The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-07-26

est, manly journalist-one devoted to the
higher aims of his calliug-faithful always
to Truth and Right-guilty of such utter
ances as these ?''-and then quotes the fol-
lowing language from THE News of two
weeks ago:
cit is true that we have been anti-Lane,
but not so preiudiced against him that We
would not even publish his speeches, or
admit that NTH the people he s0Gs probably
tie strongest man IN tie STATE"
We always consider it honest and manly
to tell the truth, .instesd of telling our own
prejudiced story, IN cases where we have
prejudice. We consider it more honorable,
manly and truthful in journalist in Kan
sas to acknowledge that Jim Lane is the
strongest man in the State, before the peo-
ple-although he may be bitterly opposed
to him-than it is to be eternally saying
that "Lane is played out, and has emo in
fuence," as the Journal man has always
done. 1t may be his idea of an honest jour
nalist, to misrepresent. It~seems to be his
practice, at least.
LoWman extracts this sentence from our
paper, and comments very severely:
1--WE are trying to publish paper to suit the
people. and they like to read Jim Lanes speech
| es. ''-Netcs.
"Friend Jacob, none other than miserable
pettifogger and toady would write and pub
lish such stuff as that. If you believe in
Lane. the manly way Is to say so, if the
occasion require it"
We suppose that the above is liable to the
construction that we are trying to be every
thing to everybody; but no honorable man
would make that use of it to our detriment.
Of course, we were alluding to the miscel
laneous department, when we said we were
trying to suit the people. We endeavor to
get something in there to suit all the differ
ent tastes of our readers, and we claim that
it is the duty of the newspaper editor to
give variety in that department; and fur
Their. we are firmly of the opinion that we
could not publish anything that would bet
ter suit the larger class of our readers, than
Lanes speeches. Hovey, do you believe
and indorse everything you publish in your
paper? If you do, all we have to say is
that you are the most credulous man, as
well as the biggest fool, we ever saw or
heard Of.
Again, the Journal says:
eff you do not believe in him, in what
system of ethics do you find your justifca-
ton for giving the influence of your paper
to the augmentation of his popularity and
power 20
We will answer the above question by
asking you the same. You published the
most bitterly partisan speech that Lane ever
made, in your paper last October. In what
system of ethics do you find you justifca-
ton for giving his Leavenworth speech the
benefit of your circulation ? Befonsist-
ent, Lowman. The crime was as heinous
in your case as in ours.
But here is the cap-sheaf. If Honesty
dwells anywhere in the region which Low
man inhabits, doubtless she blushed:. 81 d
"To educate and elevate the pobSi
mind, and divert it into those channels
of thought on political aud governmental
matters which lead to right and polite &C
ton, is our idea of the true mission of the
political journalist expressed in BRIEF
Yaw! You are our idea. also, of a 'po-
litical journalist expressed in brief-being
only about five feet four inches high, as near
as we can judge. About as brief as they
gene rally get. But the idea of your ''edu-
eating and elevating the popular. mind" is
what makes us smile. We are always glad
to receive such refreshing draughts of i'm
pudence on a warm day. We don't know
what kind of people your readers are. If
they can be educated, elevated and lead by
you, they certainly don't amount to much.
We live in very intelligent community,
where the people think for themselves; and
you, with all your eloquence and sarcasm,
could not educate, elevate, - and 'lead"
them to the Robinson altar. In the Ian
guage of one of our politicians-who must
have originated in the same neighborhood |
that you hail from-after vainly attempting
to become great man, "The people down
this way don't lead worth d-n!'' If
you were to come down here and put on
leading" airs, you would soon get ''ele-
vated." They keep a machine here to
elevate the unsophisticated. Your idea
of education consists in believing that
Governor Robinson is the personi6cation of
all that is good. You can see no good in
man who would not follow you on the Rob-
inson question, and laud and believe your I'M
fair. dishonest and fulsome Robinson articles. |
We o,,n our off1ca and can afford tn he in