The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-12
SANDER and oetraet!on.
From the American Rcgiitcr.l

From the American Rcgitcr.l
Blackstone says that .hcrc is nc
wroug without remedy. But can
either the civil law ur social regulations
afford any adequate protection against,
or redress for, the serious wrongs done
by .ianrcr and detracton? Men are
not ONLY prone to listen with crednlity
70 the whispers If fancy, but still more
30 10 the arinIly devised statements OF
cavy, hatred AMI malice. And the IN
jur.es thus inflicted, either in business
affairs, or upon II an'srepntation, even
inore sacred and valuable to him than
property, may be ruinous in their con
.cqugnces. Here is fragrant wrong,
bit where is the remedy? The ordlna'
rs sui; for sinndcr has become dlsrepuia'
BE, and almost obsolete. Besides this,
/ it is wholly iuappIicablc or unavailable
! in the most serious cases. The SANDER
or often approaches the parties lie de-
siMs 10 influence in the garb Of friend
( ship and confidence, pretending falsely
20 be giving information for tie benefit
Of, and out Of friendship for the parties
TO Hhom the malicious and false com
munica!ans are made. 50 that The
victim Of the SANDER ard defamation l.
often not allowed even to know the
source from which the injury originates
Ind the wrong often Injuries the party
to whom the SANDER and detracticn are
communicated as much and sometime
cycn more than the victim Of malice
himself. Indeed, the SANDER is Otter
designated to produce variances, and t.
injwc both.
As no adequate remedy can exist 70
such wrongs hy suit, protection can on
~ he found in n higher tone, and NOR
rigid conservatism in social and bushes
affairs. SANDER, dctraction, and dcto
nation should be scorned Cschewed ant
/ flowncd down; and credulity should b
withheld from all attempts at dciamo
ton, however plausible and covered IN
der the disguise Of professed friendship
The methods Of SANDER are often suhtl
and most imposing. Cicero said, "'Ihcr
is nothing which wings its flight 5
swiftly as calumuy nothing which
uttered with more ease; nothing is lii
tened to with more readiness, and notl
Ing dispersed moIc widely"
Dean SWilt said, The worthicst pee
pie are the most injured by SANDER, .
/ We usually find that to be the best fru
which the birds have been pecking {
the NEST"
Peter the Great is said to have r.
, marked to man speaking i'll of anoth'
. in his presence, at is easy to spIa'
mud Iut would rather helps man
! keep his coat clean"
:. Madame Roland exclaimed, "Wh
indulgence does the world extend
e those cyiIspeakcrs, who, under the ma
" Of friendship, stab indiscriminatcly wi
y. the keen though rusty blade of slandeI
y In the language Of St. Bcrnal
ISLANDER is q poison which extiDgui.l
E charity, both in the slanderer aud
NJ the persons who listens to it,
And in the words Of Leighton. &C.
= umay would soon die Of itself if nobo
y took it in and gave it lodging"
+ Cowpcr says;
= " Thcmau that darc- traducc because he ,
j" With taiyty TO himicli, is not a man."
q, In the inimitoblc language of Shak
~ prarc:
Of The jewel, best cnamollod,
n. viii losc il beauty, and 50 no man that h
,n u name,
~. -, l}ut iasohood and corruption doth it shan
as And, again:
Gu No might nor greatness in morality
n Can ccusure 'ecapc; back-wounding calun
nd The whitcst virtue strikes"
n The only protection which can
er provided against this greatest Of all
al pests to society and the world, is to ,
IL yatc the manners and bearing of m,
,h cultivate an adherence for the f
lg spirit Of defamation, and utterly csch
~ dctraction, and refuse all attention Il
us credence to its disgusting details.