The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-23

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his head, that he has no understanding in ph ysic
is in rage against every body, so that no person
r dare speak to him, or restrain him; what will b.
the event Of thisi He will, without doubt, destro,
his body, and render himself incurable.
.ficib.-it Is very true.
= SocTat.-Suppose some person in a ship, wht
has not the judgment and skill Of pilot, shoulc
yet have the liberty to do what he thinks fit; YOU
yourself see what must certainly befall him, anC
those that abandon themselves to his conduct.
.4lci6.-They must all necessarily perish
SOcrat.-The case is the same with cities, renub
lies, and all states if destitute Of virtue their ruin
is certain.
.aicib-lt is impossible it should be otherwise.
Soeraf. Consequently, my dear Alcbades, il
you would be happy, your business is rot to &C
quire large extent Of empire for yourself or your
republic, but to acquire virtue.
.fLeib.-Very true.
Socrat.-And before this virtue is acquired, it il
better and more advantageous, do not say for a
child, but for man, to obey him who is the mos
virtuous, than TO command.
.fLcib.-l am Of the same mind
Soerat.-And what is best is also most beau
tiful.
.alcib.-Without doubt
Socrdt.-That which is most beautiful is like.
wise most becoming, and suitable.
.4lcib.-That is beyond dispute.
Socrat.-lt is then becoming and suitable to q
vicious person to be slave, for that is best fol-
him.
.4Lcib.-Most certainly.
SOerat.-Then vice is a vile thing, and suitable
to a slave.
.4ieib.-So it seems.
Soerat-And virtue is a noble thing, and suits
only with free man.
| .ficib.-That cannot be contested.
Socrat.-Then this vileness ought to be avoided
which only suits with slaves.
.flcib.-Most certainly, Socrates.
And on this principle We have acted ever
since.
The Professor SAUNDERS says of us:
"He was at one time-in fact during the
whole of his life, till some time after manhood
"a rabid Wing, but turned Democrat, and by
this manGuvre went to the Indiana legislature
but the members of that party in Hamilton
county, Ohio, having no confidence in him, threw
him aside, nor would have anything to do with
him."
This looks so much like a late scurrilous pas
sage in the Louisville Journal, that we suspect
the professor borrowed it from there; at all
events-We kno,o-that when he presumes to
presumes only on the facility of scribbling what
is false, in the hope that it will reach somc OBJ
scurc corners, without being followed by the
truth.
In the first place, we never were rdbM in any
thing. We are blest with such happy self-con
troll, and have been from boyhood, that we have
almost never made use of IN Incorporate ex-
preston. We are decided in opinion and in
conduct, calm and decorous in anguage-as is
evident from the columns of this paper. The
editor of the Chronicle d Sentinel charges that
we have called Southern men traitors. We
never have-although tie term has been some
times applied to us-and although we think it
much more applicable to those who submit to,
than to those who resist, violations of Consti-
tuition and right.
But the Professor says we were Eat one time,
in fact during the whole of " our" life til some
time after manhood-a rabid Wing" &c.
We hope the Professor does not think We
have already passed the stage of manhood
That would be too precocious-although not
more so than to have been Wing the whole OF
our life, for we were born in the latter part OF
1908, which was exactly quarter of century
before the Wing party was christened
But we never were at one time or at any time
Wing. When General JAcKsoN's message Of
December 1929 appeared, we, being then just OF
age, examined at once the question Of the
utility of National Bank, which he presented
and we decided with him against the bank, and
beyond him az inst bank, and did so at public
meeting.
At the same time we decided for free trade.
And we never changed either of these opinions.
We did not support General JACKSON in 1882
because he was for National Bank, or a league
of State banks, and therefore preferred Mr.
CLAY, whose notions then on bank and tariff, we
thought rs good as General JAcXsoN's. But
not agreeing with either, we took no part in the
canvass and did not vote.
In 1882, the controversy about notification
arose, and wc almost alone in Cincinnati, took
part with Mr.. CALHOUN and South Carolina
In 1887, when Mr.. VAN buren, came out for
the subtreasury, we supporel him; and in
1888, having removed to Switzerland county,
Indiana, twenty miles from Cincinnati, we be-
came candidate for the legislature. The Pro-
lessor SAUNDERS says we "turned Democrat
and by this measure went to the Legislature of
Indiana" If we did then turn, and turned to
get into the legislature, it was very foolish
turn, for the county was, and had been, decidedly
Wing in its politics. And a large body even
Of the Democrats there, were then opposed to
the sub-treasury, We nevertheless advocated
that measure, and were beaten that year by n
very small majority, and were elected the next
by very large majority.
In the fall of lS4l, we returned to reside in
Cincinnati. In the winter and spring following
the tariff discussion was revived A public
meeting Of both parties was called and largely
attended in favor of protection. We opposed
at first entirely alone, the measure and resolu
tons unanimously reported by the committee
and pending the discussion, the meeting ad-
iourned from week to week until in the spring
the vote was taken, and the resolutions in fa