The Kanzas news., 1858-12-11
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There are. comparatively few who fully
feomprehsnd how important ! portion of the
machinery. of society the press has come e
be- It IS the great and almost sole fnstra-
mentality by which the people are brought
into acquaintance with important public
ideas, leading aud Representative men, the
wide variety of Institutions. broadly reach
ing propositions and p rejects, and almost
| iimitless scope of public motives and move
ments.s The press builds UP aud It pulls
down Now the leader of the popular mind,
and now its voice aud exposition, It IS the
grand agent by which the mind is classified,
thrown into masses, fused, and brought to
bear upon gwen points of political, social
and religious policy: Not an institution
springs into birth that does not tsx It's friend
fiy services. Nos movement Is originated
/ that does not rely upon 1t for its motive
force IT. IN effect, Enough Indirectly, makes
governors, members Of Congress, Presi-
dents, and all public officers elected by the
people, and it unfiakes them. There are
none so self-suffcient as TO decline its aid In
the accomplishment of their objects, wheth-
er these objects be personal orpubhc. The
author succeeds or falls as the press praises
Eor danns him. The politician wins or loses
as the press supports or deserts him. Ar
bitter and servant, lord and laborer, leader,
companion and follower of the people, is to-
day, and it is growing enphatically more
and more SO every day, the life and power
of all popular movements whatsoever.
Now it is proper TO enquire what honor
is popularity accorded tolthe press ;? How
do leaders and people show their oapprecis-
ton of the agency which not only gives
them daily. Intellectual food, but moves them
to the intelligent decision of the great ques-
tions submitted to them g Perhaps nothing
exhibits the estimation In which the press is
held by public men better than the subordi-
nate place accorded to it on nearly all occa-
sions. Men who are indebted to the press
for their positions and for all that they are,
dignitaries who are the creations of the
press. representatives. Of. institutions hold
ing subordinate rank in the affairs of soci-
ed before the press. The, fifteenth tossed
respectable by reporting them, and save
public regulations by suppressing nonsense
and. substituting respectable for exeoFable
grammar. - ~
There is a class of gentlemen associated
with all live newspapers, who, though they
may not be regarded with contempt by the
public, are still far from having the honor
able position which of right belongs to
them. He may be dined and petted in GER
tain circles for certain purposes or what is
better still, in. many instances for his re-
spectacle talents and position and personal
worth. But who thinks of hornering the
reporter? Many time have we seen him
regarded IS mousing eaves-dropper, amed-
dler with other peoples business, a bother,
a plague, when those that condemn him are
entirely dependent upon him for their en-
terprise; the people themselves relying up
on him for their information touching the
progress of events There is probably no
man in the community who works SO hard,
night and day, is subject to so many vicisi-
tudes, and is so important as the only pub
lie voice of the living facts, as the reporter,
yet the owner of a fast horse, of an unusu-
al bull, or a pretty title, receives greater
consideration always. More honor and at
tention, say we, to these faithful laborers,
philosophical fellows who chronicle for mil
lions the acts, and paint for the world the
facts, of the passing To-Day. The
keenest observers and the shteWdest readers
of character America possesses are among
the reporters of the daily press. There is
no such ordeal for public speaker in this
country as that little band Of scribblers
who speed his speech before the world
There is no sett of men in the land who
take public mans gauge" so rapidly as
they. .-IsT3 - -
In our opinion the time has fully come
that the press as an institution, and those
ghon control it and contribute tosit, as men,
should exact the tFib6teeof honor due them.
Every year the press makes greater and still
greater demands for talent and acquisition,
familiarity with the, broadlIange of subjects
that interest. the public mind, on the part
those ofwho manage the press. Millions re-
ly upon it for their sole reading 1t has lift
ed itself out of the hands of petty politicians
and political eliquess and beeomea powerful
independent agency in the eiyilization of the
age. It is time therefore that the, press,
renewed and reyiyi6ed. and relieved of these
seryile associations. should stand where it
belongs, among the foremost Of institutions
everywhere. aud its representatives placed
where they belong, among those men who
labor and think fer their age. There is no
IoverweeHihg vanity in sbis. 1t is matter
Involving dignifed self respect. and com
mon propriety and justice; and any news
psper man eonsenting good naturediy to, De
used for the purpose OF great men or smaHs
and then good Baturedly 20 receive their
kicks, curses and slights. Is unworthy of
his position and association. rs SpTssz field
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SERIOUS ODp1rY.-As Presiding Elder in
Walker Co., Ala, wssF exzaiRing IN apph-
cant for preaching license-ensi who felt
ambitious at 'splaining and 'spounding the
Scriptures :. '.:Brother,9 said our friend.
the. Presiding Elder, it'tare you > Unitarian
70 After stu lying Misunderstanding in an
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