Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-11-29

The ToNGUE.-Ihere are but ten pTecepts
Of the law Of God, says Leighton, and two OF
them so far as concerns the outward organ and
vent Of the sins there forbidden, are bestowed
on the tongue Zone ia the first table, and the
other in the second -ss though it were ready
TO fly out both against God andna if not thus
brdled.
Pyihagoras used 10 say that wound from
the tongue is worse than wound from The
sword, for the latter affects only the body, the
former the epirt-the soul.
Il was a remark Of Anacharsis, that the
tongue was at the same time the best part Of
man and his worst-that with good government
none is more useful, and without it, none more
tnischievous.
Boerhave, says DR.. Johnson, was never
souTed by calumny, and detraclion; nor ever
thought it necessary 10 confute them, Fol-,
said he, they are sparks, which if you do not
blow them, will 60 out Of themselves
We cannot say Cato, control the evil tongues
of others, but good life enables US to despise
them.
Islander, says LacoD, cannot make the sub.
jects of il either better or worse. 1t may rep
resent US in false light, or place likeness Of
US in bad one. But we are the same. Not
SO the slandeIer--the SANDER that lie utters
make him worse, the slandered never.
No one, says Gerome, loves to tell tale Of
scandal except to him who loves to hear it,
Learn then 10 rebuke an6 check the detrac.ing
| tongue. by showing that you do not listen TO il
with pleasure.
| No man sees the wallet on HE own back,
says the proverb, abiding 10 the fable of the
| traveller with two packs, the one before stuff
I ed with the fruits Of his neighbors-the one
! behind with his own.
Ii was maxim Of Eu.ripides either 10 keep
silence or 10 speak something better than ai-
| lence.
| CHEAP PosrAsE.-There is great force
in the following considerations urged by
The New York Evening Mirror, in favor
Of cheap postage:
! Constant intercourse with home is of
the last importance TO the morals of the
young when they quit the parental roof.
Cheap postage would generally secure it.
And We hesitate not 10 cay that the fire.
quent use of the pen is one of the mos!
valuable modes that can be con,rived for
training the mind. Scarce better boon
could be conferred on The young by gov
eminent, than the encouragement which
would be given 10 this practice by the re,
moval of all expense from it. 1t is our
opinion that the bene fits intellectually and
morally would fall not far short of those
derived from the common school system.
| The National Education" scheme failed
| in Engla, !, and it was lamentable fail
ure; We! tle government did vast deal for
| the education of the common mind, when
it established the penny postage system.
Two hundred and twenty millions of lets
tiers in one year are not written without
| putting TO use a vast number of pens,
which under the old system would never
have indited solitary epistle every one Of
! these which was written with social, a
friendly or benevolent aim has carried
blessing with it at least to the writer
| Very many even, of this class, were writ.
ten because they could be sent for pen>
ny.
Fifty letters year, or about one week
for every family in the Kingdom! The
number of letter writer's is probably doub-
lie under the new system What an i'm.
mense addition TO The intelligence and
men'a! power of the masses And the
impulse must be fel. throughout the com.
munity.
whenever, in our country. the number
OF letters transmitted through the post Of
flee, shall equal one per cent. for every
family in these United States, the mental
power of the nation will be vastly increas>
ed. The reduction Of postage to one
quarter Its present rate, will speedily
bring about this dssir able contamination.
| GLORIOUS FOR THE GALs.-By an ancient
act OF the good old Scottish Parliment, passed
In the reign of Margaret, about 1888, i, was
"ordl"l; that during ye reign ofhir mails, bis