Men of Character, c.v to Noblemen. \ 



justify his rejection of him, not only as it re- 

 cts the immediate apparent interest of his 

 employer, but the imputation which he may 

 incur of being charged with bribery, on accept- 

 ing an inferior rent. The disappointed surmises 

 of the candidate soon reach the proprietor ; and 

 unless he happen to entertain just confidence in 

 the rectitude of his agent, or be a man of bu- 

 siness, it would be a difficult task on the part of 

 theagent to convince him, that the moreconsider- 

 able offer was not most to his advantage. Hence 

 the refusal of the wildest proposal is hazarding 

 a suspicion of sinister motives, and is the great 

 evil attending the management, by men of cha- 

 racter, of estates belonging to proprietors who 

 are either above, or below, paying attention to 

 their own interests themselves. 



The real substantial interests of the tenant 

 and the landlord, among honest men, are the 

 same. Moderate rents, under appropriate terms, 

 and fair covenants, are secured in their payment 

 from the tenant, and in the progressive im- 

 provement to the estate of the landlord. Un- 

 reasonable rents are destructive of the tenant's 

 prosperity ! ruinous to his capital, and entail 

 a double loss on the landlord ; first, by a de- 

 falcation of rent ; and, secondly, in the de- 

 terioration of his property. 



