Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-06-29
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various their motives, diversified the
mems which they take to accomplish
their object, they are all the enemies
Of man.
Some may perpetrate this iniquity
with designs directly malicious; some,
from busy, meddling disposition, all
ways unsatisfed unless when interior
ing with the concerns of others, and
some from a wish to be thought extern
sively acquainted with private history.
but they are all characterized in Scrip
ture by the significant names Of evil
speakers, busy bodies, and tale bearers,
and are considered there, and every
where else, as the disturbers and pests
ofsociety.
What mischief may not be OCCASION
ed BY the tongue ofslander? What char
acter is proof against its poison? How
are individuals, families, and neighbor-
hoods, affected by its malignity! Bet
ter dwell amid the infections Of an hos
pital, than move in an atmosphere con-
taminatedb by thebreath Of SANDER. Bet
ter meet an enemy on the field of battle,
or fall into the hands Of the ruthless sa-.
wage, than to beovertaken by this sspes-
thence which walketh in darkness.
What does the slanderer think ofhim-
SELF Does he hope to be respected by
men, orapproved ofby Goblet him
ask his conscience, and if that is not al
ready seseared as with hot iron,0 it
will tell him that the smiles, the fiat
terry, andsthc politencss which he puts
on when in the presence Of those he
SANDERS, are thinner than gauze. His
real character is discerned by men, and
his whole heart is naked to the eye of
Omniscience. Does he think that his
is small crime, and that he shall go
UNPUBLISHED? If there is a God in Hea-
ven-ifHe has said .speak not evil one
of another, thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbor,' most
assuredly the slanderer will not go un-
Enthusiastically he will have his re-
ward. There is God in Heaven
if He has said, that "for every idle
word that man shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day ofjudg-
ment," may |, and may you, dear rea
der, besaved from the sentence which
awaits that man whose tongue is the
tongue of a slanderer!
NAPOLEON AND, THE TYRoIEsE.-
During the campaign Of 500, Napoleon
arrived at Brunn, in Morovia. He had
to passthe old gate, contiguousto which
stands several houses. One of these
houses was occupied by mechanic, =
a dwelling and work shof Among llis
journcymcn there was afiative of 'Fy-
rol, an Industrious and worthy fellow,
but, like all his countrymen, furious
enemy to Napoleon and the French.
On the morning that the Emperor rode;
to the Spielberg, the Tyrolesc was miss
ing. His comrades were just talking
Of him, when the apprentice entered
the shop, and mentioned that he had
seen the Tyrolese at the window Of the
loft. This awakened curiosity, and the
master went up to the loft to look after
the man. There he found him kneel-
ing at the window, with gun ready
cooked laying before him, and eyes fix
ed nthe road by which Napoleon must
necessarily pass, AS the house stood
on the declivity Of the hill, consequent:
ly lower than the gate, the Emperor
on horseback, at the moment when he
came up to the gate, would have been.
nearly in a line with the window where
his humble foe had posted himself; and
the distance would have been SO small,
that scarcely any marksman, and least
Of all q Tyrolese, could have missed
his aim. Afew minutes after the mas
ter had found and disarmcd his work
man, NapdlAon passed the gate, and
rode down the hill.- SHet c]ses0f .4ustrs0
WANDERERs.S Show me man who
cares no more for one place than anoth-
er, and / will show you in that same
person, one who loves nothing but him-
self. Beware of those who are home
less by choice! You have no hold on
q human being whose affections are
without a trap-root. The laws recog-
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