Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-12
The Southern Rights Nominations. N

lumbus Tines Certainly ne. man in the South
has a better right to speak on the subject than
MI. Forsyth. he has stood up, without tlinchlng,
under the flthiest load of detraction aud abuse
from the enemies Of the South that has ever
been heaped upon any man; and he VINO no"
assumes to be better Southern rights man than
John FORSYTH is neither modest or just:
--~- "We dissent to the wisdom and policy OF this
movement. We are unable to perceive what
practical good to the cause of Southern rights
can possbly come out of it; while we DO see
very clearly that the whole movement, just as
far as It willinhuence the Presidential result tall
will inure to the benefit of the Scott and Seward
party. We have the highest respect for the mo-
tiyes of the gentlemen composing the committee,
and in all their ends and aims they have Our
unbounded sympathies. But our judgment is
against the wisdom of the means they have used.
The Jcurnal, the Scott organ at Montgomery,
can scarcely conceal its delight, and speculations
are already rife among the Scott men here, wheth-
er the movement may not throw the vote Of the
!. sterling democratic State of Alabama for the
Scott ticket. What pleases these men cannot,
by possibility be good for the cause Of the rights
. movement is the fact that the venerable Iroup,
the nominee Ot Iue OOu'eHtioh, 10 iliii'Sii wv
dedly in favor Of Gen. Pierce's election
I'VE can understand the Webster movement
at the South Conscious Wings, unable to get
the vote of Seward's nominee simply throw
away their votes on Webster. But we do not
comprehend what Southern rights men expect
to gain. The Webster movement hurts Scott; !;
Z the Southern rights movement at Montgomery
helps him. And if Southern Union Wings are
too conscious to aid in the installation into power
of the Seward dynasty, upon what principles OF
propriety can Southern rights men justify them
selves before their consciences and before the tri-
bunai of the country for aiding to bring about
that public calamity If there were one chance
in million that Troup and Quitman could be
elected, there would be some excuse for running
the ticket. BUTT is certain that Scott or Pierce
willsbe the next President, if they live, and the
sole question is, which is the least Objectionable
Any propositions outside of this question is emf
nenty and clearly impracticable, and looks like
a vain glorious purpose to be consistent, at the
expense of reason, justice, and the best interest
of the country."-Palmsetto State Banner
The AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PREss.-The
American papers are charged with the use Of
terms in their controversies with each other not
to, be classed certainly among the graces and re-
finements Of the Kings English. This is just
accusation. The printers vocabulary in many
parts of the United States deserves to be banshed
not only from the intercourse of polite life,
but from letters among any people having claims
to civilization. But those who make this charge
do not 90 deep enough into its causes. 1t is
susceptible of explanation in the same way as
steamboat racing. The public will have the
steam up to the point of utmost speed, and a
~ collapse is too often the result. In a similar
manner the patronizers Of the newspaper press
demand to be fed by highly spiced political con-
diments. The seasoning must be pungent or
the articles are not adapted to the popular ap-
petite. :,
Let the experiment be made and we would
risk a wager that majority of the journals IN
the United States, exclusively Of political cha
racter, if they confined themselves to the use of
temperate language and eschewed personalities,
would not survive the season of controversy by
which the aspirants in their particular localities
were divided into hostile camps. The journals
of higher mark-those which are independent of
cliques and factions move in loftier path, but
they are unfortunately too limited in number to
influence the others by their better example.
The American newspaper, therefore, receives its
general hue and impress from the political par
ties with which it is inevitably associated While
parties are underthe guidance of politicians, who
use the newspapers as the instruments Of their
elevation, and who are not among the refined
classes of American society, the newspaper will
be only the reflection of the original vulgariy
and coarseness Of those by whom they are pa
tronized.
Can the political journal be expected to ex-
hbt better specimens of refinement than the de-
bates in Congress Can the language thrown
off in the excitement of controversy, by the
heated journalist, be regarded as evidence Of the
debasement of national manners, when the spec
tacle is almost daily presented of partzans, mem
bers of legislatures, leaders, giving each other
the lie and following up the disgraceful wordy
combat by blows9 The press, then, is but the
echo of the utterances and reflexion of the man
ners that naturally belong to that class of poll
ticians in the Union who address themselves to
the popular appetency for coarseness of speech.
1t is part and parcel of that general expression
which finds its way to the public car through
any channels, however effectual and however pol
luted.
Where is the remedy? 1t must be sought in
reform that the people must originate. When
the politicians now in the ascendant are driven
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