Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-03
INFLUENCE OF THE PREss.-TTers Of Baltin

INFLUENCE OF THE PRESs.- TiecS Of Baltimore
Gergynan.-In sermon on Thanksgiving Day, by
the Rev. Mr. Leaken, rector of Trinity (EpiscOpaD
Church. Baltimore, he said
| shall reserve the remainder of my remarks to n
subject which is rarely alluded to III the pulpit, but
which is exercising q most important influence upon
every State, CITY, village county, and family OF our
Union. ! refer to the press-the Misrepresentation,
from the smallest beginning luxury to the favored
few has become Indispensable to millions, ana whose
power in forming public sentiment Is unIneasurabe.
To illustrate remotely the influence OF this power
suppose n person of intelligence coming to your
family every morning. lie informs You oil all that
has occurred in your city i'll your country IN Europe
or distant Asia He gathers the details Of each IN
tercStng event; he attends each important meeting,
auG tells You what was said and done. In rain and
tempest in summer and winter, does this person pay
YOU his daily visits; and not only brings you mtof-
nation. hut gives you his opinion on each question
that arises. In time he becomes one Of you; he 'r
ent lied with your family; and the character al
yourself ana those around have been moulded n%
this constant contact
But the newspaper does more. 1t bring you au
hundred different articles besides Advertisement
II can hr read at leisure. Its INFORMATION rdch'-
,h.i.i.i aud = rtd hy servants. II l"gmS the sun
.,.t ri conversation, and plies H. CeasrirsS visit, a.
your home, instructive, entertaining aud mtrlr5t'nS
la ~. ii.Nr ! oyor.rilmaied the lore ol tins
mighty engine The French Encyclopedias helped
tn produce ihy French revolution by means oi pon-
GcIou> books reaching the learned lew.
What Increased influence must the modern press
..N.lt scattering its myriad thoughts daily Hu"ns
l' millions How noble the ministry OF th. editor
How vast his capacity for good or evil lie mry
enter the family daily and ditfusc chrcrir!n'~s
b, his diversified thoughts He may dry the tear of
sorrow animate the weary pilgrim to renewed ever
lions arrest the young man in his downward career,
and shield the humble and defcncelcss against lhr
invasion of power. We have prayed for The lr's-
dent of the United States, and for all in authority
irr our Senate and Representatives in Cungrrss H.
.rmbcd And shall we forget thu>e who make our
Presidents and deteraine our representative
SENsBLE TALE.--The Rev. Henry Ward Eccchor
delivered an address on reconstruction nj Troy tb'
uthcr evening, and is reported by thu ito,, JirrJ
~ saving:
Those flashes of Southern sentiment hitter cii.
torial- and tossing heads not surprising when We
think of the scourge that has swept over lhcn-that
a proud spirit has been obliged to confess defeat nj
the hands of men they despised-that their property
has been swept away--their sons slain-they reduced
from ahIurnce 10 bcggary. When think of this,
the wonder is that they temperate they are.
Considering their fearful defeat and Inundated posi-
ton ! think they have behaved well. 1t may not
be fashionable, bit Honor them for the feeling they
exhibit"