The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-19
" In man or tnmaii--.bm faf moi IN mnn-
loeth MI atTt nia,ion II ol3r.

! "tnss Acquaintance, WI hr poiut device
/ the ninn VII roiurm1cr WHO tnmmrndc,
/ my yellow stnfking~, aud Wished 10 see Then
ever cos. gnltrfed .raiteiio.
NJ. Ehior.-Thi- is world nf tricks
Mos, al IT,, tpoor souls) INV tiiek ,.anf
am SURF mnny of US are danmrd To- III,
10y trick. Hui pcrhaps, Of" III The trick,
ui S'neoirli,,' which are attempted t.
be played oil upon SIMPLE men ihai spcaL
night on." tia, ti1tics Of ALTERATION are IL,
most silly aud disgusting. Every man
aud almost every woman, with equal snr.
row aud ditlidrnce be- u said1 has some
Fault on talliog or other hal then, il ire.
quent'y happeasdllat single fault srfv.s
aS inIl Ia sei oil some valuable accom-
plishmcnt, and therefore. dors not make
The person absolutely cuntrmpilble
In my view, the worst Kind Of nlIrcta-
tI"n ~ that of religion, Allectalion ia
general, Is mol only ridculons.-bni IN re.
iiglon II is criminal. Like the solemnity
OF an oath, II ihcn seems In anrfgI TO
heaven II attest iis truth. Tie liouy sub
l"ei oil this miserable aiiecta,ion. il 10 he
seen choosing The lowest srni in the SWIM
gogue, and lie IL ever constant, ain sea-
son and out Of season." 10 let the poor
sinful world know how good he Is. Even
ms air, dress, aud manner belokcn the
utmost humility aud self abas.menr. II
may he trur, that, like Shylock, he waits
upon his bonds,p hut thai is only because
the Scriptures sary. that he Who provides
moi for his own household, is worse than
an in6dei II is equally true, he il bitter
aud iniolcrani 10 all Who differ from him
III religious opinion buf The fpasun for
this Is, we are admonishrd thai there shan
be " Gise teachers and wolves IN sh.ep's
clothing IN The world. His commnnica.
non, for aoght We know, is in the simpli
cty of Urn, yen, and nay, nay, but when
an object OF private or publick charity is
presented, IT is for no other cause ihan
conscientious scrupes, that he bcgins
with nay, my lie is " constant at chuIch
with book of wicked prayers" in order
" To ncnd the Mord"--and Ia set The ~
ample of piety To his neighbours, and To
prove, like Holy Willie, a +" burning AID
shining light To all III" place"
"Oh yes win orc sNe good yourself,
she ptous aud sac holy,
we've nought To do hat mark md tell
Your neighbours faults aud folly"
The nfirctation of wealth is another
and dangerous misfortune. MANY
persons, otherwise respectable, have often |
themselves very poor and very
'idiculous, by affecting the sty IL and liv-
ng of their more wealthy neighbours
Now, for instance, if Mr.. Puff gives u
QUITE where Que hundred people are nearly |
ammcd 10 death, ri the cost of only QUE
Iundrcd dollars, why, then, t6 he sure,
Nls. PUFFY, in the plcnlituhe of her wealth, |
: in duty bonnd H. give an"tbef, where
wo hundred people are 10 suffer The |
nscrics of The black hole of Calcutta, and |
u the expense uf two hundred dollars.
nd 50 il is, that il Mrs Pull have an
,rlirlc of fancy, HAT cost siYty dollars,
Mrs. Puffy, forthwith, must have one at a
hundred
3" IT, hardest wort of man hlige,
10 make three guineas 20 Tor i've
md so do MI and Mrs Puffy find II for
II last np'y creditors demand their dues,
,nd-ihc resi- Is obvious.
But If there are some WIo are mad"
Door by the hllectatlun of wealth, there
ire nthrrs who make themselves n"spi- |
able by an nlIrctaiinn of poverty. Among |
uch, solsenncss of dress, coarsencss
# manners, Il contempt for liz common
.ourtesies and distinctions OF life, aud |
moreover loud and P"rscHering lam"nta. |
iuuS over losses, expenses sud run, ar" !
which are mFhni 10 indi |
ate superior Wisdom. II would be an
,xcrllrnt lesson for these grilmhlrrg ne
malI, Ia suffer for u lille while thr mise
les aud deprisnllons they aiirri torxpe
.cucr. Such Alteration is nothing but .
ns,liin2 aud unaratrful mockery. And |
.hcn there is u NAV klsh nH,ctatl,li al SIN /
.ihilty and senilnucnialism spr al hall /
'u"I susceptibility of mud aud nerve, that I
sees the air drawn dagger" In n common
aud thai places the posscse"r ~
AZ imaginary rcginu, far above the com /
mon l,clings, tie common bnslP"sA, and !
he con mon SENSE of the world. People /
may be too snblimatrd for World IKE
purs, which, as King Richard says, We
must " bnsllc in" If by any misfortune
YOU were bleeding 10 death. you could
expect no relief hom such prisons: b.
rauae they"oNe you no subscription,
and because they would faint away nj the
sir nj Of a drop al " Christian blood :" aud
more than all, hccause they might injm'
their green dress, or as Shakespeare say,
make " the green one rcd ExqW' iic
accessibility is employed in porin5, d3y and
night, over the wantou pages Of the " sen
timcntaIo Wefter, the blssphcmous favIns
Of the tender Rousseau, or The lc" law
fun nonsense OF the detachable Dc1A
Crnsa. Acts of mercy are too common
place for scnsibiliiy. AID then there rs an
ailcc,ation Of almost every thing under The
sun, an aiiectation 10 writing and talking,
walking aud riding, aughtinS aud crying,
and in eating and dressing. One person
writes in I'll the ponderosily Of johnson,
another publishes puns, and third llnSl".s
through the alphabet without alliteration's
aItful aid.
One lsps in modest childishness, and
onnthrr busters like storm in winter.
Some persons spenk as though their
tongues ere burnt, aud others as il they
had teazle in their throat. In short
there IL no end To afftctation. One man
sports small hat with never u crown,
and another recreates his head with hat
Lin. e. IL. LII. If moi nIInl