The weekly independent. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss) 1848-1853, 1848-12-09
EDITORS.

Inc Louisville Journal. Spea KING
of the election OF McsSrs. Chandler,
Brooks and Greedy to Congress uses
the following language:
considering the importance and
the influence of their labors, editors
are the most inadequateIy rewarded
of all persons. The pInionS, on
which many ii heaven. born congress
ional aeniu, scars up before tue
admlrlng gaze OF the people. are
Frequently purlolned from the hn>
gers OF editors. The inspiration
which they give out from the points
OF their grey goose qnllls, is the Del
Pine well AT which many a STATES
man like genius drinks, before be-
lore becoming grand and admired.
Ihe editors lnkstand is the true cas-
tally OF political orators, and,but tor
it. many OF them would sink beneath
the weight OF their own stupidity.
who are now StrutInS magazine 'ntIy
before the country radiant VITA
The plumdge p!uudered from editors.
Oar brethren are a long suffering
race, aud do not often complain ol
the petit Iarceues practlsed on their
brains. They are satisfied with ru-
ling the mind OF the nation. even
though tins their prerogallve Is not
generally acknowledged. They are
the power behind the throne greater
than the throne Itself. They are
the maglcians that pull the wires OF
States a,d your polltlclans Tor the
most are tle PUPPETS VINO dance upoh
them. InlS iLtelitctu II progeny get
along very well although they are
Iathcred by asplrants for the most
sweet voices ot the people, who too
frequently serve them us Sheridan
declared glpSies served stolen brats,
namely denie them, dress them III
rags. and then pass them oil as their
uudoupted offspring
Commenting upon this statement
the ilcnmond WMg says:
"Our own observation fully con
firms US III the opinion that not "a
word is spoken amlss in the above
paragraph. The dlors OF the c'un-
try are the men. who, III nine cases
out OF ten, make the orators. The
speeches Of the latter are, in most
instances. nothing m re than IA
hash OF he idea of the former.
We can add our own testimony to
this fact for giving QUO own. brief edl-
toriaI career we have been honored
by the appropriation OF the fruits Of
of our own reasearch by the bell
weather Of the political flock, who
would have disdained to acknowl.
ed e their obligations to mere
Editor
Also upon this subject the Colum
bia Is. C) Telegraph says.
In this country the dignity of the
Editorial vocation is not fully appre
ciated. for various reasons. In the
first place. many of the conductors
of ,he Press are men untitled by
education, requirements, to do more
than follow in the wake Of public
sentiment, instead # aiming rightly
to direct it-or to act as the mere
echoes of some little great man tt
whom they cling for laid and com
fort The independence Of thu
Press" is very sounding phrase OF
paper. but with the mass ,untortu
nateIy the independence relate
more to the rejection of unpleasant
truths. than to their bold enunciatiol
In no country in the world is tn
Press more party.ridden. and tdlt
ors more cabined and confined thu
ulterance Of facts which may be un
palatable to the prejudices of thei
readers, than in this Republican
land of ours.
A really Independent Press, ha
to encounter perpetual! running
fire. lin the front and IN the rear a
well as dropping discharge q
small arms from angry subscriber
who "stop the paper because it tel