Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-16
VIII.
ISLANDER.


been committed without even positive or
probable proof, seems TO he part of som'
nature, that cannot lie removed by any
dictate If prudence or any teaching OF
christianity. The man who leads a mode
rately blamel,ss life, life free from glar
ing errors of commission, who humbly tries
tn do his duty as Re understands it, must
always anticipate from others n criticism
of his motives which can only arise from "A
sinister purpose in the breast Of him who
utters the detraction.
"'ris Islander
Whose cdea is sharper than the sword;
whose tongue
Ont vrnomS all the worms Of the Nile;
whose breath
Rid,.- On the p,~iing wind. and doth belle
All corners Of the world; kings, queens aud
states,
Nlid~, matrOns, nay the secrets of the grave
his lipciutts Islander enters"
SANDER j. understood to mean "a false
tale or report malciously uttered aud Lend
ing to lujnrc the reputation of another;
hut this hatrful-offrnse. - rrpugnant to
the true aud noble man, may take other
and more Offensive shapes than the out
spokcn lie. \ glance of the eye, a Nhrng
"i the shoulders may convey malicious
insinuatinn-a surmsc or conjecture -lo-
ken with invidious intention may do more
damage than the lie plainly spoken.
Ii II were possible to give to evil any
charms, thc bold aud open liar would re-
cciSc the admiration and praise that would
l." denied Ia ia" coward Who seeks 10 strike
hrhud the friendly cover of an insinuatiun
nr hlni. or who cunccals his contemplate
pmri'~, hrnrath the garb OF a smile.
Men have Il special lave for the sins of
thrir E.iEhhprs that leads them 10 give 10
"a" real aud imaginary faults of their
friends a special and particular attention
which would lie better applied to their own
defects. The cause is plain. Conscious of
their own deficiencies, alive To- the fact that
they are playing the hypocrite before the
world, they feel III continual dread Of de-
lection. 1t never q tiers their minds To bc
honest; to change their ways, to live as
honest men should They follow the hate.
ful VACCINATIONS of their evil miuds. and Ia
distract attention from thcmsrlvc, they
harry To find the wrong in Others. find-
''@ h"he' All" 700 c"Wafuiy I" lie outright
th,y take The course most natural to their
"'\eloptErht al drpraNltN, ana hlnt 1T
that they would have, believed. Men or
women IKE These are harh'lrN-, primarily.
hrtrihntIoh follows them swift and sure.
sumner OF latrl th'E sian" rcN""l'd ia All
'h''r mucous moral dri"t'hIt! I" the world
'hd u" @"'i'l linh'h'' nor snowy CHRISTIAN
'''"'"n' VIII ma" th'Ir Nh'm'lr>H crime
I'"Hi the httic world III winch they 1--we.
t''''' we can ~ an" adN'0'diE all u"
""'a' CRIME because nnPihi'hhhIn by In
''''''
ih'Tr al" the men wa" ROB women OF
ttc'r -"ot n'incs 10y whispered lie; who
'h'"" oo''"l'' IN the way oil those VINO
""o'' So ,h:I't' 10y iinrutati"ns oil thtr
""'" w "h" IAN W"ulh tear down the
''S'h- I'P"'"''"h' VINO nave no itlch. -
wa" k"'" u" h"h"r' VINO lear not "'d;
VINO worship only thclh~rlNes-thclr mean,
contempt" ic frames devoid oi snihcirht
soul I" aNs'mii''c them to the Creator.
But there are good pcopl. who unwit-
,ngly make -lamdcrrrs Of themselves hy
IDLY retailing the fomn,ll,ss rumnrs they
hear IL their daily association with thrii
acquaintance. 1t i sell settled fact.
that . repetition Of u statement always dit
frrs from the original remark. and j, i.
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