Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-24

The DrGxrY,Ep AND IurEE>oNAL STILL
as contradistinguisLed from the fainilla
and colloquial fashion Of rrOsincii
journalism is the subject of an article IL
Yesterdays Enterprise. Insofar rs The
same is a plea for good taste and IN favor
Of the habitual maintaining of WISE
and well guarded sei:-respect. we quite
agree with it. No matter what our OWL
sins nav have been i'll this regard, Nc
matter VIVA. bad examples, III any. the
Enterprise itself. in times past, may have
set, the spirit of its preachment Is right.
We recosl.ize the aristocraey of good
taste. and acknowledge allegiance, Willie
confessin. II too frequent ,iislova';y,
thereto. The thing rebuked is akin to
the esotism of qr;ackerv, and the Flip
pant self-conseIurnce of = s1i.,tr:':n, &C.
cupying an adveu;itioUs prominence of
position. Any monotone i'll styl- be
hg. this DER frequent slang Of hoyish
familiarity breeds contempt And yet
the customs widely in vogue in q country
where each man is too close 10 his
neighbOr and too often catches him i'll
TIL dish,bilie of infinite acquaintance
ship TO permit the growth of any other
than the real and sterling qualities OF
personal dignity, have fostercj, if not
given warrant -, the thing complained o..
We canno; all confide our defects 10 our
Wallets. We hare been seen in OR shirt
sleeves on the street, carrying pickaxes
and prospectlns-pans and rolls of blank
cts and dinner-p,ils too often for that
sort Of disappearing. But the value Of
self-respect is none the less intrinsic for
all this; and its showing is none the less
recognized and understood. 1t is pos
sibie tha, we sage-brush editors know
one another too well. We are sparse
community and are acquainted with one
auother's history and failiDgs. But We
are no worse, if no better, than the men
of any other class-not bad enough to
need to strain and misplace the CHAIR
tableness Of our tone IN dealing with
mon ard thinS,-nor yet SO conspicuous
fo- OR moral attitude and personal
worth as to be able to afford to strip one
another's toibl,s to the buff or belittle
ourselves with dininutives fo- fear Of
b ing thought too "tlignifisd" But 20
pursue this subject beyond concise
sta,em-n: Of its bearings is to travel in |
circle. There need be no definition Of !
the difference between genuine dignity /,
and IFS puffy and ridiculous limitations, !
- also there need be no elaborate plea TO
the brotherhood Of Nevada journalists
% maintain for themselves AMI within
themselves decorum which shall always
insure them against the supercillous
farniliarities of that rather large class
who mistake professional pleasantly for
Punch-ani-Juiy-isIn, and are blindto the
between "a unaffected equality
of address and the assumption Of an I'M
warrantable and preposterous atfectation
of reimbursement. There is no weak
ness so pitiable as that which prompts a
man to permit his personal address to
become mean and s!ovenly for fear of
being vulgarly regarded as putting on
airs" If anything, it is more contempt
lille than the Obvious, maladroit and i'll
sustained borrowing of the difficult and
dangerous plnmage of personal dignity.
Ar The New England Dinner at New
York on Forefathers Day, Senator
Sumner with his usual bunsling dis
regard of the prop-ieties of the occasion
went SO far, General Sherman being
present. as to make slurring allusion to
soldier character Is apub!ic fnancier,
the remark came into an alfUSIou -