The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-28
REMOVAL.
From the Massachusetts Journal.
POPULAR MANNERS.


Where fault is found, /" there is usually blame
on both Sides" and SO it is with regard to the
intercourse of the rich and poor. IF the rich
are sometimes proud and overbearing, the poor
sometimes feel pride in being rude, negligent,
and insulent toward the rich. love the honest
independence fostered by republican insttu
tions; and so much | respect the law of equal
privileges, that deem it as wrong to be impo-
lite to an honest negro, as to a wealthy gentle
man. But it must be remembered that cour-
tesy is as incumbent on the poor as on the rich
If a prosperous man is affable and gentlemanly
in his accidental intercourse of life, the mere
circumstance of his being rich, ought not to
subject him to jealousy and dislike and it is
an undeniable fact, that we, who are poor, are
in danger Of falling into this error: wise men
will put double guard at the side they know
to be the weakest An destinations and IN
necessary display Of independence is no proof
of its being Of the genuine sort: all the endur-
ing virtues are quiet in their strength. In the
great game of life, each one must play his part :;
urbanitY and charity are incumbent upon all.
1t would be well for us, if all classes among US
had more of the flattering and obging manners
of the French nothing keeps the links of So
ciety so smooth and bright, as an universal in
terchange of courtesy and kindness. Some
consider the arts of politeness as petty species
Vi uJpOCTlSy, anu, lneTeltHt, TeIeCl tncH1 with
contempt; but surely they are not so. Polite
ness does not necessarily imply friendship; it
is simple indication Of good will to our fellow
creatures, and disposition to make them hap.
Ply: and this we ought to feel towards all man
kind. For instance, to offer the best seat in a
stage coach to an invalid, or an elderly gentle
man is no hypocrisy it is a natural expression
| of sympathy and respect, which, in an exchange
of circumstances, we should feel most deeply
Are our stages and steam boats characterized
J by such politeness
| An affectionate respect for old people is the
mark OF. a virtuous and refined nation: we are
! less distinguished for it than we were formerly
The young separate themselves too much from
the old, the old too soon retire from intercourse
with the young. In France, elderly people 90
into society as long as they have sufficient
health and strength; and surely if there evel
| is time when they need the cheering influence
of youthful animation, it is when the world il
in its auLumnal leaf; and the influence is mu
tually salutary-for where there is con6dcnc,
and affection between the parties, how beauti
fully may the too brilliant coloring of youth b.
tempered by the mild shadows Of borrowed ex
perience.
Politeness and charity are a strong cemen
to republican institutions. Let all, old an,
young, rich and poor, cultivate them as virtue
politically important.
LIBERTY HALL. Old Heywoode tells sto
nv Of a woman that had husband, who Gus
tonably came drunke home, and shrinking iron
his stoole or ehaire, would oft fall on the floore
and there lie along and still when she calle
him to bed, he would answer her, Let m
alone, the tenement is mine owne, and ma
lye where list, so long as pay rent for tn
house. Some few nights after, coming HON
in the like tune, and sitting asleepe in a chair
before the chimney, his wife being gone to bed
presentlie the man falls into the FIRE. TIL
made cries ont to her mistresse, Oh mis-
tresse, my master is falne and yes in the fire
even in the midst of all the Ere She lay still
and turning on the other side, sayd, So lon
as hcc pages rent for the house hee may ly
whore he listeth.'