Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
o II IG IN Al.
Corresponding Of tie Nmyrna ltmes.
DOVER, Sept. 1853.


Mr.. FDIroR In the issue Of last week,
faw "a Chapter on Politics." which contained
many apt hints and appropriate queries. Judg
ing though, from the writer's style ard lam
guage, it Id needless for me to att. u.pi to IL
sVer any oi his inquiries; as he seems 20. .orably
well "posted up" However, leisure hour.
in social communion with the author, may not
be entirely profitless; and with that view OF
the case, put pen TO paper" with the ardent
hope that we may be mutually benefilled lie
seems to treat his subject seriously, and will
eadeayor to be just as serious, though lam con-
strained to admit that some of his interrogatO-
Ties are calculated to excite a smile. In an
syer to a suggestion throwp out in his first
proposition, will say--n0 man, who can read
and write, at the present day, has right . be
an illiterate ignoramus;" !" for, as said in
former article to the Times, "neyer did there
exist such ample facilities for mental culture
and mental improvement as at the present day"
Never was there such perfect flood of reading
matter, aud never was il so cheap. can safely
say, that if the author will employ from FIVE to
eight dollars per year, anl one hour each day
for the space OF one year, and employ them
judicously, he need never write another chap
ter on politics" of the same character as that
il your last issue. These means, udcously
employed, will be alI-suffcent to keep him
"oooked.up" in relation to the public men and
public measures of the day, and fully enable
10 arrive at proper and definite conclusions,
In the first place, then, would say to the
uuthor, subscribe for one or two good, honest
neUsPdPerS; not such as are kept up by party
spolls and party-men, but, as said before, g o 3D.
honest newspapers. After you have subscribed
fer them, don't use them for wrapping paper,
nor let your careful "speuse" use them for
cutting patterns; but read them caretnUy-
not glance over them, but read care fully
Reflect upon what you have read. Some mer
read great deal and in twenty four hours can.
not tell what they have read. say, reflect
studiousy upon what you have read. If it i:
worth remembering, store it away in the garner
OF your memory; if it is not worth it, let il
slide" The press in this country is the great
exponent Of men and measures. Men seek
their own and their party's aggrandizement
therefore, men in the general are not to be
trusted. The press may be trusted tlou2h h
welded by men. What desire to say to the
author, is this-he man read, reflect and re-
member. Don't let other men do your reading
nor your thinking. As said before, an hour
each day, employed judiciousy, will furnish
ample means for you TO form proper md definite
conclusions.
The author is probably well aware there are
great many of those " wuuld-be Soons," md
he is probably as well aware that there are
stools" in every party org anization, who are
ever ready to say aud do the bidding of their
masters, and who have no thought OF their own
and whose words are not worth the effort put
forth in producing them. And SO with another
class to whom the author alluded. Those " Mr.
SO-and-SO's," from whose lips flow, like oil
their gladto-see- you to.day-sir," who are
call things to all nen, that by all means they
may save some" The author, think, at any
rate, | hope, is not such " brd" as 10 be
caught by this kind Of "chaff." The tariff
question, TO which the author particularly aIu.
ded, would say is a question worthy Of his
most serious consideration; and would advise
him to read himself up on that question as soon
as possible. Analyze it for YOURSELF examine
It's machinery, note its workings and its appl
Cation as it regards the economy of a nation.
1t is simple question and easy of demonstra-
tion. From his remarks would suppose that
he had heard the matter discussed aud from
those discussions, | would suppose he could
form an idea OF the comparative benefit which
would accrue TO a nation under the adminIstra.
ton Of high (Or as it is called a protective
tarf) or low tariI-otherwise called the
"free trade policy" | do not desire to enter
into political discussion or might express
myself in palmer terms aud argue the tariff
question; but do not desire this | only de-
sire TO have the author to read, think and con-
clude for himself Hoping these remarks will
be taken in the same spirit as that in which
they are given, remain,
Yours, truly, PHILo.