The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-14
Extreme Journalism in the South.

FROM the Herald
For many years preceding the war; and
during its continuance, the extreme charaeter
of opinions expressed by the Southern papers
fomented the bitterest feelings of that section
against the North. The newspaper medium
was, perhaps, the most fertile in prOpagating
sentiments which, by skilfully misrepresenting
both sections, led to hostiities between them.
Unhappily, there is very little disposition to
abandon this mischievous influence noticeable
in the present tone of these journals; nor are
the fruits of such preachings difficult to dis
cover. The extremes of party discussion are
now to be found in two classes of papers, each
of which is battling for mastery in the South
the secession and the radical journals. To the
irritating effects of their articles upon the
public mind can be traced, in great measure,
the present condition of Tennessee, as illus
trated by the petition of portion of its citi-
zens to the President, praying for the inter-
position of regular troops to protect them from
the outrages of "Brownlow's militia"
TO the same cause we may attribute in a
great degree the conflicts between our military
commanders in Louisiana and Alabama and
the civil authorities of the leading cities of
those States. We had reason to suppose that
the controversy which was ended by the can
non and the bayonet was finally concluded as
between the North and the South; and so it
was, in so far as the common sense of the
fighting clements on both sides was concerned.
But the party journals seem disposed to keep
the wounds open to crafty their own very
small desires; and hence we find new barriers
to the reconstruction of the South raised from
day to day, by appeals to the passions OF the
people in the columns Of the newspapers
which are not wholly contemplate only be-
cause they are conspicuous for mischief We
observe, however that this evil is correcting
itself The press of the South is evidently
fast losing hold upon popular opinion. The
violence of its partisanship is becoming
offensive to the sober second thoughts OF
the Southern mind, which is now moulding
itself to the new condition of things and
It argues well for the intelligent Southern
people that they are ceasing to be guided
bv the puerilities of the secession organs,
which keep barking when they cannot bite,
and kissing when they can no longer sung
Some of these journals are already learning a
lesson and are changing their tone, While
others, like the Richmond Times, are giving up
the ghost. ~ ,,.oI
press in the South does not appear to be
crowned with much success. In almost all
the leading towns and cities OF the Southern
states radical newspapers have been startedi
hut they have met with so little support that
they can hardly exc out an existence. Ihe
reason of this is apparent. There are not
enough radicals in the Southern cltles 10 sup
mort q marty journal decently. This class of
ppewsnapers is therefore dependent for its exist
ence npon aims from the radical party in the
Nortb and that is no parsimOniously distributed
| tbat the radical newspapers fare very badly.
1aO,s,ds of An exorbtant character have been
made bv sundry Southern editors and Re-
publican politicians upon the Congressional