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

| a ~, "cot az iC putolOll ID, - anu III MY
soul's just estimation priced above all
price, it is Lot too dear, il is not too sa-
cred, for the slanderer to ,arnish and des.
troy. He can take from me the confidence
Fot my employers, the respect of my friends
can blast my reputation with his pes,i-
lential breath, and feel not pang of re-
morse He glories in nothing SO much as
IN the slaughter of character. He would
blight the fairest flower in the garden OF
innocence, demoiish the lofiiest temple of
human purity, and pace his broad stamp
Of infamy on the holies. servant Of the liv-
ing God.
he slanderer has not single prelext
or excuse TO palate his offence. A desire
of gain may urge some to the commission
Of crime. The incendiary and the assas-
sin may be excited by this base passion
to perpe.uate their deeds of darkness and
OF death. But the man that attacks me
with SANDER has no hope of personal good;
and if he robs me of my character, he
"Robs me of that which not enrches him
But makes me poor indeed"
He gratifics the malice Of his heart, adds
one more TO the family Of wretchedhess
and wo, and enjoys secret pleasure
yes even triumphs, as he reflects on the
Infamous achievement.
How base, how contemplate is the
character of The slandarAr However, va
rious their motives, or diversified the
means which they take TO accomplish their
object, they are all the enemies of man.
/" Some may, perpeirate this iniquily with
designs directly malicious some, from
busy meddling disposition, always unsa,-
isfied, unless when interfering with the
concerns OF others and some from wish
TO be though: extensively acquainted with
private history. Blu! they are all charac-
terized in Scripture by the significant,
name Of evil-speakers. busy bodies and
tale bearers, and are considered there and
every where else, as the dis,urbers aad
pests Of society,""
What mischief may not be occasioned
by the tongue of SANDER! VIVA. charac-
Yer is proof against its poison How are
.ird;~sduais. .amilies, and neighborhoods.
affected by its maiigni,y. Better dwell
amid the infections Of an hospital, than
move IN an atmosphere contaminated BY
the breath Of SANDER. Better meet an en-
envy in the field of battle, or fall into the
hands Of the ruthless savage, than be over
taken by this "pestlenece which walketh
in darkness"
What does The slanderer think of him>
self? Does he hope TO be respected by
men or approved Of God? Let him ask
his conscience and if that is no, already |
: scared as with hot iron," it will tell |
him that the smiles, the fa,tery and the
politeness which he puts on when in the
presence of those he SANDERS. are thinner
han gauze. His real character is discern.
ID by men, aud his whole heart is naked |
o the eye of Omniscience. Does he
hink that this is small crime, and tina,
re shall go unpublished? If there is a
God in Heaven-if he has said "speak
lot evil ore of another thou shalt not
rear false witness against thy neighbor,
most assuredly the slanderer will not go
'npunis hed-verily, he will have his re-
ward. If there is God in heaven-if
lie has said that for every idle word men
hall speak, they shall give an account
hereof. in the day Of judgment, may I,
nd may you, dear reader, be saved from
he sentence which awaits that man. whose
ongue is the tongue of SANDERS. w.
Ih. Adv. Fs1 #5* @
A Singular. FALL.-Two hund ed
niles from Long Island Sound is narrow
,ass in the river Connecticut, only five
,ards over, formed by the shelving nloun
aims of solid rock. whose tops inieIcetihe
clouds. Though this chasm iscompelled
O pass all the water which, In time OF
loods buries the northern country. At the
upper Cohos, the river then spreads IA
niles wide" and for five or six weeks first
ate ships might sail over lands that after
Yards produced the greatest crops OF hay
md grain in all America. People who
an bear the sight, the groans, The tfem-
ling and surly motion Of water, trees and
ce through this awfu. passage, view with
one Of The greatest phenom-
ma in nature. Here water is condensed, i
without. frost, by pressuere, by swif.ness.
the adamant, sturdy rocks, 10 such
degree Of induration that 10 iron crow
an be forced into il. Here iron, lead and
ork have one common weight-here,
teady as time, and harder than marble.
he. stream passes Irresistible, Is notaswif!
IS lightning; the electric fire rends trees
n pieces with no greater ease than does
his mighty water. The passage IS ABOUT
our hundred yards in length. and OF a,zlg-
ap form, with ob!use corners Al high
va,er arc carried through this strait masls
nd other .i,nbe1 with incredible swift
ess and sometimes with safety, bn.
shen the water is two Low, The h1asts,
mbcr. and trees strike On one size OF the
.he-, and though Of the largest size. are