New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-08
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The following is the conclusion Of al able srti-
Gle in the last number OF the Westminster Review .
Literary men are not thought adrenturers in
anv ds,epu,abc sense nor do they deserve, as q
class any contempt. The average OF morality and
usefulness is as high among them as in any Protes-
sion. 10 be hieh-llindes journalist asks moro
virtues than perhaps any other profession requires
and We maintain as many noble spirits are TO be
found among them as ia am pursui: whatever. a
fossh distinction is made between the celebrated
authors including reviewers and the writer's tor
lhe daily and weekly newspapers, as II they were
not the same persons. But say that no men
ere more iruly honcred in our day than are the
men of letters, without relation 20 their modes o.!
publication, who have done good work for cviliGa-
ton Englishmen are not bliad, deaf and insen-
safe. They know great power is used for good by
journalists, and they homer them for it. Unboubi-
edly Journalists are despised Ever Sodyis. Con-
tempr goes all round. Everybedy despises every
body Lord John Russell says men are more
hardly dealt with for their faults than lords. Ger
a,nly lords have plenty of des?isers. Men wincing
under the who's OF journalists certainly speak Ill
Of them Blu, in the real opinion entertained b.
intelligent readers. no profession is mere honered
in England al this hour than that of the Press
This is what orr cars and eyes tell US: they may
&C wrong. We, m meanwhile, think literary men
only want 10 be organized to get ali they deserve
Our observations support the conviction that
10 man, BY merely belonging 10 any other profession
whatever enjoys higher social position, or so
high enc, as writers in the best magazines and
reviews. = seat in parlianen, gives man pre-
cedence, but not more consideration either OF the
good Or the bad kind. True. every young man
vvhe devo.es himself to literature Is asked Why be
doe. rot go to the Bsr-to which gold is contln-
;,ev flowing and rut OF the horse-heV vi 81, before
which coronets every now and then descend. But
the argument never is-Law Is reckeued more
honorable than Literature society deans the Bar
more noble than the Press. Let him say ne does
aos want to be rich nor does he deem legal cor.
onet equal to serving civisaton By his pen. and nc
one will re,o,t tina, he intends spend his life In
5snobler pursuits inan those Ok Westminster Hall
4 Young literary man is advised 10 GO the Bar
ior avewedl- low and worldly rcasons-io win Z
fortune OF title. His friends think i ne went &c
The Bar the Berch and the Peersse would b'
merely the position assigned TO him by the specific
gravity ci bis talents. To create what become
the publ: opinion Of nation IS great work. Ihs
discussion and descisos Of wha, future Legislation
shall erace is the daily business of The man OF LEI
tcra. No one capabi. of distinguishing the right
hand from the ot deems the functiou CT the Jour
aeliss 20 iow as that of parliamentary rot
ing machine. The Legislature does what III.
Press bids It. "A these DAYS literary Kica are tns
authors of the Il oral HE of nations. Their wors
= the highest doae by men. manly doctrine re
specting D;gpi',,, is asyood-Disnity consists II
~vork.-what a man does apd mikes Cor others
Author. are makers Of the Truthful and TIE Beau
t;sul Civilisation is their wars. Civilization con
sis;s OF their Thoughts Fror, ae.pne.s and wrong
ihev wres; c DOC 10 bless the lives OF men. Sim
rne7ings OF thes. facts have s.ways d&~ned on ciea
minds, Tell him his soul hives in an sliey =
was the re,ogs q! the Poet to the King. 1t has a!
ways been more or less consciously known OF mef
OF senius thar their souls Fill thrones. Blu; our re
marks include mere authors By profession. The,
ct lowest are the merchants craftsmen OF know
1eoge. Certainly in real and unworthy puslc
ce0h tac journalist or literary man Is b CHER thar
Sae oaEe'sser he IA thought beforehand TO be u
S'esson OF greater talents, else he could rot main
tain himself b. Journalism st ALL IF successful
ne is more IN the eye of The public than The most
successful bsrristev The contempt st,ached Il
the Bar sophiStries and the Bar immorsli,ies. bul
lying, exsggeation, downright lying. dces aot ap-
ply To him. His owa party deem him servan, Q.
Sigh, and Patriotism. The Journalist . not be-
leved TO be st ,se call OF any attorney, sd read,
TO repeat his lies for few suiaeas. Even csiu.nny
does not accuse him of selag his intellect and hi
eloquence oheaply and openly. He does not spenc
thirty years OF manhood repeating attorneys lie
for selfish eais. Month after rl?cnrh, daily week
II, or quarterly, the successful journslist Is the N
strucior CT The msst inteliigea, minds Of his age
His audience is not the House Of Lords. where, J
there arc thirty clever men, there are also sesri
tour hundred blockheats-nor House .. Com
mons, in which the clever SID intelligent nei
amount TO one hundred and the commonplace L
Eve h,ndyed--nor 8 Court OF Law in which there