Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-06-01
SANDER

There arc those who pride themselves 10 wha, should
be thcr shame, and who 10 take a sort Of fend.
18th pleasure IN nflictng pain upon tho innocent and
onsuspsciing. With motive existing in reason or
humanity, they lay their ruthless hand on whatever is
fair and with their onvcnomod tongue full Of false.
hood and deceit, and working every where maign
influence, isrnish the reputation has cost years 10
gain There others who, with motives less fiend
ish though no, less e,cusable pursue the same track
and Polluie whatever they touch They design not to
njure the feelings character Of any one We, for the
Qualification Of extremely va,ed state OF mind they
hesitate not to false rumor and indulge every
conjecture. Sander with her thousand tongues is
o. busy In their work. and the character neither of
peighbor or friend escapes her whitening influence
II IA impossible TO speak in language sufficiently SC
we're OF rcprehensibe conduct 1t canno, be rebuk
ed in terms Of adequate censure Reputation is too
dear TO be bariorcd for anoihers qualification cIarac
ter is TOO solemn to DO sacrificed before the altar of
any base god
Good name in.mln o womas,
hthe immediate jewel Of their SOULS
Who seal' par.e, .tea,u,sh II, something nothing,
T~as mine, ti' his and ha. been slave, thouss
Bot he who slehes from NJ my good name,
Robs me OF that which enriches him,
And mstes me poor indeed"
Could the slandercr but look into his own bosom and
which actua,es his lips could he look abroad and dis.
Germ the pain lac causes TO community, nay, could he
look into the sorowfu heart OF he has injured and
feel Tor one momon, the throbbing anguish of that boz
CON he would turn pale at the vision and re pen, hi.
conduct in dust and ashes. But such is not often the
case The slanderer is Ear gone to reflect on his
crimes, too much under the dominion of vice. lie is
often so far depraved be insensbe of his deprav
~, and thinks himself doing Gods service when he i,
performing the drudgory Of the Prince Of darkness -
10 all such as take pleasure in nuring their neigh
bors-'o all slandeters-hc following lines of Pollock
commend themselves for attentive consideration
Twas SANDER filled her mouth with lying words,
Slander, the foules whelp. Of Sin. The man
10 whom this spirit entered undons
HIS tongue ,ot on ERE OF hell his heart
Wmblaet az death. his legs faint with haste
To p'cmulgate the lie his soul had framed,
His pillow was the peace offamilie.
Destroyed. the sigh Of Innocence tcproached,
Broken friendships, and the strife OF bro,herhoods;
let did he spare hi, sleep and hear the clock
Number the midnight watches his bed,
Devising mischief morei and early rose,
And made most hellish meals Of good men, names
From door to door you might have seen him speed
Or placed amids, group OF gaping fools,
And Whispering ia their ears, with his foul lips
Peace fed the neishborhood in which he made
His hasnts and, like moral Pestlencc
Before his breath, the healthy shoot. and blooms
on social JOY and happiness dccayed.
Fools only in his company were seen
And those fosakea of God and TO themselves
G''en up. The prudeni Stunned him and his house.
AZ one ~ho had deadly moral plague.
And faia would all have Stunned him at the day
Ojodgmeni; bat in vaiq. All who gave ear
With ereedioe,., or witlinsy then tongues
Made herald 10 the lies. around him walled;
While on his face. thrown back by injured men,
ia characters cf ever blushing shame,
Appeared ten thousand ISLANDERS, all his own.
but wherein consists the sin OF SANDER or the utter
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