, 1865-07-04

that he abuses.
THE Hux1 onK OF THE WAR,
The history OF the past four years Is con
talned In mass Of records more rolumlnou
by far than were ever collected to repressn
any like period OF time since the world began
The war for the Union, tho crucial test o
RepubGcanism in America, took place will
| more anuotAtors Of Its events, With more m.
uuteness In their details than have ever be
fore followed with recording pen the unwind
.ng scroll Of human history II came upor
he country and the world in the high period
| OF development Of the means of interrommu
ticatiop, the railroad, the press, and the tele'
! grarh, occurring In the heart and affecting
the very existence Of that country Of the
earth. The foremost in the general advance
ment Of its newspaper system Avery bulky
share Of tho annals Of the war are to be found
in tbs newspaper files, in which. throughout
the whole period, 1t has been the theme OF
chronicle and discourse. Some, OF the best
writer's Of The country have been enrolled
among the press correspondents, and not q
few Of the graphic pages Of battle events
they heye recorded, will possess more than
cphemeral existence. Never before has a
contemporary press been constrained by tho
naiu1c and lccale Of the events themselves,
or the rivalry Of business enterprise, to un.
dcrgo 20 heavy an expenditure for any class
Of ncws. It is claimed BY = single leading
journal that 1t has cost It's establishment hall
million dollars for its atmy correspondence
since the fall Of Sumter.
The army correspondent has been active
and onniprescnt. In the scouting expedition,
following adventnronsly the twoop Of cavsl-
~, or riding among the foremost, and every
where attending with busy pencil the march
AID clash Of columns, always daring, indus
| tritus, patient, In some instances sharing the
| utmost prison horrors with his companions
In blue, the causs OF loyalty is under solid
| obligations to these literary army followers.
the foremost zeapcrs Of the harvest whose
threihed and winnowed grain IL history. The
contemporary annals Of the late war have
bcen further swelled, and in NO mean degree
in hulk, ss we'll as grade Of value, By the
contributions Of volunteer correspondents In
the q my. In no other armies the world has
seep marthalled, have thee been 50 many
letter writer's, as the g,oaning army mails
have borne testimony. Many Of these yolun-
teer contributions Lave been given promi-
uent place In the ncTspspers, MS among the
most r,apb;c md truthful narratives of fact
and Incident, In both swelling largely the
mesed 1ecnrds with which fhe nrces has
kept mace win tbr march nj W. er.nts
Many Of these army correspondents, both in
ali, cut OF the neHspaner enrns bovs o5r.n,
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sword.
The historian Of the war, whose work will
be worthy to live for the instruction Of COM
Ing aeee, must sit down to mountain Of toll
in collation. and condensation. His first qull-
ity NUT needs be that which the astronomer
eeeks tn his lens. He must be achrouatic.
He will have to deal With mass Of material
unged with every variety OF human passion
and rre1udicef, but through his medium
must pass no distortion, nor coloFing, and
none must I've gained IN tha transmission.
The defect Of tho Newspaper report as per-
maDent history will be often realized In the
reversal of hasty judgments, the broader view
from higher plane, the looking at both
sides Of the ahield. It wonld be unjust
10 ascrihe these qualities to newspaper re-
ports alone. The weaknesses they bear, in-
he1cBt to the nature Of their mode Of pro-
duction, are shared by others. The
first nsmed fallincs are far more renial
than when their very fellows come to be
re1pctrated after the lapse Of weeks or
months in official reports. Il the newspaper
correspondent has yielded to desire for the
sensational, has masniaed = false position
and taken part Tor tue whole II he has by
fFiendthiP Or nasef motive nahekea 10 tna
lsurels ne vas 70 pestoH' tn's Is 10 oe re-
gFet1ea' bns 1nas u nnmaa. ana oeang hn'
man IL nsa oeen aouno1nt's snaleo og Wfa.e1s
o. omeml 'ePette "no na'e 'o'as M1e3 at",
and Hath oelaseo anu huscu1as1ed purpose