The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
"A Morning Without a Paper

II mOIiuu VltHOut d dpefs
We could almost find it in our hearts to
"pick crow" with our Sunday morning
contemporary, the "Wide West,' for "ta-
king the wind out of our sails" when its
editors penned that very clever article en-
titled GA Morning Without Paper -
We had experienced the same loss of
which they complain, and in the plent:-
tude of our loneliness, on the morning OF
the fifth of July, made an insertion on our
tablets, of a heading for an article some
what similar to that in which we have un-
fortunately been anticipated Flattering
ourselves even at this late day, however,
that the field has not been entirely occu-
pied, We shall express few of the tho'ts
to which the occasion gave rise
Whatever may be said of the Ameri-
cans In connection with their desire 10
make money, it cannot be denied that
they are reading people The gigantic
enterprises in which they engage, are not
always dictated by mercenary motives
II is q portion of their nationality to be
enterprising, adventurous, industrious and
indomitable In the same degree that
they prosper, SO are they liberal Ifthey
make freely, they spend freely When
mountain stands on their path, instead of
gazing upon it with horror, or reposing
quietly at It's base, to reflect upon the pos
sibility of its removal, they boldly assail it,
and hev it down If city is to be built,
they build it, and when it is destroyed by
fire or food, they build it again With
! them "there is no such word as fail
And why is it that the American people
are 80 great IN all that constitutes the
mighty elements of empire and knowledge;
1t IS because of the superior intelligence Of
the masses--because education is diffused
into every rami6cation of ofsociety-
they ore q reaasng people; who, taking
advantage of every newly originated tho't
which is presented, reflect upon it, turn it
over in their minds, and act, fearlessly,
energetically and Immediately upon the
suggestions which it contains The reflex
of one intellect becomes the sustenance
and ambition of another A bold truth is
seized upon, investigated, amplifed, per
fected. -onward-upward, il
the motto! Science is stimulated by the
teaching--art dourishes under its genial
touch-commerce thrives upon its benefits,
and the world at large profits by the ir-
resistible force which mind exercises over
matter.
The germ of such triumphs does not
grow in books 1t is not gathered from
the sophistries of untrled and speculative
theories, Its economy has practical ba-
Sis. The daily experience of men and Of
n a0r,,r,o r.
in the spirit of the times, and enforced by
that grand palladium of fhberty of progress
and of enlightenment, the newspaper
The merchant, the mechanic, the farmer,
the professional man--all resort to this
powerful source to seek it If the senti-
ment promulgated be false, they are fore
armed in having an argument to combat
it. Ifit be correct, they can improve up
on it. 1t is theirs-it is every one's-and
the world at large has the advantage ofits
teachings
What would the reading man do with
out the daily press? Let him for mo-
ment reflect upon the mdrning of the fifth
of July. He inquired for his paper; but
there was no such thing 10 be found Did
he relish his breakfast without it, or did
he not, during the whole of that day, feel
as if there was something that he had
lost, and could not replace-somethine
that was essential to his entire comfort
and when the evening dailies made their
appearance, how eagerly he seized upon
them and devoured their contents, as if
his very happiness depended upon the re
suit.
These were our sensations, and we pro-
fess not to be more refined or intelligent
than our neighbors. We had heard the
marshal music of the day previous We
beheld the soldiers, in which we felt so
much pride, for we thought of the day, and
the past history of our country's glory
We had seen the gallant fremen parading
the streets, exulting in their strength, the
perfection of their display These were
sources of pride. But they satisfied the
eye only. The mind asked for its daily
allowance, and would not cease its yearn-
ings. Then the thought occurred to us,
how beautifully true was the immortal Ian
guage of Bulwer, &c Beneath the rule o.
man entirely great, the pen is mightier
than the sword'
The newspaper, like the. virtues of a
good man, may not be entirely appreciated
until its loss is felt Every enc is then
prepared to acknowledge that it would be
impossible to live nationally withoutit- Sun
WOMEN AND CoMFoET.-A friend, wri-
ting from Australia, says that society *
proUinp wild and that %no.b; l..