The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-02
Chr Uribune.
FREE PRESS AND FEEE SPEECH.

1t is a glorious thing to be allowed to
say or publish before the world whatever
you please; to parade before the gaze of
thousands your ideas of what is right and
what is wrong This privilegeis accord
ed to every American, and for this rea-
son we should rejoice that America is our
home. But reader, did you ever consider
how grossly this blessed privilege may be
abused? What mighty engine for the
dissemination of evil it may become
when uncontrolled by moral principles? :?
Did you ever think how man with great
talents, but with no regard for the vel
fare of humanity might use his powers
to corrupt and iebase the minds Of his
fellowmen, merely for the sake of be-
coming notorious too cowardly to COM
nit great crime himself and thus get
his name before the people, yet so anx
ious to become extensively known that
he must applaud those who murder and
rob, and extenuate their crimes-did you
ever think that such character might
exist? Well. there is such man in
Wisconsin, william who only lacks the
requisite courage to make him fit for the
commission of any crime the human mind
is capable of conceiving. So great is his
desire to become notorious that were the
waterworks of some mighty city poisoned
and two hundred thousand people laid
cold in death. we should think the man
in question had fortified his pluck with
some of Kentucky's best old rye and
had done the deed. We think We have
reason for Judging as we do.
Two years ago the 18th of April last,
the hand OF an assassin took the life OF,
man whom the people dearly loved; OH
whom they had tried for four years and
neverfound wanting and they thereforehad
almost unanimously chosen him the sec
ond time for the highest place in the Ma
ton. No excuse is given FOR the horrible |
deed Of the assassin, except that the man
desired noteriety, and having bolstered
up his nerves with brandy, was able to
commit the crime The whole world
stood aghast! and the mighty wheels of
progress took a huge swing backward.
The people mourned for Abraham Lin
coin as they never mourned before for
any one man, yet amid their sorrow one
wheip set upea. howl .ofjey.- Oh, with
what fiendish Qualification he. .exulted
over the cold corpse of himswisanl the
people delighted to honor He published
to the world such things as would make
devils rejoice and good men weep And
yet the. Freedom of the Press! was re-
spected. A paper before us of late date
we will not give it the publicity which
it Graves by stating its name-co1tains ?
long article Of the same character alIud-
ed to above Here are some extracts;
read and see if you do not agree With Us
that great evil sometimesresuks from the
Freedom Of the Press: - ssss4 ss.esgsssl.s
7'''fhe darkest, saddest hour, in our
eHttfe History An OH OSH W io
ever should have thunk it or imagined it?
or had glimmer of conception Of such
an idea? And all because the ,clownish
and uncouth tysant, Lincoln, was Knock
ed of the national chicken roost by J
W Booth Burning a match under his
gaunt beak. 'si
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''From town to town was carted the
cold corpus of the Sangamon ignoramus.
who deserved death on a gibbet for his
foul crimes, months, years before the
moment when divine retribution and Om
nipotent justice launched the blow, and
summoned the destroyer of the Republic
and foe OF American liberty to stand in
His dread presence. @siF
How the Democratic party laughs
when they think the freedom of America
allows one of its imps to publish such
brutal blasphemous, cruel language
But let them revel in their wickedness,
let them wade In their filth Init iet wise