The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-19
TOPICS.

ore OF them has been the organ OF o Cique-a |
fact fatal to anything like ~oatholicity in viows OF
either persons or things. Moreover, as the He
rail- has often intimated, it is the habit Of tho |
American mind to look for wit and humor, not in |
o journal specially devoted to these onlivenin9 |
qualities, but rather in some corner Of almost
every newspaper. Consequently, according to the
grand law OF supply and demand, stories, anec-
dotes and jokes are to be found in almost every
American newspaper, relieving agreoably the driest
details OF news and the dreariest dissertations ON
political, religious or scientific tories. The an.
nual aggregate Of wittioisms which are thus scat
tered throughout the columns Of our daily newspat
far exceeds the 'rhfty-two jokes o year, which,
a~ccordiug to Emerson, are all that can be exl
peoted from Punch or Charivari. The lambent
play Of humor in the pages Of Washington Irving,
the keen wit OF Oliver Wendell Holmes, 90 fellow
Of infinite ~jest"-briefy. the characteristics OF
each OF . long list Of hnmorists, frorn '.Jack
Downing" to the author Of the ''Biglow Papers"
the author Of the Georgia Scenes to ssBill Arp
"Artemus Ward" ''Josh Billings" "Mrs. Parting
ton" and "Mark Twain"-amply illustrate the
claims Of American WI to recognition FOR individul
atty, local coloring and power, whatever objection
may be msde to it's proclivity to exaggeration.
And 1t must BIO conceded that Of late q great inn
| provoment is manifest in the illustrations, OF some
Of tho professedly comic papers which have re-
tanned an extensive circulation. Poorly enough
executed in comparison with those Of some of the
European journals of o similar class, they exhibit!
nevertheless, decided progress. They are far bet
ter than formerly in drawing, and they really attest
| greater fertility OF invention tuan many of their
transatlantic models. Moreover, they are, for tho
most part, quite up TO the times in their selecI
tions Of topics, and they respond promptly to the
vital interest Of the American public in political
affairs. .E, t,.. w.a tt. ,i.a.tF, rsG
TEE Boston Post says ssA Radical paper. calls
upon Congress to prevent John Mitchell from pub
fishing a journal In New York. These Radicals
calls upon Congress to do all sorts Of things.
They viii ask for o Congressional Committee to ex-
anime the new building on tho Common, probably,
for the sake Of giving Boutwell, a Job" And yet, Mr..
Mitchell has no intention Of engaging in. the discus
sion Of American politics. What he thinks Of the
present attitude Of the two lately bsligerent SEQ
tions, in this section, is compactly stated in the
following paragraph "tA Union Man writes to
enquire whether the Irish Citizen is designed TO
sustain the cause Of tho rebels in the South We
know no rebels ct tho South; not one; aud rather
think, If there were any rebels there, we should
know it. A rebel is one who is either actually in
arms against the government, or who is oonspir-
ing and preparing for such an enterprise. There
are no such people now in all the South; and the
persistency of some persons IN applying the term
rebel to any one there is simply ~insolent ribaldry,
unless when it is also a.pretext for further oppres-
sion and plumber. Our correspondent, If he 10 Look
Ing for rebels now, ought to look to the North"
In the way Of editorial programme we are told:
1T is further our intention to publish In these
columns q continuation Of the work called Jail
Journal giving o narrative Of the scenes in which
the writer bore Q part, or Of which he was q Spec
tator, from the year 1853 till tho present time; in
Guiding an account Of his personal observations in
the Confederate Btates-hisa adventures in running
the blockadeAhis connection with tle Richmond
press, and with leading mon of tho Confederacy-
lis imprisonment Of nearly flve months in Fortress
Monroe without any charge against him), his ex-
periences Of political movements and designs since
that period on both sides Of the Atlantic, &C."
THUR1ow WEED acknowledges that noero su-
premacy is dead, and warns tho Radicals against
deceiving themselves. He says: s'The result did
not turn half SO much on the question whether
colored mon should vote in Ohio as whether wo
should by military law convert the Carolinss.
Georgia. Louis iana, Alabama, Mississippi, 60.
into st. Domingos. It was not whether negroes
should vote In Ohio, but whether Negroes should
be voted for in Southern States. Indeed, it was
for this distinctly that the question was submitted.
Chief Justice Chase aud Senator Wade we're rivals
Il w oAO AAO6AO .(VOt0s hAA0 II UtQ IOI NlC An
speeches in south Carolina. The latter PLAYED for
lit in the Senate. Each rolled upon that element
in the Radical National Convention for q nomina-
tion. They could not in decency refuse to allow
the cclcred people OF Ohio to vote, while they de-
manded negro suffrage in rebel, States. and az
Ipected that Congress- would force negro suffrage
upon Maryland and Kentucky. They thought the
Republican party strong enough 10, carry il, 40 IL
would have been If the game bad been played less
desperately. They charged their piece too heavi-
Az. The petard hoisted its engineer.
TIE New Yonx TIMES of Wednesday SAYS: ssThe
Charleston Mercury, speaking OF the resolution,
adopted by Congress in 1868, declaring that the
object Of the war was the preservation OF the
Union, and that when this object should BIO ac-
complished, the war ought to, atop, says tina this
deceived the Southern people and caused q cessa-
ton Of the war; Nothing could be moro shame
less Or Offensive than such o declaration. The
Mercury knows perfectly well that this RESOLUTION
had nothing whatever to, do with the cessation OF
the war. The South continued the,war for moro.
than two ysars after 1t was adopted, and stopped
fighting only because their armies wers scattered
journal h6opes q accomplish IS. such. giarinE mia..
pnly efYect is to convince the people Of the North
That the spirit Of the rebellion Is az strong ana 90
rampant aseeyers And they have done infinite
harm by giving the ~nitraiats and Radicals q .show.
apcSs tie people q TIE soSsS." = ! Y VAf.'a'=
The CoLuMBus sTATEsMAN, Of Monday. gives
Hayes ~(Republican) . majority Of 1850, End says
"We do not think the official count will change,
these figures very materially. 1t will be seen that
while losing the State ticket, the Democracy have
gained 4O,046 votes in one year, and this not with
standing the uiaaoubted polling Of nearly a0O0iiIe-