Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-02-06

the press, applying its. power o
Traction to catholicism, to mill
taryism, to absolutism, to tht
dense blocks Of facts and ideas
! The press is force. WHY? Be
cause it is Intelligence. tits The
diving clarion; it sounds tn:
reyeille OF. nations; 1t loudly an
nources the advent of justice; i
holds no account of night, excep
to salute the dawn; it betome.
dav, and warns the world. Some
times, however-strange occur
rence.-it is II that gets tht
warnings. This is like the ow
reprimanding the crow of the
cock. Yes, in certain countrie:
the press is oppressed. Is it a
slave? No; an enslaved press Is
an impossible Junction of words,
Besides, there are two modes OF
being enslaved-that OF Spartacus
and that Of Epictetus. The one
breaks his chains; the other
shows his soul. When the fet-
tered writer cannot have recourse
to the first method, the second
remains for him. No; let des-
pots do what they will, | call all
those treemen who bear me to
WITHSTAND you, NJ. Pelletan,
have recently said so ia admirable
language, and, moreover, you
and many others have proved it
By generous example-there Is
no slavery for the mind. Gentle
men, in the ace in which we live
there is 70 salvation without lib
erty ot'the press; but, on the con
trary, mlsdlrectIon, shipwreck,
disaster everywhere. Gentle
men, who are the auxlliaries o.
the patriot? The press. know
1t, the press is hated, and that 5
a great reason Tor loving it.
Every indigmty, every persecu-
ton, every lanatlclsm, denounces,
insults, and wounds 1t as far as
they can. Courage to thonght;
courage to science; courage to
philosophy. Courage to the
press ! courage to all OF you
wrItersl The hour is drawing
nigh when men, delivered at last
iroR this dismal tunnel OF 5000
years, Will suddenly burst forth
IA all It's dazzliug brightness. =
Gentlemen, one word more; and
let me make It, with your KIND
lndul sence, a personal one. To
De ia your midst Is a happiness.
/ ihInk God, VINO lms gwen tie
IN my hEd lite ihis charming
iaoI,8t. lo-mCr.pw ! shaii
cuicf luGo the shtd ; nut have
scea You, / have Spohea Il you,
| have hcalG you, ! nave >h ,kea
,our hands, all this carry witn
me 10 my solitude. OIL, my
,riends OF France, and you, NY
othrr trends who are hetc. Will
eel q ute n,tu al ia IT slIoulu
dl:ess nay last worI~ ID you -
Elevcn years aso, YOU saw al
most Young man depalt; YOU
iiad an old man. The hur l.
il,h ged, but not the IIudlt. |
thank youlor having Remembered
ne absent. thank YOU for iiav-
Ing come here. Accept--and
You. also, younger men, whose
names were dear to me at
distance, and whom | now see
for tie ilr>t tmc--accept my deep
feelings OF emotion. IL seems as
though amongst you ! breathe
something Of my native air; as
though each OF YOU brings to Inc
a Little of France; as though froin
al who are grouped around me
there shOne something charming
and soft like light, which re-
sem5les the stile OF ones
country. | drink to the press, to
Its power, to its glory, 10 lis
efficiency. 70 is liberty il. Belg
un, IN Germany, IN SwItzer-
land, in Italy, IN Spain, in Eng
land, in America, and to ITS
emancipation elsewhere"
From Allthe Year Round.
THE MODERN JOURNALIST.