The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-14
The New Departure-Doubts.

1t is to be hoped that the New York
World ia certainly satisfied with its double
'eaded editorials on the New Departure, the
credit of.whioh, with not too much modesty,
it takes entirely to itself. The genera
reader, 10 seeing one Of these double loaded
articles, is simple- enough to believe that
width between the lines indicates intrinsic
fmerit in the article Itself. So a double
! donble-leaded article, to this simple person,
would appear extremely important and valu-
able. Sometimes these displayed editorials
are important antf, valuable. Sometimes
the display shows merely heedttor's own
estimate OF his production, and that esti-
mate may be an oyer-estimate.
We da not say that the World is ever
guilty of this folly; we only hope that the
| editor is pleased with himself, likes the look
of his articles ia print, and does not under
value his wisdom. That. he should wish
mankind to beappiised Of that wisdom and
to psoht-by it, is evident by the flashing dis
play thereof. What shame that mankind
should so long have failed to recognize the
wisdom OF the World, and what pity that
this failure should not have been averted by
a suficiency OF doableleaded editorials ia
the past. The World owes mankind an
apology for this negligence. Perhaps 'leads"
we're scarce. An ample stock OF 'leadsp
and ~'letter' being now on hand, the human
race will heneeforth have nobody to blame
but itself il it perishes miserably, as it Ger
tainly will, by not following implicitly the
Worlds advice.
We shah certainly follow it in some
things. Our adhesion has been given to
the New Departure, and We. shall hold fast
to it. It is common sense. AS the Ohio
Democracy say, it is a recognition OF ac-
''complished facts" 1t is betting on the
cards as they stard; not as they might be,
ought to he, and would be, il they had been
fairly shufied, bat exactly as they are. They
have been stocked by the Radical blacklegs
who. hold the box; and knowing that-re-
cognizing that accomplished fact''-we
shall play the game accordingly. We cap
win it, too, il. the World and its allies dc
not Ego back" on. us.
In spite Of d~ouble-lesded editorials. doubts
have arisen in our feeble mind. They are
very fine, very sensible, not very modest OF
becoming, but still very double-leaded edito-
rails. We approve and endorse them in the
main. Yet we doubt. Aud why? Because
in another editorial, not double-leaded, the
World pirates dogmatically about "the
Democracy intending that'the States shall
"obey the Constitution" &c. This stuff
means that the World and it's coadjutors
set more value on the form of government
than upon the liberty of the people WIG
should freely make their government. An
ally devoted to. the shadow and Indifferent
to the substance Of government, can hardly
he trusted in a great political struggle like
that which is approaching. Such an ally
really does not want to win q true victory,
and of course he cannot, fight for it man.
fully. If he saw a success, which would he
Of lasting value to The people for generations
to come, approaching, he would desert MIS-
own standard. and go Instantly over to the
enemy. In plain words, the World wants q
government formed upon q Radical model,
and based upon unconstitutional ideas; but
at the came time it wants Democrats 10
control that government. 1t will accept a
constitution amended and patched, until,
like the often-mended penknife, not. a
vestigeuf the original remains, and even then
the Democracy Coz The Wortd) would 'iu-
'tend that the States shall obey &C., &c.
Very we'll. We will still go with the
+ World. 1t is folly to expect to. get the
wedge in bdts foremost, and all at once. II
we can only get the Radicals out, we are
quite content to take the chances. Until
then, and after, II need be-this we say in
all earnestness-we intend to be as obedient
as anybody in the World, and more so than
anybody in the Radical party.
"A New Wrinkle.