, 1870-11-29
THE PRESS.


The non. r. Il Revclsr co,orel CnitcI States
Senator from Mississippi, lrrtn.cd At Farreu
Hall ,lasI evening, On "The Press Of our C0un.
tlJ.T The entertainment was 70. the bcnetlt Ut
the coIorcd Bethel sc',.a,: OF this city. The audi
encc, which comprised large a1albe- OF c51a1ed
citizens, was not as large ah 1t might have been,
owing 10 the flcs fha. but 1wo days uotlce OF the
lecture we EIycu. anil tho ratu t%ra1 t1 fall llS
before TIE entertainment commenced.
The Nor. Wm. Nsoss, IN introducing the ler-
tnrtr, stated That thcy had evidence thAi night
that the world movetL II, leu yeats ago, he had
told them that In lst6 they would listen to a COL
brtd man lecturtrc. thr5 would have assigned
h!m 10 rlace In Jacksonville, and tlni he tos't
them thai coUted man waull vote and sit IN
1he rn.:e.l States Senate, they would have con-
unqucstionas'le- 1t was strange trat calnyetf
Enn niled acceu!allJ the place occupied by jeff.
Davis. Eho lost 1t by trrason to his couutry. lie
took great pleasure In lnr uclnK Seuatof 1seyets
The Senator is u man 81 med.um Size. With d
large broad faee and nigh forehead. lie Is light
musa.to. well and soid5 bull, weighs aoous ao9
pounds. weA1s spectnstes. and u good looking.
he speaks slowly. ami Win gocI vaice-
He began By explaining how it was s1as hn came
description Of the vations nsionai iEstiulnoas ut
Washington, Iii Of which he Inspected anu er-
aM1ned when he frs. visited the caRlta]. The
q III
nTst paper. lie prupntcd 10 f5ipw Z tratp Of
,heOsh; which tic Oh press hroneht inia his
I
uStute+' The yt1tnr Gf !hc ii ,c leiic nee lie dis
epoch Of tire
! Before printing WAS known, wri.tpr was coa-
| dpt%i almost exclusively ts C1cteS!asiics, Aui
| knoKiedEe ard iufoTIaAfinn travelled st0w1F.
What caenEc. waca the settler IN inc Wes:-
ID the capitals Of Eaeppe yesu.tlay. The
| Tcumertcal Cernc,l met In The str:c:cst pr.tacJ,
aE'l nj! s'sarcrrs aud i1teropers were to be LETT
al tie n:htr side of the toor Hut an enterpris-
! tLT IEin.tts tlonncsl the episcopal yestmtats,
went tn, anc the tnl.0wIEK .iay r.tuty.i II the
1undan Tn.s*a report q the proceedings. jas.
Al shat printing, The press. e,'ltora. and r.
r:ft6I'. hal .tene los The s1v3neeineus ct nan-
Kind was tnlf about. AMI the honorable Erntle-
u:sn thought they had Zone more ttaa a5ythtng
or auysn.fy eI.c.
Fr:tr,cm Of the p.ess wes next considered, and
re tes:7ictioua ii vas suhjecte+i 10 ia the past
Hume = - referred to. to show how things we1t
nnde, G9ss; E!iza'e.a. that lady beng hostile 10
.anses, NEn followed ler. Was juat a, bal, a1,l,
Eettaps, little Eo1se- Whatever restraints were
upon lhc press IL colontai times, were Imported
sm!nent legal lights, ws:s CITED = define what
S;is;,i fas os'; 55sSae
au.I became dangerous AMI pernie!ors TO laws,
morals, os religion The tataurs OF the Requisite
them INTO the laws which at M ca1ly day rcsu.
lated printing in Massachusetts,.
NtWk WkIapetG werH not common tn England, untE
l!ese;l in America was ,he nostoa Ntrs Letter,
which CAME ont ~ l7o;. How newsra
Fellow M made nosass ons ., fsst s eoaris:s4 asH
say stat II Tic Old wo,li was rfitss-,i'l.ten, tnt
ncr VA. rrc*s.rtiacn. Mhai a great institution
Mas i. daily rsae. Ike Tns g,!.r,Go tTklnrSE
from ese:y 1uar,cI Of the slole. It ua,ie man Z:
Sasnopo.ite nd nc Esaaes sent eonr,ny VIII
tights IE5ofr8:tTs. II.lucteGl M mAr Ehf
read newspaper could late his ktnd.
Newspapers were rtnecaon Of the Fnbi
| orttion u the i'mcs. Ta1hct tAnI rrccnfso
thcreof. Perhaps sslefe was no papee i. wld.l
circulated In Tho wnEkl as the London Times
~ 5 ~ ri @ .;
j:cs save " paslls orln,3u lie sita nas belisvsi /
vfofe s:yegc letters from Amc.ica, .l"1 81 il
Obedience 10 Instructions from his ch,c:, an
ne Vas s!mrlF o.nytnE tho lyta7ny q
'tse ttsanrx gu. nf rnlllc oaiaisc, was tho hgae:
The "'1 st.,1. Of Of Af.s,,dcs, anil The way IN whlc
aLsaaanf who ~ not Ano" him, heipec 10 ost1s
4 weak point IN many newspapers was the a
tempt made at literary criticism. the crtt,cisu
) cuula1y consideration. The London T,1ts W
: r1ais-u- Ii emnlDYc.l the a5kst Ecn IN the wori
To get ur IT. c.lttci.ras and afterwards rublisbc
extracrs ns essays The Times en- yc,i the be!
talent. and was great paper generally. Not
TIT criticisms In this country were ba1 or boug1
I tlt the maturity we're.
he thanked tic press fcr his t.cnS able TO Eta,
I md lecture there. and for having n'1!1cl coul
~; me rsess was great ana powerful lot gno
ses lin e.; soaa a,ns aa
hy making known his discovery. and lie VAS 6
:, Ing to kc~r 4 secret; hut. nratE. he Toade ap
mind t:.as the good would ont weigh ani orerbl
| Sncc .he rad, aud he let lnE kind know ::
= about 1t. ....,.
6 The honorable senatoz coacluasd VII. al q