The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-06
Editorial Amenities,

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disposition is usually the accompaniment
of raw and unframed youth. A boy,
with large ''mdsculara sdeselopmentsnd
small brain. 7cauuot2help being bully
unless restrained byeducation. He will
be tyrannical to his ,infetiorts, iinsolent to
his superiors, and his chief delight will
consist in standing at at'6orners, hurling
offensive epithets at his fellows, and, if
they retoft, Furnishing them with bis
fists for their temerity. '''",.'-7-----.:-,
! flny journalism we think we discern
traces of the same universal law Edu.
cation, with! all iitsi chastening and re-
fining tendencies, often fails to repress
natural ferocity. A tyro, when he as
cends the editorial tripod, feels an
irresistible itching and inclination to
"pitchl into somebody" especially into
his rival contemporary. When We tnd
that one newspaper writer has published
his neighbor as a "sneak," a a.sskunk," " !,
a "toad, ,"na3pos bellied ibloatn we know
that Journals .yet.,.in its adolescent
period? We Know that writer, thou gu
ne may thrust with q rusty bodkin, can.
not WELD flashing, scimetar Of Damas
Gus steel. We know the society that
applauds such utterances is s''rraw7ma raw and
primitive. We smell the prairie flowers;
or rather We see prismatically, phantas-
magoria oot miasmatic swamps, Islimy-
allisators, and coatlessr men sitting Oh
barrels id corier groceries shaking with
the chils. i'-q ?. KS, a-a a', .c7eaeg 9
But notwithstanding the difficulties,
incident to- the pursuit, men must not
turn bees and wound themselves or,
their fellows'with their stingss Solomon.
says in substance that he whol overs
cometh his own spirit is greater chan a
conqueror of walled cities. Moreover
| editors who value reputation should
remember that oftensa single 'utterdpcs,
/ trcveals MANS aantecsdents and eiges
,-s. : al Is s.,tss,
organization! 'Dr.?H Holmes contends tliat.
even : sdan g innocent expressions as
Peipfiide, sf1st- -rate,,' a AsBpusrior pleca;
of goods, @gent IN hoWefed yes. 2,
are final They blast the lineage of him
Of her who utteis them, for generations,
| up and down. Editors should never
forget they are the oracles of the people,,
and twill never; do to let the people see.
thai their DePhic Apollo is made of
common ciay.4Fl 81 ct 'i u 6eid&
Many of the abusive personalities
that disgrace American: iournalis sm
doubtless spring from mistaken notion
as to what constitutes wit and humor.
All Americans appreciate humor, but
unfortunately all American writer's are
not humorous. Wit is o delicate light
that plays around the moors of thought
and surprises by unexpected flashes.
Humor is wit, with kerosene thrown up
on it to make a brighter light, that may
be seen and coinprehended by comm mon
understandings. Both contribute to
pleasure, and through mirth tighten toll.
Humor, however, in America, is more
than an amusement, it is an effective
political agent. A late writer Ia the
London Spectator admits that he kdows
of no moro striking difference between
English and American society than the
political power which, on our side of the
Atlantic, Humor appears to exercise over
the masses of the people. f.
| Probably the most witty newspaper
editor who ever wrote n~the United
States, was George D. Prentice, Of the
H.N"ie=7'- a::::'s..-z.' --.', ..:. ~lIIe ne often
worried his contemporaries, he never,
We believe, indulged in vulgar abuse
He fenced with a sharp rapier, but il
T was fencing, not stabbing. Taglioui
pirouttening on the stage is a picture Of
beauty, but au awkward icut dancing on
his partners corns, is quite another
/, thing. L. .1 ..i
, &, We notice with qualification a grow
, ing disposition among the reputable
members of the American Press tt
abandon personal vituperation, and we
, trust they will not forget it during the
: fever of the coming Presidential cam
/, paigu.eI The editor of the MesceN Times
l some time since proclaimed, at is fal
more noble and becoming to. try te
[ build up the interests of our new and
beautiful country, than 20 pick flaws
{, with our contemporaries. Hence We
bury the Ratchet, and shall engage il
no more newspaper ecatroyersies--ou, u,