Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, November 11, 1819, Image 4
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. P 0 E T H Y.
FHOM THE TORCH LIGHT.
THE GIRL 1 LOVE.
I love the girl who always gives
The fop and coxcomb due contempt,
1 love-the lovely girl who lives
From Folly free ; from P-ide exempt.
I love the girl, who, nobly great,
Despises Vice, though crowds pursue,
The girl, who, yielding will to fate,
Meets calmly joys and troubles too.
I love ?he girl whose tender heart
The sympathetic throb confesses;
Whose hands the kind relief impart,
And soothe the sufferer's distresses
.. ^
I love the girl whose bloom of youth
The flush of passion never stains ;
Whose heart's the seat of sacrtil Ti uth ;
Whose lips foul Slander ne'er profanes.
'the girl, whose mind Religion sways,
Wlvom Reason's rays ?o Wisdom lead ;
Whose steps ne'erslide from virtue's ways
She is the gjrl I love indeed.
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Miscellaneous.
FROM THI BOSTON PALLADIUM.
America richer than iZnslund.
Wealth is relative to the value of
the things which we want, compared
with the value of those which we
have to give in exchange. The first
bargain was between mho and the
earth. Man wanted bread, and he
gave his labor in exchange for it.
Be who could obtain the most bread
with the least labor, was the lichest;
consequently the country wtiich yields
the uiost bread with the least labor,
is the richest. * v
If we establish this, position wc
Redeem our title. _
England, it will he said, has im
mense wealth in parks and palaces,
fleets, forU and arms* jewels and
\ prticious/rfetals. We bar the public
stocks, we consider as hypothecated
7 upon the miseries of the people, or
oMhe fogs of the Thames.
jhk the other hand, America has
nothing hut1 lend and. liberty, woods
, and virtue. Let us compare. %
Wealth we take to ^rtatility, and
national wealth, national utility ; anti
the nation, the great tnass of tfoe
people. If parka and palaces, fleets
?nd forts and arms, jewels and pre
cious metals, wetfe requisite for the
internal peace, or the external pro
tection of the people,' we wwild ad
mit them into the inventory of wealth*
But if they are found to lit in mtist
cases, taere articles of court pagean
try, and instruments of ambitiou;
.and that the people could do very
*tyell without thein, then they arenoti
wealth for the people, nor conse
quently for the natiou; and in as
much as they have been taken from
the substance and the necessaries of
the peoiite, all beyond what was ab
- solutely necessary, instead of adding
to the national wealth has in fact di
minished it*
? It would appear, then, if we ad
mit (lie premises, that America i?j!
richer than England, by all the dif
ference betwixt liruisti pageantry
. and American simplicity* The sum
of this difference, which is immense,
and too large for, Americans to thiuk
- o (f ia here saved from the annihilat
ing hand of power, aiui left in flie
blind of the cultivator or mechanic.
But there is another s6urce of supe
rior wealth in America; it is the
abundance and fertility of the land ;
here the least labor producer the
most bread.
The freaux Esprits may contend
for bringing into the account the
wealth of intellect, mental lore ; we
answer, that what a few English
literati may possess in profundity of
learning, the American people pos
sess in extent, and the diffusion ol
useful knowledge. We are of opin
ion, that even the balance of litera
ture, thus established, would !>?"
greatly in our favor.
I But to return to the tangible wealth.
If we subs tract the supposed va
lue of fleets, forts and arms, parks
and palaces, jewels and precious
metals, all that is not requisite for
circulating medium, and take into
view the smallness of the number of
the wealthy and luxurious, compar
ed with the great mass of popula
tion, we conclude that America will
be found intrinsically richer than
England.
A more easy mode of solutioq
w ould He this : Suppose that almost
every man in America possesses a
house and land ; estimate these com
forts according to the European scale
of similar comforts, enjoyed, of
course by a higher order of beings
than laborers there ; the aggregate of
this sum would give the amount of
the wealth of the American people.
Again, take the daily income of
all the inhabitants of America, where
every man does somethiug and not
as in Euro|>e where millions do
nothiug. That sum will give the
interest of a capital representing the
wealth of America.
Finally, estimate the fopd and
clothing consumed in America atgbe
European price, the houses - and
furniture, the books, schools, news
papers and stationary ; compare the
amount with a similar number of in
habitants of England, and it will be
found, notwithstanding the palaces
and the costly furniture of the favored
few, which might be fairiy excluded
from this account, that America con
sumes a greater amount and value of
these articles thau Englund, and is
consequently richer.
f ROM TAS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, FOR AU
? GLST, It 18.
