Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.) 1843-1843, 1843-04-29

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ito effects outlive the subsistence Of the
and do and will, continue 10 at.
feet society in all its ramifications. Is
II no, the part Of good sense, if we can
not suppress these evil influences upon
the country, as individuals, at least to
withdraw ourselves as much as possible
from their control?
Democracy instead Of being always
regulating power sometimes comes as
whirlwind, and its degenerating into an
archv is &c be dreaded. IL that should
ever be the case the man who most es-
capped the corrupting influences which
tear down the Republican fabric, will at
least stand prouder amid the ruins, if he
must share the fate consequent upon the
national transgressions.
Our large territory and the conse-
quent difficulty Of procuring Immediate
and accurate information of public af-
fairs from authentic sources, gives the
widest range and the utmost impunitv
TO misrepresentation OF facts. II a
falsehood is put forth by a leading or
gan at Washington it is copied into eve
nv village organ ofthe sam9 party from
Maine to Louisiana; it goes into the
mouths and sinks into the hearts Of the
people. so that before the corrective Of
truth can be applied, an impression is
made which can rarely be wholly Grad
icated. The country. editors are hardly
to blame, ignorant, as for the most part,
they mus, be, Of what is going On at
Washington; for relying as they are
compelled to d. or give nothing, for heir
statements of facts upon the Leading or
gans Of their party Tie misGhiefs
which result they cannot even correct.
for false iabricaIions are too numerous:
to leave possibility OF arriving, in most
instances, a, the means OF their correc-
lion. without running great risk Of ad-
missions which truth does not warrant.
And so il is rare shat you see any at
tempts al correction whatever, even
by men Of the most integrity among the
conductors ofthe public journals. Thus
mischief once done is done forever
r
Every man who recollects any thing Of
political history can attest instances in
which the most glaring and The basest
falsehoods have remained on the minds of
the people Of this country for years; he
Iieved and admitted, acted upon ia all
incerity ofheart and perhaps never to
this day corrected. And nisrepreseta-
tions are still being made in the same
way and with the same results.
These things wiz never be rcmedied
by denouncing the press and It's conduc-
tors en- .mdSse. Some of the best as
we'll as the worst men, are al the head
Of the public journals. YOU may and
should frown down q press at home
which lends itself to the decentralization
of society, but you cannot bring bat
terry to bear where you do not know
and perhaps the editor himselfiS uncon-
cious of his error. Your reason is in
deed 'Ieft free TO combat the errors, but
you never will WELD the sword Of truth
against them, while you are in the dark
as TO the facts on which reason is 10 OPP
perate. To such as delight in SANDER
and denunciation and party tricks it
would be useless TO offer any antidote 10
these evils which mainly derive their
force from the relish they afford and
the greedy good will with which, by
no inconsiderable portion Of society they
are received. But to such as are desi-
rous of applying a corrective we may
PROFOUND the query whether a remedy
against the unceasing stream OF misrep-
resentation can be devised in the shape
of a neutral publication at Washington,
devoted TO complete exhibit OF facts
without comment, and conducted by men
of high talents and character. Such a
publication would at least do something;
but whether the object can be obtained
in this or any other form is indeed alto
gelher problematical. 1t is certainly a
desideratum of no inconsiderable i'm
portance, without which whatever horn
OF our party dlemmas we may grapple