Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-27
Mltsfcllancons.
A Word about Newspapers.
Translated from 0e French for the Ohio s,ate,mc


placed books, which have no longer an cE
ieciive existence, the pulpit, the tribune, and
In general all other means Of which rcason,
genius aud truth formerly ayailcd themselves
to impress their influence upon the greatest
number of intellects.
Its weight contemplated by the aid of
steam has crushed all these noble Instruments
reduced them to a paste, rolled them ont
from undcr its cylinder in the form of sheets,
and finally sent them forth doubled up into
Journals, daily, weekly aud periodical.
This mctamOrplosis will endure us long as
it can't is the nildir OF the fantastic old do
tard, Time. Nevertheless, within a little
while, the whole world, like the man iu the
nursery song, has douuCd uniform Of grey
paper. Some people rejoice at it, others
mourn over It rs but another phase Of mans
progress, whose good is not unmiNcd Nith
III. We are happily of these last.
Therefore il is that We protest against par
taking Of that lyric enthusiasm which chants
the germ of the social future in this trans
formation of handful of hemp, with which
they could have as easily made cord TO
hang huguenots under Charles IN, or gun
maichuuder Napoleon, aud Of which, 10 day.
they prefer 10 make journal. Tic cord aud
the gun match may return TO tlcir old mouo-
pOly-don't count too surely Oh your papers
Without denying what is good in them, we
have our reasons for misrusiing the excel.
lence and inialililiiy Of journalism.
And these rcasoHsi' We'll, newspapers
we are told, has hencciorlh pat history bo-
yond the possibility of Glsilicaion first, be-
cause without these papers il viii hereafter
be Impossible TO write history, and in the
second place, because newspapers are the
irlicst Mirror the surCst echo, the cXactcst
conntcrproof of contcnporaneous facis.--
l.
sossed by the cpocls deprived of their blnc-
ffs."
This advantage does not exist.
"Docs not exist"
No-Takc pray Jon, n contemporaneous
fact.
One day read this phrase in the journals
The Duke of Bordeaux has fallen from
his horse aud broken his leg"
Well, That was very unfortunate, said ! 10
mysell-but what is TO hc result of it? A
few months will tell mc. Ect us wait.
waited.
"Rcsults of the Duke Of Bordeaux's acci-
dent'-vcrsion Of a royalist journal:
"Lct our friends rejoice aud let thcir alarm
be entirely dispc!cd. Thanks to hia good
conslitution--to his manner Of living, aud to
The patience of -. Louis, wi,h Wlirh he
has supported tcdiun and cnuui, our P,iucc
is cured, and God he praised he viii not
limpw
30, said 10 myself tie Duke Of DurdcauN
will not limp. Let us treasure mp the re-
nenIbrancc Of this useful example of resig
nation, 10 bc used some day, if wc Should Co.
called upon TO write the history OF our tur
The affair then is scillcd--rIcrc is uoil,mc
more 10 he said about il.
deceived myScll--ile morning after Ind !,
rcceved-or ihouglt | had received the "
If, 1 H. l.
not limp, read in an extra Of Guothcr pa y
per: !.
II is bui too true That the Duke oC Bor- u
deaux, whose cure will perhaps never be ;,
complete, will limp for the rest Of his life. u
There is no longer any doubt upon this
point" u
The deuce said !, the Prince will limp !
but the other paper said not and now, which r
side shall take? My conviction must hc L
entire in this matter The fact viii occupy
such a notable place IN our history, that ! f,
must not present it us doubtful or false, when ,,
! come TO recall IL
Perhaps n radical journal mny cnlighcu =,
mc-let us try.
A radical journal Upon the Duke of Bor
dCuuX's accident:
"At the time when Industry is covering
France with net work Of iron, when the
power of steam is opening new paths upon
the ocean, when the world Of thought is
about TO burst forth into ighJ as in the siX-
teeuth century, IL is matter of small mo-
ment to our readers, we suppose, whether
the last feeble descendant of a royal race
will have one leg shorter than the other
So one paper says, "The Duke of Bor-
deaux limps," another, Gle does not limp"
aud third, "Nhat the Devil do ! care,
whether he limps or not"
L.. A 4
Happily, thought |, there exists beyond the
boundaries of these narrowed opinions
Journals sufficiently interested, not to he nl-
together indifferent, and sufficiently indillrr-
cnt always to tell us the TRUTH | ran in
search OF one.
What read in royalist journal, suflici-
emily interested not 10 br altogether iudiiltr
ent aud sufficiently indifferent always to tell
Us the ruth.
"At this day, when the Duke Of Bordeaux
is about TO leave his residence for tour To
England, il would he ridiculous to make II
mystery Of the condition in which lis inll
iion his Horse has loit him. The Prince
docs not limp; hut there remains in the limb
affected u certain stiffness which il would be
wrong to qualify otherwise"
Very well, indeed, cried I, this hae the mir )
0f ir,lih--tho Prince may drag one leg lit
ilr but in fine, he does tot limp. II con
sentative jonrna Gs moderate in ils tone as
this, shall confirm me in The same opinion, |
shall consider myself as perfectly inlonHcd
on ihs suhjcct
Andhg 80 many journals, Gcry, Gigii, fc-
rocious, benig2nnt, ligcrisb, lamb like, blonde
and hruusnc, discovered one OF II light
ehesnut color, Governmental, bat reasonable,
Ihc very one sought.
What road in this chesnut cOlored jour
nal, Goyerurantul but reasonable;
"'rhose returning from Belgrave Square,