The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-01


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ae Iesfs n e Crescent and IS,
Aa permitted loeHpie oiir regret at part
ins fomone la baa have been So long ane
nrns We nieh BIN, III lis nro
hs sneeea he So fiehlV de-
aa a his line intellect ana uprieh,
iap n iIad even wider field Tor exsr.
n Peg lave heretofore occupied.
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ei0a n'iih % paper, ana mv labor e ~
seh Is pIa5ably matter or no importance
qas bui myself whether i al or afa not ~
editor qad publisher Of newspaper. and. thsre.
lef g ar e OILERS are epneefnsd. any formal
Annoancemsn IS my refinement fom tle
nen e l9prnaiis might well be disDeassa wis.
bnii leaving forever profession yglsis.ll 49,,
Followed iEpm the age Of thi1ieeps aaa Y
Nalch have filed every from a printers
apprentice 10 tiaaf of, = may be forgiven i \
do NOT raii- qptlY and in silence.
more exalted opinion Of the duties
A infasnce and the useiuiness Of a journalism than
in rhe modern new PAPER il he ii.
aTata. d DE- world tie mighty engine BIZ which
he enof n1 ejnaices 81 Die Fasi are u be pros
n|ea and By which ne wsy ri liusuuii progress.
y Be- cleared and leFelled ihe allsppWeriul
agenti1 elssafing ibe mass % the people and inn
pressing twifh q lfne idea of DE dignity and des-
tiay q humanity. fhs ally ofthe humble and
ihe terror 81 Che proud the rclntmer q political
abuses Gle eziermaaisF 81 social ills Its effects
have onlg begun q be ieit and ils iniluehces must
De aa extensive hs earth. az enduring as time.
THE conductor 81 pblio onraal yields q sceptre
more potent than lhat q pmper0n md Kings
1hsy can but firain. Cypress and control ihe
Body ha may epligatsn. iavisoraie aud disect ihe
mi1ls q ash. His functions furnish The means
"a exercising healllfully and bsnehoiaily all the
higher and n6blsr attributes Of our nature What
ever strptAIa b Intelligence. sublime and beauii,
M m natare ora hopeful and lovely in morality,
neg properly within lie sphere Of Ifs observation,
end furnish proper seis for his pen. journalism
aifords field ii which lie phflanihropiss, Tie
statesman % The scholar may work with honor to
himself and adeanfage TO bis fellow men /; here he
may employ bis highest faculties md crafty Its /
lofliest ambition. This IS he bright sile Of The
picture i has another not quite So agreeable.
Like every profession, journalism numbers among
iis professors many who have neitherthe iniellsc-
ua qualifications forihe position they occupy, Inc
moral capacity to comprehend It's duties; nor the
honesty t5 attempt to discharge them. Such have
done thair best % bring the profession INTO disrs-
puia and % make g most disaefseabe business
70 be engaged ia IT, No one, who loves peace and
quiet, end Eetaidsya proper salfpspscf. viii will
linEiy enlist n gle learare 10 which die journalist
is daily EXPOSED. unless BE feels himself called 10
Tie task By iae highest considerations Of duty 10
his country and bis ielloW-men. Whatever may
have been nv own opinions heretofore of the good
winch Lmight 90 a. % editor I have convinced
aysaf Nat have not he ability nor the DISPOSE.
sion @ discharge adequaeiythe obligations which
tbe occupation Of re place imposes. do not be-
ileVe thar can DO mucb @ improve the world, and
Zoo nop choose h encounter longer lie opposition
enmifg AMI iiianblessness, Of those who refuse %
BE- mppyed. I have long since given up all dreams
q ambition and have survived Gle love d fame
ag nnt0reiy and shall for tie fest 81 ny days be-
content 70 earn modest livelihood by the practice
Of less public profession, apd sirve 70 live in I
-a.lp AAfa aNNN lieisfii4liilu4 Win atl men,
Whether any one shall approve or condemn the |
course which have seen ct to pursue or The rea-
sons which have given iaf it, is matter TO me Of
utter indifference. While occupying a public POI
siton have lahored faithfully to discharge. up
rightly and honoNby. public duty and az my
task was asIi-appoiuted, claim She right 20 put it
of "a pleasure
20 retiring Hom lie Crescent" I DO not part
without regret from ths gentlemen with whom
have been CONNECTED u iis establishment and pub
location. We have iabored together to give i
permanent standing and a respectable character.
Ia bolh We have succeeded, Those who have had
for aone months past, and have now, control Of les
columns, are better qualified than ever ] pretended
g pc, 10 do ll Justice 70 the paper and the public
feel aaiiered BY It's past prosperity, and leave ii
and tlem with the full assurance thai for many
years % come The paper win be among the first in
the country, and they lis prosperous and worthy
conductors. JOHN c, LARUE.
August ISL 1884,