The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-04-04

" The bloody tragedy recently enacted in
hchmonn, va, IN which distinguished editor
% 'iie Pollticai press came to an untlmely and
; 5arbarous death at the hands of another Of the
profession, the ruthless and murderous char.
acter OF the meeting, the savage and inhuman
preparations tor The butchery, are meet objects
for sautary reflection. How was enmitv sow
ed between the combattantsl is the first aues
ton that suggests itself upon a knowledre of
that sangulnary scene. The answer is: they
were editors OF newspapers engaged on oppo
site sloes OF the political discussions that have
ehgIosseu puohc attention for some years back
ana DO political differences indeed necessarily
involve personal enmites! II would seem Ina,
many SO think; for the fact that they were cd.
ifors OF political journals satisfactorily accounts
TO the multitude for the most impIacable hatred
ana their dire consequences.
What is there in the nature of editorial con.
roVersIalIsm that should distinguish i, from
other forms of disputation' What to inpart TO
IL deadlier cast! What TO tincture II with dar. |
heT shades OF passion9 Are the topics discuss.
ca oeIow the dignity of Irrational solution, Is the
press unht Tor the lofter process of reasona or
are tire public uUapabtv, OF npurerratrup mn ar A..
guweht that is not spangled with the gems of
b'IIlngsgate! Surely no one will answer any of Il
'hese questions in the Affirmative and yet that I
TWO political editors should fall to killing one t
ahother Is regarded as contingency within the "
na'ura tendency Of their vocation. There is Il
no reason for this in philosophy. is
The province of an editor is TO enrhten and u
lrect public reason In the wide range of hu u
i'"h en3rt there is not a nober or more respon. VI
'ole ambition than this. The theory OF his p
RECESSION should impart dignity TO the charac- u
er OF journalist, and inspire that selfrespect r.
nat wins the esteem of others. Tie acknowl on
'osed power OF the press ought to be guar. :
'nty against It's perverslon. Through it The ar
mad OF the nation is supplied with its daily n
'abuIum, and they who preside over the chan IN
els OF intelligence should guard them from cor ~
up'lng and unwholsome Ingredients The con
uctors OF The press, from the nature of their
ules and the strength of their position, ought ad
0 at the head OF professional society To them 90,
ne politician is indebted for his renown, the III,
aWyer tor his fame, the physician for his celeb inn
lty, and the divine for his distinction. In es. ID
abIIshng the reputation of others, why do they oa
orget to care for their own! ba,
They are the head and front of good works wi
he orphan finds them ever ready friends; they be,
phod and support every enterprise designed a '
D meIiorate the condition of the poor, provide S
'r the comfort of the sick, administer to the Dol
eh oeiS vi the stranger, UT protect the ua0r. on,
mate, the blind, the manned, and the stricken oft
God. In exercising the most dsinterested dot
nd constant charity towards all mankind, why the
ave they none for one anotherl- Picayune. be,
moi
a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt has il i:
assoc 'he House OF Representatives of Mary tall
nd, by large majority. They have also fix. sto
the Governors salary at $4,000, and the
ecretary of State at Sl0O0--not enough to
ot the electioneerng bills OF single canvass
ore 10 the Southu cen
rem
The great battle is to be fought again be. the
veen the people and the fraudulent and illegal hay
,nds, of not only the Union but the Planters the
ank Bonds also. The people will not submit kuo
} the payment Of any fraudulent debt by taxa. | 0,
on, and the move that has been made by the YER
st Legislature should convince the people that rier
icy should watch lest they be sold to the bro on
,rs and stockholders. If the legislature is the
,termined to legisate all the spectators and hs
INK gamblers out Of debt by passing Briscoe rop
I'd bankrupt bills, they should be very cautious CHI
Nv they tax the laboring community to pay can
lose gambling debts; those that have danced to
ould pay the fddler-and it becomes the du ran,
Of those that speculate in the purchase of hav
,nds, TO be fully satisfied that those selling can
'nds, are fully authorized to bind posterty for lous
cir redemption. say that Mississippi or wor
present population thereof, is neither legal. has
, nor morally bound for the payment Of any viii
ate bonds ID isss,nin1t0r bv