New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-16

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T1e,e,, too.t wa. 4" The Clergy OF New-E England,
n kody of men second 70 none other n ue'olloh o.
courace 4 very learned and eeleers,ed oer.',.agc
wa; eslla iipo 70 T T, no than Henry
Ward Beecfer. Blu; what did lie say about them
Nothing atall He too, went down among Ille S.So
men, leaving the living altogether, TO speak OF me
clercy some two centuries back. have no dou3s
tha. L he had had the Army and Navy, be WOMB
have rif,d history for sharp illustrations OF It's vao
and patriotism. Laughter and cheers imI ,oa'ta
Of this habit Of avoiding tuasts-iechnleai toas's
by corresponding technical men-is TO be ionnI
in the feeling of native modesty-the horror oi
Observation-Disclosures gnhcaiion OF once.
Gentlemen hope there is sufficient dlsconne.Iloh 10
nv remarks to prove agreeable; for II there Is any
thing that % hate social occasions, II - Slce-
roman Grafton. with its exordium argument and pc
rora,ion. reminded by the nature OF TINS ga'her
ing tina, il j. a conventional cOmlng-together-an
that very important fact; for can remember me
time when here was convention IN this country
except political convention. But, with the progress
Of self.goyernment, with the o1i"orths OF ulan III
his political capacity. by which be finds out ina, the
men who do his work public servants AM no,
public masters, every year he evolves more ana
more the principles Of selicovernment he regulates
his own business in his way What l. done under
the despotisms of Europe by the genius OF redtape.
i,-the art How Not TO Do (which calls INTO play
expenditure of public money and the creation Oh
hereditary Offices.
themselves and il is absolutely necessary that there
should be these conventions because every year adds
10 this principle and practice OF seli-reguatlon-the
more necessary beeau.e we are spread over 50 we IN
town. We live in solitude of strange faces. So help
me- know nobody There are too many 10 be acquaint
ed with. We are Ike the Esqumaux in London, who
said, Z" Too much house, too much people, too much
everything" Now, if there be not some labor
saving machinery ike this Society You will not know
who is who, and what is what, and you can
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| of cohesion and diffusion. You stand here as
| one man. You stand here az an lndiylduated,
concentrated, and.perspcuous force hope We got
| in adiectives enough Now, don't know that /
should say ANYTHING about hardware except that my
friend Mr.. Hoe has made out bill OF $4,000 this
wear for a new great TRIBUNE seam-press and can
| speak ieelingly on that topic We ought to have
great sympathy with hardware Our press Il OF iron,
| and our types are of metal. We are iron men a.
well a. YOU and We have great deal OF hard wear
! and tear. Laughter and applause Now, ask you
| do you want TO say anything about the Press
| If am to talk about the Press shall contrary To
| the usual custom stick to the subject-natter; and
not 10 please my reverend friends discuss the I'M
mortality of the SOUL or, TO please his Honor there,
| speak of the price of putty fGreat laughter.l
Mayor TIEMANS-lll give you as much US you want
OF that without price.
MFR, FRY-I am reminded of the Press more than by
ANYTHING else here through the presence OF the re-
perters have never been at puoIlc meeting OF al
public entertainment where the claims, or should
rather say, the dignities of the profession .,
| these gentlemen, were ever mentlonneu, ei, ani
| in the proceedings the speeches. ana
there i no man in this country who has any reputation
ont of his own city clergyman, or out OF his own
county as politician who does not owe oil his pub
| lie eminence and all his higher advantages TO that
MAGNIFICENT art which seizes the volan idea and hurts
it palpitatng on the paper Loud applause three
cheers for the reporters. Notwithstanding all that is
said about this being the age OF invention and analysis
still think that some of the greatest things in this eoun
try need historian; and some Of the greatest men
this country has produced have not their biographies
speak of individuals and of professions. Such would
NOT be the case had they had stenographer, dis
eliminating plain dealing journal to speak truthfuy OF
them There could be no highest civilization with
out that very stenographic art; and now word in
regard TO the press, which am happy to see has
place Of honor on this occasion.
Generally il is put down No ID on the toast list
when the glasses upset and the plates are licked
dry, and the company are boozy, and every, po.
whatever statesman-a Clay, Webster, or Calhoun
then comes in &c the Press -; and it is answered
by ghastly smile and an astlmatic cheer
by the gentlemen who everything to the men down
respect rcsr the press awe do 81 No, you don't.
You pay the same money that you give for common
cigar for frs-class newspaper. You take all the
hardware have mentioned and all that stenographlc
art and greater division of labor than any other
profession has and you pat the paper and is all
prepared within II hours; the authorities are all read
before Congress is first fully discussed by the press of
New York You pay two cents for that say you are
not liberal toward. the press for you give only the
same for the printed paper that the blank sheet costs
before any OF this mental and mechanical skill and
labor il bestowed on il. Sensation. II you are
paid for your pots and pans steam-engnes and cast
iron in that way you would all 60 to the Aims House
IL is another thing which pays for the paper-a
miserable sort of poutice-the advertisements. The
| press is a thing which will be honorable, illus
iratiye and representative, just in proportion as 1t
il put beyond temptation. The character OF the
| press Of this country has exactly advanced In
20 far it has been able TO cut loose from party
citation and government and throw itself on the uni
versa public in the same way as the lterati OF
England are elevated and independent since they
have ceased TO look to special arstocratle sup
| port, and degrade themselves with slaverlng ded
cations TO noble patrons upon their tte-pages. Lite
nature then wanted that strength and breadth which
ha. now: for there better writer's the Press
| now than there ever were. There are mutudes Of
Addisons and Goldsmhs for elegance of style. Those
| things are so plenty that they TO be par
| ticuiarly regarded The reason the Press has ad
| vanced is, because even with the beggarly sub
| .cription pay il now gets, Il Is IN some sense
| able to speak the truth. If you want man
20 be great, and generous, and ouspOken, you must
make him free frst. Show man with all the
meanness and yileness that be accumulated on
humanity and will show you slave first, whatever
lie may be afterward. The Press at last has assumed
a place in the community. Ii has, rs ! remarked,
division of labor, which gives II all the force OF the
| best book without ponderous duness- There are
twenty historians apiece on every great daily paper
TO represent the technical thing. You have the man
who understands Kansas to write about Kansas the
man who understands bulls and bears in Wall street
| to write about them; and the who understands
the bulls in the cattle market 10 write about them.
Laughter and cheers.l Considering how false the
writing about men in books, should respect the
bold treatment they get nhe daily press Biography
is generally history with its brains knocked out. |
went lately 10 hear a lecture Washington. |
heard nothing Characteristic about him. Washington
was good good fellow; heeoud drink his glass
of Madeira and he fogged his negroes heartily, when
they did not behave themselves lSensation Igoinor