Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-24

leave their old friends for him, viii no, IA, 10:
him at the approach of another. Hence
ciprocal obligation there, bs,weru the L,
and client, the labJrer and farmer, the v,!l
man and his employer, the pa.ien: and ,hr,
clan; and hence the value Of character !N
People who do not calculate on k,np all ~.
hope to make, in two or three years, are moj
crate an their charges and attentive in ,L
habits. And they who know, that if they \.
have vel, They may be sure Of gradual. ,bonat
slow augmentation OF business, have rs,,'.
ual spur to good brhaSiour.-Thcv deDend r..
on seeing their customers s,cord linz.
till Of late years, have had TO such ,enpni.,.N'
and even now, Il is rot always TO be drs,rJ'.,
in some Cases would be the very last Thin,
trader would wish.
In England, if u regular customer, ellen, b.
patient, were 10 leave 4 MN, who had ,v,r,
treated nim well, i, would be cons.da,,d
hardship. Here il would be considered 4r,i,,
Of course he only wonder is h. e. that r .os
Ole are ste ady to any thing or to any bod, r,,,
where prices are tie same, and merit,Ie Same
The desire OF change, he love Of rxge,.u,o,
here. lead pron'e away Her, TOO, We d,Drrl
altogether morr upon chance Custom IS Il .,
called; s this goes SO far that a ravelrr wopI
not stop al tavern 10 which lie had .la.y,
gone before, if lie could get just as good an
| j.st as cheap diuner at the very mex hons.
He would rather play thc p.irou, Sc wh.t,,
TO be seen-and have something new r,r hi,
money, to talk about. III England his WON
| be very rare.
shop IS Sc, up, or tAGesman established
an apoIhecary or newspoper-a!l Viii %,
the reasons given above, are more dihn,
things to do in England than here, bccau,ei,
that country they are true 10 the fauhGlIsrJ
more just to the tried, and The shop o. Ia.
tradesman, The apothecary or The urw,gspsr
may fall away ana wax infrm, year afer ve.f
wihou, losing either cusI omer,, friends or p!,
ronase. And why! Is ii the hope OF r,orma,
ton that keeps the latte" true to til, ormsf
No--ncthing Of The sort. They conoLr their
patronage because lhci: fathers did; they py
because their fathers paid. Urge them VT
more, and they will say-Trur, tut-lherr
great falling off to be sure; the tradcsmai
rather deaf, CT the apotnecary blind, We get
poor tea, and corrosive sublim4ie msle.l d
! EPSON salts now and then; or uo OF three co,
! pies Of the same story, and lha, an old one pr.
haps, in the very same paper-bu what Of dat
Is that reason for changing our shop, or our
/ Editor? We cannot be always on the wach;
we must put faith in somebody, and VT mav AZ
well be cheated by an old friend as by a new
one. Beside, there is family to be supported
now, and il we withdraw on. patronage, what
will become Of the poor Creatures Such's
soning and such views are common IN lag.
land but no where else, we believe, AID etr.
tainly not in this country; for here we behave
worse 10 them that serve US well, than they DO
TO those that serve them i'll. And ye!, asaOa
ton, we are less thrifty than they are. less all
tpn,ive TO our trades, and much more prodssI
in our expenditure.
or their dignity. The English are a very
dIgni6ed people, and perhaps rather TOO much
So in their everyday intercourse with each o.
Their, if not with strangers. But while We say
this, we ought 20 add, that they appear loTays
no such idea Of dignity as that which pre''@
here, almost to The exclusion oil every olhr'.-
In that country they do no, regard it as 'hed1'
" of the wise 10 look grave and hold mex
tongues; nor Of great men 10 keep every bro!
at distance. "The gravest bird is an o"H
said a heahen philosopher, "lbe gra'eN oem
an ass, the graves, FISH an oyster, aud the Sfl''
est man fool We are apt to be oi the pr
loso piers opinion, though gravity IS al 10;
rage now. Ever see DE Wit Clinton y"
noIth-river statesman 10 traveller ina. w
NE, witt, abroad. "The greatest man ave-
Sir, nothing petty about him-keeps ev"y oog
At distance" Such is our idea Of di5niE
but the well bred Englishma1, though he ia
laughing stuck Of every other people IN EuFoP'
save the Dutch, on account OF his grave ca,
rage, has no such idea Of dignity; and ihoNS'
his counlrymen go much too far 10 be aSfe'4
bic, when they arc Of the mid"img oIas'e'
society, and are called upon to hold 'cmpo''
~ intercourse with any body degree or '"'
lower than tbcmselyes-for there, as ever
where else, they who are most liable to be CO.."
founded with each other on account d 'n'"
proximity, or to be mistaken for each Other o.
account OF their re blance, are in 'tar "
perpetual warfare-lhe knight would pass J.
baronct, the baronet would b. dlsting'i'
from the knight wherefore the later Is m.'
upon his guard in his intercourse with 'hs y
mer, and more stately than peer wow w.
with the farmer And hit OF IN undc'-,l
retary's under secretary, will not suffer 1a'''
man to be sra;cd in his presence, though "
may have brought, bill to be paid bs' ,O" :,
yer aged he may be, or however respec'a''., y.
must not be asked 10 take Il chair, u'ie'S ="
IN the servants hall, or in The outer pa'''6'
a library