Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-14
GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
THIS gentleman, the witty Editor

the Louisville Journal, in a speech re-
Gently q, Memphis, very literally said
"Ah wben look back through the twenty.
ak years Of my editorial life, and think how
nanyI once denounced who were afterwards
my personal friends, or proved themselves theil
country's friends; and how many ! once eulo.
gised and tOiled for, who have since turned
their hands ruthlessy and causelessly against
me; when reflect how often he most devoted
political services are forgotten by those TO whom
they are rendered and how often TIE deepest
political injuries are magnan mous|y forgiven
by those TO whom they are done; and when
remember how many Of my political friends
have striven to crush me, and how many De-
mocrats have gathered around me as a band Of
brothers in the days of personal peril. should
be guilty Of an outrage on my own conscience
and on every feeling md impulse OF m! heart,
If were not to weed out from my nature the
partisan bitterness that once flourished there
am a Wing, but wiH greet every true-heorted
Democrat a. my broiher, and ,ciH greet no fa' Sc
hearted Wing ss such. What lie futnle of par
ties is to be know not, and the wisest of us
are not wise enough to know. Dsorganizations
and re- organizations are in progress: and in all
probability many who have for years been bat
ting desperately against each other will find
fence Of the great cause of human rights"
W. find The above extract, creditabIe
alike to the heud and heart Of Mr..
PRENT,cE in the Ohio Statesman. The
sentence italicised, is so rendered by our
direction. We cannot boast Of so long
connection with the Press as Mr..
PRENrlcE, but our editorial career. short
as it is, has taught the same lesson to
Us. which he. after twenty.six years OF
unceasing partisan strife, has at las. re.
ceived. We are not Of that class Of men
who glory in their bigo,ry, and boast
that they never scratched ticket in
their lives ;-men, who would readily
vote for Satan if he were on the regular
ticket. though the archangel Michael
we're his opponent. |
When it comes 10 the principles which
distinguish the Radical from the Con-
ssrvative party, we will be found firm,
and uncompromising. Democracy is a
faith, and we are welded to it by the
strongest sympathies Of our nature. We
look to the Democratic principle Of po.
ll,ical, social and church equality as the
greet means by which the evils that now
afflict Us are to be removed. But prin.
eiples and men are different things. A
profession Of Christianity, merely, does
not constitute Christian; and profes.
sion Of Democracy has been made by
thousands Of as rank Tories as Sir RoB.
ERr FINER was. The motives Of the re.
lisious and the partisan hypocrite are
precisely the same. Both pay homage
to the creed they belle /; and neither have
any faith in God or man. The writings
Of the evangelist, and the political es.
says Of GoDwIN o, PAINE are alike disbe.
lieved. Set6shness-all absorbing sell
fshness-is their leading Characteristic.
When they die, the Executors Of their
estates place commanding monuments
over their graves. and it is we'll that they
do, for the world willingly saw them die,
and a. readily forgets that such things
ever existed. 1t is necessary, then. that
the marble should tell that they were
were born, lived, and died. Even this
expsdient to embalm their memories is
Of little use, for the visitor forgets all
about it before be is ten feet from the
grsvestone.
These are the false hearted creatures
Of whom PRExr,cE speaks. To hope
hat they will repay with gratitude polit'
cal or personal services is sbout as sane
y 70 hope that bitter fount'in will
end forh sweet waters. When such
siihless. .islio~s are placed. by intrigue
nd management, on the Democratic
iskst. we'll scratch them of. and il an I
'onsst trus. heansd Wbisis a candidate,
y ssts our vote.
J. r. WILLIAMS, veil known as OIdJ