laughter.-Wouldst thou acquire the habit of recollection, and fix the principles of thy conduct';-wouldst thou be led up to thy Creator and Redeemer,2-and be formed to sentiments of piety and devotion;-wouldst thou be acquainted with those mild and tender affections which delight the compassionate and humane, 3-wouldst thou have the power of sensual appetites tamed and corrected, and thy soul raised above the ignoble love of life, and fear of death 4 go, (my brother,) go-not to scenes of pleasure and riot, -not to the house of feasting and mirth,—but to the silent house of mourning;-and adventure to dwell awhile among objects that will soften thy heart. Contemplate the lifeless remains of what once was fair and flourishing.'-Bring home to thyself the vicissitudes of life.-Recall the remembrance of the friend,-the parent,-or the child, whom thou tenderly loved'st.3-Look back on the days of former years 4-and think on the companion of thy youth,-who now sleeps in the dust.-Let the vanity-the mutability,-and the sorrows of the human state, rise in full prospect before thee-and though thy countenance may be made sad,-thy heart shall be made better. Lo,-the poor Indian !-whose untutor'd mind, Some safer world in depths of woods embrac'd,2 Some happier island in the wat❜ry waste,3 Where slaves once more their native land be hold,* No fiends torments-no Christians thirst for gold. But, my lords, who is the man, that in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorise and associate to our arms, the tomahawk and the scalping knife of the savage?'-to call into civilized alliance, the wild and inhuman inhabitants of the woods2 ?—-to delegate to the merciless Indian, the defence of disputed rights,3-and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren-my lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment. If this guiltless infant had been murdered by its own nurse, what punishment would not the mother have demanded, with what cries and exclamations would she have stunned our ears. What shall we say then, when a woman guilty of homicide-a mother of the murder of her own child, comprises so many misdeeds in one single crime?-a crime-in its own nature-detestable1-in a woman-prodigious-in a mother-incredible.and perpetrated against one, whose age called for compassion'—whose near relation claimed affection-and whose innocence deserved the highest favours!3 Imperial spoiler ! Give me my father,'-give me back my kindred2— Give me the fathers of ten thousand orphans 3-Give me the sons of whom thy ruthless sword It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds;-it is the height of guilt to scourge him; little less than paracide to put him to death—what name then shall I give to the acts of crucifying him.* After we have practised good actions awhile, they become easy;'-and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them;2-and when they please us, we do them frequently ;3-and by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit,— and confirmed habit is a kind of second nature-and so far as any thing is natural, so far it is necessary; and we can hardly do otherwise—nay, we do it many times when we do not think of it. Intemperance engenders disease,-sloth produces poverty,-pride creates disappointments; and dishonesty exposes to shame. The ungoverned passions of men betray them into a thousand follies--their follies into crimes;—and their crimes into misfortunes.3—— Do not hurt yourselves or others, by the pursuit of pleasure. Consult your whole nature. Consider yourselves not only as sensitive, but as rational beings;'-not only as rational, but social-not only as social,-but immortal.3 I demand justice of your fathers, upon the robber of the public treasury-the oppressor of Asia Minor and Pamphylia.-The invader of the rights and privileges of the Romans3-the scourge and curse of Sicily. PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES OF ALL THE FOREGOING RULES. THE MESSIAH. Ye nymphs of Solyma, begin the song: Returning Justice lift aloft her scale; Peace o'er the world, her olive wand extend, A God, a God! the vocal hills reply; |