66 TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION 



After the separation took place, the old and the new- 

 school Quakers sent formal notice to every of the other 

 religious sects, who were pleased at the schism because 

 hitherto the Quakers had reproached them with the 

 twists and quarrels prevailing among them. 



Many of the younger Quakers, who have travelled 

 in Europe, begin to find pleasure in the joys of the 

 world, and bringing back to Pensylvania a freer way 

 of thought, more pliant manners, and a modish dress, 

 the example is effective. The Quaker coat is hung on 

 a nail for a while, but with advancing age is at times 

 hunted out again ; with it there return other Quaker 

 ideas, and the old-time customs, imposing little re- 

 straint, are willingly followed they serve as welcome 

 excuse to a frugal man. 



When one of the Brotherhood by his behavior loses 

 the confidence of the society or deserves punishment 

 of them, he is not perhaps excommunicated, but ' they 

 disavow him' ; he is not recognized further as a member 

 of the Society. The Society of Quakers does not now 

 increase, as formerly, through numerous proselytes. 

 They are now circumstantial and critical before ad- 

 mitting new members, who besides offer themselves 

 less frequently than at one time ; and since by marriage, 

 travel, and in other ways members here and there are 

 lost or resign, the number rather diminishes than in- 

 creases, and it is likely that with the course of time and 

 the changes resultant in manners and beliefs, the whole 

 sect will become if not extinct at least decayed : the 

 case, it is said, in England where there is a marked 

 falling-off among them in comparison with former 

 times. 



Pensylvania, and in consequence Philadelphia, as- 



