Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-30
49,. 'Senbnel that guards the wall
oi l public slgety, and the peallpg drum

7 That sounds the roveille when dangers comeD
! For its aid the machinery Of heaven Is in
voked and employed to communicate by the
aid OF the telegraph; for il the oceansteamer
roars and ploughs from every point of the
storm-tossed main; for it special trains are
started upon the railways heet track for it
art strength, enterprise and unequalled intel
llgence are ~ work from early dawn to early
dawn The eye of the Press is universal Il
daily turns the globe upon its axis, and scans
every portion Of it for its news nothing is
too high TO escape its stern Investigation
nothing too trivial to escape its penetrating
GLANCE. Trade, commerce, science, literature,
art, are tributary TO aud dependent upon it,
and its flag carries emblazoned upon il, Prog-
ress. It's the guardian of the people rights
--the terror of corruptionsists, and the annihi-
lator of tyrantsl With free press, unfetter-
ed and untrammelled, we have no fears but
the voice of the people, for whom II speaks
and whose pulse II daily feels, will always be
heard aud respected. Ever patriotic, the press
is for the Union and though Congressmen
and Senators, demagogues and politicians.
may croak of the midnight which they profess
to see darkening oyer our Republic, we have
no fears, for the fat Of the Press-'Is the
Union foreyerno Let the first blow which
would lead TO dissolution Of this Confederapy
be struck, and an united press ,wepld beat the
war drum and sound the tocsin Of alarm, that
would bring to the rescue, millions, who, per-
haps, unframed in the art Of soldiery, would,
from the humblest private in the ranks, with
musket, in his hands 10 the commanding Off
Ger, with plumes danCingin the wind be ready
to do and dare, anything in defense Of tbiscil;
adel, of human Liberty Aye a, united press
would stamp the irontraIh On the brazen heads
country far beyond that of demagogues and
aspirants In this day when the political ele-
ments are in such fierce agitation and dema-
gogues, either for political purposes, or urged
on by excited imaginations, proclaim their
fears of the wreck of free institutions, the
PREss--thank heaven lis boldly lashing them
into quietude, and politicians and demagogpes
had better attempt to walk through helGfre
unsoathed--- to setat defiance the power Of
the Press, which has Its eur on the heart Of
the mighty peoplel
No political earthquake can ever shake the
great temple Of our Liberty and free institu-
tions into ruins, without the aid of the mighty
engine when alone can work revolution No
man, were he possessed of the genius of an
Appollo, the powers Of Mars, on the tact and
daring ofan earthly Napoleon, could tear one
star from cur flag without the aid of the
Press Its aid conspirators can never have
It-not the politicians or party--is the
guardian Of the Constitution. L--not trick
sters or aspii ants, s,--csrries the flag of the I'm
ion. The sunbeams kiss its waving folds, and
ms the glad winds play around it, as the Press
carries it fondly aloft, 1--we see in its graceful
undulatons, the unerring promise of glori-
Gus future--Ofa "Union of States-of I'm
ion Of hands '-undying and imperishable, b
In conclusion, let me say that every person
connected with the Press Of the oountry---no
matter how high his station or humble his
sphere--should feel heavily the weight Of re,
sponsibility that rest upon him, and before he
pens a line or publishes thought weigh, it
we'll. Indeed, 80 act, that when you are cal.
led upon to take yOun place in thht ipnumera-
BILE caravan that moves on towards tho silent
halls of death-when called before the Great
Proof Reader of the Uniyerse---who will, re-
view our matter, we can feel consciousness
that we have not left one line which, dying, we
would wish to blot, aud that our rFoofu has
no doublets, outs, or gross and uniorgiyab'e
errors NJ s fosl 9lI a..ifif