The chief cases in which truth is violated, reviewed,
1. When facts, reasonings, &c., are suppressed or omitted, with the know-
ledge or belief, that any one will thereby be led into error,
2. By speaking or writing with a view to produce a particular effect, but
without much regard to the truth of what is spoken or written, if it is
fitted to accomplish the desired end, .
3. By the practice of repeating narratives and statements, without much or
any inquiry into their credibility, and without much regarding whether
they are true or false,
4. Certain forms of expression usual in fashionable circles of society, seem
to be inconsistent with the sincerity of character and the simplicity and
directness of intercourse, in which much of truth consists,
The case of a servant's denying his master, examined,
An oath is a religious act, its signification explained,
History, argument, and experience combine to satisfy us of the efficacy of
oaths as securities for truth and integrity, .
Complaints in regard to the abuse of oaths, have, during many years past,
been frequent and general in England and the United States,
Summary of the author's sentiments on this part of the subject,
The New British statute of the 9th of September, 1835, by which declarations
are very extensively substituted instead of oaths, solemn affirmations, and
affidavits, reviewed, and commended for imitation in the United States,
Notice of oaths which are not binding, and of extra-judicial oaths,