SLANDEROUS TONGUES.
TO THB EDITOR Of THB TIKARD BBBILS. Pir, —One of the cioit esrentul requirements of men who from their position are elected to take part m the public concerns of society, is that they should cultivate a retentive memory, and at the same time hive a strict regard for the truth. When the mind is fevered by a desire for slander, and has conceived a fixed determination to injure another, it has unfortunately become tbe practice to unbridle that untuly member — tho tongue —and on every opporlnnity grossly malign the patty wVo has unfortunately incurred their acrimonious dinpleasure. Such minds receive information only to distort it according to their own fancy, and when they hear the truth they only pollute it, forgetting that it ia the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of tbe community whom they are elected to represent. The above remarks were tho basis of my thoughts at a publio meeting at which I was present this week, and if they bare hit the right mark, they may pos»ib!y have tome weight. Bishop Butler once said, " A man of an idle tongue is dangerous m his city, and he that ia rsah m his talk shall be hated." I am, ic., HouSEHOr.DKR.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2293, 26 January 1882, Page 3
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