The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-17
COLUMBIA, s. G.
Thursday Morning, July II. 1873.
Tho HypocrIsies OF Civilization.


OF the CITY of New York. has, for many
. years. ran pleasantly along with the
greed of gain. and found congenial en-
p!oyment. more especially in denuncia.
tion. abuse and ridicule of the people OF
the South. If he who labors prays,
irrespective OF the kind OF i.ror follow
ed, then are Harper & Brothers mighty
in prayer, for they have been mighty in
the work Of vituperation and calumny.
They have reprinted many valuable pro-
ductions Of the English mind. always
debasing the pure gold Of the original
with some foul alloy of their own. They
have likewise been the accoucheus of
several American writer's OF genius and
accomplishment. but the names OF tho
publishers have added nothing to their
claims upon the public consideration.
They have made bad character, an
oiious reputation even in printing works
OF merit. One reads the books, but cold
chills run over him when his eye glancss
at the title page and sees the sanctimo-
NOUS names Of the publishers. and re-
calls the sacrilegious practices and tenn
per they indulge in. Their Journa, Of
Civilization contains more barbarisms of
thought and expression, more hyena-like
growls over the graves OF the worthy
dead. more asinine kicks at PROSTATE
but still feared lions-especially Of the
South-than any equal number OF pages
OF contemporaneous publication in the
language. It's ferooious mouth is set, its
jagged teeth sharpened, whetted and
blackened, like the Fan cannibals in
Africa. for the infamous pursuit of
virtue, and for rending to pieces and de-
vouring innocence, reputation and good
name.
A number Of this infamous publica-
ton has lately and accidentally fallen
under our view. We found the same old
inspiration Of hate and detraction per-
vading its columns. We. hardly know
which is most contemptible-its venom.
its littieness, Or its falsehood. Each sets
OF the other within its covers, and each
i,petfect in its way. The number be-
fore us illustrates all these emiuently
Harperian virtues. In notice OF the
late Hiram Powers, the sculptor, Har.
per's Journal says: Through assistance
of Alr. Nicholas Longworth. and with
the money he had saved in his occupa-
ton. he soon afterwards went to Flo
renee, and resided in Italy the remainder
OF his life." This is asuppression of truth
by suggestion OF falsehood-a false
hood, too, which the writer could not
have expected TO pass current, but which
he let slip for the love OF the thing, and
for the sweet defamation which it in
clndea. Mr.. Powers wonld hive honestly
rejected any suoh partial statement ~
the one set forth. It is notorious tia, :,
In addition to the aid of Mr.. Long
worth, he Was generously sustained by a
gent!em IN Of this State, (Gen. John S.
Preston,) during severa! yenrs OF study
OF and application to his art. This is
we'll kn own, but seldom mentioned here,
~~SNo - ouuCSCoohiJt duu OtCaQSC 0c.l-
cacy shrinks from anything like parade
and ostentation OF generous deeds. II
is done now only b ecause it is duty TO
expose mendecity. both express and i'm
piled, and pleasure, as we'll as duty, to
contemu and spurn tho littlencss and
venom of which it is tho vehicle.
II the same issue. we fnd severe str;t-
!ures on the duel which lately occurred
in New Orleans. The atrocity OF The duel
in the South is matle more revolving
than the recent murders and covert ss-
sassinations which are 80 common in The
land Of civilization, or than those ipsc-
Eious methods OF procuring abortions, in
which the native genius OF this favored
land is rivaled, but not surpassed, by the
foreign artists in the same line. "What
better" asks the pretended advocate OF
civilization, "is the numbering daclsl-
or rather, how infinitely more gully y
than he who strikes down his enemy with
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