Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-02-16
Henry Winter Dauia

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 political opinions obnoxious to the son. southern people, invested him with ans R' bIe notoriety during the last presidepsr
 paign, is again, we observe, attracting :.
 ton of papers of all parties, and in
 tions of the Union. The occasion na'
 assault upon the public press, in the
 Representatives few days ago. H.
 that mo man held the political Ores. contempt than he did. He stood in ;. MI it, and held it in such utter contenr,
 should take no notice of it, except too,, m, fore the grand jury, vile libel. Wb.. vis are made by the press he deemed N an worthy of investigation. He regard,Ss de putation and of every gentleman herem. ge enough to look in the face the whol. fir press of the country" Brave words,,s |, spoken. MT. Heury Winter Davis ms Or been viewing himself lately in my w mirror. He seems 10 imagine evervn ba Congress to have attained an emnepc., tio to be reached by shafts teathered from WI goose-quills, albeit they may be hurIsd bu best Parthians of the press. Mr n. Le think, esteems too lightly the inaueD,
 itcal journals in this country. Bur ha no idea that his Illumination agans, n. sir, totally destroy that influence, or-wsr to ture to say-very seriously impair i, mi once lived in France an individuaIof v, ch world has sometimes heard, who re,,, Le press much more powerful than ban. oul bullets in directing the destinies of r,. the And then he had no very contemp,no~ pa. ion of the potency of these last m.. tho agents, his history amply attests. T, ter dual in question was, we think-with cts ginable deference-a person equal in inn. up to MT. Henry Winter Davis. We m.5 pro lowed to suggest also that in iudgmg, are perience, at least in trival matters. he ha haps, somewhat superior to Mr. Da,, tn name was Napoleon Bonaparte. h Al tn his opinion of the press, We would na du derstood, of course, as intending any h, bii l distinction between him and Mr. Heprr mt Davis, to the disparagemeut of the h. m' | teman. It Is, however, striking ey3. Le 1 the wide differences that iuevitabIy s, ou | tween great men-a philosophical fr res attributed, we presume, to that inconss. ,o intellectual organism, which, in the jrs, py wisdom of Providence, was doubtlessa |. for the eduction of truth and avoidaDea az MT. Henry Winter Davis holds the sh' press in "utter contempt" Napoleo5 kh parte once said, he would rather hayeak ,hc thousand bayonets against him. A wd na ence of opinion, truly. Mir. Davis de6. oa' the great conqueror feared. Mr. Davs, pei a remarkable man. lie must be rnors 'V host within himself'' Or, if 1t woulj unamiable, we might be allowed to r ii liio that, perhaps, he has a higher opino so so own capacities than Is as vet entertains n no' unappreciating public and-the "poEda oal oaI
 It Is true, there are journals in this " " that grossly abuse the high prerogaau si,' 'r which they are invested. It Is true. t. VI U newspapers that prostitute their coIun, ~. lumny and meanness in many forms. s;r that partizan journals sometimes heapu .L
 when argument is to be expected, SUI ho misrepresentation for facts, and employr
 vituperation, when courteous rebuke VI .h better. And although ther moral andp K; weight is thus impaired, those jourral ,bi exert all influence, which public meu ta, country-Mr. Davis, of course, excepted- nl
 even though they dare to defy. ri,
 But it would seem that Mir Henrv tb Davis utter contempt" for the politca or, or is not confined to papers that villify ns sn, vulgarize themselves. He makes 10 B, ton, but embraces all in his desperate 3s fir, tion. But in truth, the attitude of ths fra rable gentleman, is rather amusing, thg re, wise. Henry Winter Davis hurting def. oh the face of the entire political press of u ye ted Sta,es, well represented in wood.cua be be admirable as an establishment Of to per's Weekly" or a comic Almanac vIf the suggestion will be acted on by son. an prising publisher. He would doubtless D ha remunerated. Upon the same prinGp ist negro minstrels and monkey shows ba crowded houses, any publication conls- sic accurate illustration of Mr. Henry Wiua SUI hurting the thunderbolts of his wra,h la the whole press of the country, would be GO up with avldity by all W ho have any te the gretesque and ludicrous. pr
 But we have not done with Mr. Henr m ter Davis. In addition to the honor he go enjoying of being so extensively noticed an political press, which he holds in such re contempt" we observe, also, that he ha ci invited, and has, of course, accepted the ey tion, to deliver an address before the ltsYpc cieties of the University of Virginia, at hpr of the present session. Now, Mir HelH la ter Davis may be a most maryellousy th man to officiate in such a capacity and afe occasion, at the College that has ProieSg co man in its faculty. But that he should h; lected by the students of the UniUasty, pl ginta, betrayS, We think, on the part C m young gentlemen, an ignorance of his p b' career, which Is as pardonable, perhap mendable in them, as it IS uncompHmsl8et e him, who modestly proclaims in the hal g House of Representatives, that he has -rlh ton more than enough to look in the tos st whole combined press of the country a Henry Winter Davis Is, We believe, -s q of the University of Virginia; and tha c doubtless, had the influence in dctermiIi n literary societies to select him.
 We do not deny that he is man of mW p ordinary capacity; nor are we aware of Gs Jectlon to him personally--but politically Il perhaps, of all the alumni of the Uuu n most odiouS to the southern people.
 The young gentlemen who selected hin ' 1 made a mortltYlug mistake .-RIchm0nd q