould have had the presumption to sup pose themselves capable of huining down to ;he floor of the Parliament, a genius so ethe rial and sublime ! Why did they not, in the next breath, by way of crowning the climax of vanity, bid the magnificent fire ball to de scend from its exalted and appropriate region, and perform its splendid tour along the sur face of the earth ? "Talents, which are before the public, have nothing to dread, either from the jealous pride of power, or from the transient misrepresen tations of party, spleen or envy. 1 11 spite of opposition from any cause,their buoyant spirit will lift them to their proper grade it would lie unjust that it should lift them higher. " It is true, there always are, and always ..ill be individuals in ever)' society, whose characters and acquirements are reputable ; vet they are underrated by the public. 41 In spite of every thing, the public opinion v. ill finally do justice to us all. The man who nmes fairly before the world, and who pos . esses the great and vigorous stamina which entitle him to a niche in the temple of glory, lias no reason to dread the ultimate result ; however slow his progress may be, he will, in the end, most indubitably receive that dis- , unction. While the rest,- "the swallows of science, tne Duttertiies 01 genius, may nut ter for their spring ; but will soon pass away and be remembered no more. No enterpris- ing man, therefore, has reason to droop or repine at any efforts which may be made to depress him. Let, then, the temper of envif or of malice howl around him. His genius will consecrate him ; and any attempt to ex tinguish that will be as unavailing, .s wouiu a human effort 4 to quench the sti-rs.' " IUH TIIK WMTEHN CANOI.IMW. - Et te animo repetcntem.exempla tuor.i'n, ht pater ihneas et avunculus excitct Hecio". In the perusal of this genuine exhortation, we cannot avoid being moved by sympathy when we see such strength of feeling pour rayed by those heroes of antiquity. When we see their solicitude to impress the salu tary principles of virtue, justice and equality on the minds ol their youths, we feel inward ly a reproof, that it is not in our power to be queath this last admirable privilege to our posterity. Under the propitious auspices of justice and equality,, we: have probably equaled, in civilization and improvements of every :de' scription, the most sanguine expectations of those who reared the standard of liberty, and sounded the trump of freedom whose blood fertilized the plains of America in bequeath ing those hftppyprivilegesvvhich:vehaveen-: riiuce; where youth is cbmrfltis, without energy of spirit ? where the crafty flatter the vanity of ignorance, and the bold overawc the temerity of caution? Or undeMhc latter.... where nothing but that golden principle is so licited, "Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you V M Ye mat 0 diu, (uid ferrc return, ' Quid valcant h4inc rii." Pause, citizens of the East ! Contemplate, for a moment, the tleTcstable complexion that has always distinguished the features of fac tion. Connive not at her folly and profligacy in the streets of Athens, where she derided the salutary laws of Solon j nor her, weakness and instability under those of Lycttrgus. BeholiLher Jij&USS Jnc fasces of discord" and sounding the bugfcoTVcheiriOfrtn'Eng land, and' furling the standard when crimson ed by the blocHl.?;':!?: point you to a norc hideous aspect, "where she ravaged and almost depopulated the fer tile plains of France ; where she stained her hands in the blood of a mild, inoffensive mon arch, whose only crime 44 was his affection for his 'subjects where she offered up thou sands as an immolation to satisfy her sangui nary and inexorable ferocity, and ultimately plunged her deluded votaries into the horri ble abyss of despotism. A word to our friends of the West : Be ware of this demon she comes 44 as a wolf in sheep's clothing" with smiles depicted on her countenance, she solicits our embraces'; but her heart is cankered ; 6hc is corrupted by a loathsome disease, and polluted by a pas sion more contagious than the fang of a viper. Our rights have been encroached on in di rect opposition to our constitution. We ought to participate the same privileges as those of the Kast, or any other state.... Why, then, are we debarred from them ? Let our demands for retributive justice cease not un til obtained. ...or let them attend us to our la test breath. civis occiof.ntalis. A farmer in Knland, who had promised to man y a girl without a fortune, afterwards gave his hand 10 another, who was very rich ; and en deavoring to ir.dicatc his conduct to the rector of the polish, the Doctor said, " such an action as you lue been guilty of, does not admit of any palliation ; for it is wrong, so palpably wron, that reully do not know uny thirg tiktit." 4 Bui I do," replied the farmer ; i4it is like your taking a fioor living at first, and leaving it for a richer, as soon as it fell hi your way." YU. joyed. I repeat, have enjoyed ; because the period is past, and those barriers of indepen dence prostrated with the dust ! Inequality and oppression have assumed their stations, and wield the weapons of tyranny over the citfaen'of ' the'A V-esf f- --: ' We looked "with anxiety and -solicitude to the last session of our Legislature, as a source from whence we could, with confidence' ex pect relief. How far we have succeeded, you are avhre. Faction has reared her Medusa head, to distract the councils of our state. You have seen, with extreme regret, the prev alence of the tyrannising spirit that pervades the Kast, which thirsts after ascendancy. But I confess, the prospects are more propitious at present than have been presented for u number of preceding years : yet I fear that the peri i is far remote, when we can again repose under the sacred banners oPjiistice, and .sound the clarion of equality. . Our state, junfortUnately, is divided into two parties.. ..the! Kast and West. Under which of these . wilt 'yoabe -enrolled L Do vou t)H THE WESTEIIX CAKOLJNU. On the Foundation of Moral Obligation. Among the different subjects which have arrested the attention, and employed the tal en and the time of the wise and the good, 1 he science of Manners and Duttj holds a dis tinguished place. That science which has for its object the duty of man, whose office it is to direct him in its discharge, and to tr.