Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-04-18
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"EditOrs Rising"

or some other menaSefle or hungry poll
t%icians, the cry is, editors rising" What
an idea! Rising from the power of the
press, the grandest power in all the world
the daily power of scattering abroad,
not only the seeds of knowledge, but co.
operating with the beuefcent designs OF
Heaven itself, in doing good-aye, by a
single line or sentence promoting some
cause of philanthropy and mercy ; send
ing forth some purifying and elevating
thought ralIying the benevolent to the
relief of some child of misery and wo
scourging vice with a lash of scorpions ;
sounding the trumpet.call for the friends
of education and intelligence to combine
and put forth their energies to deliver their
tellow-men from the deep darkness of I'M
instructed mind leading the van in some
mighty measure Of improvement, which
will bring forth from the bowels of the
earth untold treasures of wealth; and
raise a decayed State from the grave, re-
visiting her cheek with the bloom of
youth, and circling her brow with the dia-
dem of empire-talk of rising from such
a position as this to a seat in Congress?-
The Editor does not appreciate his posi-
ton or vocation who thus speaks. We
should as soon talk of an eagle rising
from his mountain eyrie to mingle in the
clamoring and squabbles of a community
of puddle-ducks.
AS to the Offices of the government, we
see no reason why the editor who has
passed his life in fighting the battles and
bearing the heaviest burthens of the cause,
should not be entitled to as much consid-
Grafton as the politicians, whom he has a
thousand times converted by a dash of his
pen from caterpillars to butterflies. In
this country, editors are too frequently
looked upon as tools to raise aspirants to
high stations, and when that is done to be
cast aside as worthless. In enlightened
and civilized France, the very reverse is
the case, and we find the power of the
press acknowledged in deeds as well as
words, and editors placed at the head of
the government.
Soft will be here, one of these days.
Let the editorial fraternity wait in pa
%tience, and its time will come. In the
mean time, let it never forget that there
can be no station more truly honorable
and beneficial than its own VOCATION
Richmond Republican.
How to make sleep refreshmg.-I.
Take sufficient exercise in the open air
during the day.
2. Eat light suppers, always two hours
before retiring.
3. Avoid tea and coffee and all unna-
tural stimulants.
4. Retire early. All animals, except
those that prowl all night, retire to rest
o after the sun goes down. The early
hours Of sleep are the most sweet and ree
frtehing.
S. Avoid feather beds sleep on hair
or cotton mattresses, with a light covering
of bed clothes. -s
6. Be sure and have your room well
ventilated.
1t is well known that the Duke of Well
lington, now a hale old man, is accus-
toned to sleep on a hard narrow pallet
1t is reported that the Duke justifes the
narrowness of his resting place, on the
plea that when a mar wishes to turn, it is
then high time to turn Out. We seldom
hear the laborious peasant complain of
restless nights. The indolent, pampered
epicure, or the man who overtasks his
brain and denies himself bodily exercise,
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