The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-15

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taries now on the file of the Old Bachelor
which applaud both its design and its exc
cution, and see how far they outnumbe,
these As to those applications Of gene
raj descriptions or ideal characters, to indi
viduais. do not we'll see how il is to be
avoided. suppose, that all vices and fol :.
lies show themselves pretty much in the
same way; pretty nearly by the same ef
fects and actions. IN all persons aud all pla-
Ges Avarice, vanity, foppery. affectation,
ooquetry and ambition of honors, all, sup
pose, have their votaries; and these vota-
ries have every where pretty nearly the
same appropriate habits and manners-
Shall You not he permitted to assail one of
these vices, and to render it odious or ridi-
culous. by description of its .particu lar
mode at acting because hat description SO
exactly fits A B. c. ID. +. and +. !-lNhe
greedy miser' the vain fop. the affected CO.
.quette, the office-hunter &c. v ore sup.
pose, pretty much the same dress, and dis
played themselves pretty nea ~ by the same
airs, acts and conduct when you were a
young man, that they do now. Shall you
not speak OF these vices as they deserve.
and depict them as they were, are and ever
will be. while nature remains the same
because. fersooth. there are misers. Ion>.
coquettes q office-hunters, now in the world.
who may suppose themselves, or be suppos
ed by others, to be aimed at! AT this rate.
now are vices ever to be eradcated? Peo-
Pie must be convinced they are wrong or
they will never reform.-Vices and follies
must be painted and exposed, and the world
must be awakened to observe and despise
them. or they will flourish boldly and with
IMMUNITY. have very little respect for that
polite preacher. who, we are told, Thought
It necessary to make an apology to his au
dience for mentioning before them such
rude things as sin and the place of final hu-
rlishment.'
. But to be accused, Rosalie, of aspers;np
private charactersr Te' be branded as a ca.
lumniator Can Ibear that .'
:" But consider: by whom, my dear uncle
viii you be so accused by whom will YOU
be SD orandeaf Will it be by the wise and
vrtuous No: for, whom have you aspers
edi whom have you illuminated. You have
mentioned no one by their names ex-
cept Blanca and Morton neither of them
Complains. And when you have intro
dUced an obnoxious character by q 6c.
utious name, you have described that
Character. only 6yits vices: now among
thousand who practise the same vices in the
same way, what one Individual has a RIGHT
TO say thai he or she is'meant Each one of
the thousand perhaps will think him or her
.
ind out some traite i'll the draft. which II
will imagine peculiar to itself, while, in truth
1t is as general as the vice itself. The very
same mo'Ive which is operating with Won to
discontinuance of your labors, is eoually
operative 70 put an end to the functions of the
pulpit For imagine that there never. was
yet, acongreg stion of sinners who listened I'm
an able Preacher---such AN one for instance as
oaurln or Flecbiere---one who was init
mately acquainted with the foldines of I'm
man nature--who knew how to hunt a sin
through all its maaes and pursue It into the
deepest recesses OF the heart-but wha frs,
one individual and then anorher W uld start
with astonishment to find himself so well
known, and believe that the preacher had
him particularly in his eye. -Nu--no--my
7eiver uncle let &c forward am cnr,-
vlhced that much good may We, be done :.
Ifthere are individuals, who can he "a val
and lndlscreet as to proclaim that the can
hts them, be the folly on their oyn head -.
L Ire cause in which you have embarked !.
vIrtuous anG patriotic /; and the virtuous
and patriotic will not fail to consider i, AZ IL
deserves to be considered. Envy and ma
nee may snarl and murmur. Let them DO Il.
They cannot alter by thGir misreoresen,a-
ton, the character of your motives and con
duct. They will not persuade one sensihle
man or woman to believe that the expnsnr e
OF a genral and prevalent vice q. folly !.
either aspersion or calumny. Thev NAV
give It that name; but they will not give (,
that nature. in the esteem of the wise aAd
good" '0
yet is sIngnlarly hard !''
on forget. my dear uncle; when vop
say 1t is ssngutartsi hard. Remember that
ADDISON and Johnson experienced exactly the
sane rare. ihey were accused precisely
asyou are accused And think it probable
nay certain, that if we had the local historv
OF the country and the time in which anv ~
ther work on living manners has been pub
lished, the same effects have been invaria
oily produced. How in the nature of th;nge
can 1t be otherwise ? The writer if he does
ms duty must censure the prevailing faults
and those who are most distinguished hv
those faults, will be immediately brought ~
the recollection OF the circles in r.hic6 thev
respectively move. Thus it will always
happen as it has happened with Won that
he same character will be applied TO TWEEN.
~ dhleren' characters, at the same t;rne IA
different parts of the country. And thp WI
ter WI be thought tohaye lampooned them
all, when perhaps he did not know either of
them but merely meant to root out. If he
could, generally notorious vice. No. Sir
Heaven sees and knows and approves vm,r
motives. An: IN such cause pive me.
leave to- say revered and beloved nncle !,
does not become such a man as Won are %
fiinch, or halt for a nnoment.''
"R0salie" cried l. as the IoveI, ,,o,,o.
enthusiast pressed my hand TO her bonn ;ns,
heart--' you have conquered. will on o,,
Yes I will foIlOuy 80 ." '''