The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-09-27

and schools of every, grade have
been freely established, and even
the worn hand of labor, checrfully
has added its mite ard paid its trib-
ute to a feeling sonGle, and q pur-
pose SO generous, GJd has been
repaid a thousand EssL by the re-
sulting influence which has often
times made more than Kings and
Queens of those around their own
hearth-stones. The public press,
the mouthpiece of the genius cul-
tured in our schools, has done not
a little to mould and give tone to
our literature. A long list of
names known to fame have presid-
ed over it. The fact that our laws
guarantee to the presS the highest
degree of liberty, is a weighty
reason why the people claim that
only men of capacity, merit and re-
fncment should be connected with
it. Hence the force of public opin-
ion and the tone of public senti-
ment have from the first, demanded
of those who are neither by nature
or culture suitable judges of what
is correct either in style or senti-
ment, to stand aloof from an engine
of such power. Now and then an
exception occurs, which shows to
the thinking portion of the COM
munity, that there are men, who
despite all the influences of the age,
are so wanting in all the elements
of culture, so devoid Of even com.
mon regard for what is respectable
in style and sentiment, as to de.
grade the calling to the low leve,
of their own Ignorance and narrow
bigotry, for the man F'ao will de
grade his calling and especially i
it be an important one, is either
bigot or greatly wanting in sense
They who thus prostitute theil
calling may attempt to find an ex
cuse by saying that the sentiments
or the men they descend to the
lowest vulgarism to abuse, differ
with them in opinion. Supposing
they do, does that fact of itsel
make their opponents wrong.
will venture to say there is not
farmers boy in the country, trained
as farmers sons now are, not only
to read and think, but to commit
their thoughts to paper, who wher
he sees such style of denunciatior
without argument, and assumption
without proof-the use of epithet'
which belong only to the vocabula
ry Of blackguards, will in amomen
come to the conclusion that mer
infinitely more gifted by nature ant
with mental faculties certainlymucf
better trained and developed by
culture, have been mistaken, ant
will be slow to recognize teachers
and leaders through mediums 81
disgraceful to our civilization, ant
mortifying to the feeling fthe bet
ter class of mind irrespective o
party or sect. One by one, tn,
men so devoid of culture, and al
the elements which make up tn,
true man, as not to be able to Civ,
utterance to opinions, it may b.
honesty held, and defend them in
style worthy of the age and time
have been compelled to give wa,
to men of higher capacity, NOR
enlarged culture and sounder judg
ment. If we are to have q litera
ture, if the press is to continue t.
be a great moral power in develop
ing the nobler feelings andimpulse
of humanity, to serve us with in
tellectual repasts, to think, analyz
and speak for the people, the
should they, to whom, by all tn
memories of the past and all tn
hopes of the future, it is boun
thus to stand, frown upon every dc
parture on its part from the hig
position to which its merit shoul
entitle it. Let the mind so col
rupt, the taste SO vitiated and th
sense Of propriety SO lost, as
send out to n people both INTEL
gent and virtuous, language fe
which no apology can be made, bv
which must stand incapable of d.