Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-07-22
DON'T BE ATALKER.


talking. And one-half the difficulty we get into,
as We 60 along through life, is the result of our
saying what NC might just as we'll not have said.
There's much wisdom in the old maxim, "kecp
youl mouth shut and your ears OPEN" There is,
rely upon it.
do not know any body in any situation OF
proe ssIon IN life, to whom this advice is not ap-
plIcable. Ii is. sometimes said that the LAWYERS
live by talking; that talking is there trade, and so
on; but the fact is, the LAWYERS are as apt to talk
too much as any body, and to suffer as much by
1t; TO SPIN out long argument, ttey necessarily
tall INTO the habit Of dealing in fancy more than IN
facts, SAYING things about parties and witnesses
that do much harm and no good, and their repu-
tation for candor will generally diminish in the
same proportion as that for loquaci;y increases
To hear some men at the bar, YOU would sup
pose that if they were held up by the feet, the
words would run ont Of their mouths by mere
force Of gravity, for a week at time, without
troubling their brains at all.
preacher may talk too much. One Of the
best sermons ever delivered in the world, was the
sermon on the Mount You NAV read it as is re-
ported, in fifteen minutes. And though its style
and powers are unapproachable, It's brevity might
well be often initiated
Our legislatures talk too much. Al ont nine-
tenths of all the speech-makng in congress. and
the legislatures the mere sounding brass and
tmkllDg symbol OF vanity and egutIsm. Your
really sensible men, such as Ben. Franklin and
Roger Sherman-neve got up unless they had
something to say, aud always sat down as soon
as they had said it.
1 0ur nolticinnc tall. ,oo n,uch Il -, ro,lI,. 80
lreshing, and as uncommon as it is refreshing, To
hear sensible man talk senslbly on this topic for
fifteen minutes. But ii one listens to the street.
rant of the day, the whole scenrc Of politics
seems TO have become twisted into IA Chinese
puzzle, that no body can find the beginning or the
end OF.
When find neighbor caught in the mcshes
OF Il SANDER suit, feel more sympathy ;han indig-
nation. lie has probably SAID, IN Il moment OF
excitement, what his cooler Judgment would have
restrained, what he does not deliberately appro, g
himself, and probably is sorry for. But the hing
is said, his pride is up, and he has IN the end to
open his pocket for having opened his mouth. II
he will listen to my short lesson, he will not be
caught in such scrape again. Don't talk Too
much.
When hear that man and his wife do not
live happily together; read OF an application for Il
divorce -am told OF agreements for separation, OF
any thing Of that kind, | am always suspicious
that | know the cause, that perfectly understand
the true secret of the difficulty Mister is occa
sionally pelulant and hufly, and Madame lectures
instead ihumors him. Each party stands up
on martial bill of rights until II ends IN legal blI
of dlvprce. There is no interfering in such mat
ters. But wish could whisper IN the ear o
every husband and every wife too. Don't tai
loo much.
Some young people have notion that they car
talk each other INTO ematrimony. It's mistake
in such delicate matter as tins, the tongue hac
better be contented with playing subordlnat,
part The eye can tell better story-he Ian
guage ofactons will make better impression
the love that grows up III the silent sunshine whIcf
congenial hearts reflect upon each ether, Is Thu
healthicst and most enduring. The manner vii
always sink deeper than the language of affection
But this is matter which people are so bent up
on managing in their own way, that doub
whether my advice will be worth the ink and th'
, paper.
: 1t may be singular concet but III tell you
what hike. | like to look at the quiet contem
!, plativc, thoughtful old man. who sits i'll his arm
: chair, his chm resting between his thumb and lin
yer reading Seneca through pair Of sPectaclcs
lie likes old fashioned wa S. old friends, oil
= books. That old man makes no noise IN tn
r world because he's a regular built thinker. fo
) give him your opinion about men and things
d and lie hears it, tell him facts and he examine
: and satisfies himself about them. Ask his opIn
II ion, and you get it, it will come as slow and a
= cautiously as ii he believed it to be worth some
s thing. Aud so it is. lie goes upon the primo
. . pie that man is not bound to speah-but II h
IS does speak, he is bound to say just exactly wh'
e is right and until he is sure OF SAYING that he say
1t nothing. What world would this world be- If "
a were all quiet old men in spectaclcs, and though
l. a great deal more than we talked
u, . Trenton True american.
n From the Houston, Teras Telegraph, q May
&c Gen J. P. Henderson has been appointed OF
re Minsie, pleuiDotentIarV TO the Court oil >