Show 1 es use 1 0 Trofane of f il y r 0 ra n e language n oage page s V 11 it is i apos ible to 0 o dass through the streets of Philadelphia Philadel rhia phia or coul country try towns w without he hearlie hearil arlig g profane language md and this ibis too loo verv frea lent ly from the tile 11 lips of mere childrel children the vice is at once imi noril 1 and irreligious aid it appears on the increase can nothing be dona doua to check arld and restrain it A law exists against it but it is rarely enforced would it mot not be well for file tiie he authorities to make one or two examples we nye are told by foreigners that in no civil civilized zed country ou oil the babl babi habitable tible globe is this odious vice practiced to so fearful an extent the case ia is I 1 1 deplorable iri iii tho iho northern cilien bu but bue it I 1 is wore in the hie southern and western in lle ile the i former the and the illi erae are ate llie llie tile chief flinders but in the south and west eien even 1 I 1 individuals of high character and polished are frequently louid lourd lour loui d themselves and I 1 employ language every way discreditable nay they are atoni a toni loni hed when told of the vice for i they are unconscious when they practice it the i habit has grown upon them from year ear to year unil at last they find it difficult lo 10 converse even upon an ordinary subject without the it introduction tro of 0 ari att oath or an imprecation if reminded of this infirmity they either get into a passion or deny that they employed so ift neive nelve language and thus of course it becomes painful to converse with them upon the subject we honestly believe that tillit two thirds orthe personal difficulties counters ren and murders that take place in the south and west should be attributed to the improprieties of speech in ili the fust filst plage place sharp words are employed the then 11 violent epithets and these are often followed by blows and bloodshed tha the individual who cannot control and arid command hll lis li tongue ia is very apt to lose hid his hi temper and then to raise reise his hand for the purpose of striking a blow it is impossible to imagine the result tile the profane in speech cannot be pure in heart tile the crime moreover is altogether fruitless and unnecessary it cannot do good and it may do harm barm the parent who is in ili the habit of or employing improper language an in his household and before his children not only sets acts a ShOCK irig example but absolutely invites ins MS off offspring pring into tila the ways of wroy g doing what to the he properly regulated ua lot lol can call be more shocking and startling tha tharl an all oath fro tro from m the lips of a youth the idea is at once formed ei el her that the morals of the young blasphemer have been sadly sailly ne electEd neglected or that lie he must be natura natu raly y wicked and arid perverse and bety betin in this regin refined d and intelligent intall igent community it is no rare to hear bear half a dozen young men conversing together og ether bin fin and interspersing their conversation with oaths and impre imprecations catic same some who of course are sadly deficient in intelligence imagine that they thus manifest extraordinary valor others strangely 11 enough appear a to faucy fancy I 1 hat that on look on with wilh admiration O oner h ers again are so lost to the decencies of life that they know no better and mistake profanity for tiie tire dZe rence between a gentleman and a ruffian is frequently zt zed zd z d by tle tone lone ofton of conversation the former may be alired inthe in the coa coarsest best best sest habits yet courtesy and good breed breeding ag will be detected the moment he fie opens his mouth tile the iatter latter on the other hand may my be a perfect model in dress drese but if regardless of tile the ties of language his true character will be seen in an gintant in tant langua ps s indeed to the mind and the heart what dress is to ilia person alid avd this will apply not only to blasphemy baxt but toilie coarse ard and vulgar tone lone that is so often indulged at the expense of taste faste feelings and good sense what good purpose I 1 secured what object is is attained avny should language be used at all on any occasion it is not only sloe specially c 1 bally forbidden for foi bidden but it is in violation of ot all the pro printies prie ties of life and it is frt art ut attended untended tended wili with the most serious consequences again therefore theredo e we cheich a hope that some effort will be made mede by tho thoe those e who feel an interest in ili the morals of the to check and restrain a lia iia habit bitloy by which we are already saly birg disgraced raced and slid which appears to be increasing so to rapidly baltimore ballimore Bal limore sun |