Otf RESECTABLE PEOPLE.
There i? not any <51111 that is of
tener misapplied or that is a stronger
instance of the abuse of language,
then this same word respectable. ?
By a respectable man is generally
meant a person whom there is no
reason for respecting, or none thai
we choose to name; for if there is
any good reason for . the opinion we
wish to express, we naturally assign
it as the ground of his respectability.
If the p?vs\p 'w hotii you ate desirous
to characterise favourably, is distin
guished * for his good nature, you
nay that he is a good natured man ;
if it is by his zeal to serve his friends,
you Call him a friendly man ; if In
his wit or sense, you say he is witty
or sensible; if by his honesty 01
learning, you say so at ouce ; but
if he is none of these, and there is
no one quality you can bring forward
to justify the high opinion you w ould
be,tbough^p entertain ff him, you
then take the question Air granted,
and jump at a conclusion, by observ
ing gravely, that u he is a very res
ectable man." It is clear, indeed,
that where we have any striking ahd
generally admitted reason* for res-'
(tecting a man, the roost obvious w ay
to ensure the respect of ^>iht rs will
be, to men ion his estimable quali
ties; v^bere these are wanting, tfie
wisest course mu?t lie to say nothing
about them, but tu insist on the gen
eral inference for which we have out
particular reasons, onbt vouching t\,r
its authenticity ; if lbransUmce, the
only motive we "Jiaye for thinking or
speaking well df another is, that be
gives us good dinners, as this is not
a valid reason to (hose who t)o not,
like us,* partake of his hospitality,
we m <y (without going into partitu
lars) content ourselves with Assuring
them, that he is a most respectable
man ; if he is a slave to tlio e above
bim, and an oppressor of those lie
tow him, but sometimes makes us
the channels of his Inanity, or the
tools of his caprice, it will be as well
to say nothing of the mutter, < but to
confine ourselves to the safer generali
ty, that he is a person of the highest
respectability ; if lie is a low, dirty
fellow, who has amassed an immense
fortune, which lie does not know
what to do with, the possession of *it
alone will guarantee his respectabili
ij, it we say nothing of the mnnnei
,n w Irich he has < ome by it, 01 i A
v hicb he s|>euds it. A mail i??;?y bt
a knn\e or a fool, or buth (as it ma^
<1
happen) and yet be a most respecta
ble man, in the common and author
ized sense of the term, provided tie
keeps up appearances, and does no l
?give common fame a handle for no
longer keeping up the imi>o3tureir* ?*?
The best title to tfce* character 6f
respectability lies in the convenience
of those who echo the cheat, and in
the conventional hypocrisy of. the
world. Any one may lay claim to
it who is witling to give himself airs
of importance, and can find means
to divest others from inquiring too
strictly into his pretensions. It is
a disposable commodity ? not a pait
of the man that sticks to him like his
skin, but au appertenance like Iris
goods add chattels. It is meat,
drink, and clothing to those who ta|te
the benelit of it by allowing other*
the credit It is the current coin,
the circulating medium, in which the
fictitious intercourse of the world is
carried on, the bribe which interest
pays to vauity. Respectability in
cludes all that vague and undetinable
mass of respect floating in the world,
which arises from sinister motives in
the person w ho pays it and is offered
to adventitious and doubtful qualities
in the person who receives it. It is
spurious and uomiual ; hollow and
venal. ^ -I o suppose that it is to be
takeu literally and applied to sterling
would betray the greatest i?-?
uorncc ot the customary use ol"
speech. \\ hen we hear the word
coupled with the name of any indi
v idua I, it would argue a degree of
romantic simplicity to imagiue that it
implies any quality of head or heart
any one excellence of body or mind'
ai0 good action or praisew'Orthy
sentiment $ but as soon as it is men
tioned, it conjures up the ideas of a
handsome house with large acres
round it, a sumptuous table, a cel
lar well stocked itii excellent wines
splendid iurniture, a fashionable e
quipa^e, with a long list of elegant
conveniences. It is not w hat a man
is, but what he hasy that we speak
of in the significai t use of this term,
lie may be ^ the poorest creature in
the world iu himself, but if he is
oell to do anil can spare some of hit*
superfluities, if he can lend us his
purse or in* countenance upoiTocca.
