The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-27

:
ldoxMt .-1csTKD
THE ImPoR aNdE nF 1HE PRESS IN
TtARok WAR
The Hon. o. h. Singleton u Miss. sippi. in
a speech IN the IIofse Of RI fesentk tives If
the Coufederaie States. on The Exemption bin.
said :; Pass this bin. and at every G oss-road
viii sping up Newspaper. With us corps Of
editors and priiIter4{
NC have no desife to speak Of the motives
which would can io.th su9h an ekpAession
ON a MernbeiF of Congress- cIasl OF men
whom the people e4pec, TO speak and actffOln
the dictates of thods hi. we do not desire u
waste wordsin the reiutatioio Of SO gEounaless
an assertion. II tile spirit Of Z4ll Sotfer,i of
tennessee. Seyr4ouH Of Lo9ifanal Jphn Mar
shall of Texas Jennings Mise of Virginia.
Lomax Of Alabama and u host Of other great
editors Of the South who have sedled with
tnesr blood ON the field OF honor tie principles
they advocate3 with pen ard. s~,srd. could
arise from the dead AMI staua hefor4 the hon
orabse gentleman. tis rebukel would be sua-
Gent 10 palsy tie tongue that altered such a
Icalnnlny- And live venture the abse rtioss that
The statistics of ihs army will show that more
practical printers are entraced in ITS ranks, IN
proportion 10 the Whole number of printers ii
the Confederate States than among The repre-
bseriarives of any other class Printers have
always been an long the first 70 tender heir
services 10 the couiitry in the hour of ltribu-
aticn. In times Of Peade a lhrge proportion of
them are ,CongreastraE sshaioys or State
Legislators; aud Sc I've the aouptTy BY. seeept1
ing such Offices az the HdnI Q. r. Singleton
TOW holds but in time Of y ar they lrrs mostly
soEliers-all OF them, in fstt. Who al E Capable
physically. 10 bear arms II is din cult now
10 publish a paper without Having printers de-
rallied from the army
It is related Of DIR army, during the Next
can War, thatsths General d4siring II have his
orders published. aud not h4 vingia ton show
ing the forrnsf ocehpatiOn b the n len under
his corannaysd INSTRUCTED hi adjutpft to give
the command. while on parade. : All printers
to the front aud ct,lsre. niaFchl'' uIherenponl
ar. y6rags Of every tenth man in h,le stepped
70 TIE front
| Ifhe importance III the Press IN time Of war
10 the spirit Of thearmy is incalcqlable. i
I ia. as one of our contemporaries obseE yes. = the
only medium Of Of organized public op Euion--tha
only source of c5nmunica Alton between the
Goverrlnerl; aud The people. AID whfch i
silenced. las the Senate and House propose ]
would leave these wise bodies themselves
practically as voicsless as The grave To tAs
Goveruneu,'Afld tie people il j. as iIdil'ensaf
bic as 10 use crude sinile) steam il TO ;
boat IL Is the medium through which ell
abuses are exposed their authors brought q
/ Ekht and the remedy pointed our Toe. RFerF
lis the bright light 4; the pfow Of fhe ship 81
State that discovers 10 the pilot th brepkerF
ahead Il is the inspiring power ,hai nerves
our soldiers to gallant and ehiyAlrOds acts. Il
IL the ehfonicle that records their brave de eds
and hargs ont the motto Of = emu a ZION q
the unt--ied s5laisr following II sheit footsteIs
To il, ii n great measure. is 10 be afiripu'sF
The. daring and enthusiasm that Rcierlze'
oarrs army united Press is stnon'!rne'i'
with u united people. Wee we 10 eilunieE-A4 !
the benefits the Press confsrs on the Govern
m ent. the army and the people. We might ~
a newspaper. Il is devoted almost entirely 4
the promotion Of enlisime1ts in tie army d
army orders for the government q all cities
and towns under military rule :; 70 advertise
Ements Of proposals fnr Simplifying the ar'ny
with food and clothing :. 10 The founding 4
II every kind Of manufactures tina. will deyelPt
the resources of the country aud eond,ice <
II the welfare and Efficiency Of the afmy ,-sl,d i
is the potent povsk that fans into life ''evsrD
enterprise that has for its object tlIt good q
n the country. To the people. the wives and
children, the fathers and ssters Of pir soldiers
in the field the reivsIapes is as a Yell in till'
II desert. The benefits OF a free Rress. and i,
usefulness to tbs. soldier the ci;iz4 o, and III
Il very existence Of the Government itself mus
4 be apparent TO tle commosiest mind land il
Il to-rnorrow. the entire Press of the Confederate
H States was silenced, on the same day-aye
leven IN the same hour would be heard tlls
H united yoies OF This young natl err =
aloud :, Ii there be hight"