The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-28
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ject from the standpoint Of strict Roman Catho-
lie, but his book discusses politics as well as re-
Ggion and the following extract upon the press
of this country will give the reader an idea OF the
autho. g opinions upon general questions: Glib
erty of the press is good thing, so long as truth
morality, virtue and the general welfare are main
tanned but when it degensrates into an organized
system Of falsehood and deception for the sake OF
securing the selfish ends Of party or Of individu-
ais, it becomes blighting curse. There Is no abb
surdity, no wiekedness, no violation OF religion,
law or morals which the radical press OF the North
could not now nstil into the minds OF their mil
hons of credulous readers as solemn truths. 80
degraded and iiebauched has public sentiment be-
come, that nothing but reckless and unlounded as
sertions, calumnies and disgusting details OF muir
ders, seductions, murderers' confessions, hang
ing, dog-fghts, cock-fghts, pugiistic en-
counters. and the like, are palatablo. From
yearly file Of any one Of these journals may be col
| looted q respectfully sized volume OF these I'M
moral and oorfupting details. This Is, indeed,
liberty Of the press, but it is fearfully demoral-
izing and derogatory to the common welfare. 1t
is the same kind OF liberty which the pirate takes
| when he preys upon the commerce OF the world.
One robs his victims Of gold and merchandise, and
caIs it the freedom Of the seas;' the other robs
thorn OF truth, virtue and honor, and terms it the
! freedom Of the press No government has ever
existed long where this universal and unrestrained
liberty Of tho press has obtained; for hcentlous-
ness Of thought, o general deterioration OF public
and private morals, and destructive revolutions
and civil wars have invariably been their legit-
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generated popular discomfort, and distrust against
both government and rulers, and forced the Peo-
ole to rush to monarchy in seldefence for security
Of person and property"
MR. JoHN TALBOT OF the Robinson Ql) C6nsti-
| t,a,on, gives his personal recollections OF the
youth Of General SHERIDAN. He says: "About
twenty eight years ago, we, the humble editor OF
this little paper, snatohed sHERIDAN-then boy
of twelve years-hom humble obscnrity, and gave
him a place in our store. We found him bright,
| willing and accommodating, and We took consid-
erable pains in instructng him in the intervals
OF business. We kept him couple OF years
he then wont into dry goods establishment,
| staid in that for some time, until, through the
influence OF General RrroHEY, then o member
Of Congress, be was admitted to West Point.
He had been, until the breaking out OF the
Southern war, engaged in the Indian territories.
Soon after the war began, our Oldest son entered
| the army. We wrote 70 SHERIDAN requesting his
| influence towards his promotion. He promised
by letter, which we have before us, to use his in
Huence to have him promoted. He expressed the
qualification it would give him TO do something to
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many favors III conferred upon him in days gone
BY But my boy was killed soon aftor, and moth
| ing, OF course, was dono." The Marietta (Ohio)
Times copies this, and its editor Says "From our
tenth to our thirteenth year, We used to know
JOHN TALBOT WELL and We have some personal
knowledge OF the facts touching his relations to
PHILIP Il. SHERIDAN, from 18A to 1874. After
PHILIP loft Mr. TALBors hardware store, he went
into the dry goods house OF DAVID WHITEHEAD,
and continued with WHITEHEAD for two years. He
then engaged with FNoK & DrrroE as salesman,
and he was in their employ until 1s4S, when, as
Mr.. TALBOT says, General THOMAS RrTcHEY, at
that time representative in Congress from the
Ohio Thirteenth District, nominated him % 3
cadet to the West Point Military Academy"
WE HAVE ON several occasions spoken OF the
great national work, recently published In Paris,
in tbs shape Of Guide Book, tho result ofthe
combined literary, scientific and artistic talent OF
France. VIoroR HUao's introduction is at the
same time also very eloquent but not little tire
some. He insists on the proposition that Paris is
the centre OF the civilized world. 81 defy any
one," he says, to wear here different sort OF
hat TO that which Paris wears. You must tie your
neck-tie Us We tie it. Tho boy from Blackfriars
must copy the gan,in Of the Rue Grenetat. CALL
LIE, the traveller, saw in Timbuetoo, over the hut
|of negro, the inscription Of pinster de Paris
"Let Europe be welcome" !" he adds, e" Let her en-
ter and take possession Of her home, that home
which belongs to her, and to which she belongs
Let her take her ease, and breathe freely in this
city Of oil men and for all men, which acts in her
name :" and We art further told that here oil the
great social questions Of the age are mooted and
decided. Here the rights Of the individual, OF
labor, Of women and Of children have been sus-
tanned, and here has been recognized the princi-
pie Of the inviolability Of human life "Death, it
is true, he says, "has its place at the Exposition
but tits in the form Of canon, not in that VI gull
,otine - q distinction which Mons. VICTOR HUGO
terms "delica,esse." He adds ga very fine
scaffold was offered, but was refused" For our
selves, We acknowledge to lingering unoasiness,
when we contemplate the fact that in no kind Of
manufacture does the Exposition show greater
Improvement than in chat Of implements Of war,
and We are lost in admiration % the ingenuity
with which N. HUGO finds that, after all, the end
Of these things must be peace. We are all to be
one great ration, and to live in unity, France be-
coming. in some tncomprehensible manner, as
Athens vas Greece, and as Rome is Christianity,
the world.
LOUIS GAYLORD CLARKE, whilom editor Of the old
Knick rbocker Magazine, and admiringy remem-
bered by large circle OF readers and friends
throughout the country, is thus 'paragraphed"
by the Evening Gazeae: 'sYou can usually see MIR.
CLARKE, on any fine morning, trudGng sturdily
down tho lesfy sides Of his beloved Cedar Hill,
carefully sttired and kid-gloved taking his seat in
railroad car, producing his fayorite morning pa-
per, and reading uninterruptedly while the train
bears him downward, though he, Of late, complains
that the motion Of the cars affects his eyes un-
pleasantly. He wears the glasses Of old age, and,
though he bears his years remarkably well, time
is telling on him. He is triae less urbane and
unctious than he was in his better days. trife
more reserved and untalkative-but this is not
strange, all things considered. A man who had
been all his life somewhat lion in literary circles,
and who suddenly finds himself no longer such
who looks back on long list Of brilliant minds,
large hearts, and generous hands, literally en-
dowed ~ worlds gear now all departed-sees
the pride Of his lusty manhood, the magazine he
edited for thirty years, also departed left,
at the end Of all these years Of labor no better off