skm, he*theu ?* buy a golden opinio is"
ol us ) it is but lit that v. e should
speak well of the bridge that carries
us over, and in the return for what
we can get from him, we embody
our servile gratitude, hope and feats,
in this word respectability. By it
we paiuper his pride and feed our
own necessities, it must needs be a
very holiest uncoirupted word thai
is the go-between in this disinteres
ted kind of trafflck. \Ve do uot
tbinj* of apyjying this word to a
great poet or a great painter, to the
man of genius, or (he mm of vir
tue, for it is seldom we can spunge
upon them. It wonld be a solecism
for any o<ie to pretend to the charac
ter who has a shabby coat to his
Hack, who goes without a dinner,
or has not a good bouse over Ins
iftqad. He w ho has reduced himself
in the woild by devoting himself to
m particular study, or adhering to a
pai ticuunr cause, excites only a smile
of pitj/or a shrug of the shoulders,
at tlife mention of his niime ; while
lie wiM^ has raised himself iu it by a
different course, . who . has* become
rich for want ol ideas, and powerful
from want of principle, is looked
up to with sileni Homage, and pas
ses for a respectable man. " The
ieuhied pate ducks to the golden
iooL" W e spurn at virtue and gen
ius in rags ; and lick the dust in the
jireseuce ot vice and folly in purple.
>*? ? ?
Viait IN QOMSftTAHTlNOPLK, AMD CONDUCT j
or TH & TUMI AT T11M.
From DaU4way*9jkravei? in the Levant- \
t ires are so frequent, ilmt few
a ion tim pass without fhen, and they]
arfe generally so furious, thai whole1
dictricts are laid in ashes.* Houses
ate mood re-eracted, that the for
mer appearance of the street* is
speedily restored, and little altera-'
? In 1 6 63 trventy. thousand houses were
miri.t ; and in 1778 the conflagration was
so ex tensive, snNa^hreatcn the ui.iyrr?#l
u^ftTuciion o? tb#cit|r, ?J*
tion is ever made in ibeir fonu. ?
Notice of a fire in Const an tion pie,
or at Galafa, is given by beating a
great drutn of two high towers; the
night-watch then patrole the streets,
striking the pavements with their
staves shod with iron, and crying
out Yangen t tfar,? There is a fire,"
naming the place. The Sultan is
then summoned three times, and when
the conflagration has lasted one hour,
he Is forctftTto attend iu i>erson, and
to bring mules with him laden 'with
piastres, which he distributes with his
ownhands to the firemen, w hoareverv
inactive before his arrival. These
are armed against accidents in the
same manner as they are in London,
and are equally expert and adven
turous, Fires are extinguirhed by
pulling down the adjoining houses,
for the engine* are very small, and
borne upon ilia shoulders of two
men.
The perfect resignation with which
a good Musulman sees his house con
sumed by the flames, and himself
reduced from affluence to povertv .
(lias been often aud justly remarked
my others ; he exclaims +Hluh Rarim :
[that God is merciful," w ithout ap
[parent emotion, and has assured
(himself that the same Providence
I which hath made him poor and ab
Iject, can once more restore him to
[wealth if it be his fate. As to the
women, they have not the praise of
[such philosophy. T hey assemble
I in a group near the sultan, and un
mercifully load him with the bitter
lest reviling, particularizing his own
p rimes, and the errors of his govern
ment, and charging him with the
cause of the present calamity. At
such renconters no crowned head
need envy Hultan Selim his situation.
As this is the only privileged time
of conveying the voice of the people
to his ears, and*as women in Tur
key say any thing with impunity, it
lis presumed that many of the fires
[are not accidental,
I v As a great spectacle, detaching
[the idea of commiseration of the
calamity from the present view, if a
volcanic eruption be excepted, none
lean exceed a great fire at Constanti
nople. The houses being construct
ed with wood, and frequently com
uiunicating with magazines filled
with combustible. materials, a vast
column of flame, of the most lumin
ous glow, rises from the centre,
whtch lighting up the mosques, and
[contiguous cypress groves, produces
(an effect of superior magnificence.
I in other cities where the building?
