Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-20

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the Consul lfgnq fBat ism ldsyoledfdthi
or that fattyi SO tniatual6h has the coun.
try become, that IL WASHINGTON were alive
he could not Sbtain fhe vots OF Sohth caro-.
lima ,Rr aay emce. The oongitss Of the
United States, for months, has been nhable
70 effect an organization, and scoresCof Rep
resentatiyes, in a certain contingency, have
threatened TO dissolve the Union, and in.
volve the country in q fratricidal war, and
yet the press in one half Of the ~Conlederacy,
has failed to hurl its thunders a tthe authors
Of these reasonable scntimentsi Both par.
ties justify their course, and if the half were
true, that is written Of the present Repre-
sontatiycs, at Washington, they rival in viii
lainy the Conventions that sat in the French
Revolution Of '92. The press, influenced by
designing politicians, who want office, is
responsible for this state Of things, and ought
Immediately TO commence the work Of refor-
nation. It ought 10 assert and declare its
independence; maintain principles, without
regard 10 men or party expediency; refuse
10 change, at the bidding Of ~demagegues to
promote ambitious ends, doctrines founded
in conviction and designed 10 promote the
public veal; refuse 10 sustain for office, even
though party nominees, men Of pr0iligate
morals; condemn, with an unsparing hand,
what is wrong In youroWn party, no matter
what may be the consequences; and, by all
means, by word and action, let the world
know, and the demagogue, too, that you pub
lish a free press, @unawed by influence and
unbribed by gain"
IL should be our aim, in all controversies
with each other, 70 observe the same deco
rum in language that well bred gentlemen
use in social intercourse; and in speak
ing Of our public men, denunciation and bit
terness ought to be %sedulously avoided. II
the language Of the press, during an excited
political canvass, were received as truth, our
candidates for President and Vice President,
are better deserving Incarceration in the Pen
itentiary than Executive honors. We are
on the eve Of the Presidential election; can
we not, though radically differing on impor-
tant political questions, treat each other with
candor, courtesy and respect What is there
in the doctrine OF Popular Sovereignty or
Congressional prohibition Of Slavery, that
should induce us to use incorporate Ian
guage! Calm and dispassionate discussion,
not defamation and abuse-"nothing extern
uats' that is wrong on one side, nor "set
down aught in malice" on the other
would soon, if persisted in, reform the NOR
ais and manners Of the press and entitle it
the respect, confidence and liberal patronage
Of the people. A political victory, won by
Islander, defamation and abuse, like all wrong
and injustice, will ultimately return TO
plague aud torment its authors. Sufficient
unto the end is the means thereof" embrs-
ces a p~iratical sentiment that ought to be
frowned down by every honorable and high
minded editor.
2. Publish nothing of an immoral ten
dency. The Ohio press has been guilty Of
the repreheDsible practice Of publishing a
certain class Of advertisements, and continu-
ing them from year to year, that no gentle
man would venture to read in the presence
Of ladies. The only excuse | ever heard
urged for this outrage on morals and decency,
is, that "they pay WELL" By parity Of rea-
sOning, the publication Of obscene books can
be justified. If any are guilty, shin hath
l offended" in abiding to this matter; but,
in the benevolence and charity Of the Cos
pei, say: "Son and brother, sin no more: but
straightway take the pestiferous publications
out Of your papers"
Nothing that is unfit to be read aloud, in
a company Of ladies and gentlemen, should
appear in a newspaper. Apply this rule rig
idly and the country press will always be a
welcome ~visitant into every family circle.
8. Establish, as far as practicable, fair
and inUariaJie prices for papers, advertising
and job work. Experience proves, that the
country printer cannot make both ends
meet without liberal patronage, exclusive
Of subscriptions. The price Of advertising
and job work, can be as certainly fixed as
the price Of any other labor, but the charges
of printers are often as variant as the party
colored garments Of Joseph. / have known
a column Of observation-disclosures to be inserted
for twenty dollars a year, whites Sherif's
Sale, OF the same length, would be charged
a greater sum for five weeks. Extortion-
ate bills, for legal advertising, OF all kinds
are very common, while starving rates are
charged for publishing lies about miserable
nostrums which the public ought to avoid as
they would the plague. What is there in
the virtues of "Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters" that q less price should be asked than
for a sale of real estatei Why should the
"lndian Root Pills. with all their boosted
claims TO "give immediate ease and strength,
and take away L sickness, pain and an
guish," be advertised on more reasonable
terms than a Chancery Notice? Why should
"Sanford's LiyerInyigorator !" that never de-
bilitates," but infallibly cures s'Sour Costive-
ness" and twenty other diseases, be inserted
at q lower rate than a petition for Parti-
toni" Why do country printers publish
the "Great Reviver,'' "The Concentrated Te-
reb," the "Oriental Pastills," the "Solutor,"
"Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment" "Volcan-
ic Oil Liniment," &c. &c, for n much less
compensation than they publish advertise
ments Of Dry Goods, Hardware, Queens
ware, Millinery, &c.! Is it because, in their
benevolence, they desire to inform their rea-
ders Of the remedies that will cure all the
diseases that "lesh is heir tol' We are ad.
vised, that the compound Extract of Sar.
saparilla" is death on the kings Evil' and
"Scald Head;f that the 'tBlood Purif-
err sis delicious to take,'' and a sovereign
remedy "for swimming in the head" and
contracted ligaments;'' that "three tea
spoonfuls Of the "1nvigorator'' will cure the
headache and collie" in twenty minutes;
that the "Cathartic Pills." in a trice, will
annihilate Worms, loss Of appetite, and a
creeping sensation Of cold over the BODY; -
that "Dr. Chilton's Analysis works won
derful transformations on "the silver threads
which Time introduces into the hair, pre-
venting thousands of gentlemen from wear
ing whiskers and moustaches;" thatin "ten
minutes Cristador's Excelsior Dye will rem
der every fibre" Of hair, though gray, red or
sorrel, ''as dark as night, and subtract TWEEN
ty years from the apparent age of the individ-
ual;" that though one pound Of the "Sapon-
iier, or Concentrated Potash" will make
twelve or fifteen gallons Of good soft Soap, OF
nine pounds Of Hard SOAP, recommended
as a very superior article for cleaning type;''
yet, Still, | cannot perceive the iustice OF