Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-11-08
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Nt lFoR THE FREE PREss.
Z They who conceive that ON ne pers are r1,
restraint pn bad men or i1ped4inentho The exeeu4
tion Of bad measures, knownothing Df This country
II The above remark relative to the inf ucnre ex-
ercised BIZ the Press ia England eonta tralhs APP
plicabe u the condition Of affairs inslha country
with how much gre ter force may thhy be ma lie 10
operate 10 a government such as dnrs and in a
t4caantry where newspapers are mDr4 largely dis
seminated than inllhat Of any otheT and in which
thF piople constitute the foundation dc all political
power
To trace the existence Of bad men land their al
Eocacy 81 bad measures. woald, we fear render US
as ridiculous in our own estimation as il surely
would ih that OF every inielgent man The fact
Of their existence, since the hnef when The arch
dfsorganzer attempted 10 destroy THE beauties Of
creation. BY nniiifying the Laws of God is sufi,
cienty demonstrated uppn every pagd OF the worlds
history Should further evdeSce ot this fact be re-
qaired, We think il can Ae iouEd fully developed is
The perfoas Of thpse, who, for the purpose Of SELF
acknowledgement orrhe gfatifie aien IF hasf and il,
noble passions, are anaifg the torch of civil DIS
cord and ready To sacrifice every interest Of their
country its peace. prosperity and happiness upoa
the shrine of their own unhallowea ambition; a
good man may be- cheated into the support of a bad
cause hat il may be locked upon as miracle when
Yon hna bad one engaged in good cause
The existence Of sich Individuals being al
mIIted a Rational policy would se&m 10 suggest
that 50 long they are CONTEXT TO remain Isolated
from the paths Of virtue noGrishing their rentstn
and kissing their disapprobatien Of yery good ana
noble action, they should be permitted to remain
unmol9sied 10 dwell in their solitude unhafmsd
and aandticed they but become dangerous 10 the
repose of man, when blinded by lhe Upas upon
which they feed they wander forth from their hauns,
diHusi9g pestisential edor taintihg the atmbs-
phefe with their presence aud insiIling into the
breasts OF others, portion Of the gall aaa bitter
ness which Testers in their own.
Whenever unfortunately, as in lhe present I'M
happy condition of our county, sudh disorders ex-
isl il becomes imperaiiveIy The duly of the Press
TO exert lis beneficial and coanterartng inf1ueEice
in the cause OF the people and for the preservation
and perpeiuation Of our social and political istilu
iions, BY checking the progress Of heasuEes which
il persisted 10, will conlinueao spread and gather
strength until The bonds which binh Us tcge4her as
one people shall be rent into shreds, or become
coil which serpentlike will sting ns to teath Il
cannot be otherwise; as Feasona lyexpect strength
and vigor in the human frame When the vital f1pe-
tioas have ceased their action as tb expect con
tinuance Of the Union OF these States, Norm
ernisua Souihernism or Ultrsism i to obtain.
We are told there is no danger MP evidence, that
the time has arrived to which the Father Of his
Country referred, when with Ihe prophetic spirit Of
pFescienee, he s0lemnly adjured his conhtryuaen,
TO flown upon The first dawning n an attempt 70
ALLEVIATE one portion Of the country from the other
III that attempt has not dawDed and more than
reached its meridian altitude shen are the evidences
Of our senses fallacious indeed. and We should re-
ioice In this weakness. UNioStsT.