Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-02
For the Spirit Of the Times.
The Suspicious Man.

AuC suspicious Nlan.
This kind Of individual is always
smelling a continuous line of rats. lie
sees, hears, nor dreams of nothing in
which he does not smell a rat. The
most harmless action Of his neiahbor un.
der his suspicious and n1uisi,oria dis.
position is made matter of serious in.
vestigation, because hc knows there is
something in the wind, for he saw his
neig hbor Mr.. B., speaking very conf.
dentially to Mr.. S., that very morning,
in the market. He puts that and that
together, as he calls it, and connects
this whispering in the morning with
something he heard u the BARRIERS shop
some weeks before, and he is satisfied
his neishbor B. is either going to fail in
business, or abscond without giving his
creditors due notice.
The most terrible part of such mans
character. is that he places such faith
upon corollaries lie draws from his false
premises, that he docs not hesitate 10
give wing 10 the base suspicious of his
mind, and frequently is the means of
bring about a disaster, which never
would have happened but for him.
Many happy fresidc has been rcn.
dered desolate-many prosperous man
brought 10 ruin-many young virlu.
Gus and amiable girl been driven to de.
spair by the fendish innuendos of the
fuspicious man. No man, however up
right and honest-no woman, however
irreproachable-.no maiden, however
pure, is safe in the neighbofhood of the
suspicious man. He has all the curl.
osiiy Of Paul Pry, without his good ma,
turc, and the malignily Of the devil,
without his talent.
llever Lynch Law is justifable in a
community, it is when it is exercised on
the Suspicious man. Rotten TO the core
Of his heart himself, he has M faith in
the virtue and honesty of others. He
exists in a state of continual doubt of
the motives and actions of others. and in
consequence, his life is at best, but a
prolonged misery. If it were possible
10 give him flee ticket to heaven, en-.
dorsed by the highest authority, he would
not be satisfied until he had been TO hell
to ask the arch traitor some questions in
relation to the gcnuincmc-s Of the hand.
writing.-[Ncw Orleans Delta.
If the above is a true picture Of "sus.
picious man." what must be the charac.
ter of "slanderer." Can it be pos
siole to find a name for the wretch, or
invent a punishment sufficient for the
cowardly villain who would conceive
such a thought as to raise false re.
port against his neighbor or ac1uaintan'
ccs, or even to give countenance to such
slang as might I'M ure an innocent lam''
ly. when it must be known that such
reports or insinualions are intended to
crafty a malignan, disposition, rather
than for any good purpose; and the man
who would sacrifice a moral principle
to crafty selfish motive, ought not to
receive the countenance OF respec'a.
Gle community, but ought to he shun'
ned and avoided as viper.
The Horse thief is punished by i'm
nrisonmcnt and hard labor, and the
muderer is punished with death, but
what ought to be the punishment of the
slanderer, particularly tho secret SLAM
derer-one who heard so and so-and
heard another person hint so and so'
and he by accident heard so and So
and makes report Of all this with some
additions, and finally makes out very
plausible story. which is 10 be carefully
sent abroad, and the whole particulars
be given in detail, just as manufactured
or conjured up from suspicious so as to
answer the malignant purposes oi the
slanderer. And perhaps all this is
done to crafty some motive of gain, 9th
er for self or friend. or course the
foul mouthed villain has some object in
view independent Of his natural propen'
sity Of ofdetracting and villilying the char
acter Of his fellow man. Abuse Of any
kind is bad enough, but the amount o.
injury done by the black.hearted inven
tor and propaga,or Of evil reports is
worse than all others contained rn the
catalogue Of crimes upon record. Be-
ware Of the Slanderons. "UNIoN."
Messrs Editors:-What HI, s become