Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-03-08
M Is G. ELLAN EOUS.
From the Planters Advocate.
VILLAGE SCANDAL,

rom tDe Tl1nteTS AufOCdle
VILLAGE SCANDAL.
Mr.. EDITOR: think it is Burns, the
writes but no matter who is the author, it
is home truth uttered. The words are
ssWad the gods some giftie to gle US
To see ourselves as ithers see us,
'Twad from monte folly free US
And foolish notion"
In all small villages there exists a ruling
passion to discuss the foibles Of our
neighbors, and by our fouish praltling
give pain 10 many worthy person whose
sensitive disposition is peculiarly alive to
public censure. For our own part, consci-
ous of our own frailles, and knowing that
these senseless takers are not themselves
patterns Of perfection, we give little heed to
the gaseous exhala.ions which escape from
their lips, so long as they effect not that
character for morality, integrity, and virtue,
which in this great and free country is the
basis Of every mans fortune, and which
raises up The beggar, ss it were, from the
mire end sets him among princes. dare
not hope TO correct this evil 10 which ] ad-
vert. 1t is moi confined to this village; il
is in every small community, and why, il
may be asked, does j. exist: Simply be-
cause men are idle, and neglect those pres
sing duties which the laws both of G I'd and
man enjon.
If those Of your readers whose eyes meet
these lines. will be candid and reflect, they
surely will confess in honesty that | am
right. All men are not constituted alike,
and in our dealings one with another, we
must take people as we 6ud ,hem-as it j.
hopeless TO make them exactly wha, we
would have thcm-as hopeless task as il
would be TO dam the waters of The ocean
with the hand, or to build a railroad direct
to the moon. Blu! ''!he gift" which The
Scottish poe. so earnestly Graves is in some
measure given to US, but alas! how pain
ful aud humiliating the confession 10 which
we are all forced: We are back kward and reluc-
tont to use it. There is eDjoined upon each
Of Us the duty of self: examination, in which
spectrum we may see and correct our 01cn
faults, but not those Of our neighborS. j.
has been truly said .ha. every man carries
two packs on his shouldrrs~one hanging
before, of huge dimension, almost obs!ruct-
ing his walk, con,sining all the faults and
sins of his bre,bren-whIls,. the other slides
behind out Of sight, and contains his own
small deIinquencies and shor, comings.-1
Who can describe the many bitter hatreds,
the numerous family jars, the unsccoun'a-
BILE mischief " hich has disturbed the peace
aud quiet Of The family circle, the harmony
Of communities by this spirit Of censorship
which is go destructive of Feace, good"
and confidence.
Mr.. A meets his friend Mr.. B. with those
ielI.aIe eyes, which q, once show something
is wrong, and though perhaps no word is
a, the time dropped, yet casually i. leaks
ou. that ,be said Mr. B has been credibly
informed by Mr.. W lha. Messrs. N Y and L
heard that MIR. Il had said thus and so. 1t
may have been ,rife, or perhaps the Of
Tending word may never have been spoken.
and We. this foolish gossip may be the cause
Of severiug friendship of long existence,
and thus of giving birth TO other evils of q
more serious character.
We would close these remarks-the truth
Of which all mus, allow-wih that advice
once given TO ourselves, and which we en-
deavor, though feebly, to follow? "If you
can say nothing good of neighbor hold
your ,ongue"-never commence an enlogy
and spoil i. with that fatal word "BUr'
which speaks volumes. In fine, the gold
en- rule, strictly followed, is safe and sure {:
ssBe you to others kind and true,
AS you'd have others be to you,
And never say or speak word
You would not care that all men heard
By thus acting, sociabilIy and confidence
would exis: in the community, where ell
should be as one, and the sunshine Of peace
and love would drive away the gloomy
clouds of hatred aud mis,tus..
Our remarks, Mr.. Editor, have been OF
course general and confined TO no parlicu-
lar locality, bu. if any should think them
close, why "Pa7mam qui merui' terat"-
may they do him good, as they were inten-
ded in ell good feeling and good nature by
SCRUTAToR.
AN AFRICAN WELCOME AND SALVATION.