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"O tremum huhc, Arethusa, mihi
concedru laboren."
"Rejoice O young man, in thy:
youth, and let thy heart cheer thee
in the days of thy' youth, and walk
in the ways of thy heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes : but know thou,
that for all these things, God will
bring thee into judgment."
Eccles, c. xi, v. 9.
;l Mr Editor : The eloquent, fas
cinating and dissolute Rasseau a
dapted his feelings as the standard of
his moral actions, & with the plenary
fwwerVof an apostle of infidelity de
clared the following motto to be an
epitc-ine of his creed: I have only
to consult myself' said he "concern
ing what I do. ; All that feel to be
righfis rights whatever I eetobe
wrong is wrong." We had hoped
that the Trans-Atlantic licentious
ness plainly avowed the creed just
quoted, had found a common grave
-with the philosophy of Voltaire, De
derot, D' Alemburt, Frederick II,
Home, Bolingbroke, and their coad
jutors, in that memorable vortex of
human depravity and -wickedness.
the French Revolution. But we
ho less surprised than mortified
tol observe ; thosd2de principles
'liKslnshinirlv Advocated irfa-coneal-
" .' ed, form in the last number of the
, Chronicle, by a nameless communi
" cation on the subject of dancing.
Hw far the writer understood him
' selfc we shall hot "pretend todeter
mijie ; 1 but were we to venture an
opinion, we should indulge a chari
table hope that i he did not design
. . what his language implies, but had
unwittingly fallen into a lapsucmcn
; tis, and that he did not intend grave
i y o introduce to the belief and a
dotioji of hia readers, either the
religion of . nature, dr the heathen
mythology; although the reader ia
' at liberty to make his election be
; tw ien'them, aa tfiewriterTis equal
ly the champion of both. ' After be
1 ', J .laboring" a ' party-colpred exordium
of learned length, made up of poli
' tics, Morals, and Jleligion in which
. he jinterlards with : wonderful skill,
a great deal about the President,
; Congress, the Emperor .of Russia,
fre -thinking, &c.&,c; he then pro
ceeds with a marvellous degree.of
eel -confidence to the Herculean la
boir before him. His ostensible
object, if he had an object 'at all, is
to prove that all the passions andaf
, , fee ions of human nature are design
r . ed o-bethe standard of both-frui-tioa
and morals. Having combatted
7, - many an ideal wind-mill in his ar-
. VduQus march through the regions of
: V; ; Ethics, this, redoubtable knight of
v lhej Cotillion comes to premise, when
;-- . ' .
mores than half through his essay,
'that ' the "recreatioA. is patllral to
man,'? and "that all will agree that
what is implanted by nature ,hatui eg
God never forbade.'' This he lays
down as the fbun'dation of all that
preceded or followed this curious
effusion of aa .untutored and unfledgi
ed logician. - ? -
If we do not; misunderstand your
correspondent, he designs to be con
sidered as the advocate bf sensual
pleasure in esterase, as he thinks we
are justifiable m gratifying everv
natural passion implanted in the hu
man brest; He says the amusement
of dancing is natural and instinctive
in man. Covetousness, concupis
cence, idolatfyi injustice, treason,
slander, murder, incest, and a host
of other nefarious crimes are nu
less the legitimate of&pring of dame
nature than the obstreperous song
and the noisy dance of clarmorous
i fcy pppivwra ana rea
soning of your 7, correspondeAtbe
correct, the incorrigible foot-pad
who plunders the defenceless tra
veller; the ruthless extortioner that
rifles a scanty, substance from the
unprotected widow and the -father
less ; the unprincipled . miscreant,
who, by the Syren voice of seductive
msidiousnessjur es the unsuspecting
victim of his unbridled, appetites,
into utter ruin and disgrace; and the
outlawed desperado that assassinates
at midnight are immacculate from
the imputation of crime. The jocky
and the swindler may boast in plun
dering the inexperienced and unwa
ry both of their fortune and honest
principles ; and the shameless gam
bier, by the juggling tricks1 of his
art, ravage the fairest prospects of
connubial bliss, and blast the happi
est endearments of domestic- felici
ty ; and yet, if such logic be true,
he may be the King of good fellows.
an f Conor able man, and free from the
palpable blot of reproach among ho
nest men, and the. fearful chastise
ment of the avenging and Uplifted
rod tf Divine justice : i Because for
sooth these disposition are "implant
ed by nature ;" and therefore they
cannot be offensive to God or man !!
