Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-08-18

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"Agains. SANDER there is no defence
He'll canno. boast so foul a 6end ; nor man
deplore so fell a foe Il ssabs with a word
with nod with shrug lock
with smile. tits the pes!ilence walk
ing in darkness spreading con.ageon far
and wide, which the mos. wary traveller
cannot avoid i. is the hear. searching dag.
ger Of The dark assassin; it is the poisoned
arrow, whose wound is incurabls It is
the moral sting of the deadly adder MUIR
der is its employment, innocence is its
prey. aud ruin is its sport.
The man who breaks into my dwelling,
nae on =. public ss. A, a ss rob:
stops me on the way 10 wealth. strips me
of my hard-earned savings. involves me
in difficulty. and brings my family 10 pen
ury and want. But he does me an injury
which can be repaired. Industry and e.
economy may again bring me into circum>
stance, of ease and afiluence; and the
smiles of gratitude may ye. play upon the
cheeks of my offspring, as they receive
the snail tokens of parental love.
The man who comes at the midnight
hour aid fires my dwelling, does me inju-
Try. lie burns my roof, my pillow, my
raimer, my every shelter from the storm
and The tempest. Blu. he does me an in
Jury which can be repaired. The storm
may indeed beat upon me, and chilling
Mass assail me, blu. Charity will receive
me into her dwelling-will give me food !,
to eat and rain'ent to put on'-will kindly |
assist me in raising new roof over the
ahss Of the old: and shall again sit by
my own freside, and taste the sweets Of
ffendship and of home.
But, the man who circulates false re-
rr., concerning my character-who ex-
poses every act of my life which can be
represented to my Interchangeable
goes first TO this, then TO that neighbor,
tells them he is very tender of my reputa
lion, enjoins upon them the strictes. secre-
lev, and then fills their ears with lIesrsays
and rumors, and hat is worse, leaves them
y dwell upon the hints and suggestions Of
hs own busy imagination the man who
ii this way flches from me my good
1nane,' does me an injury which neither
Industry, nor charity, nor time itself can
repair. He has told his tale Of SANDER to
an unchari.able world. Some receive it
as truth; others suspect that the halt was
not told and others dress what they have
heard in the highest coloring, add to il the |
foul calumny of their own invention. and
proclaim it in the corners Of the streets and |
upon the house tops. Should prove my
self innocent, and attempt to meet the |
scandal with contradiction, the story of
my disgrace outstrips me, or my solicitude |
10 contradict it exctes suspicion OF guilt.
Should the sIanderer confess his crime.
The blot is made. and his tears of repent
ance cannot wash it out. lmight as well
recall the winds or quench the stars, as re-
call the tale of infamy. Or wipe this foul
stain from my character. -
y / attach hig. value 10 the esteem and
confidence of my fellow men. l cannot
bu, wish, that, while l live among them.
may hold place in their affections, and
be treated with the respect which is due
to my station "A good name is rather
TO be chosen than great riches, or than
: precious ointment.
Its the immediate jewel Of the soul.
The pures treasure mortal times afford, /
Give me This, and can face the trowns
of forlunc-can be pointed at as the child
of poverty, and still know what II Is 70 DC
happy Take this away. and you slriEe
], darrer into the soill--yon -e,Ie. lie IL.