Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-06-17
The Meeting Of the Editors OF the New
York ptesn.

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A meeting Of The editors Of various
newspapers Of New York city vos held
on Monday Of last week, 10 consider the
subject Of the nature, contents and right
fol limitation, If any, Of the public jour,
nalists to oriticsize the conduct Of the
govern ment in n time Of war aud civil
connections" The meeting was very
harmonious, considering h at'copretheads
and 'n%iggerhead, in about equal proper,
tions, composed the meeting and the
resolutions-which we give below-are se'
verely condemnatory Of the conduct of
THE present Administration, in its unlaw-
restrictions upon certain public journals :
Among those present were--W. C. p.
Prime, Journa, Of Commerce RIG. Hor.
ton, Caucasian; VIM. Caldwell aud Hor.
ace P. Whitney, Of the Sunday Mercury !;
Horace Greedy, Of the Tribune; j.. B..
Beach, Sun Arson Herrick, Atlas Rev.
DR.. Paine, Observer P. J, Meehan, Irish
American Mr.. O~ttendofier, Stats lei
tung John Clancy, Leader Theodore
Tflton~, Independent, Cornelius Matthews,
New Yorker Robert Mcfarland, Scien
tifc American NJ. S. %lsaacs, jewish Mes
%senger; James Brooks, Express.
Horace Greedy was called to the chair
and Elon Comstock appointed secretary,
Messrs. Brooks, Hilton and Prime we're APP
a committee on res buttons, and after 6
brief recess reported the following:
Whereas the liberty and the rights oil
the press, as affected by the eXistcncean
necessities Of q state Of war, and especially
of civil war, are topics Of the highest pub.
lie concern and
Whereas recent events indicate the eX-
~istence of grave Misrepresentation and la
, mentable confusion of ideas wi tn regard
to this vital question therefore
ReSolUed, That our conceptions Of tht
rights and duties of the press in a sea.
t son of CONFUSION and public peril lik,
the pre- sent are briefly summed up in thu
following propositions:
, l.. We recognize and affirm the duty o
fidelity to the constitution, government
and laws of our country as o high mora
| as we'll as political obligation resting Oh
| every citizen, and neither claim for our
| selves nor concede to others any eXcep
t ton from its requirements or privilege I
) evade their sacred and binding force.
/ 2. That treason and rebellion are crimes
5 by the fundamental law of this as of ever.
e other country and nowhere else so capa
BILE, so abhorrent, as in a republic, wher
t each has an equal voice and vote in tn
!, peaceful and legal direction Of public al
l fairs.
g 30. While We shus emphatically dis
claim and deny any right as inheIing.t
I journalists or others to invite advocate
t abet, uphold or justify treason or rebellion
S we respectfully but firmly assert and main
, tain the rights of the press to c]riticiz
Ifreelp and fearlessly the acts Of thos
, charged with the administration Of th
A.. government also those Of all their civ
= and military subordinates, whether wit
. intent directly to insure greater energy
eficiencJ and fidelity in the public sci
r vice, or in order to achieve the same enc
4 more remotely through the substitution
y other persons FOR those now in power.
4. That any limitations of the right cree
: ted by the necessities of war should |
= confined to localities wherein hostilitit
actually oxist or are imminently threaten
a ed, and we deny the right of any militRr
b officer to suppress the issues or forbid ii
general circulation of journals printe
hundreds Of miles away from the seat
' war.