Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03
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= The ross-Pregrcss-0 City.
A mighty engine ofpower IL the Press The human
intellect In all ts heayensoarng aspirations never
demand from the creator Of thought more inestima
6e gin. BY its benign influence world has emerged
from benighted hesthenism and wicked superstition.
TO unparalleled wisdom and intelligence. 1t has been
the precursor 10 the annihilaou Of space by
instrument BY which the lightning has learned IL let
ters-and the prolific source from which has sprung
nation Of sovereigns
Nonarchs fear the thunderings Of the dumb Press
more than the cannonading Of Q victorious enemy.
They can rest perfectly secure from internal disturb
ances and connections long q their people remain
ignorant and uneducated, but smugge into the midst
Of their obedent subjects the printing press an foam
ing and painting for war, and II win cause shudder-
Ing tEemor 80 terrific - to shake the very foundation
dust both throne and encumbent
The Press is mighty thinker, and antocrats detest
thought worse than war or pestilence. It b moral
impossbility for thinking people 70 Be governed by
the win Of single individual Thought leads 10 the
cherishing Of democratic uripciples - estimatev n
ignorance sustains tyranny The Press and the
Yankee are Of like temperament and disposition
neither win sneak unless thew are free. Restraiped.
they humble forth unmeanine parodies and tortured
synchyses. but the ratinr Of the chains that bind
them win be heard and felt when the last sound Of
their harsh argon shall have been lost in the shattered
and diseased brain Of the mercilesstyr.nt.
FREspox and Lrprrrr mus have been the potep-
tia vstchwors that held entr.nced the mind that Was
.ustumental In usherno into existence the nrintino
press. And the same eenius that breathed into the
virgin ore the breath Of lie and caused the cold nau
innate steel TO sneak in voice louder than ten thou.
sand thunders sent firth upon the ocean az time thu
nonderona trntb th.t man vas . nroure..ive t.;no.
\ The PRxzs and PaooRrss are twins. Conceived bv
Ithe same immortal mind nurtured and cherished by
tho same intelligent peoule. thew have none forth
hand n hand ana even in t,,eir .vad6,;nr c,oahes
ereted thrones and emn;res and demol,.,ed diam sor
mer. snort touether thew have entered Via nm
broken wilderness and created nation which for intes
IiOence and w;sdom IN. newer urresaed bv countr,s.
Whose are IA reckoned bv thou.ans Of yea: together.
thew have bated against ignorance and its attendant
hartari m. and demo,ishinr the P,e,u's idols buit
churches and school houses upon their ruins
Go to what part of the habitable globe you plea e
and II you find the Press, there viii you find progress
written by the unerng finger Of nature in the very in
yigorating atmosphere which surrounds you You In.
hale 1t at every breathe. and soon you become part
and parcel Of progress ITSELF
II il the province Of the Press TO hew the wsy-to
sisoia.ae light, and then progress comes bounding
along astnde the first ray Of the sum- and like IN
angel of light Eliminates the path Of desponding thou
sands, and points out to them higher and nobler .
destiny,
As powerful is the influence Of the press for good
when welded by skilfal and experienced hand son the
side of right and Justice yet far more powerful for
evil when its influence is brought bear against the
inculcation Of those cardinal virtues.
We tins perceive how infinitely essential The press
"a nations greatness and vet how dangerous 70 it,
wellbeine Make people great, renowned and glor
rioss. and then food their country with literature
distinguished for is demorazing and deprayed teach
ings and you commit an offence against the Divine stat
utes, which above all others Is unpardooabe. Better
have permitted ignorance, superstition and barbarian
{, reign triumphant than to hur them aside only 10
give way to vice. sensuslty and hypocrisy.
In NO country ia the Press less unbridled ana unre.
strained thanin ourown. Indeed the FassDox OF rHr
pavss 10 o,r ark Al saletyouro oontrys Gibr,ltsra
rock which Of itsef forms an impepetrsble buwark,
reah,no ftom the Atlantic n the Pacific. and AFFORD.
inc protetou 20 aeonre that The combined armies OF
the vho,e World can not avail aosinst II
Co.. ,n,.,o,.. h.v. r.,.r.,. .,,.eu "a o.r minds
.,hn. .o.,sr.r,.t;r, The .,ls,.su..rt ~ oor Htse