Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-22
From aLatc London Literary Journal.
LIBERALTTY.


.nCes services que nous le,T rendons, sont q
,.,Dre,ae,t parlci-, tal bien que nous faisosls
.,,I, ,,en,es. pa Grance LA Roucheioucauld
do not mean TO enter upsn the hackney
| i question concerning the selfish origin Of
mr. most generous affections: which, after all,
but dispute on words; for Wien allissald,
benevolent man and the knaye alike do thai
;ch, every thing considered, they like best,
d in this point all metaphysics must end.
here he any one who imagine that human
gains by that self worship, which would
a cubit to our moral stature, | shah not
,h,rh hem in the enjoyment of ssthe flat
Ing error" The illusion, If il be one, is
'itble illusion, and to say the worst OF
tc,,2ot 10 much harm. But, however
,5,idraIs NAV think Of the matter as it con-
.ns the snecies in general the hardest advo-
,,a for the dignity of human nature will adj
If hat in il ali is not gold that glltters;
nj that great deal of the liberality which
1Ups muster in the world, is at bottom no
sfpr than it should be. We English, IN
aricular, set up large claims to hberallty,
oh in opinion and in meney-matters; but, If
he truth may be spoken without offence, no
NAH part of it is pretty much OF the same
nGty as that of the French bishop, OF whom
. was said, that he would at any time rather
ire crown-piece to a ireehcarted girl, than
penny 10 the poor. There are few parti-
lars in which the shop-keeping habits ofthe
atom are more predominant, (not to speak
! their gentle leaning towards bypocrisy,)
Man in this very hberality, concerning which
most Enghshmen are accustomed to speak SO
Goastfuily. There is a vulgar proverb, which
laracterises the cozenlng propounder OF
I nod bargain, as generous cliurchwarden,
Tho keeps the silver and gold collectedat the
urch door himself, and gives the hali-pence
the poor, and, Heaven knows, we have too
rany of these generous chtuch-waraens In
. II ranks and conditions OF English society,
commentary upon ibis text may be found
n smost all our Institutions, and in all our
habits. What, indeed, are our poor laws
|tnlnselves, on which we pride ourselves, as
| Characteristic distinction of the country, but
II organized system OF yassalage, cloak for
Dpression. an instrument for obtaining the
s3atest possible security to the rich, with the
ast possible remuneration for the services
the poor. Then, again, we have the hber-
ty 81 the lawyers. Justice (Which In the
. nv teeth Of the nal6 re'sdemus clause Of our
barter, is sold in EnSlaa2 at higher rate
an in i1ri,ey,) shows her liberahty in the
Use Of q suit IN toF'aa pauperis; and if there
any man possessed od Alright to defend who
50 destitute as to come within the terms of
courts generosity every brieiles barri,ter
u thankfully accept the appointment to
Fad tor the pauper Client, which will enable
N TO show his zeal and ms capabIlity To-
he attornies Exactly with the same hbera-
. ", physicians and surgeons are eager can
+ adates TO do the very iaborus duties Of our
great hospitals gratultously, in order to make
|aconnenon; and risiag yeung apothecsries
open domeShs Gspensaries, TO Try their prem
ice hand'' on the poor, and TO get in with
parish officers, and with the good ladies of
The village, who somehmes-ta,>e phYslc
themselves.---i DO not mean to say that the
Individuals so acting are TO blame in this mat
ter OFto aver that they do not perform their
Ofee with all the industry and humanity ne
ecsary TO the establishment OF their own pro-
as0nal reputation; but the arrangement
Nhrh enforces this gratuitous duty Oh the
phiession, forms part OF the national preten-
sDatO charlty;and, therefore, it must enter in
10 the present catalogue Oh Judges and ham
bugs The clergy, for their part, Gall due al
loYdnces being made for honorable exoep-
tons, are not behind their lay brethren in
TINS species of generosity. They support all
necharitableinsdtutions tiaatare paironizedb by
'ief bishop, or recommended by the minister
o. ihc day; and after having appropriated to
themselves that portion ofthe 1.-THE whichtheil
tetholic predecessors were bound TO give &c
es Gistresses OF their pensioners, they are
doubtless very generous with their 4tfarthng,
10 The Poor" L he members of Parliament
sle also a most Goeaal body; and on the eyt
81 an clecUon, subscribe most handsomely e
W t!e charitable establishments within tbs
'JTgc OF the borough, or county, as the cast
sai he. But TO leave these somewhat intl
-lus details, and 10 come to something NOR
'Ft1Nms and conclusive. IS not the Emglls.
,ily nation ON the face of the earth tina
publishes It's alnsgiving in the newspapers
and adYertises, 10 ali whom it may concern
te pondnetcs bestowed upon distressed WI
COWS Of elergynaen, and the victims of calaml
3,ous ires just as ii The founder ofreligio
',ad not expressly enjoned them not 10 Ie
'her lett hand know what their right Goeti
"Oh Father Abraham, what these Christian
arcln
Next TO the pleasure OF seeing ones nam
~ The tiiuruai rubricks of opulence and piet,
mere IS no seh, seeking motive dat stimulate
HoeIallty more frequently than sheer giuttc
Hl' Whether ii suits a mans account TO 81
y some new public charity; to 4nanuiactln
. me Untitled eleemosynaFy institution, he hi
-Ilns to do but 10 bait bis trap with diI
H' a. The Grown and Anchor, and the goo
S'Aai1ians WI iloek in crowds to pour Q
Cd Sl,' VINE INTO their own stomachs; and
"neh ''hot with the Tuscan grape" the