Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-08-28
Judging tAe charastor Of Editors.


Many roles have been laid down ii
books for Judging III. conduct antl ehsrac
t4r Of men, "a we. as 10 fore.Ail their for
t1nes--th~r future gaod and had luck, &c
his walk, beads IA interer ting article wiIiel
lately appeared in the newspapers. Ger
ain rules have Mao been given for telling
the occupation Of every stranger we meet
and so perfect has baconIe the method o
reading ones houghts that It's dang erou'
10 think evil, lest the world knew it. W.
Are told ls ughiHg man is moi dangerous
and seldom, has many had metres; ,ha
the man viii, down look. his hat dranf
over bis syes, ia a sneak and traitor. anc
ana that fat man gives himself liitlt
trouble about his neighbors and less abon
himself, only 80 that he is not pushed by
hunger. Bat, no notice has been taksr
OF peculiar class of MN, raised up with
IN the rfesen, century and destined for
n ,nigi,sy race NTH statesmen and Iii
vi,,c,--~e mean, Editors. Said an English
lord lately; "'Parliamenfs, Congresses and
Ecclesiastical Councils have easy work in
applying laws snd governing mankind,
E,r editors hare taken TO such business; the
Jt~es in Europe and Tribune in Amer
ca invent wba, is new in The science of fIee
government, with ali the arguments in
supper, ,hereof-leasing nothing for the
statesman 10 do but act upon their wise
sIgg0stions.n This puts the editor at the
hslgp of slate, and his character and con,
duGl are therefore matters of some interest
Il is Singular thai SO many rulea have been
given for reading the intenls of all classes
81 spsn bus the editorial; that he alone i.
without b9ok mob even a column arti-
ele has beer devoted TO his fate. Will
nst some friend writa paragraph an ed
s,ars, designed TO show them up individu
%lly, Snsi giving their rise, purpose and
sle.iise-as Gilbon did tas Cesals in hi,
Dewnfa!l
As ws oEsn our exchanges, one By one
and run oar eyes owe, column after column
tegiNuirg with The editorial leader, thence
through he LEGAL columns and finishing
with the miscellaneous Oh the first page
Ne always try through imagination to keen
the editors face in full view. We can,
sec him-oniy his thoughts and designs
as We read the sparks fl,ing from his igni-
ted soul, the conceanents Of his real be-
liets, the pain-deaiiog thoughts and de,
aires and the apxieties about the welfare OF
bis nsigheors and friends; how he covers
Up the errors Of his party and exposes th.
opposite, and ho~ he invsnts apologize
and filings wrath. We read the angular.
acknowledgements .drous- the soft, crab
like, fearing e}ournal-the wide-awakt
and ea,ly-in market Potriot, every one
with suspicious and all with doubts as Ia
what they mean. Again, the msglieuan,,
solteful hnsker etlitor-how he hates these
reforms, particularly when humsnity, lib
erty and the idea that man is man be.
cause God made him such, are under con-
81 'eratien. Next paper wa open. there
's the round, earnest face, vide benevo.
lence, living regards for ail that s noble
AMI good, an eye 10 see much good even
In President Buchanan and thinks the dew
u means we'll over kali the time. Then
comes the editor filed with town lots and
speeuiating projects. can see ne, good in
anything unless it pays; he is generally in
market for what be will bring. In. IL.
the frelickng, tske-ihe-world easy editor;
swells on what is funny and avoids th,uk
ing aud metaphysics. Other class might
ee enumerated,as the bigot,t union saver
and coward, the adnirer of small and fan.
ey matters, aud the anomalous Annla,on
Crescent, bnt they are rather combine.
lions of The classes described or hxh,;ss
than distinct species
g Geo. N. II. Day, formerly of Soma