The Southern Enterprise, 1854-05-19

| cunosuy ueiu on inc nuiiuuaj 01 iochi pun' tics. Tlic consequence is, that liis mind is | so much dissipated, or his passions disturb oil, that the quiet speculations of the scholar can no longer detain hiin. He hoars at .1 | distance, the bustle of Ccflfutia,?die rushes 'out of the grave of Egeria, and Numa and tlse Muses call after him in vain. It is. per1 haps, one of tlw incurable evils of our con! stitution of aodetv, that tbis ambition ot im, mediate notoriety and rapid success is too eurlv excited, and tints the promises of litcr; ary excellence as ao frequently superseded. ty t . ^ ?y ... ^ ^ What M*IM. the I:ND V?R ""U/,; n boy angry with his parents, disobedient x 1 and obstinate, determined t<> pursue his own j course, to be his master; setting at nought th^expericiice of age, and disregarding their admonitions and reproofs, unless liis course of conduct is changed. I need not trouble myself to inquire, "What will his eml be!" When I notice a little girl quite fond of dress and thereby her pride is increased; dissatisfied and unpleasant at times if sho cannot obtain her desires, end anxious to appear better clothed tli^p circumstances will l^frnit, her thoughts occupied with what others will think ot her dress?unless she

i cnange* tier course of conduct, 1 need not ; ask what her end will be. W hen T -ee a boy desiring the soctetj^of y 1 the wicked and depraved, associating witJT those who swear, lie, client and steal: seeking their e->mpni^ making their ' ?1 need not inquire, unless he alter nh?" course, what his end will be. .He will soon be as bad as his companions or worse. But when I see. a boy kind, atloctionate rcs|?ectful, obedient to his parentskeeping holy the Sabbath day; found in the "sanctuary, joining God's people in his worship; ( loving to pray io him ; who is punctual at Sabbath S< Ii?k>I?attoifflPvc, quiet, with his lesson well com in it ted to memory and repeat* d accurately ; keeping good company, forming good habits, I can predict with almost a certainty what the end of tint boy y will be. He will find a "house not .aadu^, ( with hands, eternal in the heaiA^f* I iii: Soiinou i ri, .. V* Icmliiiv. tliora H IJ W^,, f orrowlul tree?call^v,., >, ? /at . i -i Ihcv vieldA m lourr-lie* m thu^ ^ri' 1- '!'! i-. Spinier t is qtiit^ ^ moll, i>^ v""' n: * * -' ? jftv- -JtW/f'VT - i ifc: -m" ? . * i

dable in its nature, while that of mere fashion and money is ft arrow, empty and unworthy." It seems strange that in a eoittitry professing to bo republican, or in any land from which common sense had not departed, any audi lessons should be needed as this. What j condition of society must that l>e, in which | a mau can be ashamed of himself for being j the architect of his ow n fortunes, or in wlnoli ; his children can bo ashamed that their father was once a mechanic or a laborer, and endeavor to rid themsolvewf the recollection of it as a humiliating and a disgraceful tiling ! Why, looking at the matter by the ; simple light of reason that Heaven has givI en us, we should say the proudest feeling'in | this world ought to he those of a self-made man. For a man to raise him-olf from, a poor and humble situation to eminence in | any department cf human exertion, requires the most universally admired among manI kind?intellect, courage, and iron will, uni j yielding perseverance, hope, patience, and II self-denial. lie who elevates himself to a 1 j high position, is as much superior to tlu