, 1859-03-30

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lug eas'eS1 tnn1es ~ nias; n;,tIa ~, ,r,asx It
PROMISES 1nes are uioIe % tn1 .,erai;tt ~
surprising 70 WIN. eS1ent osS .onse !. .1 rarcnt
INC su2Jec. u keeplne oIG "'.o ,aa-rr1,,nt - in
among BUSINESS h'en* n';s9 r. IsaSn;nr liz
Hoou slan41'ns' nouto -. H. ,,teh rrrst,I
promise tna1 1or ple4AAs I.s .H.~;h,,ta.1 ~
inns genera !aS!ty iias sa'ges unha,'n;le ~,
make the olsunelson Ma'i1n na ~" n,nn pnTa,;t~
lsts ot1"eeh niercantie uo t"1u1nIi netanns.
Many met imnginc that 1ile only instances
IN which they can alsho,ior tne' "u'a 5s
ing fAlschood, or break'nS co1liAe': A"e,;
are truthful only 50 Tar as 10 aVo'd lsihe' qh'l
honest oniy according to written bonu. hus
whcu honesty has no other virtue than policy, It
is not Of q kind tit to be at thu 1oundaflon III
business.
How many persons regard verbal promise
as Of less force than written one! Just as Il
man should homer more his pen nud INK, 6nt als'
honor his OVID lips! Yet ho" common u 1t IL
glrc verbal promise without tue lcast 1hought
Of fulfilling st-snerely. ottentlmes, 10 get tlo Of
importantly, OF TO nTold seeming, alseourtesy!
For example, some time ago, IN one oi our large
cities, well.kno"n n'efchant, whose honesty
and rr0nptness had made his holes as eooa as
gold, had occasion to sollcit moderate '"an rom
the bank. He accordingly went TO one OF the
directors and asked. - viii the bank taror HIT
with fifteen hundred dollars. onmy. note af three
mouths?' "Certaniy,' replied the DIRECTOR
"to.morrow is discount day: send IN your pa"
pei" The merchant went to another director; );
WAS the reply. He then went to third, und re-
ccived similar hearty assurance But having
some suspicion that these promises were
thoughtles=ly given. be went to every menloer
Of the board, and received from each separate
answer tn the sunlc effect. The next day the
board met, and his application was made; nut
Ii the money market happened to oe tiEut, anu
do +hn+uG ri ItnlI
he fra@ rt{"S43! Thus inc o9aro lepu.1u1 .1 ~ ~
body me unanimous prGn;se "i,en se5 ,.,,. ,nu
made on ther hoher aS ino'auaS 4eo", ~, "j i;
many tuousanos III A'en, III p''AS '"a ou'' -
bontds and ouf, I'll coun'1hS"hohscs anu a. ~:
street. make and unilahc such promises every
day 0! their lives! ..,
Then. t"o, how often man writes nechanl. !.
Of the words he = "ritlns' anu consequently
without any Thought of the raEn'cht ne - prom.
| ising! When We look ut banS b'a', the ef1,}'
| paper, engraved, registered anu sghca' entuf1'
nbsorbs III itself our idea OF ITS rae, ~ tl!at VIZ
handle It I! hundred t,fnes as papei' "!1noi'
once thinking Of tile gold 1t represents. ~ "
same hummer. merchant may IRON lonS nac.
ten aud easily made 10 si'dc ti'foue 'lle .naIat
--g1vng NJ due heed TO tic sls'lincltloM u "n'cL
| the paper Is "nlv tue mere sFnbo'' n't "'1ei
1tlan EiTcs or taxes !; l'rohll>sorF 1o1e' "1l'""
stopping long enough tu entertain aae seis'
| Of The meaning Of its promise, and III tt'c r.
sponsibllity which results from having MAGE IL
lie is preparing himself by gradual nsens1biiit.
for final moral dishonesty! ...,.
so, too, men !"tfo'sf note*, without any ade
1uate conscientious regard to the lnlport"' 'ils'
Endorsement. They do not mean to "takc tn
risk - but only to " do tue faror-' Nos7 IN IL
d"rScsnent, to be worth ANYTHING, must be Il
equal good talth with the drafting, ot the nott
The drawer and the indorser are in copartncI
SLIP in the transaction. We cannot sec l'o"
is less wrong fur u man to break his wurd on III
hst"k Of d piece OF paper !h!n on ITS -fdt*.
It is well known that many men are NOR
puactual in pAsin@ note due ut bank, Iha
due at II Counter. But IN obligation to a corpc
ration cannut possibly BE- more binding than 4
! individual Others pay their notes rrnnptl,,
through fear of protest By Il notary. when.
the protest were to come only from their ON
conscience. they would give It no heed. Man
others. who cInuot aiiturd not to "par t!lc