The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-28
CURRENT TOPICS.

FEW DAYS ago wo noticed DR.. Makers
CristianiLy and its Conflicts" lilo yiows His SUBJ
Joct from tho standpoint OF strict 1,omnn Catho-
lilo, but his book discusses politics as we'll as re-
liEion; and aho following extract upon tho press
Of this country will givo tho roaor oil idea Of tho
authoi o opinions upon gonoral questions: Lib
erty OF tho pross s good thing so long rs truth,
morality, virtuo aud tho gonoral wulfaro arc msiu
tanned but whom Il dcgoncratcs into an organized
system OF fslsohood and deception for tho sake Of
securing the selfish onds Of party or OF indivdu-
ais, 1t becomes blfghting curBo. Thcro iB no al,-
surdity, no wiSkcdncsB, violation OF religion,
law or MORALS which tho radical prcss II tho North
could not now insiil into tho minds Of tloir mil
lions Of crodulouB rentlors solemn truths. So
degraded and debauchcd las public gonliwont be-
como, that nothing but reckless nid un!oundod as-
scrtionB, caunncs anu disgusting details of nlur-
| dcrs, soduGtions, murdercrs' confessions, hang
| Ing, dng-lghts, cock-nRlIts, pugilislic OIL
| counters. and tho like, palalabo. From q
yearly flo OF any ono Of those Journals may 10 col
| loctod u respectfully sized volume Of thcHo inn
moral and oorrupting "details. This IL, indeed
liberty OF tho pross, but IL IL foariully domoral-
| izing and derogatcry to tho common wolfarc. II
IL tho samo kind Of liberty which tho pirate iakos
when no proys upon the commoroe Of tho world.
Ono robs his victims Of gold and merchandise, and
calls it tho froolom Of the soas; tho other robs
thom OF truth, yirtuo and honor, AMI torms il the
'lroodom OF tho press.' No government Inns over
! existed long whore this universal anu unrcHtranGd
liborty Of tho pross hns obtained; for iiconious-
| moss Of thought, a general deterioration OF public
/ and private morals, and destructive revolutions
and civil wars have invariably boon thoir logti.
mato sequences. Thcao calamitios in turn have
genorated popular discomfort and diHtruBt against
| both government and rulors, and forced tho poo
lo to rush to monarchy in Bofdefonco for security
| OF porson aud property"
hin. JonN TALaprp rpGfksa8hai rocolloctions OF tho
youth OF Gonoral SHERIDAN. Ho says; "About
twonty-oight ycars ago, wo, tho humble editor Of
\ this little pnper, snntohod suCnIpsN-thon boy
Of twelve years-from humble obseurity, and gayo
him place IN our storo. Wo found him bright,
willing and accommodating, and wo took consid-
orablo pains in instructing him in tho intervals
| OF business. wo kept him couple OF years
ho tlen wont into q dry goods establishment,
| Htaid in that for some timo, until through tho
| influence OF Gonoral RITUHEY, tIlen a mombor
OF Congress-, bo was admitted to West Point.
Ho had boon, until tho breaking out OF tho
Southern wnr, engaged in tho Indian territories.
