The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-16


world that against tho mchisvou power Of calum.
MES the most efficient protection is ths freedom Of the
press and not preventive measures oondsmning human
intellect to eternal minority. address you santsnsn
the with JOY because through you have the in
valuable benefit to address the whole university Of the
great glorious and free people Of the United States
That is great word, gentlemen and yet Is II terauy
true. While eighty years ago immortal Frsnkin's own
press almost the only In the colonies now there
three thousand nswspapersin the United States
having circulation Of I've millions Of COPIES ana
amounting in their yearly circulation the prodgious
number Of nearly four and half hundred millions; every
grown man in the Union reads tina average
papers week, and hundred and Ave copies year.
nearly eighteen copies fall In the proportion to the po
pulation, to every human being in the Union, man,
woman and child. am told that the Journals Of New
York State alone exceed in number those of all the rest
Of the world beyond your great Union, and the cireu
laton Of the newspapers OF this city alone nearly ex
ceeds those Of the whole empire of Great Britain.
But there is yet one particularly remarkable fac
which cannot forbesr to mention, gentlemen boldly
declare that beyond the United States there exists
scarcely practical freedom OF the pressat least in
Europe not except perhaps Norway, Of whose condition
in that respect am not quite You know, gen.
temen how the press Is fetersd throughout the Euro
continent, for the present in France ITSELF
whose great nation by strange fate, under nomi
glorious fruits Of their great and victorious revolutions
wasting between the blasting fingers Of centralized
administrative and legislative omupotence. You
know how the independent press Of France Is
murdered by imprisonment of their editors and by
fees; you know how the present government OF
France feels unable to bear the force Of public opinion
much that in the French republic the very legitimate
shout Of " Yire Ia Repu6ique" has almost become q
crime This very sufficient to prove that
th.k.
the French nation throbs with self confidence and noble
PRIDE revolution is unavoidable necessity. 1t
is mournful view which the great French nation
presents but it is also efficient warning against the
propepsites Of Capitalization nconsstsnt with freedom
become nconsistant with government and II also
OF hope for the European continent because
knew that things In France cannot endure thus they
are We know that to become true republic Is
sity for France and thus know also that whoever
be the man. who in the approaching crisis viii be
by the confidence Of the French nation he will he must
be faithful to that grand principle of fraternity towards
the other nations which being announced BY the French
constitution to the word such encouraging
bitterly disappointed expectations through Europss op
pressed continent But is chiefly almost only Great
Britain in Europe which BOATS to have free press and
to he during my brief stay in England, joyfuly
that really there is freedom print almost An un-
omitted one, far that printed Advertisements
spread at every corner and signed by the publishers
stating thai Queen Victoria is lawful Qusen-thst she
ought o be sent to the Tower and all those who rule
ought to be hanged Men laughed, and nobody cared
about the foolish extravagancy. And yet dare
say and hope the generous people of Great Britain
will not feel offended at my stating the fact, that
there is practical freedom Of the press The
freedom Of the press, to be q practical one, must
be common benefit to sll-elss it is free
dom, but privilege. 1t is wanting two Ingredient
freedom Of printing and freedom Of reading Now there
s no freedom Of reading there because there Is pos
bity for the people at large to do Because the
circulation Of newspapers the ndisp moral food
Of human intellect is, by heavy taxation checked.
Tie press Of public revenue and by the in
cumtrsnce Of stamp and paper duties made almost mac
cessble to the poor Hence i that the newspapers in
the United States only one tenth, and in
onetwerteth tn price Of English French papers sad
bence again Is the immense difference In their ercula
son In the United States several of the daily papers
every morning reaching from thirty to forty thcrsaua
readers whereas the London Times 70 considered 10 bs
monster power because 1t has oreulation twenty
eye to thirty thop'snd copies Of Y.S told during
my sy in England that the good generous sense Of the
people has sbated Elk thousand copies in conss
quence Its foul hostility to the just and sacred
Of Hungary. Such being the condition Of your press
gentlemen, 1t must Of be high Joyful
qualification to me- to have the honor to address yon
gentlemen; because In addressing you really address
TIE whole people Of the United Statesmen only whole
people but whole intelligent people, gentlemen rh.t
is the highest praise which upon people be bestowed
ard yet Is praiss-it 10 the acknowledgement Of =
real fact The very immensely Of the circulation Of
jour journals proves TO be sobecause this immense
circulation Is not only due TO that constitutional
right Of yours 10 speak and print fsseiy Jour
opinions; It 10 not only due 10 the cheap price
which makes your press q common benefit
to ell and not privilege to ths rich-but It Is chiefly
due to the universally Of public instruction, which
enables every citizen to read II Is glorious thing TO
know int In this aourishing JOuns city alone vher.
streets Of Splendid building; proudly r. whers few
years ego the river spread s waves or the plough ,a
nearly me hundred thousand children receive public
education annually Do you know gentlemen where I
consider the most glorious monuments Of your country
IL II Be- 20 az have read Il once-it is that fact that
when In the steps Of your wandering sluatters,
your engineers 60 on to draw gconstrical lines
even In the territories whore the sound OF a human
stcr yet has mixed with the murmurs by
which virginia. nature is sdoring the Lord; in cysry
place marked 10 become q township, on every six
denth tqusre, you place q modest pole, with the
glorious mark, Popular Education stock" This Is
your proudest monument. However, be this really Oh
not in every case, in my opinion, IL Is not you
geographical situation not your material power the
bcld ensrprisns nrit Of your people which consider
to be the chief susrsx Of your country future, but
the universally Of education be'su's an intelligent
people ksvsr can consent not 10 b. nee You VIII be
always willing 20 be rss and you are sre.> ana powerful
enough to he so good o. your viii Ny humble - vefs 70
benefit my countrys cause, must address 70 the
lie opinion Of the whole intelligent pec-e Of the Unitd
states You are the mighty engineers OF this scve-
reign power upon which rest my couutsys hop,s-it
must be, therefore, highly grssDing me, to see
not isolated men, but the powerful complete Of the
great word "prss'" granting this important man
Hesitation Of generous sentiments and Of sympathy
sill address you with fear, gentlemen because you
are aware that since my arrival here had the great
honor and valuable benefit to my whole agrees
bly, occupied BY the reception Of most noble mani
feststions Of public sympathy much that 1t became