Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-02
TH1 RIGHT 10 RUTH.

security and property rest on no surer
foundation, and demand no more pro-
found respect than this universal right
to truth. Yet because It cannot be
enforced by law, except in grave cases,
society Is apt to treat It lightly, and TO
regard the duties imposed by 1t a.
neither -weighty nor binding. Every
thoughtful person, however, Is con-
sclous of many Just claims which he
possesses and many obligations in
cumbent upon him, which are quite
beyond the province Of lawto enforce,
and prominent among these Is the
claim to hear and the duty to speak
the truth 10 all Its simple and artless
purity. The pursuit Of truth In its
countless variety Of forms Is n Of the
great aims Of life. All desire 1t In
some measure, and the degree to which
tho love Of truth triumphs over appe-
tite, passion, and inferior desires, de-
termines the character Of the man.
Besides this, all human interests are
involved In and dependent upon 1t.
Men act upon their expectations, and
success can only follow in proportion
a. their expectations are based on
truth. We are 20 dependent on one
another for Information, that were It
not generally worthy Of credit, all the
ends Of society would be frustrated,
and Individual enterprise would cease.
If the possession Of truth be 80 essen
tlal to our welfare, and Its pursuit so
necessary to u virtue, we certainly
have a right to pursue 1t unmolested,
and to receive It from the lips Of
Others. Consequently the duty rests
upon each one Of US to secure the
same right for our fellow men as far
a. IA power or influence can reach.
The violations Of this right are moro
numerous than might at first appear.
Where no legal contract binds, how
many engagements are lightly made
and a. lightly broken ; how many
promises are given and eluded; how
many obligations are assumed and left
unfulhlled! Those who rely on these
engagements, who trust In these
promises, are thus cheated out Of a
most sacred right, and defrauded Of a
privilege which should be as inviola-
Bile as that Of freedom. All false in
formation or facts given In so garbled
a form as to strip them Of their true
Significance, trample upon the right Of
truth. There n many who would
shrink from uttering a barefaced false
hood, who will yet so exaggerate or
dilute, or otherwise distort their state
ments as to produce an entirely in
correct Idea In the minds Of their
listeners. Others, not going quite 50
far, will yet by hints, suggestions, In
uendoes, even by glances and gestures,
convey untrue impressions and abuse
confidence. We may violate this right
Of truth without even the intention to
deceive. The habit OF exaggeratlon,
OF coloring facts BY fancy, Of adding a
little here and there to. make a good
story, though without any selfish or
sinister motive, Is yet In Its measure
an infringement Of the truth which
society justly claims from US. An
other, and perhaps the most common
means Of violating this right, Is by
simply Withholding the truth. Silence
Is sometimes as false As any words.
There are seasons when to hold the
peace Is to espouse q wrong, to SIAN
der the good, to become q hypocr'te.
When truth or justice or charity de-
mand that we shall speak boldly,
openly aud firmly, then do we repu-
diate truth and trample on her rights
II we keep silence. There are those
who secretly hold opinions they are
afraid to utter; who are ashamed to
be known for what they really are
who hide their most earnest hopes and
beliefs because they are unpopular.
They are moral towards. Truth Is
the greatest boon ever given to man
kind, and only those deserve to pos
sess Il who prize It, honor 1t and strive
to disseminate 1t among their fellow
men. Whoever feels his mind en-
dowed or his heart enriched by a truth
hitherto unperceived, Is BY that very
fact soclety's debtor; and If from
shame or tlmidity, or any other cause.
he withhold II, he Is denying to others
their sacred right, and breaking his
own obligations. This like every
other right has Its limits. We may
not claim all that Others know, nor
arc we obliged to convey our entire
stock Of knowledge to them. Imperti-
nent questions should not be answered,
and curious interference In private
matters should not be suffered. 1t
may be laid down as a general rule
that when the lawful object Of any n
depends upon his knowing n truth,
that truth Is his right and whoever
has 1t cannot withhold It without In
justice. There arc many truths not
thus essential, to which he has no right
and can lay no claim. None can re-
fleet deeply on the true bearing Of this
subject without feeling invested with
new responsibilities and duties. It
requires us not only to be true In look,
word and gesture, to suggest no false
ideas, and to check all habits Of ex-
a~ggeratIou. but also to be true In spirit,
to be true to ourselves as we'll "a to
others, to be loyal to the truth Itself,
from whatever source 1t comes, and to
give 1t freely and In purity to those
who need It.
REsrRA1N1Sa ORDER.-A restrain
ing order, says the White Pine Ns'o',
has been granted In the District Court