The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-10-01
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.eiieyeFyllEng slRt busy itaoFla'g spuyaeq
with aEdor and oljcItss,
Their erigiRal se. VA Ii ppinR:
nicaliOn or political nseS--st thay
have increased 10 nembefS, and siSe, 70
such degree, thai lotill them all with
q due variety Of news, prOperlgSO CALI
ed, is impossible That source was
soon dry, and Otbst fosntOins, were.
,lhorefore, broken up.
Thsreran indeed be no good ,Obisc.
iion to the deviation of the originslpur.
pose ofpplnical news. for the Intention
of that was to amuse by the grati6ca-
lion Of curiosity, and Il no innocent
amusement, oFa similar kind, can be OBJ
tanned in the Heterogeneous matter which
they exhibit, they are sill valuable aud
worthy Of encouragement. Bnt in pur-
suit of distinction and variety, in the
qualification of party resentment, and as
the tools Of factioq, many Of them have
displayed loul mass of falsehood, ma
lignity.and fcIly---such personal calum..
ny and delrpctIon, sS degades human
nature, and could only have beep ex
pected from the agency OfinfernOl spir-
its supplying the-prcss of PondemOnium.
1t is. Therefore, desirable to turn the
eye from the waste in which mellss and
winds. at once poisonous aud puirids.
yegitats, to cultivate gardens and en-
closures. The. undertaking. may be
thought to resemble;tLe cleansing Of on
Augeon stable, and TO rCquirs an Hur.
culean strength, else one might endeay.
or to produce That desirable object, .
reformation of vcrnal and corrupt news
papers. The channels which convey
polluted waters might be taughtto de
volve pleasant and salubrious stream
The conductors of newspapers, as'ma
ny,of them are respectable men, would
probably rejoice to see such retoyma'
as nigh, enable them to pursue their
useful occupations, anl promote their
private interest, without the necessity OF
being Instrumental 10 the effusion ol poi.
500 through the various ranksOf society.
suppose then, that by mutual agreement
they should oblige themselvesto admit
nothing that could degrode we'll earned
dignity or injure reputation, or inter
rupt the peace Of f'sLeiiies. without as.
cer,Oinng the truth of it; by requiring
its authority to be confirmed by the
name Of all parties, who should desire
10 insert a dei4matOry letter or para
graph.
The President for ,ha time being, and
all our rulers. the church and oil its
ministers, Us we'll as all religious insli.
tutions, Of whatever denomination,
should DO mentioned in respectful terms.
1t should be considered that newspapers
go INTO The hands Of tho vulgar. the ig.
uersat. the idle the proGigale, the thiev.
;sh and the aba dcped, of every degree
aud Gpecies-ond tha, once these are
taught to speak disrespectfully of their
superors, whether ecclesiastical or evil,
much of That sutordinalion is distur bed,
which was settled for the benefit VI all
and much Of that restraint iufinged,
which tended to keep them within due
limits for the general advantage-law-
less principles naturally produce lawiess
aclions--and there is every reason to
relieve that much of the dishonesty of
the lower orders, much Of The riotous
spirit oi modern times, has been caused
by the corruption Of newspapers.
Affairs of galantry, as they are call
ed, should be mentioned at all with
great delicacy. The mention of them
at all, unIess in cases of notorie;y, tends
only TO confirm the impudeucc Of the
parties concerned, and 10 increase de-
bOuChery by the seduction Of example.
II manners do not effect the reformation
Of newspapers, laws may hereafter inter
yeno 10 supply the defect. But with all
their impcrIectiOns on their heads, they
are upon the whole the best bulwatks of
our liberty, and the surcst defense Of the
helpless against the proud mans con-
tumoly and the oppreSSSors wrong. -
They sound tho clarion bell through
out an ompire, and no inAuenoe Ia ereal