Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-01
"Sold," Bought up" sc.

We are heartily sick and tired of seeing such
silly and contemplate tanriing eIihets when
applied to Congressman Legislators and other
public agents. eracing the columns OF the News
paper Press Some Editors appear to delight
in such l.illihgS"afe ii their Vocabulary de-
pended solely upon such words for an existence,
and their own political existence and notoriety
depended upontheir use or disnse. When Con-
gress or the Safe Legislatures enact laws OF
which they may disapprove. the members enact
ing them are denounced as corrnp' traitors 10
their constituents and their country-tlllt They
had sold themselves. or were hired with money
Ia b;tr.y their trusts, violate their s''len.n
gations-yea, periure themselves. How Of
ten, too in such instances do THE People. who
are alone Interested indorse thciracts after calm
and mature deberalion, 10y rc-clecting them 10
the places they filled.
We are not panderng to the old rule that '.ihe
King can do no wrons''-bu when this whole
sale dcnunciaion by bitter par.izans, more or
less blinded by prejudice is so lavishy heaped
upon The heads oftheir opponents, because they
differ with them in political sentimcnt--nll of
'IC SdiIt Sit''t .Nititftil
having the general good Of the Republic at
hcar,--!he yer, nature of those institutions We
all cherish, points to the evil c, nSequences
of such sclf-slanders.
Such charges. as general thing. arc The re-
suits of disappointed ambition, and are but con.
temptiblc taunts to make the most of them, and
IN order to plaiutain b coming dignity Of the
press of the country and the purity of public
sentiment yet hope fora reformation III this
particular by those ofihc Eli orial fraternity who
have resortcd to such means of warfare 1t is
through such insrumentaliiy that the contempt
ible ePithcts of ''bouSht mp 'sod.'' &c, are
tauntingly spit from the lips of pot-house and
initiative street politicians, and applied to men
of the most answering integrity aud unim-
peachable reputations--who. from the posses
sion of such qualifications have time after time
been honorcd by their fclow-cir Ems with the
best offices in their gift, but the least of whose
expectations were to escape all oppos ton.
In order to mainiain the purity of the elective
franchise, and pcrpetu,tc the principle thu, the
III j rity shall rule, our condcrnna' ion of public
servants who we merely idge 10 have violated
their trusts should be evinced only where il
Can be made cffcctivc--lt TIE ballot box. Ac-
knnwlcdged wron. should be condemned ev-
erywhere and by every one, but supposed evils
will not Justify the infection of such castigaiions
rs we have alludcd 10, but if they to be re-
sorted tn and INDUCED, in the name Of our COM
mon country let the Newspaper press resign
the work To the hlrds to which it leSitinatcly
elongs--5lack- guards and the doors Of the par
tixan's dirty work
Every one has the ri hit to enj y his own no.
tions of right and wrong, and to its fullest ex-
tent slo,ld all ELI ~ the freedom of speech
each being responsible for tie ISLANDERS he ni1y
utter in its exercise. The press Of the country
should calmly discuss the principles Of the gov
ernmen;--exercising sound discretion i'll lis
adv ocacy of changes of policy. and never seek
to poison the public mind with resistance to he
will of the mi ,rity, uPon tliis depends Cur
existence as a democratic government. But to
resort to such contemplate row,yi~m as is cvin-
ced by the following from the Cincinnati Ga
tie, (Which by the way, suggested these re-
marks,) is beneath the dignity OF AN American
! Editor:
The Gazette speaks OF those Northern Rep
resentaliycs who support the Nebraska bill. as
traitors, Williams, thieves, and miserable
sneaks.''