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By a bold flourish, of learning, the
essayest carries us back to the cor
rupt ages of Greece and Rome, and
assures us mat, tnat tnis amusement
was cherished among these nations
It doubtless was practised in the de
teriorated periods of their history,
before the shrines of their idols with
all that shameless obscurity that
Characterized the festivities of Bac
chus, Venus, Par, and ' indeed the
whole family of Heathen Deities.
But does your correspondent intend
the1 sentimental ladies of 'modern
times to imitate the impure orgieB,
and detestable ceremonials of cen
taur onihe Arcadian God of Sylvan
memory ? When applied to many
arts, and to the , principles of civil
zation in general, the past is doubt
less right - '
EmoUitjAoreSy nee sihit esse feros."
; Why did he not conduct to the
more illustrious epochs of the histo
ry of those celebrated countrieswhen
the laws ;of Lycurgus, Solon and
Socrates ; of Scipio, Fabiuo, and
Cato banished effeminary from their
respective Republics? He directs
our attention to the savage rites of
the war-dance among the western
barbarians; and the frantic revels of
the Owhyeian and Otaheitan,where
every passion is most brutally sen
sualized ; i the noble traits of our
nature utterly obscured and nothing
uui. tucir turiu remaining to CUSLIIV
guishthem from the fouleit families
of the animal Kingdom. From the
sanguinary and horrible ceremonials
of the untutored savage of America,
and the cannibal pagan of the Paci
fic bles, he derives examples for po
lite and genteel circles in one of the
most enlightened and happy nations
on the globe. . He would have us
under pupilage at the kroal of the
Hottentot, and the wigwam of the
Indian. O temnora! O mores!
This, your correspondent says, is
"nature injter pure tatt.n i If the
aarK ana cruel combination of bar
barism, superstition, and ignorance
witnaii their concomitait debauch
ery, bloodshed . and wickedness,' ex
hibit nature in her pure state, then,
the. essayest is right. :VVe areper-!
euaded that he was not aware of the '
dilemma in which this ignis fatuus
ef youthful indiscretion would in
volve his argument, or he wonld
hnve gu aided it with' more discip
lined caution - - " " , ?
We are not . more surprised than
amused with the far-fetched and pa
radoxical attempt of the essayest to
prove the propriety of a village
dance from that sublime Oracle
wjhich render the most fearful sane
tions, teaches erring humanity every
thing perfectly deroffatinff to what
is heard and sees at those scenes of
noise and dissipation."!" He tells us
that Miriam,- David and others a-
mong the Israelites, danced. ' This
is true : But only on extraordinarv
occasions, and . then with a view to
testify their gratitude to Heaven for
some signal favor bestowed on them.
It will be granted on all hands that
any ttung else in the world but reli
gion and modesty may be 6een in
soms of our modern dancin parties;
ind from all- the fear Of God and
piety are excluded. Nothing but
toss coldest mfidelity or the most un
pardonable ignorance can justify the
advocate of. miiltv Dleasum in nm-
faining the ible so far as to garble
its sacred pages; to countenance
what it so plainly condemns.' And
we would seriously counsel your
correspondence either to advisehim
self of the nature of the scriptures,
or become an honest man, before he
quotes them again' in support of a
desperate cause ; they are designed
for nobler purposes than 'to be made
tne dermce resort of Infidels in dis
guise." '- .1. ' ; ,
. We ' will close our remarks by a
tew interrogations.' Is the amuse
ment of dancing calculated to render
a lady more amiable, modest, intel
ligent or interesting ? Does an in
discriminate assemblage of the vul
gar and the polite, the plebian and
patrician have a tendency- to refine
the fair damsels of our country? I
would ask . my ypuhg country wo
man; who are neither belles nor
fortunes, whether they, meet with e-
qual attention with the Circean fair
who are possessed of the round sum
of 10 or $20000? Are not such y oung
ladies. sometimes rather invited to
fill up a gap in a "Cotillion than to
enjoy equal honors with their richer
Competitors? Are- there j not some
balls of which it may' be said, Dux
femina faeti? Does not this amuse
ment continued till after! midnight;
vitiate moral sentiment, and gradu
ally impair the health? ; Vbuld not
our beaus and belles be better em
ployed in treasuring up useful know
ledge ? In fine, we would ask our
nocturnal pleasure' takers whether
they think a review of: these unsa
tisfying amusements will afford them
any real consolation in the hour of
death? ' f
MELANCTHON.
From the National Gazette.
LAYFAVETTE CORRESPONDENCE.
