Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-07-20
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1871

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om'' or were the least suspicion to exist tia, truth
migh Toe violated 10 such communications the mutual
confidence OF celestial Inelhgences would instantly be
shaken and from that moment, their intercourse and
'hef happiness would toe destroyed. Hence, We are
repeatedly told, ~ the book of Revelation that Who.
soe'er loveih, or makejh lie shall in nowise .ntot
"'t"lh the gates OF the Jerusalem And there
ufe every one who expects 10 be an lnabant of that
haPp' world ought now 10 cultivate a suict regard to
'etaely 10 ali his researches inercour,es and com.
munIcauons Otherwise lac cannot be admitted from
Tue very constitution OF things the society of saints
aud angels IN the realms of bliss
lhus II appears, that truth is Of the utmost mpor
lance 10 all rational beings, forms the source of
our ho"Ieoge' The foundation OF all social intercourse
'' Sf'uo Of our present comor and future prospects
lht OASIS OF all the views can take of the divine
character and operations and of all our prospects of
iuiure improvement IN the eternal world II is the
union among all the Inhabitants Of heaven it is the
chain which connects the whole moral univers. and
constitutes the immutable basis which rests the
throne ofthe Eternal
Ia the deprdved society of our world truth !, piolat
ed 4" thousand different Gags 1t is violated in ,hots
III WORKS. IN oral disco rises IN writings in printed
ooohS' 10y gestures and 10y signs, by speaking and re-
naming silent 1t is violated in reference to the char
"'''I % o" neSh60r, when We lnven tales OF false
hood respecting him. when we listen with pleasure TO
SUCH tales when told by others when we sit mute and
refuse 10 vndiclte his character when il il upiusy
asPersed when we endeayor 10 aggrayae the circum-
stances "hlch may have accompanied criminal ac-
tom when we make no allowances for the force Of
temptation, and the peculiar circumstances in which
the criminal may have been placed; when we fix IN
on an insulated act of vice or olly and apply it TO our
neIghoor as general character; when we rake up
with maevolen design, an action which he has lono
since reprobaed and epenied of when his character
IS m'de ihe subject OF jest and merriment; and when
ny smlles and holdings, aud gestures we insinuate
any "ing Injurious to his reputation 1t is violated in
PROMISES "heh We promise either what have no in
'e""o" Oh Perormlng or what we had no right prom
1850 vi WHAT Is out oil our power to perform, what
would be unlawful for execute I, is violated in
""ed'ehHSS, when we neglect to put them in eyecu-
'oh' or when we threaten to infct what would be Ell
'ei cl"ei or unjust 1t Is violated in hisforV, when
the principal facts blended with doubtful or 6ct;
nous circumstances; when the conduct of liars and
hrguers OF public robbers and murderers is varnisb
ed over with the false garb Of herosm and of olorv
ana "hen the actions Of upright men are without suf
hcien evidence, attributed to knavery or to the oau
ehce OF iluaticSm; when the writer construes actions
ana events, and attributes to the actors motives and
ueslghs, IN accordance with his own ptcludces and
passions and n'erweayes his opinions and deductions
as II they were portion of the authenticated records
OF historical fact. 1t is violated in the invention NJ
FchHous narratives aud in the relation Of marvellous
stories when the system of nature is distorted bs,or
Ical facts carcatured, miSrepresenied and blended
WIN the 'agaues OF romantic Imagination; when
scenes, events, and circumstances (which never did
nor can take place are presented to the view merely
to convey transient qualification to triding and ndo.
lent minds.
1t violated by men Of science when they give an in
accurate statement OF the results Of their observations
and experiments; when, either through carelessness
or oeslgn, they give an unfair representation of the
lacs ana principles 10 nature in order support IA
Vone system or hypothesis aud when they studiously
AeoP ou' oI view Inc various circumstances in which |
every fact should be contemplated 1t is violated in
the literary worid, when the editor of a magazine or
review writes an article, and addresses II TO himself
as II II came from the pen OF another when for the
sahe OF hihy luce, or 10 crafty friend he besiows |
encomlums on work which Is unworthy of the atten |
non OF the public when, TO CRAFTY mean or re- |
ve"geiui passion he msrepresenls or abuses the lite
rary productions Of his opponents or when an ,p,bo,
whites review OF bs own work, and imposes it on |
the public asst the decision Of an impartial crit,
&C. II Is violated by controu sqisis when they bring
forward ~ support of position, arguments which
'het are conscious are either weak unsound when
'hey appear more ANXIOUS TO display their skiIl and
de siery, and obtain victory over their adverse
RES, than to vndicate the of truth when sneers
sarcasms and personal Teproaches are substituted in /
me room OF substantial arguments when they nisreD
resent The sentiments OF their opponents by stating
hem m terms which materially alter their meaning
and when they palm upon them doctrines and ouin-
ions which they entirely dsayow
It violated in eo,agercigl fraa,aot.oas when do
Perforated goods vanished over with fair outside
ana pulled of as If HEY saleabe and sound -
when merchant asks than he is willing 10 take
or anv commodity when be depreclaes the com
n,dtes Of his ghbor when be UNDERWRITERS what
ever he Is purchasing, aud makes an oyercharge for
NE articles Of which Re is dispensing when he denies
ne goods be has In BIS possession when there Is the
prospect OF an advancing Prce-and N thousand 9TH
n WAYS best known 10 the ne lar.ous trader
THE PROVIDENCE or GOD
Ifls merits our aesugn-frara ~ -.