-.ch him the nature and ground of those ob ligations wluVh bind him to its performance, and whose end is the promotion of human happiness, must be dignified and important. From the different topics, the discussion of which this science includes, it would be diffi cult to stltct one of greater interest, or one on which a greater variety of sentiment has been expressed, than the nature and ground of Moral Obligation. Obligation, in general, denotes that by which we are bound to per form any action. Consequently, when we add the epithet moral, and speak of moral ob ligation, we mean that which binds us to the performance of what we believe to be? our duty : or, in other words, to do what is right, and to forbear from doing that which is wrong. .1 hus A, when called to give his testimony in a suit pending between B and C, is morally bound" to-drclartr ther truth -and-nothing-Wt the truth. Y hence, then, is this binding in- nuence in relation to right ana wrong clen ved ? To w hi source shall we trace it ? One adduces the moral fitness of things.... another its agreeableness'to the reason and nature o f th ings... a third v - i ts- conform i ty to truth. ...and a fourth, its expediency?-by pro moting the public good. All of these, whe ther taken collectiv ely ' or separatelyfail to afford the inquiring mind the satisfaction which is desirable, or even necessary.": What is to be understood by these answers is not easily determined ; nor is there reason to doubt but the wise and learned themselves would, express different views, were .they called to expres&them Nor is it, Indeed, possible for mortals, endowed with limited capacities even to ascertain what will pro mote, the good of the whole.- it is a plausi- ble, but fallacious,-method of ascertaining what will promote the good of the whole, to ask the question, what would be the tonse quehces if such and such-practices were gen- MtyllWm'tsll V Ihe.reason ;;rs olwious. .mark tbem ivj ih an' a d d i tioh d this nippoMtion, that tve arc able, in forming a rule uf conduct, to connect in our rninds u present, existing cause with Ut remote t ef fects.... a task too arduous 'for finite minds.--So different are the minds of men, both from nature and habit, that they would be differ ently affected by one and the same action. Its influence upon one might be iJutary, while upon another it would produce an ef fect exactly the reverse fand we mutt take-' men as' we find them, and with them ai we find them' are we obliged to deal. Besides, this method takes.it for granted, that the cause, and the effects resulting from it, must be of the aamc nature and wear the samp character, a supposition no lest repugnant to the history of the human family than it it to our almost dailyesperience. How often have we found that the most unhallowed and malicious designs and action v- 01 men, nave nrouutcu 111c idosi cAtensivc good. Were I to rdason with Christians to prove the fallacy of this method, I would ad duce the conduct of the sons of Israel, in sell ing the delight of their father to company of travelling Ishmaelites an act so barbarous and unfeeling, that it cannot be contemplated without horror and resentment; nevertheless. an act which was a necessary means of saving themselves and thousands of others from the appalling destruction of a famine. I would even conduct them to Calvary's mount, and pbce. them at. the foot of the Cross, to behold the Son of God and the Saviour of men, buf feted, crowned with thorns, clad in a gor geous robe, and crucified sufferings which irresistibly excite the tenderest sympathies and compassions of the human heart, and in flicted amidst the brightest displavs'of inno cence and virtue; but sufferings which, by appeasing the wrath of an offended God, have -exulted apostate man to the society of An gels in the realms of immortal bliss. Gui ded, therefore, by the lamps of divine reve lation, we must believe 44 partial evil to be universal good ; and that the existence and practice ol evil have been no less instrumen tal in accomplishing the benevolent purposes of Deity, than the existence of good. To the same conclusion will we be led, if we consider the causes and effects which ap of a political nature. British exaction (in it self an evil, and deservedly an object of de testation) produced the revolt of her Ameri can colonies ; this revolt terminated in the establishment of their independence, - and m-v the formation of a government the-object--both of the admiration and envy of the civi lized world. While, therefore, we exult in the blessings procured by our independence, we view with abhorrence the spirit and con duct of those who, by their oppressive acts, produced measures that led to an event, in the commemoration of which the patriot and the christian unite in songs of gratitude. If these things be so, does it not necessa rily follow, that if general utility, or the good of the whole, be the foundation of Moral Obligation, 1st, That we may do evil that good may come of it? 2d, That the foulest crimes which have ever darkened the page of history, may be justified X and lastly, That that which is in itself sinful does bind to the performance of the duties of life ? which is no less paradoxical than it is self-contradictory and impious. But is all this reasoning illogical? Is coun sel darkened by words? Let it be so. If driven, from ground which we endeavored to occupy, as untenable, there' remain other strong holds to" which we have access. I would, then, ask, if -thatrwhich- is admitted to be the foundation of moral -obligation ought not to be'"unIe?g3ji:it not absurd to speak of & rational creature leinjc bHbuttd to do what is right and jo avoid what wrongvby something whicrThe neither does nor can un dcrVtand ? Bmnyhardcrthe-industrious peas antry, who, in every country, constitute a large majority of the inhabitants, know about general utility, or the good of the' whole ? They are phrases that they have never been taught to understand if," perchance, they have reached their ettre-TttilT Where., then, shall we place the foundation, of moral obligation? We answer, in the au-. thorityof,God:ffi the civilized world agrees, ifi give testimony in a court where the christian religion has shed its rays, they are neverthe-. less required to be sworn according, to thei respective religions. By whatever naine their Gdd may be called, whatever ...form 1 o appearance he may wear, is a matter. oUU -. conseqence:::Wver'tBcy believe him t dictate that, impressed with a su?re r, gard to.his authority, they will study to p -form, Yea, when christians reflect upon the deference the unenlightened heathen F the authority of their Gods,. their cheeks