I-have intermitted mv ticnat a
voidaace cf putlishinsr private
correspondence, and sendrfor tTiVf
Gazette, a letter lately received
from my old and. hizhlv valued
revolutionary friend. General La
Favette. It willDut an end to ma.
ny idle tales propagated to his dis
advantage, and rescue American
travellers from imputations hasti
ly cast upon them. ; ; :
It would be affectation in me to
deny the gratification I feel in the"
long and uninterrupted friendship
of this singularly meritorious man,
tv.U i '. .
wwiu wu puuiic aua private con
siderat ton. No one had snr h
opportunities, a well in official as
private intercourse in most critical
and dangerous situations, of inti
mately knowing his distinguished
merit and ' 'attachment to : onr
cause. when it stood in need nf
every assistance which individ-
uais as weiij as nations could af
ford, and none cave us more snh.
stantial and . effecting, aid, both
personal,! pecuniary, and power
ful, in every thing that our criti-
cai ana ouen Restitute circum
stances indispensibly demanded.
caa iruiy aver mat bis. talepts
were much underrated, and his
services but partially knowu;
whilst we were eniovinir their in
valuable benefits. All the mani
festations of gratitude shewn to
him are richly merited, and do
honor to our country, whilst they
are received by modesty and
thankfulness rarely evheed by a
ny iodiTidaal either la ancient or I
UlUUCiUllUJCOi
R. PETERS.
Belmont, March 3tht 1827. j.
Parisian. 1 8th, 1 827. j
Mr dear FRiEND.Your kind
letter'of December is the last in
date I have received., Those by
Mr. Chancellor and Dr. Ralston
have been since delivered. . I am
happy in" every opportunity to
hear from you, and to talk of you
with persons who have, lately
been in your company. .
Our family has had to mourn a
very afflicting loss. One of my
sons-in-law, Lewis Lasteyrie, hus
band to ray daughter Virginia,
father to four children, nephew to
the agricultural author, has been
taken ' from us after two months
illness.- - The' unhappy , circum
stance has made'of late, LaGrange
less hospitable than I would have
wishedf ahd! has delay efd till next
Tuesday; the pleasure we have in
town Jto pastfaweekly ete'ning
with our American 5 and other
friends, a meetlng I ' resume as
soon as it can be done without io
propriety;" fixed days being the
best way to see each other; par
ticularly! for ur ybung America
gentlemen, who are most assidu
ously devoted to 1 their studies
it is,; indeed, gratifying to see the
conduct, manners, fellow feeling,
and ardor for improvement, which
are observed here and by every
body acknowledged, in t hose
honorable specimens of the youth
of the U. States. ' v.
I see from your letter, my dear
friend, there has been a great
deal of mistake on account of A
merican travellers to Europe, e
ven. with respect to me. It is
something Jike the leak of the
Brandywine. To be sure every
citizen of the United Stateswith
or without an epistolary passport,
has: a right to my attention; not
that I assume the privilege of an
American public officer; but be
cause your kindness has given me
some of its duties; nor do I know
why I ought to refuse my hand, in
my own house, to any one whose
hand I had the pleasure to shake
at Independence Hall. So in
case any American citizen Was in
distress on this side of the Atlan
tic, and I could do him some ser
vice, I would think it incumbent
upon. me. V But the fact is, that no
improper visit. that I know "of
has taken place; no improper ap-
plication Jias been made and of
those ascertained instanr p that I
... - I
nave sriven vou a kind rlin f
pain, the explanation will he n
O . 0 - SWAUig U
nain th oYnlin-iilnn i I
satisfactory as that of our rwril
from a leak in the Brandy wine.
v.- IT - .
. iou wm not consider as Ame
rican impositions the visit nf n
French seaman, who pretended
he was a Louisianese, and indeed
knew much of New-Orleans: or
two letters from a pretended son
oi ueneral M. and a pretended
s'on ' of a member, of Concrress
which, although written in good
English, were probably ah Euro
pean cheat, as those who were
charged with the enquiry found no
trace of an American in the men
tioned places. Those trifling an
ecdotes can onlv be mentioned in
jest. Nor will you find fault of
luraring ieu an interest tor
a young "Vnan and his1 hiother,
who hadiAtsrJea silly plan of Eu
ropean travel, when you will
know their intfoductionto me
had been to call Their.lvi au
they have since been ascertain
ed, in New-York, to be descend
ants of my - friend and brother
General L. " ' : :';:-.";-i-;V
-I dwell on these circumstsfnees,
my dear friend, qot only as an an
swer to your kind letter, but be
cause -inapcurate juunors have
been spread which I beg you occa
sionally to explain. 1 have been
sorry to see, in the Philadelphia
papers, the account "of a visit to
La.Grange, very friendly indeed
and well inteotjoned, but where,
among a few trifling mistakes,
there isan assertion that 1 am ev
ery day harassed wHth applica
tions for money by American tra
vellers, and that the fact has been
confined by Jlfr. Brown. The
kind author has totally misunder
stood the Minister, : who, on the
contrary, said that, from the few
cases that hare occurred to him,
he anight Judge of those1 which
may have come to. me. and so far
are they from having any thing to
do with the description of persons
who seem to be meant by the let
ter, that in these-" rare instances,
such as the French widow of an
American, (a sf rayed native who
wants to be helped ia fctf bii his
passage) a subscnption b94 4ieen
raised, under the good carofjtho
Consul, to which the Ari;Ocarj
gentlemen in town general Jy be
come contributors. Be ojlifred,
ray aear sir, that the atmtttprb
urictv - and delicacv in l!rr
. - j I w
thing, namely in pecuniary A Urs.
