Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-09
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For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
and BackbiterS.

little boy, to have heard an old minis
ter Of the Gospel say: "That the whis-
perer and backbiter were the oldest
children of the devil" Of late, I have
thought great deal Of the remark
Other evils have been exposed from the
pulpit and through the press. Intem-
perance. pride, oovet,usness, &c., have
been dwelt upon, and their deformities
exposed to the world; but We have heard
or read but little of the "oldest children
tor shs devil. '.-,--,-ssavs7.-- : -.
propose to call she attention Of your
readers to those two characters, in three
short articles. This week I will point
them ont Next week, write Of the evil
they are doing. Week after, Cif Provi-
dence don't prevent,) say something
about the treatment they should receive.
The ,ohtsperer and 6ackbiter resemble
each other.-I have often thought they
were one, having two names! But they
are two, and very much alike. One
whispers before, while the other back
bites behind. I have seen twins before
now that you could not tell apart, unless
they were together. So of these. Show
me the whisperer, and ask, which is this2
1 would say, don't know. Show me the
backbiter, and ask, which is this2 I
would say, don't know, Crimes don't
always 60 together. Neither do they
always agree. Covetousness and intern
perance don't generally 60 together
Not often do you find pride and murder
following each other. But, generally,
the whisperer and backbiter 60 ont to-
gether, and are the most intimate friends.
If you see one, the other is not far off
They keep bad company.-The old
proverb is true one: "Man is known by
his company-birds of feather flock to-
gether." Listen to the names of the
company where the spirit of God found
those two persons. Romans 1: "a, 80, 81:
"Unrighteousness, fornication, wicked
ness, covetousness, righteousness, full of
envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity,
whisperers, backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, with
out understanding, corenant-breakers,
without natural affections, implacable,
unmerciful." Good Lord, what hard
crowd. Can you conceive of a worse
company Ransack the universe and
collect together harder gang if you can.
You'd not an angel from heaven lose
his reputation were he found associating
With such a clan for one hour? One
would suppose that this is the family
who iuhabits the cellars beneath the
streets of Billingsgate, the capitol Of
perdition, that sneak out at night to do
all manner of evil. Who would have
confidence in the piety of the man or
woman who was found in such society?
Well, in the midst of these, not far from
the murderer, is found the whisperer and
backbiter.
They are constantly going fran house to
house.-What poor, miserable, cold
and dreary home they must have. They
are hardly ever found in their own fam-
ilios-especially in the afternoon
Their own children are neglected, and
are allowed to grow up in ignorance
Often their houses are not in the best of
order. The dust is sometimes allowed
to accumulate in great quantities on
the furniture, and especially on the lid
of the old family bible, to such an ex-
tent that you can write with your finger
upon it, "Ichabed the glory has de-
parted. This week you will find them
in this nei borhood, and over in the
other neighborhood next week. In
Main Street today; in High Street to-
morrow. They well remember where
they wers well entertained, and will be
certain to call again. Are often found
where you least expected them. After
reaching their homes at night they put
their houses in order, to start on another
journey Tomorrow.
They carry ne,os.--They can beat the
Telegraph, or London Neus, or any other
paper. Sometimes they will speak we'll
of their neighbor, if it suits present
company. But they are in their element
when the news is bad. Like certain
bird, that passes by all the good, fat and
sound stock of sheep, oxen, &C., and
falls upon some rotten carcass, and feeds
upon it, So these foul birds pass b. all
the good qualities of their fellow NOR
tails, and love to feed on eneir infrmi-
ties, and expose them to the world of
mankind. This week they ars found in
this end Of the city, speaking evil of
thoss in the other end. Next week they
are found in the other end, speaking evil
of those in this end. Yesterday after
noon they were going from house to
house on Main Street, speaking evil Of
those that live on High Street. This
afternoon they are ON High, speaking
evil of those on Main.
"They" is their authority.-You copy
from other papers sometimes. You
name your authorities-from the Com
nsercial, Gasettc, Tribune, Times, &c
The whisperer and backbiter name their
authority. Here it is-"They." Who
is this immortal ''They?' Where does
he live? Where is this newspaper called
They" printed? Who is its editor?-
In the Office of Whisperer, Back bitter
l. Co. it is printed. They are the edi-
tors of this daily news, called "Thes."
1t is read in their families. It is they
who support it. Let them stop their
support, and it would die natural death
in less than twenty-four hours, When
they speak of the faults Of others, and
circulate damnable reports to iniure the