The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-16


When Pope approv Is and Dennis damns the lines.
Interpret this into plain prose, and il indicates
that the abuse of adyersaries is rs significant
proof Of success in editing piper, as The lau-
daton Of friends, when it arises from no per-
sonal proyocation, but is evidently the swineng
of the CALLED jade" For some time past, few
of the presses in Baltimore and Richmond, and
/ the drowsy humble Bee and others, in New Or
leans, have been buzzng most noisiy about
the Soulher,' Press, and taking great deal Of
trouble and time 70 assure their readers how
very inefficient its editors were, and what a
splendid failure it was altogether.
The personal peculmrtics of the individuals
who edit this paper, have already taxed the de-
scriptive, and their antecedents the inrentre
powers Of several biographers-chieHyc cores
pondents Of Northern prints-but we find in
the Richmond Times Of Saturday last, such a
graphic description of oursclves--so imbued and
tinctured with the old Virginia courtesy, that
we cannot refrain from laying it before our
readers, even at the risk of being considered the
trumpcters of our own praises. Assumirg that
as profound mystery shrouds the personal den-
tty of the editors of the Southern Press, as wells
the authorship of Junins, the editor of that
journal Of long standing kindly introduces us
to the public, rs persons whom it imports them
iattering designation Of aa Yankee Quaker"
and "a youthful South Carolina Hotspur'-
phrases, the politeness and pungency of which,
can be properly appreciated by the urbane and
courteous gentlemen of the Old Dominion 80
While reciprocating the personal respect Of
which the editor gives us his assurances, we
would merely suggest to him the expediency
(before making assertions or indulging in the use
of epithets) Of informing himself as to theircor-
rectness or applicability unhappily for his
high preensions, he hasconvcted himself"fgr
ignorance on the very subject on which he pro-
fesses to enlighten others. ELLwooD FISHER
is native Virgnan, and justly proud of his old
mother whose principles have guided his political
course always-but that pride would be forever
lost did he believe that the Richmond Times
represented the sentiments of the resident citi-i
zens of the Old Dominion
AS regards the youthful South Carolina Hot
spur" the public can best Judge whether the edi-
torals Of the Press or of the Times exhibit the
better taste and temper; and the term certainly
comes with a lad grace from the young Vir-
ginian, ardent as a southern sun can make him"
who performs the functions of Jupiter Tonans
for the Times.
We have heon we'll abused by the satellites of
the Northern press, and expecting it have treated
it as matter of course; but cannot refrain from
expressing our regret at seeing any respectable
Southern paper initiating SO bad an example,
and resorting to personalities in lieu of argu-
ment: for which the writer himself feels that an
apology is due to his readcrs-and makes one at
the close--such as it is SCI
Has ii never occurred to this selfconstituted
Judge and Jury, comprised in the oracular aWE,"
so summarily disposing Of the claims of the
Southern Press to Southern confidence and sup
port that it might possibly be necessary for "the
rest of mankind" beyond the precincts of Rich
mond and the adjoining counties, to be informed
of the capacity of the Judge to decide the merits
" .nc o.'Ho i iu 'na' ooio y" Doi'Seu ~
dividuas might be found to deny altogether the
jurisdiction of this @second Daniel come to
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But we cannot Keep our readers longer rom
the perusal of this 81 first rate notice"-though
we fear that. some of them may imagine that
AFTER giving our lhe'i''' pof'fal's '''e writer mas
silly slipped in his own towards the close, IN the
following sentence. fully verified by this as well
j. otbor ed;tor;,l enanat;ons from tho same
% o'"e' eu'o''A' $50 '''''e
quarter la
The editors appear to think that fippam
epitAefs are a valid substitute for argument,
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lar commence ~
g It is time for the Southern public to know
something Of the two gentlemen, who, repre-
s,nting really small clique of the Southern
members of Congress, but ostensibly large
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