The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-08-04

is one among so many?
And he blindeth his conscience with lies,and
stupefeth his heart with doubts!
Whom shall harm in this matter, and a
little i'll breedeth much good;
My thoughts are they not mine own? and
they leave no mark behind them;
And if God so pardeneth crime, how should
these petty sins offend him?
So he trangeresseth yet again, and flleth by
little and little
Till the ground crumble beneath him, and
he sinketh into the gulf despairing."
Tupper applies the above lines to the tri-
fer; and many trifers there are in our day
and generation. Foremost, and predomin-
ent amongst the triAers of this day, we find
those, who are so shdmelessly and shdmefully
deprived of all principles oftruth and honesty
that in every circumstance Of life, they are
crumbling the good beneath them, not only
in the eyes of their fellow men, but in the
eyes of Him who knoweth all things, on ac-
count of the abomiuable and detestable
habit of telling falschoods. Many, all, very
many of our upright citizens--,oiH lie. The
habit has so "grown with their growth, and
strengthened with their strength" that to
utter falsehoods daily is as common to them
rs drinking water We have known men
who actually had become so habituated to
the detestable practice, that they would in
conversation, tell some of the most attroci-
Gus falsehoods, firmly believing what they
said.
A friend relates little anecdote Of man
he once knew, who was n very "clever fel
low," but for his telling lies. 1t appears that
b., the man in question, was telling Of the
vast number of deer in his section of coun-
try, and OF their prodigious size. He went
on to say, that one day while hunting, he
was partly tripped up and turned round to
see if root were not the cause, when, to
his astonishment, he found bucks horns
near his feet. Upon further examination,
he discovered that snake had swallowed
buck, and there were the horns protruding
from his mouth, because they could not go
down. This is fact.
Did every man tell such falschoods,
though it would lower him in the eyes of
the world, and elevate his immoral character
in the eyes of the devil, still il would not
serve to injure his fellow man in any way.
So far, therefore, there would be no harm
done; but when men, and--we dislike to
say it-when WOMEN, calling themselves Ia
dies, contaminate their mouths, by retailing
base slanderous falsehoods against others, it
surpasscs every act Of contemptuous mean
ness we know Of
Goods last, best gift to man"-the prct-
tiest object Of Gods crcation--so far des-
cending from the position God intended her
to occupy - u;tering falsehoods against
other men and ladies Of character.
We have but little respect for those la
dies (and there are such) who will listen to
tales which bear the impress of falsity, but
when they repeat tales, yea, add to them TO
give them more coloring, we are almost dis
posed to exclaim, where is truth ,-where is
honesty a-if not in a woman's heart, where
is ita
To fill the highest position on this habi-
table globe--guided and directed by good
and equitable laws, which God in his wis
dom and goodness gave unto man-having
an authority and diction over all things
man was placed here to fulfil high destiny.
This shalt thou do, and this will bring thee
happiness, not only here, but hereafter; and
this is no hard rule to be guided by. We
all have a sense of right and wrong, al
though, sometimes, cur consciences become
deadened, and in order to please our fancy,
because we amuse others, truth, the bulwark
of religious faith, is disregarded, and others
are falsifed, to CRAFTY the foolish and vain
fancy of babbling.
We speak contemptuously of the abomi-
nable habit, for il is abominable, and al
though sometimes truth will prevail" yet
we have instance upon instance, where the
most deleterious effects have resulted solely
from this evil Men who call yourselves
gentlemen, bride your tongue, and think be-
fore you speak. Women who call your
selves ladies'
Listen often, ere thou think much; and
look around thee ere thou judgest
Memory, the daughter Of Attention, is the
teeming mother Of wisdom,
And safer is she that storeth knowledge,