Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-25
TIE NEMSPAPrS PRESS


The following eloquent passage is Iakcn from an
Address recently delivered in JEFF rsnn Colrgr
Louisiana. by Professor A. W. Everett
An orator in the BRITISH Parliament FOR cy,rr,le
finishes his speech al four o'clock in the rnurr,ng
ana At eight receives II in ms newspaper w,,h hts
a"rning meat. reported ia ful aud ready 10 no hur
fed GA The wings Of steam more swift than those
'he VIM, 10 The rcmo,cst corners Of the glDhc.-
ihngh hts 'uicc Is heard by only twoor three hun
drcJ persons. he speaks in Glui to all his country
men lar and near; To fnregn nations; to tho world.
ny mo punt result 1T those two prodigious invcn-
ions stage - erected in every printing office.
a'"nnu which the whole contemporary race l. as
semhled as an audience In This country alone the re-
are already more than two thousand. What a
speotaele OF wonders What pDtent machinery Tor
g'r'd anu eviE ] know the abuses that belong O.
is sysiem That arc, perhapa. IN grener or less dc.
gree inseparable fran A. am aware Of the friyol.
ola ana even mischievous character oC much OF a e
popular literature, ofihc narrowness and coarseness;
"'y say brSaliiy--o' portion Of the periodical
press without distinction OF party. Yet. with all ITS
iiuin oil omissions AMI commissions how much
'ea'iy valuable matter IL. AFTER ALL be found in
'hese brief chronicles of the timesl How much
Useful information and RATIONAL entertainment docs
nor almost any one of thcm-cvon the least con-
spleuouS carry somo 10 the 6reside of the remote
inhahiiant of the country II costs him dollar &,
]
hour hours at pretty Indifferent representation Of
"a general an ordinary play For thrice that amount
"e puol'-her OF ms newspaper furnishes him for n
"Ao'e year with n weekly admission 10 the great
world a spectacle 10 which | have alluded lie
listens To the debates in Parliament and Congresses
Tie palaces and council rooms of Princes are laid
openlo hun; he witnesses the tumuli Of contested
elections the ihock Of con'cnding armies engaged
upon the Held of battle. The progress OF letters
anu 'he arts, the stirring incidents of private ifc
come m as Interiudes. Considered ms n mere enter
'ainmeni' how much superior Is this vast and sac.
req panorama 10 the empty pagcanlry Of tire Imita
I'VE stage IL has sometimes been said that the
cnzfns OF the United States have no relish fir a.
mnSoment This great World spectacle, which is
regularly furnished by newspapers is the principal
anus mont Of the American people. What make.
lar more interesting that the spectator is ais, At
The same time actur. The same convenient sheet
which, spreads out weekly upon every village table
a summary OF the ntfiirS ofihe whole contemporary
world also Informs the citizen when The election Is
coming on NJ ms own door, and when he m,y has e
The delightful excitement Of voting in or voting oui
hs ncighbor or, better still, Of being vured in OF
voted oui himself the iiat Of the sovereign PEG.
pie may decide. Independent. however uf this
consideration, the valuc Of the general diffusion o,
knowledge. which is chiefly effected by the neys.
! paper press. can hardly be ovcrraied Taere can
De lIlllc rsk an saying that without the facilities for
conveying information which arc afforded by the
J'ini action OF the great modern Improvements in
locnmoiion aud priniIng the existence ola RonuLIi.
can Government omung population 50 thiny seal
Tered n ours, over Vast a territory wouId hay,
been entirely impossible"