Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-15
From the Connsstieat couras,
TIE BKfES REmAnrEn.

are used winch are rot intended 10 ESs
understood according to their ols;. ~ y
neaning. For Instance, when ons IVY aSS 1,
says or writes to another, Your hnmN sa'
servant, or your most obedient. bs; ;s
ends not to bind himself to clean 4 e
|beots q: the one he thus aIdressos 'e
Ito do biln any menial service ataIl ~,
much less does he mcan that he il rss s1v
and wiling to yield him obedience Il \
eases whatsoever. 1t is hardly wo' i
while however to be flush upon tb;s,s. 4
pic, as the Aforesaid forms Of sres "
lave almost come to be obsolete, atls,4 a
I'm The u. States. Pledges Of hpns %I'
service and passive obedience, nutu,Ils
given nsthe Interchange ofciyiEties. :,
now as rare ia this country as they ,sss
were conmon. This is no matter o.,
greet; for it's not flower tat has he's.
.plucked up, but a weed.
But there is one other form Of word,
which seems to have come into genersi
abuse over this whole country; and ~
more is the pity, as these last are ,rcras
pf grave import as wellas obvious senss.
| mean the phrase, SO abundantly Used.
promise to pay. In other tines the,
words were passed with tiinid caution
and when passed. they were held sacred:
out they are now coming to he werd. q
mere form, meaning nothing very Ike
The old complimentary phrases-Yow
humble servant-Your most cbedient--
Net but that the promiSsee always inter
orets the text, as of cid, according to n
literal or expressed meaning. But d.
promiser perverts the text, that he mar
accommodate it to his own heterodOx no.
lions; or, rather, after the Rcnish doc.
.rine Of mental reservation, he, mental.
y, interpolates the word yNsrer--lnak.
ne it read thus, ! promise nernl to
BAY.
1t would be endless to recount all the
that are flowing in upon sOcip.
y from this prevailing beresy nerisi
leedful, since the most Of them are loo
obvious to escape notice. Wherefae.
not TO mention the sore disappointnebts.
he indignant heart burnings, daily arts.
ng in ten thousand instances from his
single source; nor yet to mention its De.
tructiye influence upon all confidence
,etween man and man--passing orc
hese topics and others akin to tieu.t
hall consider the matter merely as it al.
ects the interests Of the Delinquent
party.
Be it supposed that he is a man Fos.
essed of several estimable Qualities;
hat he has a large stock of what is call.
ID GOOD nature that he is obliging and
o,Spassionate !; that in the main, hcB
moral man and finally, that there's
10 apparent blemish in his charsrg,
ave this ore alone. Give the delinquent
III these good qualities, and yet sis
lead fly in the precious ointment
polls the whole compound.
There is smack of immortality iner
Y instance of voluntary word -bseakgi
nd in this, as in very Other vice, ors
tep naturally leads to, another. he
God natured man, who has neglectS9
ulfil his promise, is fam to cast aoHI
i'm for an excuse, and ii he cannOt find
ne. he makes one. This can haIdlyb
lone. for the first or second tine, WIT,
Mt > considerable struggle with no'a
But it soon becomes leasl's,
nd az natural almost as to breathe ~
he process of this i'll habit, he qsls
oses his moral feelings, as respects 'uE.
,eracity and, almost every ua ~ ~ =
ives. he deals in fiction without an "'
: Neither is this all; he is the cccasIe
f faIsehood in others. He steps O't ~
ne of his neighbors to borrow. ~
e;rhbor respects him for his sung1
ood qualities, but knows well the P "a.
;cnIar infrlnity Of his character 20 ?.
, 10th to lsse his friend, and qu'ge -,
ot l't to hazard his money. What dSe
: dos He. also, proceeds to frame g. e.
;t;ons excuses I" am very sorry' a%
hat it is net in my power to oollsg b
' The e IS no man living thatI shou ss
,ore ready to serve hGt-Ou''
nd all. :, -, cersn
ractice to shuttle of, as much as ~. F' nj
1e, the payment Of his honest d. d.' e,si
eice of society, bnt loses q a "@ meet
ion ef self-respect. be oita e. eannd
With fellov-beings. with whom "s .tanst
. much as Interchange the .ts iSs,rrg
sIutation, without enduring I've een ,r
s seIf abasement. and IN cur r,t