, 1863-12-24
TIE PRESS ELENER TO HON.
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Welcoming address Of Samuel
Wilkcson, Esq.
REPLY OF HON, SCEUY.
LER COLFAX,


/ Reply OF HON. SCEUF
IER GnLEAX
Tho rcnr,uer+o+;vos of +,,o a,,,,,,,, pn..
~ ~ oe ~ ,Ain !ts1n aS0 :,
Snss,'s4s. -u su1 nou e1nuy'ef Go,,aA' VI
q dinner on SATURDAY. evening" Inst, at VII
lard's Hotcl. Tho compliment wns in ock
nor1edrement of 4he fnct that Mr.. co1far :;
a,r.:a,-,,sl..s -. - 49, 1ay-a.-
o''n ~ e47usu me.oof " aas "eSte1'
Fress' ne oeucfo that hlf' Couax is tn
first member Of the editorial profession VII,
has been elevated to this hieh position. and
therefore. the nnnsna1 comn1,ment ;na,d h.,
S:ecT:N - k@'" ni11
VI Us ca'uroay evening.
| Sam. WtIkcsons Esq, tho Washington cor
respondent ofthc N. Y. zanes, took tho chair
enrrr.uo ~, ~, -r.1-,s.
eFE1en of NIX. "ahEsoH. 49,.
t 1oIhhA11isTs AND GENTtEMEN or THH
| IAEss:-t Wag ny privilege, for more than
| 1Mo Jea1b, 10 eaft Inc Albany Epentng Journal.
ne n9nor OF being the day editor Of the
o. my hic, also mine. In the latter position
| Tue exchange newspapers of the United
| states and Europe passed through my hands
LOT soE,, examination KAN and use: In tho former
l AAA1$ 4NAA Hill llAuE 6EAtrIQnH IrDm the VAEt
| number Of Journals sent to the powerful no.
| Htica1 organ which Thurlow Weed created
at the capital OF the Empire State. Though
separated from that vocation bv an Unitarian
| of years, am reverted to it this instant, and
have now before me on this table pile Of
opened newsPapersntWo feet high, and be-
swings inexorably urgent Il ali editorial
rooms.
| The trained sight that knows each sheet IN
that mass by Its type, It's color, and its STYLE
Knows it uncrringly from the most ellehtly
exposed corner Of either advertising Of edi-
torial i1nprcesion-i:stcns with On anxious
| .ErtM5ng Jotssxal-a1waye next upon the AZ.
bapy A7yu*. Upon the first for affiliat;on and
] for the signals from i leadership that in those
days was unquestionable, say what men may !:
on the second, as soldier would fasten upon
indications of the mancuycrinc for a coming
battle of powerful and skiifui Toe. WitR
unezring touch, the Philadclphia Prtss next
comes to hand; for Occasional'su u letters
were tho mirror Of the politics Of the rafphtT
State Of Pennsylvania. Grntz Browns great
organ Of the radicalism, Of Missouri always
comes fourth, never mistaken In any extreme
of hurry, or upon any .narrowncss Of mor.
ginal exposure, for It's blanket-sixed cotcm-
porary, the St. Louis RepuNioau, which eyer
tcll to the floor part Of the qualification Of
the unread exchanges Of great dall4 nanpr.
Ths cuucAco In1p5xE is nett drawn out, and
perhaps the sixth "take'' out Of the mass
shall have to be e1ploratiye. For 1t is the
Springfield {a1ass. Rpub'ican that is wanted;
and BoWles in quarto is small; but his paper
is the ass't'''e Of the news of New England,
And its inyariable Successor, the Newark
Meren,5F, Invariably goes ont Of hand with
great holes in it. The primal duty to q Jour
nal discharged, ofgatlering the home news
Tor home use, the linen tissue aud lordly bre-
ylcr Of the London Times indicate its place
In the pile. lskip It over to pull out the
b1ack-impressfoned Independence Beige For
would rather publish, II that were history,
how the Empress Eugcnic drove by moon
light four wild trotters through the forest
roads Of Compe,enc, and laaghins1y took
from Prince PemidofF his last Narer OFFS hnn-
drcd Napoleons ufter having shaved Off the
right fore wheel Of his dro=ki,. and ran him,
o1e ho1se, cargo and oll into a thieket, than to
the mcst laundering blsckadc-breaking load
er ever written in England And ths Indt-
1Actdtnce Bhgc has personal news in it Of a
charming and q valuable kind. "Personal
news" May I be indulsed in reminlscence
that l wish to be Illustrative, and pray you
not to consider egotistical. In that joufna-
listic life which lives in the present current
day, and IL denied retrospect and memory.
two events only permanently abide with me.
in the distinctncss and freshness Of their hap-
pening. ,.."..
