The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-26

From the Religious and Literary Gem.
The Art of Printing.


The press is undoubtedly, hereafter TO
be the grand medium by which mimi is
to be reached - the most powerful Of al!
agencies; and there will PROFESSIONALLY
now and then one rise, who will try TO
make it an engine of mischief, and by it
pour upon his species poison inexpress-
ibly dreadful but these will be exceptions
10 the general influence ofthe press. We
turn with confidence to great, a wise,
and an unalterable law of God, viz: that
the memory and the influence Of the wick
ed shall perish. This Influence of wicked
man is chiefly while he lives; that of a
good man, after he has gone from the
earth. Two men may use the press-lhe
one printing book which shall carry
blessings 10 its track, the other shall sweep
like the blasts of the Simeon; but these
works will not long run side by side
The name of the good man will grow
fragrant by age, while that of the wicked
putre6es. Talents consecrated 10 virtue,
will ever fad a response when they APP
peal 10 the unallerabe principles Of our
nature, while contempt will be poured
upon talents perverted. Mankind will
look back and sympa'hize with the virtu-
Gus Alfred and call him great, while they
regard Henry Viii aud Charles H. as
they would the caTcasses OF felons hung
in chains VoIlaire and Rosseau, Hume
and Swift, all great men and all wicked
mtn, each in his own way, have nearly
exiled themselves from he libraries of the
vir,uous. Not SO with Locke the great
and the eood-not so with Milton, whose
wing is of no middle flight, aud which
will not tire 10 the end Of time. Not so
with Cowper, whose gentle spirit seems
to linger upon EARTH increasing in bright.
ness like the light of the morning when
the sun ariselh, morning without clouds.
The name of Sonaparte is destined TO
fade-lhe decree is irrevoca5le: but should
this nation crumble away and sink under
its sins and the wrath of heaven, there is
one name tina! will beam upon it, bright
as The sun which shines upon the cloud
that covers all beneath with backness :;
or, should we be torn and tossed by civil
connections, that name will still hang over
us - like the bow over the great falls
like love watching madness that name
is GEORGE WASHINGTON
No writer of judgment, hoping for i'm.
mortality, dares take the side of vice.
shall not stop TO anayze this fact But
from it we may gather the assurance that,
as a general thing, even should its power
be increased a thousand fold, the press
must be the handmade of virtue and rei.
gion. There is worm at the root OF
every tree whose fruit is not for the wei.
fare of man; and it must perish, even
though n prophet weeps over it. It is
not in the power of the press TO make
even wicked Poet the favorite OF man
kind. ln vain he gathers up the strength
of a giant mind and still mighner pas
sions, and throws them into one deep,
broad channel, 20 roll and dash and foam,
impatient and fearless; in vain he Strings
his harp and throws notes wild and sweet,
upon the world. Mankind will Judge i'm.
partially of departed men. Hence the
press can never become so great curse
as it is blessing.
While all men are looking forward to
some kind OF millennium on earth-while
with come it is to- he the reign of civil
liberty, while with others, the prevalence
OF education and intelligence; with others,
religion; with others, it is union of all
these. And who needs despair of having
she world enlie htened, civilized, purified