Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-11

IMLNE All
Aeuntributor to the Cincinnati Co""'er ca
furnishes that paper with some very foreioie
-runsBt ,gsinst the habit Of profane swear
ms We feel mat we could not better occu7,
he sns,. the writer's article fills, than By
eopy'nc it in onr Sunday edition Of the Ar
FEAL-
me writer saws "tle command Of our Sa
vi5ur. 81 Swear not at an" Is familiar in our
Months as household words. In our youth
WI De- occurring the elementary rudiments oi
kaowlrd e. It looms upon Us through the ave
nu.s Of initiatory lnstruction-in more matur'
wears the Influences OF a well disciplined home
college, workshop, or Office, strive TO fix upo-
or minds the necessity Of a strict sdherancs
70 is Straightforward in the still more adj
Yaneed periods Of life, the minister Of religion
respectable society, conscience, and an innate
ss~lf-respeet, seek to establish US in a comPl-
snee with is requirements. Yet, in spite OF
al these corrective and restraining inhuenees-
tie habit Of profane swearing is too CONNIE
among "a, sndis indulgence is a rsproaeh 10
TIE boastsd intelligence Of the country
Throughout the States the practice is general
from the child that has left its mothers lap,
70 the grav-hsaded men Of three score years
ard tsn-from the man whose wea b Is count
Cd bv millions, 70 the poor, ID neless outrast'
uaess pockets DO not embrace a copper;
through al the wide ramifestion OF socis =
the svi has pursued Us way, and 20 where we
VII, bis sinful and banesul habit is sure to
"a Sc It's hydra head
No one disputes the dsnoralizing tendencies
cha habts-how easily do they spring up in
tn character, dropped casually and forgotten;
thew take root in the mind, throwing out a
web-wo K Of sspping arteries throughout the
length and breadth OF the soul-the first
80 outs thrown upwards to the surface do not
concern Us we mistake them perhaps for the
growth o. our own sowing, and tarss and wheat
together grow, till the undue development Of
the former becomes 50 apparent, that we make
AZ fort TO eradicate them from The soil We
lay hold Of them, to pull thsn up BY the roots,
hit thuv hold with teuaeity, and drag as we
wLI, the utmost we can accomplish, is the des-
traction Of the stem, piece BY pieee,--he roots
must Be- dag on, and thoroughly removed from
the heart, OF else all goodness viii be choksd
ca BY the vigorous growth Of these noxious
weeds. The habit Of swearing grows gradual
d.. and almost unknowingly, upon the iniiyidu-
sl.=- forms a firm footing before its exis-
ts1ce Is discovered, and then, when we beeoma
zsns bic CT car weakness, we endsaFor to gloss
iy ever by calling &c mind some one that We look
Up 20 who is in the habit OF swearing, and DO
our best 70 soo.he chr aft lighted consciences
with he assurance that the sin cannot be q
very hmttul ore when so AID so praetises it..
Thus tampsring vita ourselves, we 20 on from
ole sage to another dl are as bad as III
worst OH conversation gets crowded with OBJ
scl1 y the uost r~spulsire and disgusting Ian
u1g9 becomes usual 20 cur lips and ears, ard
wi-b this contamination Of language our
tho=Eh's and principles get imbusd with dis
ease and the heart becomes a perfect pest
hose q unclsauliness.
Tie Lz5it is obi cionable N every way;
tire cannot be The slightest alliance with it
bat pollution fol'oWs-ths least dsiianee is
danze-oas in the highest degree, an il a man
considers it n act Of the greatest mdeness to
swear, OF maks use Of an obscene expression in
sr l aHr- 1N N
a IKE act among bis own sex is equally rep
rehe-svz. act your Communication be yea,
va, nav, nav. FOR whatsoever is more than
n Sc coEeh Of evil
< Tie Bllettu OF yesterday calls in guss-
a0a tie Authenticity Of a letter from Mr.. Clsy
ssk' - FOR an explanation. We have no ex-
plz-zHon 10 make, further than that there is a