NJ k4tE 4NNfjiEWGEHCE Lk{1t IL hunted
and the Journal des Dt1afs, next pulled ont
and skinned Of Its cream Of its artistic, So
cial, literary and political Parlsian and Euro
pean life, and the great Thunderer vet passed
over, BARS Life IN London il then set down
to and studied For do not hesitate to sar
Of Sayers, the show of his muscles. and The
measure Of his hitting, and, above iii, rinr
tglt between these two chamn;one ~ +,v66
worlds, is Of more value to US professionally
than any debate Of any parl;ament Inst aver
sat, OF any speech Of any minister that ever
horses that arc to run lie DERBY Is evceei-
ingly precious: and onr scissors ,o 1nei1r
among the YACHTS of Coves. that zone enlin.
tered and ragged III their tonhamner. f1r he.
hind tie winning .keels that we're laid at
Grecnpoint; and they Lift up Ten Brock til.
1oughenin: his throat over gweenstaEes and
national fame Non hv American rscar. .a
against the best blood In Enrlands And nre.
cious, too, are the dog shows Of Albion. and
her shows Of South Down sheep, and Of beef
precious ell That panoramic exhibifion nf The
courage, ingenuity, strength. ranacitg. ner.
sietency. eulcrprise. nassfnn onJ 1,I,,,,oI';t,.
that fecE With gold and snot Witb
black the land Of the hest and wnrst
race in Europe. The Loudon 1imes! No
hands; none ever lid III It down o. iy iont NJ ols ms
impressive sense Of its uirhfincsa. nono w;,a ~
kunws his dutv ond neyfor,,.e = 49, ta1o ~
Il dnwn Whoie ond naIa assn - VT aags
to tfe ren,aindrr nf ~ ia ~ xnhn .uIns iso4
fore him without m ahs{rnct;a,' ~ Scs W
jness in hts rc;ect;er - shoo+ aan af, ate t4
each Gam;Iiar fn ti1r sdnrafe5- rt 9a1,at, tI,
makes no mistakes. vet nat read and scorcc1H en.
see. But ] wake m, iurried Nv w the oioei9
and stripping rapiIT nauer afser naner s 9,,S
count nEcd to be 1usf thirfv-s,{ Il III ~
United States, valuable for material = tha rasf
being only useful os 1ciIrctin~ rnb1in sant3~
menf stripping papcr alter Da,er from TIA !
Eti1l formidable nile, md DROPPING them nnnn
the floor, pausfng to glance at Ills, wl1cre as
look at tl,at. WHARF tRcFr si,nn1d e sans ~
thing good; looking throueh fhis hecan.e =
man Of talent processes to S1;t II. e1snc;nr
over such MS fad a sner;alftr ~ cfaractns
like the Rttsrille :Ninf;ta .I,ur;'at ~ A. III
Su,tritr tNe,c.-pansinr with moro than cnr;s
osity over Tie Lifyrof,r the n.,, L,,..St;.at...
Dcsrdt Nl,cx; bnt going ranidlr throngi, I'll
till came 10 the S,uti RrIJ Hx,;.r.s. 7Tha+
paper alwaye rcad. both On lie TI;bu,,e and
on The Journal, / read it sfor tic IT, omu nxu
sake. for II was w;sa = ~, - ina! vmn
It Tas M well made @ s'Ie ever vas nea honest
Twas one Of the fs,y nancrs in Amer;ca @ aIm Imtn
which the sciEsors aiweTs Went ~ 1ri';c,, 1ay ~
wayg communicated fn 4 dai1r no1;+;ca1 ~;
ter yafrah1e ,.n1;I;co, ,4n5 poa-eat VII
read the Sonti, lend no;nGr for anot1,a1 xana ~
eon who1iv :1,ecn11a- y, t1sa,f .uf Sh9snGr rea-
years arc. at one o7cloc1s Of = sTjnteT Snnon4
lighted morning. El1ile the hnrses ~ fho
stage coach in which Tos nloWing tbe tt,sn,s
mud of Indiana we're being chanSri ot the
tavern in South Bend, I walked tfe fnntp-aw
of the Drinrina1 strcet n cb.ta nfF - ~ |