Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-02-06
NO. so.
FROM the Pcriisn.i .idr,riissy.
NEW SPAPURS


| u Is an astonishing fact, that IN a eountr.
free rs ours, and here ever, voter QUO. "a,
twiec year :. called upon To discharge a do
| " AT the ballot box, there are macy, very
| many persons, who never Rad q Newspaper
! and Who Know but little more &c v hat - 20
ing on IN their own country than ~ the do
minious OF the Grand Mosui What they
learn OF their own politcs al affair. the, hear,
from verbal communications. sui j-et a. a 4.
'o various PorSer>ions, coloTings and M soon
cepton., and acting upon such, and such
commune atoms only they Nentur. To a,tempt
10 discharge the high and holy. aud OF course,
responsible duty Of \ Judge over other men.
actions and principles. They ,.oiure upon
attempting 10 settle the affair. Of . great ma
ton, extending TO various de- grees of latitude
and embod, ing an immense saris;, OF mic
rests and preJudiccs, - and this without the
study or qualifications demanded even IN n
teacher Of 4 common coantr, school, extend
ing not over twenty feet square What .
judge
Newspapers are IN this country one Of tho
ncceSsaries Of life, second ouiy TO food and
clothing aud as imperiou>Iy demanding tho
! attention and forrthought of men n, FIRE or
habitatOns. Think Of living IN thu, world.
and OF knowing nothing Of what - gong on
/ within II, Think Of a rev olution here aud
an earthquake thereof . grand discovery
here, sublime invention thereof move
mcnts and agtations IN one place influencing
the destintes Of nations aud Of the " ord fur
years. and OF Improvements and ad , ances "a.
another place, eievatiDg and enrolling th,,
condition OF mainland yet n Freeman, IN a
free country, standing amidst all, and vet ie
norsnt OF ALL What a blank. q c,ph-r. such
n man How little above the mere animal
Who eats as he eats, hreathes ~ be br-athc.
ana above which he ~ only IN the faculty Of
speech For what ~ intelligence without
facts, information. direction, calculation -
What but mere slumbering, raked-up en-
oer needing the flaming OF breeze To quick
en- ~, lfe-and that tanning, what Is gong
on Va The world-~hat the world does a. IN
spared by what IT knows,-and that breez,
The news of the day, the hurry, the hustle.
ana The eNcitemcnt of the Times in which va
ave, move. and think Talk OF past know
ledge u ., good foundation on which To
build. But the superstructure IL To be reared
! ~ Thu, moments knowledge ~ worth all
past knowledge, a. time present - wortl,
more than time past. Aud he who would be-
neht mankIn or do honor 20 himself, must
come forth into the world and know what
the world Is dong, and shape and embody its
energies.
History = important every body grants
Science ~ important IN all esiim alton Poll
tics are government; and as a government 1.
good or bad, so Is people prosperous or
"retched, generally speaking. But here, in
a newspaper, - the history Of every day, all
spread before you with n vitality and fresh
ness which no historian can equal. The We
/ ~ things themselves, not their images not
their shadowy costs, fit before YOU Tho
substance out Of which history ~ TO be NO.
ven, ~ upon the table Men talk for them
selNes-no historian talks for them. Nou
are living among all, aud are interested IN all
and will you refuse to buy, TO re ad ave To
VI hat gnf. H.
are more than historians. They parade be-
tore you all the inventions aud discoveries Of
/ Tie tunes; they trihe with YOU, condolo
with you, as well ss instruct you. Ky your
own fire side, far from the scenes of interest
no mailer whether YOU in the crow dcd
CITY or IN remote country house, vet they
bring all before you, and 10 the very life
and YOU are as we'll and often better inform
ed by them than he who has seen and part
ciPatcd IN them all. You need not stir from
your farm OF even your own char. from your
own bed eyen--and Yet these little msssrn-
gers, silent aud specifies ~ they are. will
take you into the world and show forth .lI
that = going on
Nh0caD 1--we without 4 Newspaper What
man wall oonten himself With such Ignorance,
/ Better, FAR better, 1--we on one meal "A day or
I've on the cheapest and homeIiest Of food 49,
TAX Of expense what expense .,tt5 IL
- the cheapest book you can buy, for there
y ~ II morc reading matter than can be Dur
chased ~ any book for even double ~. sun
father OF family who does not give la,
children newspaper, }, guilty Of siu toward,
hem--ior he keeps them "a ignorance. lie
takes away the stimulsnt that " 40 create an
! appetite for reading. for study stimulus
that will make them better scholars aud better
men. Select then 4 newspaper for youf rL,l-
dreh, II GO, for yourself. Remember tie duty
you owe them