Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-04-21
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Lying.

Lying.
l. there anything more eoniemP'itle
than lyingi Yet the practice ,. univer-
sal. II custom make. law. then wing l.
superbly lawful, and the larger that don't
practice lying is unlearned. il not ILL crate.
A great priest once became a great and
succe ssfrl statesman. His name was Tai
lyrand, and he was in bulk about equal to
. large crockery cask with a Stilton
cheese upon top of it. He gave practic-
al illustration Of the use of lying in every
paper he issued, maintaining the doctrine
that words were made to conceal, not to
convey, the thought. When that senti-
ment was uttered, sixty years ago, BY the
Premier to Napoleon le Grand. the world
was startled. Tho press Of that day and
time was repository Of truth, honor and
dignity. The emoluments were small.
Twenty years later, it commenced the b.
siness Of lying. by retailing petty scandal,
embellished by smart and laughable Incl
dents, told at the expense of truth. 1t
improved with age, grew hoary in the
practice, and press proprieors became
millionaires. This newspaper lying (now
at the zenith) is conceded to be insiruc-
tive at least. The reader must be exceed
ingly verdant who simply reads news ar
ticle and marks it down as SO. Now the
fact 10 that communities have in this way
great schools of mind. They are in con-
slant exercise Of their wits to get all the
bearings of reading article, scent all the
odors from which it emanatsd, scan well
the intention and pendants oft the writer,
and finally, if they be previously we'll in
formed, so.ve pretty nearly what an article
amounts to. So. Spartan-like, these
sehoos exist in every relation Of lite.
When the merchant tells the buyer, " on
honor" that he is offering an article cat
COST" the buyer simply inquiries of him
self the motive Of the seller in " hat he says.
Instructive lessons are learned at every
turn Of the seller, and most assuredly at
every move Of the buyer, each playing his
game at the cost of truth. We "own up"
that preachers as a general thing practice
~ well as profess truth. But. Oh Lord,
what an amount Of deception How
amusing it is-and this forms pat of our
school-to see the squirms and writings
Of tho politician, especially if little YER
dant, when patches Of lies are rolled up
sgainst his character. Self ovcrwbelms
him 50 much that he cannot ken the worlds
appgsciation Of the attack. Never stop
70 ssfate les," was the motto Of old man
Neah. Of the Eaqsirey. Good politicians
"PiaeA in and lake consequences. Sue
esss eover> . multitude Of sins. Unsuc-
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