Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-04-09
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lore has been found the record Of single
nation that did mot possess within itself 3
paragon Of perfection in the ainds Of its
people before whose shrine they knslt In
most submissive alteration. 10 say that
we ss people worship no political IdoI,
would be to ascribe TO US position to
which in many points-allhough mot in
the one to Which / allude-wa would be
justly entitled; but in this pOiht we can
hold ourselves as no exception to the un-
wsysring fat that has gone forth ages
ago, although our Idol is not oes
-"of pagod sway
With front OF brass and feet ~ clay"
Butlha. we possess one or even more %
as truly established as the laws OF grayi-
tatiOn, or the dxed rnesIof mathematics,
and that the abuse Of these 4ill ely
tend toward anarchy IS as plainly q be
seen, IS that on Overwesning lust Of EN-
pire caused the downfall Macedon, and
made vacancy in the wOrlis' annalg 10
be filed by the luminous Gibbon.
In bowing to this shrine which in our
country is liberty. "Patriots have toiled,
and in their cOuutrys' cause bled nobly."
This liberty is defined by the marrow
minded as license to d. as you please
and they basing their every action upon
this idea, make themselves an object Of
pity 10 theIwise, of scorn and contempt TO
the mediocre and Of intense hatred to the
wisacrc, who may happen to be their anti
poae in political belief.
But tho wise man says liberty is
license for q man to do as he pleases when
man is perfect, and not when he is as We
know him imperfect, cratic, human, taking
this for granted iand of it there can Ae
no qaeaiiOn,) aud it may be plainly seen
that those given 10 the belief first above
mentioned tread upon an unsafe and thoTly
path.
We're these differences of opinion obd
differences Of actions based thereon, edn
fnel TO the circunsOribed limits of politits,
then the use Of this Idol could not possibly
prove its abuse, and gentlemen would not
be required TO examine each last issue of
his paper to know Of his present social
standing,
But that such is necessary may be
shown by the quarter column in last weeks
zaleski Echo, commencing upon the char.
acter and social standing of certain gen
tlemen in Macarthur, who are SO uufOrtu
nate as to yet live single.
Newspaper correspondents should know
land most do) the difference between
use and an abuse of the liberty of the
press, and that character is sacred, and
that that Of another may nQtbe used un-
restrsinediy-even tbOuI h itbe as in this
case, to noise about the authors own pc.
culiar qualifications.
Two wrongs will never make right;
neither will the publishine yonng man
as "inclined to be fast" be justified in a
gentleman by bis making himself known
as "Gay and rather verdant," much less
han this viii it account for who "changes"
BY herslding another as IRA ther ugly"
had the above alluded article been original
in the brain Of its author aad not as tits
an apish travesty of another it might be
received with some respect il not upon its
principle, upon its novelty in journalism
and orininalty in. concept or; but it is
neither original in conception, nor nov
city in journalism, neither does it show
forth splendid diCtiCn, but is simply a
repetition of N. T. AerenryisH. served
up to us through the columns of the Echo.
But we write to excuse and not accuse.
The gentleman is every YouSc.n This we
would have known without Information, as
in the entire article we could plainly see
the "Verdahcy" of lifes' springtime, this
will make his first flights into the region
Of journalism (where angels dare not
treadG enArely parlOaable. Youth NAV
not be'a crime but we would advise the
gentleman when he hereafter enters the
lists = 70 enter cautiously, and not with
such sinister purpose as that which gave
rise 10 the.quarter column mentioned.
bidding you, myydear altemizer,p a
kind farewell, we wOald only say we are
well acquainted with You, mentally ard
physically We know your regrets and
your desires, and we know that o mind
springing such sentimentsi as does yours
can never be corAued to the limits Of your
own state or neighborhool, we bid YOU
fear not. The frowns Of Dame Fortune
will never fall upon the highly gifted but
her choicest blessings will rest upon them
eVermore. ai VERITAS.
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