The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-10
10. XIV.
The Profession.

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1t has become quite common for two-pens
ny politicians, as soon as they become. hons
Ored by the people with the slightest notices
and sometimes as means Ufatlraciing nolice,
to denounce and stigmatizs the newspaper
press oi The country as a public nuisance N
serves them as theme to illustrate their III
depegdence and answers to 6ll up lhe long
Intervals between The ideas in the produces
lions Of their empty noddles. Notlong since,
one of this class presented US a communieas
ton informing US that be rarely eoHdsscendfd
&c. yet his production was ajumble Of mons
sensical detraciion We aIlude to this snbIeci
because we see by the proceedings Of the
Convention ofthe 9th ult., that Mr.. Areh-
bold used the following language, in the
course of debate in thai body: M ca -
"The gentlemen from Auglaize, Mr., Saw
IYER,l asserts that the Generla Assembly, has
become very unpopular among the people
during The laslfour years. Itseems 10 me
that my friend does most gross injustice i'm
making such declaration. Icannot butre4
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! evidence has the gentleman given that tlTeg
General Assembly has become unpopular 9--s
), No such sentiments exists among the substan
tial yeomanry of the country, nor anywhere
else, except among bar room politicians and
newspaper editors, (Laughter.) These LAST
; will alSc0ys employ the fousest ldHgaage tot
abuse their polticalopponents, They setnoa
. bounds 10 the license Of the press; the best
r and purest men Of the opposite parties are
. ALWAYS painedinihe color Of fools and fends.s
But does anybody believe their inflated pars
!. agraphs2 Does not everybody kao,0 that ltE
lis struggle between the ins and 0utsa--at
J mere attempt 10 degrade political opponenis2a
, Yet these things are taken as ''sources of
public opnionn If pdblic opinion had no
healthier sources, the commonwealth would
soon die of "a Pleague. Much merriment.n)
Il This is gross libel upon the character Of
n n the newspaper editors of,he State, and for
: one we object 10 such stuff going down to
s posterity in the debates, as part Of the hsto.
d ry Of the times. Instances there are in which
100 much license has been exercised by ed-
;. )itors of newspapers, but because such occur
occasionally, does il fellow thai all editors Of
y newspapers are the poo things that Mr.. I
At Archbold makes OF them? With the same
y Ipropriety might we argue in this way; Mr..
|. lArchbold is a member of the Conventions,
b Mr., Archbold has uttered gross libel upon
st the editors Of the State, therefore the Conpen-
e ton is composed Of lbellers. Thcre would
i Ibe just as much truth in this proposition a.
There is in Mr. AS assertion, and perhaps
$. more, for we question il he could lay his hand
4, ION paper that has slandefed political ops
y ponent more than he has slandcred the eds
tors of the State in the above paragraph ~
$, There are six editors upon tho floor Of tho
OF convention, the least worthy of whom would
OF moi suffer in comparison with Mr.. A. They
!. appear TO have taken no notice OF the attack
he made upon the body of which they are memt,
s. bers. Perhaps they have become SO used %
us this kind of talk that they cease TO mind III
lor perhaps they think their author is moi
I. worthpinding. But still as the lbels are 70
by be bound up in book at the expense Of the
OF State, and are to form part her history, II
- seems 10 US to have been as little al they
IN could have done to have set The ProIession
nt rectus in curiG. a I is Il
lid Mr.. Archbold is equally unfortunate when
ne m he says tha, tue past few legislatures aEe
n, esteemed BY the yeomanry ef the State,
in while they areonly condemned BY ediiols II
newspapers and bar.roomPoticiaHs. r he
Tet will just reverse /, he will have the truth sxl
hia aclly.- -Steabearille Uaion
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