The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-12-02

Ne.w york PIctorlals.

- New York PIct0ria
This Goop the True and the BEAuTuurS from time
nr,emoral have been considered TIE cardinal princi
ulos oftaste as WIN as of art Thezo are the great pos
ulases and in proportion as any work Of art falls short
hese requisites it loses its claim ON wel regulated
human nnpeihy, and should not be tolerated in good
society It is not necessary for present purpose
Shaa we should enter into minute philosophical defni
ons Of these three terms Few Of the readers Of TIE
Exws woad be disposed to follow into discussions
30 abztruse, sna we wsn therefore, leave them. to
Cous CoMTE and their discipes ana here only refer
% few propositions which, by the concurrent testi-
mpny Of both history and sense, have been re-
peived IS all but automatic
One Of these is that nothing that is revolving to the
that the eye OF taste turns from with
sgust-should be introduced into work of art be 1t
soern, picture or stgtue The ancehts uniformly ad
s % this canon Our great dranatists alao with the
frs instinct Of ant wsrs guided by this principle In
ne Middle Ages when taste had become degenerate,
the baser PASSIONS Of the rabble were catered to by
rthors actors and painters, ind obscens pictures
Ind The stage and the churches desecratcd by the
eprcsentaion Of the coarse and lcen.ous Mysteries
nd MoraliHes But al these have passed into oblivion.
rho ansquarsan alone occasionally meets them, like so
nanY noisoms hy insects In his literary or historical
2Ssaarches The satirist holds them up to sccrn.
My OF our readers are doubtless familiar with WAR
zx's Ts, Thousand A Yeer; and they win remember
he sentimental Miss Quirk, who had her parlor adorn-
with execution sceDes from the Old Bailey, and her
ihums filed with autographs and locks of hair from
isEsnayished heroes who had been hanged. We we'll
sSoHect when we read it. some fifteen years ago, we
6nsh. the whole sketch exaggerated. and the satire
5 having descended to broad hrce. But nous avons
hos togt eeIa says MoIuHE's doctor, Nothing Is to
eran 1said now or rather unrerresented, in our Pic
orial Nothing Is now considered so attractive IS
banging Thse1ecutiOn Of the LamccLN aasassips was,
Sstrlysa With ail lhnIcsl nur or eesh p-
es%et--S e sssss -.
Of thinterssng performance We forget now whether
The section of the bodies by the surgeons was one Of
Shostketched but If 1t was not the reason must be-
th,te bodies dia not undergo sch examination; for
i've b sure TINT the enssrpriHing publishers and
qt reporters would not think Of foregoing such an
opp&unity Of gratifying the prurent appettes OF thcir
breads.
n case Just tnstancsd Is by no means an isolated
5,rxa5le. The execution of Vmz again afforded fine
lsidr the graphic eloquence and portrayng skin OF
sfsVEcrk reporters and engraYers. Haypey's Weekly
styas fne sketch Of tho gentlemen of the press
oasnz around tha garows, s1aoking segars, while
wjnR the hanging These editors or reporters, or
xhsver thsy were hyenas would be the true cogno-
seI had & Ano opportunity Of immcrtalzlns them
a1 on thts occasion. Why did they not have their
als afn1ed to their portraits in Hspers Yet this
8ehy Pictorial has the inpudsnce % oGr itself the
esbsl of Civilization A queer ctyilizaion truly. 1t
nr seem to foreigners IL they receive this filthy sheet
Is accredited exponent and representative.
q do not consider any Of the New York illustrated
s nee from this blsmiSh. but Harper,s is unques
es6y the most guilty. This latter journal ccmmenc-
b caresr few years ago. with fAir promises and
3 ven received in svey Southern family circle The
oriebors wers known to be cOnservstysin theirvews
Ae great queItions that then divided North and
BUN and 20 guarded were they this point. in their
nkuct both Of the Magazine ard the Weekly that, or
M oceascn, when an article appeared In the former
zhtIy anti-slsYery in bss, tho next number Of the
aeazine brought an apology from the editor and pub
ers with the promise Of greater vigilance in future.
.As coarse of conduct was adhered to till the COM
eacement Of tho war; then these Aminadsb Sleeks,
ading further dissimuation rnproAtable-the south
b trade being cut oE-immediasely veered round to
e very extreme fradcaism and there they hAye ever
ace remained No Journals In the North were uni
mly malignant and vitupsStsve Of the South, all
trough the war, as the two l37e named. Even this
ed by spirit of concord and anity. But no to this
" not number Of the weekly o., the Monthly can be
en up without finding It Aued with stories and
Eelettes calcullted to keep UP the bad blood so
iously generated during the past f7e years, or re-
It's of actual facts, under the head of Current
nts'-but so garbled and viewed from so unfair, IL
hostile. standpoint that the partisan coloring
more than neutralize tie -nodicuIn Of fact upon
ohinh the paragraph is based.
yet this journal has large circulation all over the
untry; here, sorry to say, well rs elsewhere
bis however, need surprise no one "The broad way
Ay always been more popular than "the straight an
know path" OF course are not so verdant as for
moment to suppose that anything we could say
I'D have the least influence with the conductors Of
20 papers, especially when Mammon with his softest
nfishments, advises q contrary course. But we are
without hope that the better class Of our own people
. whose instruction endeavor to contribute our
rble mite-may discourage these scandals upon pub
= morals We make this appeal upon sectional
1ture; but upon the broad and common ground Of
prop iey, religion and sound morality; for against
hese tie publications in question are arrayed.
ith ne selfrighteousness Of the Pharisees, these
hemen for years daily beat their breasts, thankful
~ they are not as wicked those publcans-the
lthern Shareholders; and the world rash and unre-
judging by the fair and nashy exterior yesound-
q loud amen. AS slkveholders We have nota word to
The peculiar institution is thing of the past.
there are certain principles to which we have always
oribed, which, indeed, formed our rule of life and
hese We stin adhere-aye, stronger now than ever;
one Of these 10 to endeAyor to educate our children
good and useful men; and. in order to accomplish
we find 1t necessary to withhold from them these
IS police gazestes, where vice. II 1. is not actnaly
mn ended, still - o1ten drawn In such seductive
M that it grows familiar and loses al its hidsOus.