East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-01-06
The Censorship OF the Press.
From the II. Y. Tin

A great outcry is made against the
press on account of errors and exagge.
rations in the dispatches from tho Ar
my of the Potomac and from Washing
ton. These inaccuracies arc to be dep
recated, and every means should be
ken to avoid them; but it is fact, not
yet wholly known to the puplic, that
the chief fault in the premises rests on
the government itself After the recent
battle at Fredericksburg, every effort
was made by the correspondents there
to transmit the facts speedily to their
respective papers; and every effort was
made by the government to prevent
them from doing so. The telegrabhlc
wires were forbidden except to the
most neager statements, and those first
to receive official approval; aud repor
ters were compelled to run a blockade
more strict than that of Charleston har,
Dor, in order to carry through the &C.
counts they had written on the spot.
From Washington, also, no accounts OF
any Importance were allowed to 90 by
telegraph. The public, as well as the
press, has already learned that the gov
erment manipulstes army news to suit
it's supposed necessities. AS rule, sue.
cess has been allowed a speedy an.
nouccment, while disaster has been per.
mitted to proclaim Itself only. from the
lips of struggling refugees, or through
rebel bulletins. 20 it has finally become
a proverb. that the silence of the gov
ernment is virtual declaration of de
feat; and when, after the conflict oi
Sunday, the l4th inst, the truth vas
withheld by its officers and agents, it is
not strange that the experiences and
apprehcnsions of the public and the
press should coincide to invest the events
of that battle with an exaggerated and
disastrous character.
Now that the agents of this censor.
ship arc beginning to declare their con
viction that it is destined to perman
ent existence, it is we'll for us TO con
slider the true influence it excrts on the
country and the war--and If, as many
believe, not only are its evils grealy il
excess of its benefits, butts consequence,
arc altogether evil, and unattended, un
der its present management, with an,
benefits whatever, than it will becom,
the duty of the government to make ii
abolition one Of its carl st reforms
IDLENEss.- s.--Idlcness has of late be
como a fashionable accomplishment
with too large portion of our young
population. Employment is though
to be too Vulgar, ani a toll harleno,
hand not fit ,o tc offered for the accept
ance ct the fair sex. Give us har
hand, hard head, and soft heart; bu
instead oi which, soft hands, soft heads
and hard hearts are all the go in wha
the dyspcp,ic pimrs of etiquette call III,
BEAU MONDE. The cattcrpillars of slotl
are making great havoc in our neglect
cd Juvenile nurseries. They are strip
ping tbcyoung shrubs ofpromiseof thcil
greencst foliage, aud blighting the bu1-
Of enterprise as fast as they appear. L
matters 60 on in this way much longer
the rising generation viii soon become
fit for nothing but 10 be hung up a,
scarccrows in tho moral grain fields, Il
frightcn young people into habits of in
dnstry.
Van Buren,, Webster, Benton, Cal
houn and Cass were oil born in 1882, o
| an hor,, tho ov,lv The 1>at survivos