are (If stone, the flames are seen
partially, or ar^ overpowered with I
|smoke. ? I
EXTRACT FHOM CHATEAUBRIAtfp's
? . . TRAVELS. , *
When I wag in America, in the
frontiers of the country of the savage*,
I wan inforflfcri, that in the next ciay'sj
journey 1 should meet a countryman
of mine among the Indians . Oh my
arrival among the Cayongas, a tribe
belonging to the Iroquois nation, m\
Suixle concluded me into a Joqpst. in
the itiidst of this forest stood a kind
of bamf in which 1 found about a
score of savages of both sexes, be
daubed like conjurors* with their
bodies half naked, their ears cut into
figures, ravens' feathers on their
bead*) and rings through their nos
trils* A little rjfeftohman, powdere J
[and frizzled in the old fashion, in a
pea -green ttfct and drngget waist
coat, muslin frill a#d ruffles, was
Hcraptng away on his kit, and mak
ing the Iroquois dance to the tune of
fadslin V*e4uit? M. Violet, for
tMH was hii name, followed the pro
fession of dancing master among the
savages, by whom he was paid for
his lessons in beaver qkins and bear's
hams. He had beeflf'a scullion in
the service of General Kechambeau*
during the ^jnerican war, but re
maining at M^W-York after the re
turn of the Fremfb army, he resolved
to give th^&mericafli instructions in
ibt fine arts, lib views having en
larged with his success, this new Or
pheus resolved to introduce civiliza
tion aione the roving hords of tin
new world* la speaking to me o
the Indians, fcfc^frays styled tin t
"fas meesieurv&fast" and "ce*,
dame* 8avu$e8." lie bestowed
^veat praise tin the ability c f bis
scholars, and in truth, never tfid I
witness such i^amhle^ in uiv 1 fe.
? ? *
\1. \ inlet, holding his Utile between
his chin and his chest, tuned the ir
resistible instrument ? he then cried
out in Iroquois, " to your places/'
and the hole troop fell a capering
like a band of demons. Such, adds
our traveller, is the genius of nations .
MORAL REFACTIONS.
" not upon Earth, 'hrill pierce
thee to the heart."
An immortal mind cannot long lie
delighted with the pleasures of time.
It must be fed with nohler, with
heavenly food. Earth with all its
enjoyments will be forgotten, riches
will escape the miser's eager giaxp,
and mirth Pee before the votaries of
pleasure. Ilow empty, then, arc the
vain pursuits of earthly good ! Re
gardless of the snblime enjoyments
of futurity, we eagerly grasp ai the
world, till like the dagger or the as
sassii:, it pierces to the heart. The
hopes of the thoughtless multitude
reach not beyond the veil of lime ;
but the christian's hope brightens
with the decays of nature. N o domls
of anxiety darken the sun of his pros
perity. No alarming fears disturb
his midnight repose. Hope is an
anchor to his soul, which amidst all
the storms of life, directs him lor- i
ward, with enraptured joy,, to seats
of immortal bliss. He <4 leans not
on earth 5" uo, his trust is in llitn
\* hose promise never fail*. When
afilictious assail, and poverty threats
enw him, when death knocks at his
door, he reposes in the arms of faith ;
be can easily part with Ihe world,
for this is not his portion. But
where is the infidel to look for enjoy*
meut, w hen his I ody sleeps in the
dust?? l)oet he hppe his existence
will then be at an end? he starts
with horror at the thought ! Reason
convinces him of its aUurdity.
Religion brightens in the shades of
retirement. The huiiy of business,
and the rude scenes of mirth, drown
the Whispers of conscience, & quench
the vital spark of religion* The
C hristian w ill often retire to converse
with his God. There he enjoys his.
sweetest moments, there he tastes
the pleasures which it is not in the
power of earthly objects to afford.
V\ hen he withdraws from noise anil
disturbance ? when he meditates at
leisure on these great truths, which
have never been seriously enough
considered, it is almost impossible
that he should* not be affected with
'them. Intercourse with the world
cools our affections for religion, and
darkens the hopes of our future en
joyments, iu the same proportion that
it increases our attachment to the
present* If we would breathe a purer
air, we nust shun the noxious vapors
of vicej-we must flee from it, as more
dangerous than the plague or the
pestilence. Ye friends of I humanity ;
v\ hen you l>ehold the greater part of
mankind eagerly pursuing the fleet
ing vanities of time, and forgetting
the joj s of immorality, then retii e*and
heave a sigh for human depravity ;
but retire not id vain. Resolve to
rjjuit your follies ere you again iin
Uierge in sinftty, pleasures.
All the moments of our lives are
counted. Let ns employ lliem well
or ill, we shall not increase their
number,, it is fixed and lessens con
tinually. Is it then our tirasure*on
earth ? It will vanish in the hour of
distress. Is it in heaven? It will
increase in value throughout bound
less eternity.
Youtli and beauty may fall before
the corroding hand of time, like the
tender flower before the chilling blast '
of autumn. The brightest morning
may soon be overcast with clouds ?
and storms of adversity may drive us
far from the smiles and caresses of
our friends ; happy, beyond expres*
sion, if in these moments religion lie
our guide. This will smooth the
furrowed front of age, and blunt the
?a 1 bed ^rrow of death. This will
'tighten our hopes when all other
"joymenU* have fled, when gaiety
i^ases to nleasc, and mirth can no
Aongvr delight.