Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-30
WEEKLY. EnIpInE.
OHIO 'EDiTORfAL ASSOCIATION.
ADDRESS OB w. w. ARMsTRON ESQ.
EpIroR OF THE TIFFlN ADVERTISERS
AT sANDUsKY, WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1860.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentlemen:
At time. like this, in the very midst of one
of the great popular eXcitements unknown to
any land save ours when the storm Of politics
is sweeping madly through the land, and The
editorial fraternity, the soldiers of fortune and
of war, are engagedin thecontestfor what they
deem right when swords are leapng from their
scabbards and cleaning in thesunligh t-7-when,
clothed in armor the sentinels on the outer
walls are wakeful and vigllant, friendly gath
ering of editors rejecting every shade Of pol
itdal opinion is singular one TO say the least.
All men look forward to the good time com
ing" and the Bible speaks of the period when
the scattered tribes of men shall be gathered
together, when there shall be no more war and
no more death Can il be that we "who pull
the lever that moves the world" are now in
'augurating the period when
IA,si itf wolves shaft craze Che Verdant mead,
And boys IN howery lands the sorpents lead;
The stced and lion at one crib shall meet,
Aud harmless serpents lick the pilgrims feet.'
five have accomplished this prophesy ofthe
Poet in these pi iping days ofwar%-in these days
when our souls should be in arms and eager for
the fray, let the populace rejoice for miracle
has been wrought let the merry-makipg be
general, for strange things indeed haFe oarheto
pass. d. ~ -
Pleasantly aside and to speak seriously,
these reunions and assemblings of the frater-
nifty have been productive Of much more good
than any of us or the public realize. They
have had tendency to kindle friendship be.
tween those who were before either at enmity
or cold and distant to each other. They have
materially soltened those prejudices that we
who are antagonists in the political arena and
competitors in business naturally feel In ad.
diton to establishing good feeling among edi-
tors, they have contributed much towards fur
thering the material interests of those engaged
in publishing papers in the Buckeye State,
having inaugurated an era of fair prices in
places where before ungenerous competitions
had produced wrangling, Undertaking and
ratting-which printers commandment pro-
nounces most detestable sin, and one which
every honorable editor and practical printer
most heartily despises, ~ ~ ia
Many of us who in times past have oudgel-
led each other with epthets, neither Aatteang
nor polite have by these meetings been thrown
together, met face to face, and having become
acquainted, have mutually come TO the con
clpsion, notwithstanding our previously con.
ceived opinions, that we have some streaks Of
"fat matter in our composition, and that il
was the height of nonsense because we had
political differences, to regard each other with
ihe same acrimony that we would personal
enemies rs Y ,yba had done us a deadly WRONG.
/ am sotisGod from INV own observation and
belieye that INV statements will accord with
the observations Of every editor present thai
these e' meetings have induced in the country
press such q moderation, so far as regards the
eschewing of personalities, and the ignoring
tbe Editorial Association was formed IA has
Jone ,nnch indeed 10 elevate The standard ol
eSitoriaI etiauette and for myself + hone
tbat he Assnciation NAV never eease 10 ex,ai
~ bo d;sbandcd even ,Lougb the nrnss of the
Ia,aost oitv r;,l;n he honndories ~ onr own
Sac IN itS egotism and selcimnortapco, TO-
,o~so nore and M 10 sneer at ,be AssociaiopY and In
"nie ;ts ob;ects and motives A Ci6cinnati
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~d aa1IaSsated e,r ;ts nersonai ahnsol NJ mc,
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