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jects, peculiarly adapted to this end, be 
treated in Spelling-books, Primers, and 
such elementary works, as most usually 
fall into the hands of persons in this 
rank of life. Tt is further seen, thata 
certain degree of indulgence in ail sen- 
sual or rather natural wants, is requisite 
to pall the appetite: if therefore it would 
be impracticable for the manufacturer to 
pay his workmen in goods, at least chiefly 
so, as I fear it would, still it is pro Hes 
that the objection would not be valid j 
respect to malt, and that this would Q 
esteemed an accommodation, rather than 
a grievance: and be the. parent of greater 
temperance,-except where persons were 
habitually addicted to nee He who 
bestows at his own expense, has that re- 
‘striction always operating in check oft ir- 
regular appetite. 
To another guilty indulgence, little re- 
striction can be given, otherwise than by 
resources drawn from religion and morals, 
A wide fieid-is however opened to licen- 
tiousness, by what may be styled. indis- 
cretion inthe master, [i is to be hoped, 
that naval and military schools wiil at 
some time be established to an extent, 
which may throw much additional em- 
ployment into the female branches of 
society. Females watch each other very 
minutely; and the prevention of promis- 
cuous intercourse of the sexes, and their 
separation during the hours. of business 
nee ‘do much towards the amelioration 
f this evil: at least from an-attention to 
ann on the part of the master, froma 
table of rules on this head, so warded 
and managed, as not to excite ridicule; 
and above all, the inculcation of vivilance 
in the parents, might contribute’ to 
greater care on this head. But as this is 
an evil, which, except under circum- 
stances, principled girls, prudent girls, 
or gitls carefully watched, do not incur, 
the remedy hes in resources not so mu ch 
within the seope of the master, or society, 
as of parents. Itis observable, that in 
the inferior ranks of society, those are 
found most_ virtaous, who are either 
strongly imbued with religious principles, 
or, are frugal and prospective in their 
habits, or possess both quahties. This 
implies the necessity of an education to 
‘that effect: in village-schools, the mere 
mechanical acquisition of the process of 
reading is usually taught, but this is evi- 
dently insufficient; wherever the neces- 
~Ssities of society press, to that point ought 
Instruction to be uniformly directed, and 
the result of education ought to be the» 
formation of char acter, accordiug to the 
bettering the Morals of Manufacturers. 
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duties required. In servants, sobriety, 
honesty, and cleanliness, are expected, 
and generally speaking, are observed. 
Surely in all village-schools, there ought 
to be books more appropriately and a 
clusively inculcating the duties of th 
Jabourer and the “artificer, upon fs 
plans, or at least of a similar description 
to the publications of the Society for bet- 
tering the Condition” of the Poor, and 
Dr. Franklin. 
‘Phere is no support 4: morals equal to 
vigilance, and the esteem or disappro- 
bation of the world. ‘Yo be either above 
or Lelow reputation, 1s equally injurious 
andthe reason why most at- 
tention. is paid to morals in the middling 
ranks of society, 1s, because they are 
obliged to attend to. character. Unfor- 
tunately, manufacturers consider the ex- 
-ecution of their tasks, provided they be 
honest, the utmost they expect of their 
workmen, “Many of them would deem 
it extremely inconvenient, to concern 
themselves any further; but surely, when 
they consider that their means of sub- 
sistence and their wealth cannot be ob. 
tained, without certain il effects upon. 
the morals and happiness of society, they 
ought to entertain an awful and consci- 
entious impression, that it is their duty 
to counteract the evils they occasien. 
This they can only do by removing every 
incentive to vice; by insisting upon cha-~ 
racter to-the utmost possible extent; by 
encouraging a proper direction of edu- 
cation in the village and Sunday schools; 
by attaching promotion and confidence 
to industry, sobriety, and frugality, and 
enforeing attendance upon places “of 
worst ip. 
The female character is rarely deficient 
in the endearing qualities of conjugal 
and parental regards; but the sensibilities, 
_of women are more acute, and the en- 
joyments of domestie life in a cottage 
seldom advance beyond sense. A doe 
mestic man is rarely an evil man; and it 
will, generally speaking, be found that 
most licentiousness and ‘debauchery pre- 
vais among the unmarried: marriage, 
and its consequences, are in all ranks 
very considerable checks upon the Je- 
vities and passions of youth: with the 
change of situation, a change of cha- 
racter usually commences; and. there 
cannot be a. do ubt, that marriage in- 
duces much self command: and many ime 
portant virtues in all ranks, and more 
especially 2 in the inferior. ‘The duties of 
the conjugal state, especially with rela~ 
tion to aniluence over the affections of 
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