The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-09-24
Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER "a, 1857.
Printers in Pennsylvania.


Printers in Pennsylvania.
Printers, says the Richmond Examiner,
are at heavy premium just now among
the politicians of PENNSYLVANIA. Bigler and
Cameron, United States Senators from that
State, are both printers, and, if we mistake
not, both of them had printers for competi
tors. Camcron's competitor was Col. For
ney, practical printer. as well MS distin-
guIshed editor. Gen. Parker, the present
Democratic candidate for Governor, is also
practical printer and was, for long time,
conductor of public journal And we see
it stated that James Thompson, who has
just been selected as the candidate for the
Supreme Court Judycship in place Of Black.
the Attorney General of the United States.
is also printer. We believe that Wimot
the Black Republican candidate for Cover.
nor, is NOT n printer, and hence our well.
founded hope and confidence in his defeat.
Since the days of Benz. Franklin, il has been
no easy matter III Pennsylvania, TO beat Il
printer by candidate selected from any
other avocation. Franklin, the first Ameri.
can printer of the eighteenth century. was
appointed Minister to France, and, on hear
ing that Mr.. Girald. a book binder, had
been sent as French Minister TO our Con.
grcss, he (Frankln) declared with empha.
sis, Well, III print the Declaration of
American independence, and Mr.. Girard will
6'nd it," The book Of independence was
printed and bound jus, us Franklin suggest.
cd, and from that day TO this, nobody, un.
less book binder, could presume to run for
honors in Pennsylvania with printer
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WHAT is more humiliating than TO see
an old gray headed man, whose sands of life
are nearly run, prancing and staggering in
the streets under the influence of spirituous
liquors! What can be the thoughts of
such man? How can he reconcile it to
himself to thus ignore the solemn truth that
he must, in a short time, meet his God in
judgement? Such drpravity curdles the
blood of a highminded being, and almost
makes one weak to witness old age thus dis
honorcd.
An exchange says: "There's not a day
that passes over us. but we see something to
gladden. us, something TO elevate and emo.
blc humanity, something to sink and de.
grade it ; alas, that evil should still continue
to mar the fair, and glorious prestige Of
christianity. We were lead into this retlcc.
ton on Yesterday by seeing an old gray
hN'i'i''i lildll III one ol lUc pdf-fOOiDS ABOUT
town, i'll an indecent, almost brutal state of
intoXication, cutting up all kinds of con.
tcmptiblc 'shnes" peculiar to this state Of
bea>tly bliss.
Drunkenness is vice most foul at best
but in this case, "most foul, strange and
unnatural" Youth may have some excuse
or paIiation for this vice. in the rcckessncss
and violence Of passion, incident to this SOW
ing season Of their wild oats" but old age
has none. That iIlusivc period has long
since flown away. and while we may look
upon the follies of YOUTH with the hope Of q
timely reform, and an ultimat, viriuous life,
we look upon the vices Of age with horror
and disgust, and we draw the natural in.
ference, that the necessary consequences of
a dcpraved youth is liccntous life and an
abominabe old age CruSddcr
STRANGE SAGACITY.-An amusing cir
cnmstance happened near this place II few
days since, which proves one or two things :;
either n remarkable case of sagacity in dog
or unusual good luck to negro. The cir
cumstance was thus:
y black hand, on the railroad, had n doc
whose tail he was anxious to have shorten
ed by process Of cutting. Too tender.
hearted himself and unable TO procure the
services of any of his co.labOrrr<, the matter