Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-27

made It heir study who have applied thene.Sea to me
purauit of some ART or science where the intellect 10
severely tasked and Learns bV habit 70 take Prioe M
and TO set lust VI LIE on he eorrecntss OF It's eohelu-
Sons To have dfiut'le ted regard for tru D, ue
mini must have contemplated 1t in abstra and II mole
ousaiOns; whereas The ignorant and vulgar are ohy
conYersant with these things in which their own inter-
est Is concerned All their notions are local. PERSONA
and consequently gross and selfish They say whatever
comes uppermost a'ever happens TO their oHn
sccount-and invent any story or give any answer That
suits their purpose Instead OF being ogoted To gene
raj principles they trump up any lie for the occasion,
and1he more Of haRpsr is is, the better they like it
the more unlocked for II Is why so much the more OF
GodssHdl They have conscience about the matter;
and il you Gnd them out in any Of their marGuVres
not ishamed OF themselves but angry with you. II
you demonstrate with them they laugh In your face
The only hold you have OF them is their interes-you
can but dismiss them from your employment; ser
nice is no inheritance If they affect any thing like de-
cent remorse and hope you viii pass il over, all the
while they are probably trying to recover the wind oil
you. Persons OF liberal knowledge or sentiments have
no kind Of chance in this sort of mixed intercourse WIN
these barbarians in civilized life. You cannot tel by
any sgt or principles what is passing IN their MINDS
There is no common point Of view between you lou
bave not the topics TO refer TO- the same
TO express yourself Your interests, your ieengs are
quite dis met You take certain things Tor grantee IS
rules of action they take nothing for granted put tnr
own ends pick up all their knowledge out OF their own
oeo,sions are on the watch only for what they can
ea.eh-are
"suSue the e. for prey;
Like Earnks the VolS for what they eat
They have Indeed regard to their character, this
last NAV affect their livelihood Advancement, none as
II is connected witt sense Of propriety; and this sets
their mother-Wit aud alive talents at work rpln
double file of expadents to blk their conscences and
save their reputation. In short you never know where
70 have them aey more Il an if they were different
species Of animals; and in trusting to them, you are
sure 10 be betrayed and reached. You have other
things to nd they thinking only Of you, and how
90 urn you to advantage Give and take is no maxim
here You can build nothing on your own moderation
or on their false dec&ey After familiar conversation
with waiter at 4 tavern you overhear him calling you
by some provoking nick name. If you make present
TO the daughter Of the house where you lodge, the
mother Is sure to recoleCt EDITION to her bill Ii
is running fight In fact there Is principle in human
nature not willingly endure the idea Of superior,
sour JaeUbnicsl disposition wipe the Of OBJ
legation or eace the tinsel Of external advantages
and where others have the opportunity OF coming in
contact with US, they generally find the to esIab
lsh sufficiently marked degree of degrading equality"
RecOlleci, Hazlitt is speaking here of English
wants. Who according recent letters Of the Rev. Dr.
Hoge, of this city in Lo1dOn, are far more Obss
quous and deferSniAl than Own slaves. We argue,
then, that if gratitude be the I'd institution,
are not likely to be IrO6.ed, on moral grounds by
abandoning the Bible system of domestic slavery for
he wages ~ stem of white slavery.