Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-07-28
THE EDITOR.

abused class, known as editors.-
As a contemporary truly remarks,
he may be the responsible the
foreign, The literary local the
commercial lin either depart
,rlent he is the subject of lauda-
tion, abuse, trials, and triumphs.
lie must have a ready pen, re-
,narkable versatility of knowledge,
correct Judgment, and consider
:-ble nerve. If You intrude upon
li,n. You will discover him writing,
reading. scis>oring. He will talk,
Tut his pen does not stop; he srat-
tiers the ink; he fumbles over the
books; he hants among neWspa-
pers: lie grows savage in 'leader,
IT ne Is learned in a review Pol
iticians want to buy him; needy
artists ask his favorable notise;
Inventors lave models to show
him; some want to thank him
others desire to shoot him. Heis
addressed upon more subjects TIM
II was ever intended single mi d
should comprehend; and, while is
Journal Is called by some 'infu0-
-ial. valuable etc, there are thee
Who bluntly pronounce it 'scuIl-
lous. and poor Swimming Jpn
floods of excitement, battling, CHI
ting, arguing, consenting, exaltig
friends and crushing foes, thinking,
working, Is the sum and substane
of al editors career. At hon
he writes with his wife at his {
low, and his child on his knee; /
1he streets, he weaves ont thoe
ideas which, in few hours, wi
.tartle the men who now jost-
and crowd him; in his <anctum, J.
NakeS ready rhunderbolts, moul-
cd with a pen, but more poWerfl
than any ever hurled from Jov
lie delivers lectures; be Is a pol
tician: he holds office; he Is a ira
eler; he gives Il verdict upon ma
uscripts whi,h are more preclol
answer to nof their eye to a.
It :: he helps on the
.olsters the drama; he
" y the poor; he Snubs the
he conciliates, he defieS; be
lse5 nations. he dethrones
Is; he is the guardian Of liberty,
- | omnipotent.
I p in garrets in out-of-the way
pf;aces-which are sometimes fur
nished like parlor, sometimes
worse than pig pen-is his sanc-
t11a .sanct0rRm, the holy of ho-
lies Are YOU partial to frowns:
y, YOU wish to hear a erowl!-
Disregard the notices of Editor
Room, Private No Admittance,
IL cutcr the den; You observe the
contracting brow; You do not
know whether you are saluted or
in<1Ilted; You propose to speak,
aud Your legs incline YOU to run
sway: ahead lifts itself; a worn pen
linked fingers point You to "A
se.t, which it takes you an instant
- reach, but, ere You have done
- the monster has his clutches 50
deeply in an Idea, that he has for
cotten Your existence. There von
-; You try to count the pyramids
Of newspapers, and wonder il, to
be an editor. is necessary to be a
savage. You see books and mes
but YOU would as soon NEEDLE
with the cub Of bear as an
thing in which the wild animI
'.eforc you has an interest. Dele.
cations of devils from the print
ing Office, come for copy and ;
great many things going on whicl
are strange to you. Other gentry
come in, who rlance contemptu
ously at yourself. They seat them
selves and you hear nothing bu
scratch, scratch, with gold pens
steel pens, and goose quilts. the,
pull at their whiskers, they clea
their Threats; they look up at tn,
ceiling; they help each other whel
.heir ideasr run aground; they writ,
and rewrite; they expunge, amend
they become cheerful, if their pro
Hctions please them, and crutty
If they do not. Now, remembe
that this mental toll must 90 OIL
by day and by night, when tn
head is dizzy with sickness, an,