| Soon after tho war began, our Oldest son entered
the army. Wo wroLo 10 SHERIDAN requesting his
| influence towards his promotion. Ho promised
by lottor, which lavo before us, to uso his in
| 1uenco to havo him promoted. Ho oaproaBed tho
qualification it would give him to do something to
| provo to mo his grateful remembrance OF tho
many favors III conferred upon him in days eono
by But my boy was killed soon aftor, and notll-
| Ing, OF course, WAS done." Tho Marietta (Ohio)
Times copioB this, and it's editor says s'From our
tonth to our thirteenth year, wo used to know
| JoHN TALBOT wol and wo havo como personal
knowledge OF the facts touching his relations to
PnILR II. BnEnIDAN, from 1871 10 1914. Aflor
PHILIP loft Mr. TAIpors hardware storo no wont
| into tho dry goods house OF DAVID WHITEHEAD,
| and continued with WHITEHEAD for two years. He
| thon engaged with FNCK & DITToE "a salesman,
and ho was in thoir employ until 1918, WHOM, as
Mr. TALBOT Gays, donoral TuoMAs Rrrcri.y, at
| that timo representative in Congress- from the
| Ohio Thirteenth District, nominated him as
| cadet to tho Wcst Point Military Academy"
We HAVE on seycral occasions spoken OF the
great national work, recently published In Paris,
| in tho shape OF Guido Book, tho result Of tho
combined literary, scientific and artistic talent OF
Franco. YIoroR lluaos introduction is at tho
samo time also very eloquent but not little tire
Homo. 10 insists on tho proposition that Paris ia
tho centre OF the civilized world. II defy any
| ono," ho aays, " to wear hero different sort Of
| ncck-tie tio it. Tho hoy from, Rartfrin-s
must copy tho gan,in OF tho Ruo Gronetat. GAIL
LIE, tho traveller, saw in Tmbuctoo, oyor tho hut
OF negro, tho inscription Of FnSter de Paris"
Let Europe be welcome" no adds, " Lot lIor On
tor and take possession OF her homo, that homo
which belongs to her, and TO which she belongs
Lot her talo hor oaso, and breathe freely in this
city OF all mon and for all mon, which acts in hor
namo )" and wo ART furthor told that here all tho
great social questions Of tho ago arc mooted and
decided. Horo tho rights OF tho Individual OF
labor, Of women and OF chiIlron havo boon sus-
tanned, and here has beon rccognizod tho princi-
plo OF tho in1olabIlity OF human life. "Doath, Il
Is truo," he says, hns its plnco at tho Exposition
but tis in tho form OF canon, not in that uf gull.
lotino;' distinction which Mons VIoroa Huuo
torms delicdfesse.r IIo adds: !: "a yory flno
scaffold was ofiorod, but was refusod." For our-
eolves, wc acknowledge TO lingering unoasincss
whom We contemplate tho fact that In no kind Of
manufacture docs tho Exposition show eroater
Improvement thnn in thnt Of implements Of war,
and wo arc lost in admiration us the ingenuity
with which III. HUGO finds that, nfter all, tho ond
OF these things must be peace. Wo are all to bo
ono groat nation, and TO 1.-Two in unity, France be-
coming, In some incomprohensibio manner, as
Athons waa Greco, and as Romo Is Christianity,
tho world. a.
LOUIS GASLonD CLARKE, whiiom editor Of tho old
Rnfck '1tockxr Magazine, and admiringiy romem-
berod by large circle Of readers and fronds
throughout tho country, ID thus ''paragraphodn
by tho Euc'itng 0azc0e: 'rYou can usually SEQ Mr.
CLARKE. on my fine morning, trudRng sturdiy
down tho lcafy sides Of his beloved Cedar Hln'
carefully attired and kidgloyod taking his seat in
railroad car, producing his faYorite morning p,-
per, and reading uninterruptedly while tho train
bears him downward, though ho, OF late, complains
that the motion Of the cars affocts his eyos IN
pleasantly. 10 wcars The glasses OF old age, and,
though ho boara his years remarkably well, timo
IL telling on him. lie is trils less urbano and
unctious thnn ho was in his better days-a triHo
more reaorvod and untalkatiye-bnt this ia not
strange, all things considered. A man who had
peen al NIB iue soutuni's Ee In Iitarnrv circIcs
and who suddenly finds himself no longer such3
who looks back on long 1ist OF brilliant minds,
large henrts, and generous hands, iboralIy ON.
dowed ~faaa worlds gear now all departed d-socs
the prido OF his lusty manhood tho magazine ho
oditod for thirty years. also departed -himsolI LOFT
at tho end OF all these years Of labor no better on
In his pocket than ho was at thoir commence
ment-may BIO pardoned II ho does not hold his
head as oroot nor keep his spirits as light as in