New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-28
. rNDETORTAT. LIFE.

# One of The subjects frequently alluded ~ pus ~
knownof great importance, and of some niousn
not sufficient esteem is that one with Yhcil w WY
prefaced these remark the lite EDITOR
In 4 country like oall own, the neWspap Is,
1erhaps the most emnip ans u ~
agencies where IL stands as preacher clronlcler
friend pot agent, king, and judg rewarding
MT rood. furnishing he bad encouraging progress,
md tie path and the goal Of that progress
t has tle highest crown Of any in the royal con-
rass of labor. That it is without reproaeh no one
win assert There are bad men, who subvertit to 4
the lowest purposes ambitious men, who direct
ii To- mere political pecuniary objects; insane
men, who direct ii towards what is impracticable
and unattaitahle is well to what is undesirable.
But the rule, by the verdict of that great jury
which comprises onr whole country and all Of our
country I'VE, even by the world at large-has
been endorsed so that now it is honorable, as well
responsible and Influential as it is powerful The
very men who transform from its true ntens, and
wrench it into pay The homage vice must ever
render virtue, in sofdoing.
Il If an individual has made d grand discovery 10 !
mechanics in philosophy II other department
of learning, what IS his step but to secure the
hercuean agencyof the press &c q grand deed has
been accomplished, Oh d high Thought eyoiy
progress has been made il any department soeKef'
from abstract philosophy " patent - ttffe7-the
world knows that The dscovererl content with
his laurels unless they are placed upon ms brow BY
NJ the press. It Isl ii zonr grand human democracy
Nemesis to the sinner but Minerva with all her glo
RES the good and agreat stay and solace TO the
suffering.
w hat an illimtable field Of labor Is opened to it
and with how much zeal how much ability honesty
j. =
yitfloat Ices it march on towards the mark
III HI hig calling panoplied all
steel whose progress nopower may prevent. There
suffering in the WY those BY whom it Is served
and weary i'll their everlasting work. to which
that Of Sisyphns was but prologue and admiration
There Is more than weakened nerves, weared brain
and Of all the physical agencies for a
thousand lions and dogs and hyenas lie his path,
watching the Zimmerman as he marches ready atall
times r. besnlear his golden standard though they
may not iace his trenchant faIehion. There is the
intending Brestle with the world, in all the mental
shapes in which itcan be presented, and
with those shapes subdivided into personal and an
tagonstic ones. Friends must DE defended TO the
death, though their thanks are more than they will
repay for the labor Foes must be fought, who win
come to the encounter, armed with every weapon to
ended does the heroiighter lie down TO repose and
rest2 New labors and other contests are waiting his
taxed powers, He turns only meet fresh foe,
as bitter afeld as the former who mnst be hurled
down by his because The good, easy world,
knows that can do it, and gives no quarter if he
yields once where has conquered thousand times.
nd more is demanded tile more Is done a piece
of erroneous chronicing of one
n mans given name, or IF one horses best time
3 inference which, for want Of exact knowledge con-
corning all the premises happens to be wrong is
visited with and severe censllre The impos
sbity of perfection below is forgotten and the Editor
il expected comprehend all the virtues, all the
E graees all the heroisn and all the goodness Of the
world. thousand merciless celsors sit around with
jagged sticks to torture him for the slightest failure
So onward ever toing, learning, striving and
seeking to improve himself and others, the Editor
goes; crowded hard by opportunities always some
times slipping, leaping manfully to the front again
and marching resolutey, flag and sword in hand into
the coffin. And as the clods rattle ever him, the
world says Another Editor n dead-a decent fel
loW--wonder who III take his place!" Wonderaway
Who can fill the vacant seat? Not syou-nor yor
III you nbnd, uncharitable, ungenerous, OF
whom his life has been bestowed. For the true Ed
tor the thing Of aday, but one who has beer
taught BY time by thought, by bitter pain and expe
rence and the cFucib1e through which such go iss
severe, that many perish in it where one liYes-t
III de-