Mas Deen observed by toe
can travellers; that Mr.
'a
and myself are daily conafacjula-
iiug couj uiuer go me vcpipii
ments we receive from tllero
fessors, and other ; respectable
members of the French ciilus on
the exemplarary conducted a
mi able manners, of the yojfn A-
merican citizens who comf to Eu
rope for improvement the?jbt(st of
which improvements, in m) opin
ion, is the increased love 8d rej
pect which a comparison yi atfi tho
institution, and habits otd every
country, on this side of thAIan- .
tic, cannot fail to inspire fcir httr
own homev W a . M
In the publication. Thav lla
ded to, I see my , opinion lative
to your new. Pemtentia&,y has
been divested, of the expftssions
oT affectionate - regard for'th di
rectors of that experiment cif rhjr
high sense of their adUipafle . -philanthropy,
of the superijHvsf
their, knowledge and genej&f ex
perjence in matters- of thff (jtirid
which have, ever acconj babied t
my own observations 1 rr,ifct it, . ;
and beg you to express mylfeel- U
ings to. them. Yet I cannit 'help
persisting in my wishes t the
enlightened, humane, pjititpers
and managers of the Newl'eni- '
tary confinement the basis bthis
system, might employ it pl to '
separate prisoners at nigi?tnd
to punish delinquents, whjfenthe
reformation system, which laijex
cited the emulation of-'tfcherv
States, and of the .best pHg of
Europe, should, in my hilnible.
and, I confess,' unexperiq(ted'
opinion, be rather improve thn
totally abandoned Thislir&n.
uvuiucui, iar jrennsyivanu
metropolis of the reformi
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riys-
the account you cive me rpnHrt.
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tern; has greatly discour'agtlthq
philanthropists of Europe. Ji ft j
I thank you, mv dear frietdirS
m5 fircwelt aJdressAl
Belmont conversation had Uell -prepared
me for. the issue-. ' Hfbb
more new half centuries roljy Ua
this world, the heater theMpa- '
ralleled character of our bewed
Washinerton will ; fL'j
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miration of nn'et ;
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tAFAYETlJEi?-:
' THE TIPLER. vJlfl!
Follow him,if you haveitit
to do it, as he staersrers alonfll
and then licking the ground.ftihe
reaches his once peaceful hdfcrji -
"He's coming," cry ihelliSc
innocents, as . they) look . thih
the window: but'tis not thoiir
joy, that welcomesxthe kindlm."
family ah, no! tis the cHflb?
fearof horror. See therrilieo r
trom him as from a monster-i look
at the brokea hearted motbl rMs i
she takes up her affrightedboy
and bathes him with her teasii
Ah jays she to her chdijr,
4 ...,Ubi vuwc ioveu yi3o;j -
once loved me; he was aMfr
husband and a provident faxri;.
but now w are forsaken;
little tender feet fl th :Ji:-
frostr-mur-bodies shlv :iiU
cold; your tattered clothes arr f iU
your -lattered clothes arrftl-f V ? (
rom you, 'anoTHiay nrAt . A
to give; yoa are I Wry bt,t w . Vt
6 .wui juu. auu iTiaVQ 0013
ones k
I have
cessaries
nes, of life your lifter wfc t ,
wont to bring home toWlr ? i'
learts. are now changetHllr j f ?!
once wont to brincrh
our hearts, are now chan
the rum; bottle, which, sometfc I
mon has furnished him withljx I-
'iu.ijr, &ee xne miseries entfilQl
upon the wretched mother gi
her worse than fatherless chili i
by your thirst for gain V JL,eH
immagination supply the reroyl
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r Vl awiui picmre. p
". ' Adams Sloe fc1 The A Anmi
has experienced a verv ranid Hp5w
srithin a few weeks, in this ntiUt
We. could name some dozen of .
sons, who within one week,ha?eej
him, and have felt themselves c$ri
polled to condemi? his measures,MiS3 .
the course which b pursued byfe
partisans to secure his re-electivip
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