Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-11-02

n correspondent send w. the following para.
graph. which is not without force and point:
Mr.. Editor-On looking over the Enquirer th. morning.
| noticed IN The returns for Pennsylvania ana Ohio. tina, the
two parties were designated by the terms Democrats and
Coons. In many of the country journals Of he Democrat
ic party, IN which ccarseness is taken for VII, the term Is
freely used but l supposed that IN a paper Ike the Enqui.
rer' m which the Editor so frequently descans on the dig.
NIFTY Of the press, uttcrs lacltrymuse efforts over its degra.
dstion, and laments the bad taste and want # refinement
IN the W hhg journals, such n nickname would have beCnin
dignanty prescribed. Especially Is it To be marvellcd at,
that n gentleman who is 80 studiou- OF appearance, so court
y in his manners. who, in his dcciini ; wears, bows as
gracefully as beau DidaPpcr, and as 0ssiGuously as Sir Per
nnaS McSycophani, should be so ready = initiate the ca.
naillc.
Well. Mr.. Editor, how shall we encounter this rcproach'
Shall We silen,ysubm.t to be thus stigm,tscdl propose,
that rs the party have chosen Mr.. Van buren, rs their lead.
er-and as he has been considered b, wise mer. % possess
some ut the peculiar traits of the We. 4, and Das been 50
named by one politician OF distnciion-that the Democrat
&c party hcnceforth. until they learn To rvspce, their oppo-
nents, he termed wease!s, or the weasel party.
\ HlG
We believe it was only last week, that the Edi-
tor of the Enquirer delivered one Of his periodical
discourses on the dignity and manners of The Press.
He affected to be very much scandal;zed at the in
decencies of his ~cotemporaries, and prntcd as
smoothly and complacently ON the subject, as
though he was purity personiied. He had the ve-
~ great indiscrction, not TO say impudencc. to quote
the paragraph which follows, from the Alcxa- lria
'"H'Ne' Is N' iulC u II SIIOuuNP o. III L--.ito-
rial Corps:
MANY people estimate the ability Of a newspaper, md
the industry and talents OF its Editor, bv tie quantity OF
the editorial matter which 1t contains. Il IS comparatively
an easy task for n ifothy writer TO pour out, daily, columns
OF teoTds-pords. upon any, and I'll subjects. His ideas
may flow IN 'one weak, wnshy. ever ssting flood and his
command of language, may enable MIN to string them to-
gether like punches OF onions; aud We; his paper may be n
meagre, and poor concern. But as we have said. an Ed.
tor ought 10 be estimated, and hi labors understood and
appreciated. by the general conduct Of his I-per-its tone
its tsmper-its uniform, consistent course-itS principles
its aims-manhness-its dignity-is proprety"
We say it was indiscrect in the old gentleman
for some of his readers might be led to >C.-rc him
by his own rule. How then, would he appear
For it is no, to be denied, that no man commits
more frequent and gross violations of r. own ca
mons. With an assumed air OF dignity. Of can
dour. and love of truth, he sins every day against
them all. He sets up TO be an exquisite Judge in
matters of taste, and makes as much pretension 10
good manners, rs n French dancing mas.'r; and
vet, there is no man connected with the p -, who
shows greater lack of genuine good b~reedirr. His
compositions, which are very ambitious OF Gle
gance and cldSSicdliiy, are tn" most o-ccrablc
daubs. which ever outraged all grammatical con-
struction, slaughtered the Kings English, or made
the bones of Grccian and Roman worthless shake
in their graves. But he is an 'able Editor!'
Granted-if that sor; of cunning, ofwhich Church
hill speaks,