Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS
THE presley LORD BROUGu,N.

Il
loTd Landsdowne upon the late French Revelation
IN the course Of it dissertation upon tie nnn
enge Of the newspaper press, from which we make the
following extracts
The memorable necessities Of printing at given lime
discussion Of every question that arises must have one
inevitable consequence ;-opinon most things must be
very hastily. very lightly formed am assuming perfect
honesty and fairness well undena5e abilities; n
surprising nothing IS printed which is not believed an
ample ncessl0n, You Will admit though possibly lust
one An event happens. sudden change, tor example.
IN the policy Of some public department. or something is
unexpectedly done by minister party chief. There
Is no delay, time for reflection. for inquiry as 10
the facts on which all may depend. The next morning
the opinion termed in few minutes night is printed
and dealt out among 10000 readers the number Who are
supposed to read the Constitutional. that paper havinu
! $4,000 subscribers. ORR may be thai the nfellrence
being received in the day the Judgment is drawn % and
delivered out IN the evening papers True there nlav
be reconsideration and it may lead to the alteration If
the first opinion. But then while men are men. the
dislike o conesSng gross mistake will make the ilurn-
asS very slow TO declare this TRUTH and especially when
te credit OF his paper stake which governs ts sale
ana MS gains. 30 nothing but some event occurring
winch plainly denounces his blunder will compel
nm to reract ; even then he will do this in
mighty imperfect and ambiguous manner; he will be all
me more ready to preach the doctrlne-he wholly
reiued, half abandoned docne-a the next onportuni.
ana II 1t be the merits OF man, called public char
acter on which false Judgment had been passed be sure
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4 nar,, n a ~ III "'Jnieu ''uSe y .he ~
De.ier had II oeon ioT mat man II he had
hsttsr he foi 9 're' D' oe.n IN he rlan'
credit no doubt too, our ci[ouI"n had ney"T sufar
m.
But have been dwelling only upon honest errors WI
II not very honest, yet very npxcusahe sl0wnps To
.S' mem " na' ShaII De SAID ni WlliuI ialsehGods,
'''ed'e ehef o. men Of measures IN support af par
Y 'nu'u'les diu party SPlle " nat Of undertaking
| ~ IN a hqI
P'le,' " "'SIoleS' cause w nat OF circulating dI
!ec' ihcHenen'S TO revolution, to mob violence to the
y Pii'a'e properly g masking run nPon the
III I n Piu'1eieto' y lhctHGlafleS
4 lihPossiole 70 deny me great &nd often sudden
Ieo' Pouuceu oy suc writings mus disseminated from
oJ " gay au repeating every Gay me lecture OF afgu-
No. - statement. OF 9loe q me gay before II Is ~
III" Y say TIT \ 'hiS paper lahes one me, another
Ill oIFoSe' ahu 81 lHe rum i e,ced % Use
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Which H. fo 'e a,-'" y, l'linooolIc sSsle"'
We are S1oaIirr 90 ba H. lr a. VI 90
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action.
~ hova ,readv sad tbat tha infuencn of these writers
and thoir readers i in some SORT tnutnal. 50 il is viii LII
r,rtv chiefs whether known or conceoed They 1ors
well as the Irish rebel editor.
THOUGH the opinion of the community at large is like
" to be right in the long run, certainly may be and
often is most erroneous for season and during that
son the multitude it adviser But IL is during
that season that these leaders am speaking Of by
falling in with the prevailing delusion and pandering to
the popular appetite greatly increase the violence of
the mos feeling: and then it is during the same season
that violent measures are planned and c0mmotons excl
ted How very different would tave been the conduct
Of the Pasians last spring had few DAYS been allowed
for reflection How few ot the irish rebels would have
taken part in the ourares r which they are NOW await
inr their trial had the fierce determinations against order
the cross asehoods as to their force the vile SANDER on
the ]ayay Of the troops and the police which filled the
columns If The press here circulated long enough to be
re(uted before the revolt broke out
| ,,t. :; ,r,. common oos,.or 20 tho or,,o+ IN
% n maintain that if their he no pisgovernioent th
nyectives of Me- nress vi not persuade men ofi I'M
rtby III III themselves feel tbev AZ srffrno nnda
,rroeo, The bang toId If heir suffering viii nj u
ra ,rro ,hoy arc 9ror;eved Rrt alas, is so ,nucI
tho 1t r mon in cvey countrv to have some considers
an payeT be wanling materials fr tie sedroIs aga
the public meeting or at the altar
81 do mt attach much mrortance to the considerable,
,bt docr,ti c government deriving IL nnyar frrr M
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