For the Piney Woods Planter.
MUSINGS AT NIGHT.
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Justice is one Of the immutable princi-
plies of moral government and guidance.
In all our intercourse with the world il is
an infalible rule by which we may square
our actions, and prove their correctness
by which we may Judge Of the conduct of
others, and decide on its merits, If we be
just we are sure to be honest, love truth,
and act tighteously, The reputation of
others will be safe in our hands, and the
envenomed shafts of slander will be caught
and hurled back against the fiend who
sends them, with redoubled force. In es-
tlmating the character of men and things,
we will discard selfshness, and be ready
to make due allowance for the defects Of
nature, and the influence which adverse
circumstances may have produced. The
just man is alwaysa good man. In apub-
lie capacity he never swerves from duty.
however painful nor forsakes his post for
pleasure; however aIluring. By the exer4
else of this noble attribute, of moral and
mental nature, he feels the proper mea
sure of his own and others duty the real
merit Of his own and others actions. II
teaches him when to be benevolent, how
to be kind. and where to be charitable, il
teaches him to be truly anxious. and assi-
duously careful to avoid wounding the fee
lings of his fellow, beings on every occa-
sion; and it teaches him to exercise the
most scrupulous attention respecting eve
ry statement which he receives as true,
and not to receive it as such until he is
thoroughly satisfied it Is so. Justice will
not deny TO ehemies the praise to which
they are entitled, NOR to friends the Gen.
sure which their conducts merit. 1t
guards with no less tenacity the rights of
others than our own. 1t is the golden rule
of our SAVIOR, s'do unto others as you
would that they should do unto you.


KITTY GLOVER.