The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-02-04
No. 5.
[ For the Marietta Journal.
SANDER A DISEASE.

lessor very forcibly classes this fell
pest disease" When we candidIy
examine "the human form divine"
we mud that the tongue appears to
have been especially guarded by
what may be termed two breakwa.
tiers, the teeth and the lips, so that it
should not pass them without a
struggle for the mastery yet totally
unmlndful of consequence, it pssses
the guards and runs a giants race
to indulge in utter Ioquacity and
SANDER. 1t is disease of SO viru-
lent a character that, even in the
days of old, it appears to have per-
meated society, even to endangering
life. A streak of morbid insanity
that afflicts class of lower strata of
coarseness of mind that should be
treated as much as any other de-
rangement of human functions. It is
devilish and malignant, to be dread
ed as much as the small pox or the
unwhoIesome stencil of decomposed
matter, In fact SANDER is the stencil
of the decomposition Of the nobler
qualities Of mind. 1t is the emitting
of foul gases from the sewers OF ex>
crement and refuse garbage, as
deadly to morals of the good, as mi>
asma is to the healthy physical sys>
tenn. 1t is mailman, that is kept
out from society, for fear of danger
GUS wounds that it may inAict. 1t
is the mad dog, whose sudden and
secret bite imparts hydrophobia and
deals chastity death blow. Its a
assassin, that crouches in
the dark and with murderous CLEAN
in the eyes end intent in the heart,
and with pointed words, keen as a
dagger, stabs unsulied honor and
robs the garments of responsibility.
1t is chuckling tiend who tortures
entrapped victims and feels delight
in the deed. 1t is a vulture that
lives off of dead regulations. 1t is
an appetite that is as insatiate as
sin is remorseless. An asylum for
treatment of this disease should be
erected, as much so as peniten-
tiary for the reformation of crimi-
nails. Would that SANDER had no
womb for breeding, but long as jeal-
ousy, spite, envy, malice, and low
tastes have Judgment in the human
heart, SANDER with her scorpion
ardly and mean though it be, yet
there are filthy mouths that would
grow Iank and lean, rather than feed
off of anything decent. They sian.
dered Christ and murdered Him, be-
cause He told them they were unclean
5epulrchres, full of rottenness and
dead mems bones, a generation of
vipers. The sweet singer of Israel
warned bis people against employing
their tongues to SANDER their neigh
bors, showing the result in The fol-
lowing emphatic sentence: "Who is
the man that desireth life, loveth
many days, that he may see happi>
ness Guard thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking deceit"
Admonition of strong holy writ de-
mands that thou "shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor,"
yet, Messrs. Editors, how even in
this community, Gods command
ment is laughed to scorn. But
know ye for sab this God will bring
them that maketh a lie and telleth
it to judgment. For he who ap<
proves of SANDER, is as mean and
has as black heart as the author
a1d original circulator. "He who
is not for me, is against me" sounds
a religious sentiment that should
prevent any one from winking at
sin. He who would not defend the
character of friend against the as
sault of SANDER, would prove treach-
erous to any principal or cause, for
true friendship is as holy as the love
of country. Then in these days of
multiplied facilities for the circula-
ton of SANDER, abuse, scandal and
unclean gable, by the use of the
railroad, the telegraph, the pen and
printing press, how necessary the
"disease" should be doctored by ad-
mibi,tering strong medicine, to cure
or check its ravages. To make SLAM
der a crime punishable by law,
would injure no truthful person,
while it might give the detractor of
character and the despOiler of repu-
tation their just deserts. True, like
the night burglar, of which the SLAM
derer is type, they would often
elude detection, but then that is no
reason that protection should not be
sought to be given to the members of
society. The chastity of our women
and the honor of our men are the
principles which form the solidity of
society and the government. To
deny protection is to invite license
and lawlessness, erasing civilization,
and putting all elements of society
in an upheaval. VERITAs.
The Atlanta Constitution, while
condemning Toomb's speech, pub
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