Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-11-26
The Mystery Of Editing.

ments of the spring, which is never
seen so, in newspaper, the most
worthy. causes OF prosperity are often.
least observed and known. Who sus-
poets the benefits paper derives from
the enterprise, the vigilance, and the
watchtul fidelity of the publisher p
Who pauses to think how much of the
pleasure of reading is derived from
the skill of the printer? We feel the
blemishes OF printing If they exist,
but seldom observe the excellencies.
We eat hearty dinner, but do not
think of the farmer that raised the
materials thereof, or The cook that
prepared them with infinite pains and
skill. But a cook of vegetables. meat
pastries and bon b0nS has paradlsl>
cal office in comparison with an ell.
tor Before him pass in review all
the exchange papers. lie IS TO kno"
all their contents, to mark tor other
eyes the matters that require atten-
ton. His scissors are to be alert, ana
clip with incessant industry all the
little items that are to gather IN the
news department.. He passes IN re-
view, each week, every state in the
Union, through the newspaper lens
he locks across the ocean aud sees
strange lands, and following the sun,
he searches all around the world Tor
material Lit will require but one
seconds time for the readers to take
in what two hours research produce
ed. By him are read the manuscripts
that swarm the office like flies in Ju-
ly. 1t is his frown that dooms them.
1t is his hand that condenses a whole
page into single lac. 1t is his di-
rect sternness that restricts sentl>
mental obituaries, that gives young
poets a twig on. which to sit aud sing
their first lays.
And the power behind the throne,
In newspapers as in high places, is
sometimes as important as the throne
ITSELF Correspondents, occasional or
regular, stand in awe ut that silent
power which has the last chance at
an article, and may send it forth in
glory or humility. And in short, as
the body depends upon good diges,
ton, so the health ola paper depends
upon the vigorous digestion which
goes ON by means of the editor
Ought they not to be honored p
And since little fame attends them,
they should at least have their crea-
ture comforts multiplied. From the
dark and dismal den in which they
have so long had purgatorial resi-
dence, they are at length translatedl
Ward Beecher.
PRESIDENT KILLING.-The Urbana
(Ohio) Gaeette speaking of the Re-
publican candidate for President SAYS
General Grant has been nominate in
various sections,and many exchanges
have placed his name at the mast
head. 1t is urged against him BY
others, that his political status has
not been sufficient defined. This OBJ
lection, however, is not valid one.
We have sufficient evidence to be-
lieve that General Grant is in full +.
accord with the principles of the Re
publican party, and that he would
never betray it.
But there is another consideration
which should not be overlooked
While we believe that the Republi-
cans will elect thor President in 1868
it is said to reflect that the probabAi.
ties are strong that he will not be
permitted to live out the term of his
office. The Democrats hare ktlied ererU
President that ne Hape elected since
1910, and what assurance have we
that the man we elect in 1868 will
not share the fate OF Harrison. n
Taylor, or q Lincoln2 Does it not
really look as five were inviting our
statesmen to the slaughter, when we
urge their claims tothe Presidency +?
In view of these facts, would il not
be well to inquire whether there is a
statesman in the land
who is willing to risk his life for the
honors Of the Presidential chair If
such one can be found, the exper,
fence of the past should admonish us
to look well to the Vice Presidency
AN OLD ROMAN INsCRIpTIoN.-Tb
following inscription is said to have
been dug out of the ruins ola palace
at Rome:
"Under this monument repose the
ashes OF Domitian, the last of the
Caesars, the fourth scourge Of Rome
a tyrant no less deliberate than TIb.
less capricious than Caligula
and no less outrageous than Nero
When satiated with issuing edicts To
spill human blood, he found amuses
ment in stabbing flies with Il bodkin
His reign though undisturbed BY
war, oecasioned no less calamity 70
his country than would have hapnen.
ed from the loss of twenty battles
He was magnificent from vanity. az
fable from avarice, and i,nplacabln
cowardice. He fattered incessontlv
the soldiers who despised him and
detested the Senate which caressed
him. lie insulted his country hv
his laws, Heaven by his impietv and
nature by his pleasures. While I;v,
ing he was deified, and the assass;ns
alone, whom his empress had sent to
dispatch him, could convince him of
his mortality. This monster govern.
ed during fifteen gears, yet the ad-
ministration Of Titus, the delight of
human kind, was confined to t0o.
eye passers by who read this in,
scrpllon, blaspheme not the godsl"
Lone OF the evidences Of the biob
honor and profound reverence With
which the memory of Mr.. Lincoln is
held by the people Of France, is shown
by an incident which occurred to an
American gentleman, who was paw
ing visit TO Gustave Dore. Unon
dshering this gentleman. into his
studio, Dore pointed to Marshahis
portrait Of Mr. Lincoln. 1t was ~.
ed upon the centre of the wall n
the nlacn nfg honor and 1.'