Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-03

they can reach tllepuhllc car"
We didn't know that thc Ncwi anil
Courier had failed al this time to un
1,lerstanI the true characters Of some
Of lis friends. That paper is neither
an "unaccustomcd' nor an "u ulsus-
pcctcd channel" for great many
"chcats" and sfrauds," and their
Scope to "prcy oD the public" is rs
ample as The resources Of their Gun
suspected channel'' is Iar-rcaching.
1T is not, however, tho place Of the
journalists TO play the pcdagogue,
and treat tle public, i'll administering
the naked truth, rs children who can
be ''lsept in" or bircl,c,l, if they MUIR
mur or sulk. 1t is his duty to re
monstratc, to rcbullc, and to con
dcmn when pernicious plans arc aioot
and pcrnicious cpunsels,t thSeaicn TO
prevail; when What is clearly and
palpabfy Bad Or injuri9us IS advised
or contemplated This lis no pleas
ant task. tits easier to aoat with the,
popular tide than to npull against the
stream y
We wish We could TRUST you, Ncvs
"nl CoNfier, to pull with tho party Of
moral IDEAS" through all TING us.
faithfully rs ytpu have been doing that
glorious work for the past year or,
more. Ours is The popular tide"
.
ana onc can float" upon it rs easy as
sou please. Drift on, friend, and i
present "arran:5emcnts' don't "bust,"
you'll be made State printer as. sure
us YOU arc 4 ,"pcdagoguc." This is
also official, and was tclcgraphcd- 10
the Grand Cyclops OF this County on
The Ist day of,his Centennial Year.
Continued unpopularity, however
gained, cnslrcs i'ilurcs III journalism.
Shall the journalist then ,lnhcs;tatins-
ly say and do what, in his Judgment,
will ruin the business Of his ncwspa-
per, cause the loss OF its capital, ana
dcpivc him Of the means Of serving
and aiding the p,;blic? y
No sir! \ thousand times no
Don't you let 'cm scare you away
from that principle, Captain. It's
the life ofyour cSccllcnt journal, and
We bcsccchingly advise you not to
ruin the business ofyour newspaper"
by going back OH your coalition re
form platform. If you mean business
don't bother with The Democrats any
more than you can kclpit. Write an
editorial OF Centennial gu$k for them
now and then, but rs Il rule you hold
on 10 that "popalar tide" and you
will find it to be The winning one.
"What is wholly true will live, and
the newspaper that breaches and
practices it will live likewise. Tie
pretended truth will die
Which ought to have been left ont
your speech. A'ou don't want TO
set people a-,hin!iing over your ''prc-
tended truths" do you? Of course
you don't believe that your present
policy will prevail in South Carolila
for I'll time to come, but you know
it is II part Of "shc arrangement" 10
make the people think SO. So you
ought to have drawn your Reform
pen through "thcm sentences" Cap
tam.
''In my judgment, and speaking 70.
the Sonth Carolina Of to-day, it Is
wiser to hire the whole time and
thought and work Of Il fur inferior
person. The latter can be indcpcn
dent, and, except in rare instances,
the former cannot. Suppose for sake
Of argument, that the Judge Of this
Circuit is tyrannicai, incapable, or
corrupt, nn.l mo newspapers i'll the
Circuit arc edited by lawyers who
are dependent OIL their practice ut The
bar Dare those lawyer journalist to
cxposc the faults Of that Judge, and
condemn them as the public veal re-
quircs that they be conlcmcd TO
dcnouncc tho Judge is to be out Of
taVor Win hi;ii. Lawyers known TO
be disliked bya Su'lgc arc summed by
litigants. What these wait IS to
gninithcir causes; and they naturally
incline towards the lawyer who is sup
posed TO have the car Of the Judge,
and is familiar with The Court House
backs;airs. The lawyer journalist in
the case have supposed, is forced TO
choose hctwccn bold speech for the
sake Of The newspaper which amuses
him, and silence ICr the sake Of him
sclr and his tnmily 1t is Iu be icS-