The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-23

art. and promises to be still further improved
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The following extracts from the Aims" of the
Editor. will give readers better idea OF
what he intends to do than anything we can say
! Although there many periodicals issued
from this city. daily. weekly. monthly. and omar
terly. il is believed that there is still an open field
which The Waterman is intended to OCCUPY
There is need of newspaper which shall have
high regard for its literary and moral reputation,
which shall discuss all the current topics of Re-
! liginn. Socin"gy. Politics. Commerce. Finance.
and Agriculture. literally. carefully, thoroughly.
| and from platform far above all craftsmanship;
which shall furnish ecclesiastical Intelligence
without sectarianiSm. and impart to the families
it enters religious and moral culture without cant
| and pretenst and which shall Gull from the
literature of the times. whatever is needed to keep
intelligent persons we'll Informed in regard to the
! intellectual Announcements aud productions of the
a,;e.
Faithful to his own Denominations the Editor
! trusts that he is SO well known all the churches
! for iberality. that any publication of his may un
heSitaringly be sent into the family of any Chris
tian community especially as he is to be assisted
! by able members of the several churches. 1t
| may be the mission of this Journal to make all
| Christians see one another in lovelier light
! The Editor has an earnest desire. and will make
Il hearty effort. produce such publication that
where family can take only paper, this will
more nearly supply all its wants than any other.
A Home Gazette. Repertory Of all the best
current Literature, Summary of al! important
| intelligence in every department of Human Eff
fort, Journal of Progress. an Advocate Of Truth
in all things. a Friend. a Guide. Bles>ng-this
| is what The Waterman is intended to become.
with faith in Gnd and truth. with hope for Il
long career of happy hard work. and with charity
| toward all VIII" have heretofore differed with him.
| or who may hereafter not be able to agree with
him, he commits his work to the public with de-
termination to strive to deserve success. and with
belief that by Gods help he shall win it,
D6~ Our worthy cotem, of the Salisbury Ban
kner, is spicy, hear hu.:
MIND Your WHEELS That person spoken
| of in the song is not the only that has trou-
| Die 10 looking after her wheel 1t is pretty
good job just to watch the hub. spokes. fell
loes, and keep the rim tight too !; just tight
| enough not TO bend the spukes or burst the hub
| And then to have the wheel run level, that is d
great thing. 30 wnbling nor dishng But you
need not think that there is only wheel to
mind, there the cog Wheel the y-wheel and the
wheel of time. This last one is very hard
wheel to manage The fact is if you not
very careful in your daily pursuits through life,
it will run over you, and sink you deep in the
| mre. But if We mind this wheel right, with
all due suhriety, study its revolutions with due
regard to further and greater interests, we will
be Der, fitted substantially and externally. Alas !!
how many of MS fail in minding this wheel -
| There IS the wheel of fortune, that is the bal
ance wheel of this fen1pornt existence. and how
we'll We do try to, mind it? At early morn, be-
fore chantiacleer gives his thrill clarion 20 the
coming day. we are found tightening the box.
greasing the axel or putting in few rivits -
| And late at night, when the eyes dim, and
the hand unsteady We are found prying and rub
bng up, to 6nd some lost seam or crack, out of
which may pick little more gold.
The wheel of science too, is moving along -
| Look at our Schools, Academies and Colleges,
and answer how many are minding this wheel
Our young men, on " HON the future of the South
depends her rise, progress and glory, Or her
certain continued degradation How many of
sur parents are minding this wheel2 There is
the Jnsgernaut Death. rolling his remorscess
wheel oUer all! Crushing, grinding, tearing,
certainly, surely and inevitably. How many
sous are reeklng, dripping aud seething in the
deep oamoed midnight potation And is there
| no wheel here?
las the devil that turks in the wine cup, that
rolls over society bane terrible, SO rem"rse-
less in cruelty, no wheel? Alas each rattle OF
the box is the death kneIl of millions
~ The following is taken from the Republic,
loyal paper published at Richmond, Va:
1t would be a piece of very excellent common
| sense in the press of both North and South t"
| abstain from the abuse and vituperation which
| each is industi ious in employing against the
| other. When the soldiers have laid aside their
weapons. the civilians afford to hold their
| tong CUES. The extremists of the North it is true,
can >c"ld and denoumce with impunity. But is
it magnanmous. is it generous. is it just thus to
bprate a fallen foe! On the other hand. the
journals of the South cannot indulge in the Ian
guage of execraton and contempt, with either
propricty prudence. We have vast interests
| at stake which counsel calmneSs and moderation.
1t is very easy. and perhaps may he very agree
| able for men who have at their command ii little
ink and paper. t" put in print the most Irritating
sarca>ms, and the most insulting epthets. but is
it not well enough to remember that those whom
| we goadng after this fashion. are able to
crush u>l 1t may be very valiant. for aught we
| know. to be very abusive. but ought it not to BE-
| borne in mind that the people thus denounced.
hold the principle of the South hostages
| in their hands. and retaliate for angry words
| by terrible deeds. Indiscriminate abuse of the
| North is unjust a. it is unwiSr. They have
been aS honest and patriotic in their support of
| the government we have been to resistance
10 its authority. In ge. consistency and gen
ern>ity. the great of them have proved them
selves entitled to the respect of their bittere>t
foes. There is neither reason fairness saf't Y
in these newspaper diatribes against the domi
nant majority of the country.
KANSAS LEGIsLATURE-MEx AFFAIRS
| w aShing.on, Jan lS,-The Kansas Senate. or
! yesterday. passed resolutions favoring the trial
conviction and hanging of Mr. Davis and other
/ L. s,,ftb .hoIl;