The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-25
ArFECTATIcN.

ArFECTAT1cN.
| "ln man or woman-but far more in man
| | oa,h all aft citation "Cowper.
al will be proud, | will read polite authors II
will battle Sir Toby, will wash oft gross acquain.
tance, will be pont-de vice the man will re.
member who commended my yellow stockings,
and wished 10 see them ever cross gar,ered."
i MalJoEo
| This is world of tricks. Most of us, (poor
sonls,) live by tricks, and am sure many of us
are doomed 10 die by trick. But perhaps, of sail
the tricks of singulari,y," which are attempted io
be played off upon simple men that "speak righ,
on" tie tricks of afectation are tnf .nost sill,
and disgusting. Every man, and almost every
woman, with equal sorrow and difidence be i'll
said, has some fault or falling other; but tn, ~
ii frequently happens that single fault serves as
a foil to set off some valuable accomplishing
and therefore does not make the person absolute
liv contemplate
4 In my view, the worst kind of aifcctaton is tina
OF religion. Aileclation in general, is only redic
ulous-but in religion it is criminal Like the
|solemnity of an oath, it then seems to appeal 10
h ayen to attest its truth. rbe piois subject Of
This miserable aectalion, is to be seen choosing
slthe lowest eat IN the synagogue and he is eve'
constant, "m in and out of season. to let
the poor sinful world know how good he is Even
his air, dress, and manner, betoken the utmost
lhumlty and self abandonment. II may be true
J THAT, like Shyock, he " waits upon his bonds -
ybut that is only because the scriptures say, tai
yhe who provides not a,r his avn household i,
,worse than an nhde IFS quay true he is bit
ter and intolerant to all WHO differ from him il
: religious opinion, but the reason for this is ",
S are admonshed that there shall be "talse teach
= er, and wolves in sleeps clothing in the world
}. His communication for aught we know, is II
the simplicity ofyea yea, and ray, nay but whcr
:. an object of private or public charity is present
led, it is for no other cause than conscientious
iscruples, that lie begins with nay, nay lie il
n constant at church with books of wicked pray
L ers," in order to mend the world-snd TO Sc, tht
G iexample Of pie,y 10 his neighbors, and 10 prove
. kt Holly Willie, =" burning and shining light Il
all the place."
"Oh We wha are sa gnod yoursel,
Sac pious and sac holy;
Yc've nough' to do bu, mark and tell
V'ur neighbors fault and folly"
: The afectation of wealth is another common
! and dangerous misfortune Man, persons, other
a wise respectable, have often rendered themselve
livery poor and very Ridiculous by affecting ,h
Istyle and living Of their more wealthy neigIbois
Now, for instance, if Mrs. Puffy gives rout
where one hundred people are nearly iambed I,
q death, at the cost of ole hundred dollars, why
q 'then, to be SUR, Mrs. Puff, in lpe penitude o
il ih:r wealth, is in duty bound iJ give another
, where two hundred pcople are to Iuffer the mise
ries ct the black hole Of Calcutta, at the expens
L, 'of two hundred dollars. And so i, is, that il Mrs
'ulf have an article of fancy, that cost sixty dol
liars, Mrs Puffy, forthwith, must have one At
a. hundred.
eI It's hardest work of man alive,
st To make three guneas 60 for fvei"
and so do SIR and Mrs. Puffy find it for at las
nT creditors demand their dues, and-the res
lis obvious.
But If there are some who are made poor by tn,
Iaifectaion If wealth, there others who max,
themselves despicable by the aifrctation of pov
erty. Among such, sloyeniiness Of dress, coarse
!, ness OF manners, contempt for the common
o courteses and distinctions OF life, aud moreove
loud and persevering lamentations over losses
u hlexpenscs, and ruin, are char.ctcrstics which ar.
meant to indicate superior wisdom. 1t would bs
an excellent lesson for these grnmblers actual,
o sufler for little while the miseries and dcpr
|vatons they affect to experience. Such aifecta
iion is nothing but insulting and lngratetul mock
Iery. Aud then there is nlwkish ailectation o
Isensbity and sentimcn,alism, sort of halftoo
r susceptibility of mind and nerve, tina, Sees th
, r. air drawn dagger" in common pitch FORK an'
'lthst places the possessor in an imaginary region
elfar above the common business, and the common
e sense of the world People may be too snbma
ted for world like ours, which as King RchaN
eIsays, we must " hustle in.'' If by any msfortun
elyou we're bleeding to death. yon could expec
>, no relief from such persons --becs"se the
would faint away at the sieht ofa drop Of "chris
u tian blood; !" and more than all, because the
n might iniure their green dress, or as Shake
speaie SAYS, make " the green one red" Exqu
site sensibility is employed in poring day an
might, over the wsnton pages OF the "sentimen
ia" Werter, the blashenous raving of the tende
IS Rousseau. he fee fun nonsense of the de
ectable Della Crusra - ,cts Of mercy are to-
common.piace for srnsibili'y. And then there
an affrctaIon of almost every thing under tn
sun an atiectation in writing and talking, walk
ing and riding, laughing and crying, and IN ea'nl
Il and in dressing. One person writes in all IN
ponderoSay of johnson, herpunishes you will
ii ,puns, and a third iingles through the aplabe
with " not alliteraion's artul aid
One iisps in modest childishness. and anothe
busters like storm in winter. Some person
speak Ms it their tongues were burnt, and other
as if they had teazle in their throat. In shor,
there is no end TO affectaon. One man sports
y ysnall hat with never crown, and another re
q creates his head with hat without brim, 70
the sake of notorety. One person writes you
J letter that you cannot read, and consequently
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