Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-06-28


III pen net ia 7elin wi ose reisit was dipped
in gall, 81
He lovsd his brother editors and was bel. we'd By
all
He saw the public was not served BY petty, dirty
strife,
And to exait the Press, Ills ail.l-the toueh.tone
His paper was model sheet from slightest faults
was clear,
No horri murders stared in eap,-ncr ISLANDERS
IN BREWER;
Ne scandal Inongcrs found their feed within it
dainty io!d-
But Truth and Love, as pictures fair, upon
page Ofgold.
And had Archimides returned to seek his levers
rest,
Thy would have led him to ! e room where
such sheet pressed,
And bid him there behold the power that moves
A force As strong as that which holds the planets
IN their course.
Thus lived he to ripe old age. ua-i at last came
De tn,
With life run wholly ''out of sorts, and stopped
his tieeting breath,
The worn ont case :" now food for worms back
to tue dust given
Religion lockein the spirits form 10 JUST y"
in Heaven
At length the troubled slumber broke-alas,
for idle dreams
Alas, that Fancy ever paints what most unreal
seems:
| lie woke to know the Coming Day was far adoan
Times stream,
Bat turning to his task again, he blessed the
| pleasant dream.
My brothers let rs not forget within the festive hall
10 i'll bumper for the brave who heed their
| country's call;
Who would be with us here to-day, but for the
And who, Col Shield them from ali harm. will
bear our flag on high.
Thank God, no rccreant heart with us dictates a
! rebels pen;
We stand band of loyalst5 and claim the need
We know no party bat the right, our country and
For these our lives shall be laid down, orr blood
| shall stain the sod.
We hang the starry banner out, the good old Flag
of yore,
It's been our standard here at home and on the
foreign shore;
shield,
And they did stain il with their blood ou many
well fought field.
No grander life can freemon leqd-no nobler
death can die
Than where the glory of thy stripes streams up
toward the sky.
| At Trenton, Yorktown, Branlywine and there
| at Lundy's Lane,
| Thou vert endeared foroYermore by blessings oil
the slain
Hallowed by deeds of sainted sres ana blessed by
woman's love,
Baptsed by heroes sacr ed blood whose souls now
| rest above
The Egis Of our Nations hope, our children's
chidren's shield,
No traitors grasp shall haul thee down nor drag
| thee from the field.
Palsied the hand that lifts towards thee the rebel:
murderous stroke,
| Dumb be the peTjured, lying tongue that 'gains
| thy virtue spoke,
Cursed be the fratricidal wretch who would thy
glory mar,
Who'd blot the azure of the field or dim its either
star
0, banner # the patriot dead Flag of the brave
| and free
Float thou forever on the land forever on thu
| sea;
Whereer son of freedom hreathes,- there lif
| thy folds on high !;
| Whereer the light shoots from thy Stars, there
tyranny shall die
THURSDAY MORNING, o'clock
Convention was called to order by the
President and proceeded to the considera
ton Of the report of the business Com
mittee, which, after several amendments
was adopted as follows:
REPORT OF THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE.
Resolved, That we re affirm the action and re-
6
same declare, That, approaching the import.
ance OF the Press, in all undertakings affecting
the moral and political progress of society, it is
the duty Of those having it in charge, to aim at
purity of thought and expression:
That countenance will not be G ven. or fell
low-ship acknowledged, with any who may
attempt to corrupt the Press, or make it means
in the hands of unprincipled men of promoting
| unworthy ends
That in Editorial interchanges, dignity and
courtesy should characterize the tone of the
Press
That it is due to the People of the State, that
| all Legislative acts of a general nature be pub
lshed IN all the papers of the State, and that il
is due to the publishers thereof, that one-hali
the rates of legal advertising be paid therefor
That we recognize the right of each paper tc
the patronage of its locality, and as one measure
to secure this end, we ask the next Legislature
for the passage Of and act, providing that in
counties having papers published in different
localities therein the local legal advertising in
each Assembly district shall be given to some
paper in said district. provided any be publish
ed therein F.; and we deprecate any improper
interference Herewith, by distant and more
powerful establishments;
| That, we advise firm adherence to the usages
of the craft, in respect due to workmen, and tc
the price of labor and 10 that end will give
encouragement to those only who fit themselves
for the duties of master workmcn
That. we consider the rates of legal advertising
as now fixed by statute, as just and reasonable
and that we express our satisfaction with the
same. and our thanks to such of our Representa-
tives as have aided in establishing and main
tanning the same;
That, we disapprove of the custom, too FIRE
quently INDUCED in, of undertaking for legal
adve tising,as practice unjust in its effects and
calculated to wrongly impress the public mind
as to the justice of existing legal rates
That We deem it the duty, so far as the same
is practicable, of publishers to purchase mater.
ial within our Safe, and thus encourage within
our borders those whose business is so intimate
ly connected with our own
Resozred further, That we discoun,enance the
practice of establishing, in new counties, tenn.
porary Presses, for the sole purpose Of aclver-
Using Tax Lists, the profits OF which should be
enjoyed ty the permanently established papers
in adjoining counties and to prevent the fur
Their exercise of so uni st practice. We ask of
the next Legislature the passage of Law, re-
cognizing no Press entitled to such advertising
not having an existence of at least one year.
RssoLUed, That prompt and direct ma il facili-
| ties are essential TO the existence of newspapers