Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-10-01

except III the one common office, wherein
the clicking OF type, and the clankinr Of
presses, and the necessary conversation Of
business, or friendly visitants, are the ac-
compartments Of editorial labor? How
many have immunity from the immediate,
unreinitied personal direction of the me
chanical labor Of the establishment, mind
ful that 1t some unlucky hour, all the sub
divisions OF the work, from the carrier boys
to the Pressman's, may be thrown upon
Lim1 La my earlier years, knew a young
journalist OF poor but respectable parents,
born III The State OF Indiana, VINO, in addi.
tan to just such cares MS these, thought to
increase the revenue and importance Of the
office, to bind as well as print, pamphIe,
jobs which he had secured, working his
way painfully through the processes of fold.
ing, stitching, pasting and trimming uf
books; by acting as a telegraph operator
tor the town, commissioned to faithfully
watch the telegraph line twelve miles either
way from the Office, to keep this highway
Of the ligh,nings always in repair, and II
out Of repair commissioned to do all the
tall climbing himseIfi by acting as q spec
ial exatation, in the intervals of business,
as the supervisor of the township; By off.
cisting as executive committeeman IN The
village iyceum, paying as the Immediate
price Of the privilege, in the labor of light
Ing the lamps and fires in the hall, ana in
the investment Of innumerable surns from
his own pockets to make up deficits to un.
profitable aud ragrant lecturers. Amid all
this t, mutt OF employment and cares, the
wonder Is that any member Of this depart.
ment of Journalism can work 18th profit to
himself or the public. Ye, the misses of
them do. BY thei, experience they are
brought INTO closer association ard sympa-
lhy with the People, feel more sensiiively
every tbrob of the popular heart, and visi.
'ants rs they are, weekly, through their
journals, at every hearth slone, the bond Of
interest between editor and reader b. con- cs
almost like that between members of the
same family.
1t need be no matter Of wonder that the
influence of the Press is what it is. Ordi-
narly public speaker who has an audi.
ence Of three or four hundred persons. feels
stimulated to talk to some purpose, An
assemblage of thousand persons is large.
One of ten thousand, is estimated to be
equal to the utmost limit of the human
voice, Few weekly journals in State as
new as ours have less than thousand
readers eacb.-Some have ten thonsa nd.
The Iowa daily journals have from thou
sand to two thousand. Chicago dailies
nave from thirty to forty thousand While
in New YORK there are editors who have
daily audiences Of fifty to one hundred
thousand persons. The front seats of this
asscmb!age are or The shores of the North
A,lantic, while those of the outer circle
are on the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico
and the North Pacific, This is the power
which has since its establishment, steadily
clrcumscrbed some of the functions of the
pulpit nnd the rostrum, and with which the
great revolutions Of the world in all that
relates to Mans interest, have been effec-
ted. IN this country, its mission is to stim-
ula'e all forms of Productive Industry
to secure for all classes the advantages Of
every new discovery in Science and Art;
to encourage all works Of Public Improve
newt BY which increased locomo,on and
communication BY earth, Of sea. or air NAV
be accomplished TO foster all intrumen.
,aities, whether oral, or written. or printed.
for Popular Education to aid in the guar
anty of private and publ C rights by the
faithful execution Of Statute and Funda-
mental Law; to guard with ceaseless vigil
ance Freedom of Conscience, Freedom
Of Speech Freedom of Labor and
Freedom of Government. With these
great purposes kept steadily in view, it
will be the most po'ent of all human
agencies in moulding the populations
Of diverse origin, education, occupation,
and interest OF our States and Territories
into one homogeneous, solidifed. free Re
publican Nationality, agains; which inter,
nal faction ard external foes NAV battle in
vain