Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-02
Teaching him his AB C's.

concern it. Those matters are nothing more
nor less than such subjects Of interest in the
community as are everywhere commented
upon by the press. For instance, we discuss
the Senatorial question, reviewing the char
acter Of candidates and canvassing their
chances for election. We also notice the con.
duet Of members elect to the Legislature, and
especially those who are to represent Yuba
county, in connection with this same ques-
tion; and one Of these latter particularly in
vites comment by publishing communiea
tion over his own proper signature. We
noticed his communication the other day in
such terms as we thought it deserved. Deem
ing it a shallow, demagogcal affair, we so
denominated it All this the editor of the
Express considers meddling Why, bless his
unsophistieated soul, any school boy ought to
know that it is the special business Of pub
lie journal to treat of topics of this very
character. There is no meddling about it.
One paper has rs much right to give its
views and opinions on such questions as an
other, and it would be poor journal indeed
which had nothing to say on subjects which
were Of general interest to the entire commu
nifty. 1t seems rather strange that it should
be necessary to give such rudimental instruc
tion as this TO any one, however new in the
editorial business, but since it is necessary in
this case, our readers mnst bear with us while
we endeavOr to teach our neighbor his A B
C's in the profession which he has chosen to
adopt He evidently thinks-is seriously of
the opinion-that in order to be entitled to
speak Of the character and claims Of politi
cal aspirAnt, paper must be of the precise
school Of politics to which said aspirant be
longs. In order to speak of Democratic
candidate for instance, it must not only be a
| Democratic paper, but it must believe in all
the shades and turns of opinion which the
said candidate chooses to think is Democra
cy Nothing is more erroneous. Democratic
papers of any weight in the country have
always exercised the privilege of differing
with the public men of their own party on
certain issues, but they never imagined that
by so doing their mouths were muz1led for
ever after. The editor of the Express, no
doubt, supposes that he is 'meddling" when
he speaks of the chances of Stephen A.
Douglas for the Presidency, because he does
not agree with that gentleman on the ques
tion of popular sovereignty. We assure him
he labors under great mistake. 1t is his
undoubted right, as an editor, to comment
upon any public man in the country, to give
his views on every political question, and to
treat on all topics that arise, of whatever
character. 1t is a wrong impression of his
altogether that, because paper aspires as
his does, to be called Democratic, it must
be fitted into certain set of harness and |
work there for the rest of its days; that it
must have no freedom of thought or action
that it must never disagree with
Democratic President or a Democratic
Governor; that it must receive its opinions,
,ut aud dried, from some superior source, and
lever venture out with its own reason and
'olition as guide and compass for its course
t is not necessary at all, for q man to cease
o be sentient, reasoning and thinking be-
ng, simply because he is going to edit a {
oitical paper 1t is not "meddling" at all,
'r an editor occasionally to do his own think 7
ng. fhe should happen to range out a lit. O
lie sometimes beyond the contracted bounda. C
les of few stunted politicians who would
Ike to wind him up like an eight day clock I
nd set lin to going, he should not suffer I
imself to be overcome with mortal fear at I
lis temerity nor suffer his trembling limbs to
efuse to do their Office So much for the A
3 lesson.
We desire now to notice thing which is
hardly worth it, but it will do no harm to
'lude to it. The Express, of yesterday. con.
,luds its article on our alleged meddling,
with the following very silly observations
Speaking of the DEMOCRAT. it says:
From the very cOncatory Republican, "ossa-
wotamie Brown" articles, which had app Jared in
that paper, when we saw its article headed "A
Martyr" we expected to read an eulogy on the
heroism Of "Old Brown" coupled with vindi.
cation Of the Republican party, closing with
something like 'the blood Of the martyr is the |
seed ofthe church." But we didn't. 1t was only |
an extnguisher of John B. Weller.
The public know very well that we have
never written Republican article Of any
kind whatever, whether "conciliatory" or
otherwise. We are willing to believe, how.
ever. that the Express, in its ignorance of the
meaning of words. may suppose that we
have. If SO. We are not responsible for lis
want of comprehension.