The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-05-15
SANDER.

torical origin of the word islander
but none as to its meaning.
Ihre, in his glossary of the Swedo-
Gothic, makes the French esclandir
equivalent to the Swedish klander, an
i'll report, an obIiquy, or infamy. And
our English word is derived from the
French esc,andre. Chaucer Ang.icised
| it and wrote it sclandre. Phjlologists
derive the French word from the low
Latin scandalum, but the Anglo-Saxon
sean, to beat or wound-in this case by
il report-has been suggested as the
derivation of SANDER. The two-fold
meaning of esclandre gives a faint
/ countenance to this notion, for it also
denoted slaughter as well as misfortune
or disaster.
To SANDER is ito censure falsely, to
defame, to calumniate," and SANDER it
self is, therefore, a calumny, false and
malicious detraction or defamation of
the character or conduct o. another,
and is punishable by the law, which
distinguishes between spoken and writ
ten defamation. The first is SANDER;
the second, libel. To speak or write
against the great was once an enormous
crime known as scandalum magnatum.
How few have escaped SANDER of
some sort How many are there who
have not only been wounded by it, but
have been downright slain, driven from
society with damaged fortunes and
| hrN Al,
crowd. detraction dogs us like our
| shadows. Calumny stalks behind with
baleful eye watching every word and
| movement for evil Misrepresentation,
and by a hateful alchemy, converts our
gold to lead. but never the lead to gold.
| Our friends too often misinterpret our
feeling and views, and our enemies per-
sistently endeavor to disparage or per
vert them. Even those who live under
our roofs and eat from our tables are
| frequently domestic spies, ready, like
the ungrateful hound, to bite the hand
that feeds them. For SANDER is the
natural weapon Of the faithless, the zig
| norant, the envious, the malicious, the
/ " ~ anu VIZ NtNh anu
| ignoble dispositions WELD it against all
that Is wiser, stronger, or better than
| themselves. Those who do not see with
| their eyes, and judge with their percep-
tions-however blind or feeble these
may be-are not merely suspected of
| evil, but are at once boldly charged
with all that make for infamy.
If We turn to the pages of history,
| what miserable pictures do they pre-
sent us Of the follies and weaknesses
| of mankind. The greatness that has
been achieved during the past has been
the work of the few, who, IN spite of
sneers and SCOTS and general detrac-
ton, persevered in the good work that
lay before them. Ahead of their times,
these pioneers of progress, gifted with
enlightened views and high sense of
duty, marched straight on to their goal
whether it gave them a crown or cru
cifx. They were the worlds true great
ones, who by sheer force of their moral
and intellectual powers lifted the multi
tude to higher planes whether they
would or not. The people may have
ridiculed their teachers, starved their
poets, stoned the prophets, and ban
ished or burnt the expounders of sci
ence. Nevertheless, the seeds of truth
which were sown in tears and watered
with their blood, have become mighty
trees of knowledge of good and evil,
and must eventually overspread the
whole earth.
We have no need to look for examples
in other countries, for the records of
England are filled with instances OF
men and women, virtuous in themselves
and beniticent to others, who have been
destroyed by SANDER. The higher we
go the stronger is the evidence. 10y
atty and integrity haye not been proof
against it. Serve a great man." says
a Spanish proverb, ''and you viii know
what sorrow is.
The ingratitude of the rich and the
noble, and the ready ear they give to
SANDER against those who serve them
well and faithfully. are notorious. Put
not your trust in princes" was the soul
felt quotation of the fallen Stafford when
he heard that Charles had signed bis
death warrant. A kings oath was as a
leather when weighed against expedi-
ency. Edward Srenser who died brok-
en-hearted at Westminster in 1899, wise
poet though he was, had leant on roy
atty and found it an unstaple reed. Who
could sing better than he the folly of
dependence on the great? We still feel
the Iathos OF his lines coming straight
from lofty and disappointed mind
wrecked by SANDER:
Full little knowest thou that hast not tried.
What hell it is in suing long to bide;
To lose your days that might be better spent;
To waste long nights in pcnsive discomfort:
I To speed to-day. to be put back Tomorrow;
To feed on hope. to pine with lear and sorrow:
To have thy princes grace, yet want her
peers;
To have thy asking, yet wait many years:
To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares;
To eat thy heart through comfortless des-
pairs;
To fawn. to crouch. to wait TO ride to run.
To spend, to give, to want, to be undone"
But If the tender mercles of the great
have been cruel, those of the populace
! have been found equally bitter, and
with less reason.
One of our proverbs says: SANDER
leaves score behind it." Kumour
spreads aud multiplies it and gives it
various aspects. 1t resembles a snow
/ ball that gathers as il rolls. And this
pestilent and cruel power is exercised
by the most worthless of mankind
How many gallant gentlemen went to
the block for the forgeries and perjuries
OF Titus Oates. We have still, PERHAPS