The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-04-29
For the iancnStcr Lrdrrr

Mr.. EDITOR In our last we stated that
We anticipated '@ying II visit TO our native
District the approaching summer, but ow-
ih% !" = c"n"at"naiion Of unforeseen cir
cutnstanccS, supcv-induccd by Il multiplicity
OF momentous consequences, we were call
e IN obedience 10, the mandate of our cl.
der brother,-whOse injunctiops we are
ever ready to obc,-to pay a running visit,
earlier than we designed, to the Palmetto
State. So OF the 9Th lust, VIC hitchcd up
Macy and zone eyed Riley" or Jim crack |
don't care" which, 10 one Of Stewards very
convenient Rockways, (put up in Monroe)
and off we put. There was nothing of
vital interest TRANSFERRED on the way down.
We will state, however, that we were SO
completely housed up in our aforcmcntion-
cd vehicle that our chances for observation
were rather limited, and the day CIonday
the 9TH being one Of uhoae days We ''rcaG
Of"
We are aware that our scribb,ings are not
sufficiently characterized by the "multum
in pa-vo," or "nut SHELF style. as the bump
of conccnuativeness, the phrcnolocist tell
us, is not very fully developed. But few,
however, attain perfection, or even rive
general satisfaction, therefore, we have not
the ambiguous presumption to think of do.
ing what your more able and refuIgcnt cor
respondents have not the honor or salisfac.
ton of doing. TO "please ALL" therefore,,
IS not our aim or province. Some are too
graphic, some too cowpcndious, some too
Prosalc, others two v~crSiiic, etc, etc, but
when VIC scribble for promiscuous or public
reading, we would advise the African pro.
rcrb-"BIest are they that spe OK nothing
for they aint 4 guinc to be disappointed"
But to our subject.
We wish in our succeeding remarks 70
reason with the citizens ecumcnicallv. of
Lancaster, and those natives of said Dis.
trict, who are now residents in other parts
Of the South and West. During our short
%s"Journ in the village of Lancaster, we
spent n good part Of our time in the prooC.
or anti-room of the Off &c of the LEDGER,
and there, we were forcibly impressed with
the nn9tsputable fact, videliclt that the
duties Of an Editor are not so easy rs some
might imagine. His duties are many, his
labors .irksome. Now in view of many
things, w think, and shall undertake to
show that every lancastrian should sub
scrite (pay in advance) for the Ledger. Our
young, esteemed and worthy friend was
raised, educated and married in $. G., Ian.
caster, mostiy-apd gems disposed to con.
tinuc there for the cdiiication and good of
the commonwealth. Every one is ready
to admit the utility and convenience of Il
Village, or District newspaper, but we are
certain Of one fact, TO. wit that you do not
and cannot properly, or sufficiently apprec;-
ate the worth Of the Ledger, while you are
visited by it regularly every week, and if
you wish to lest the matter to your W
discomfort and Inconvenience, Just cease to
send the "wild horse" for n time, so that
the Ledger will be forced to discontinue
those accustomed and regular periodical,
gracious visits, and you will doubtless, DO
convinced that you know not how TO esti-
mate the worth of your District paper. We
F"N" a. VI W OG a
reading and patriotic people, and there is
no other source that affords the same
amount of reading matter rs that you get
through the columns of n well edited peri
odical, and the Ledger is certainly one of
that character. Now, that some will find
fault is a sort Of natural consequence, an
unarO!dable result. 1t is said by physiog-
nomist that there are no two faces idcnti.
cal, more or less dissimiiitudo in the con-
formation and features or lineaments Of all
physiognomies and that there is equally
as great diversity in the minds and taste of
men. If this theory be true, (and We sub
scribe TO it) it is nothing marvellous that
an editor should fail to please "all" in his
editorials and selections. We believe it
was the celebrated Locke, who compared
all i~nfantile minds to n piece of blank paper,
upon which any kind OF an impression
might be made, and children brought up
under very different circumstances, raised
in different climates and educated by men
of adverse persuasiOns would naturally
come TO different conclusions, and put dis
similar estimates upon the works and la
bors of mankind.
This, you know is a progressive age,
and if we would not be accounted behind
the age, we must read and keep oursel-
yes posted upon the topics Of the day. We
speak and boast of States rights" democ-
Jacy "woman's wilr'--Mrs. Emerson-and
nil that; but how shall We know our rights!
how shall we defend our rights-repel ag-
gressions, correct usnrpatiOns and abuses,
unless we read the newspapers, and keep
ourselves informed upon the great questions
Of the day. Lapeastrians we are proud of
our birth place, and sometimes are heard to
boast OF the Military District, and make
mention of Jackson, Blair, Miller, Sc, of
the memorable Hanging Rock, Migrants
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