Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-03
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entomned In the readers brain" This SEN
teuce was written BY a man whose nation
ality, and the circumstances under which u
was written, make It interesting, as WI
appear in the sequel. Although contuseS
In metaphor, n great truth Is expressed ~.
graphic force aud power Thdt lmPressons
romain amer the newspaper when gave
them form IL forgotten, u one " ~ 49,
upon which rests the Influence OF tnat great
power 10 the Stato-the Hee press Spoken
HTnrds ara even more evanescent, yet their
49,. .,,rvIyes when their sound is forgotten.
pJntsd words have this advantage, that
sIgbt inprints them upon tho mind. The
gteat power which tho public Journal exer-
sIses Is accompanied by an equally great re.
sponslbility. lie who gives currency to q
filsehOod In statement, or Ia opinion, IL a
moral derellct, whose evil lives after him.
And no who gives himself to tho teaching
Of truth, and to the advocacy Of right, sur
wives In his work amer both the printed |
matter and the author OF II are forgotten.
Ideas have the vitality OF spirit, and moro |
than the force Of matter.
We are familiar with the influence Of news
papers aud periodicals In our own country. |
The FREQ speech OF legislators would be al. |
most wholly wasted, but for the free press |
which carries their utterances to unlimited !
audiences. The power OF great speech 10
Congress, for instance, Is as nothing In the
chamber where II Is spoken, compared with
its influence on the nation at large. Legls-
lators are poworless In the end, unless sup.
ported by public opinion. Aud public opln.
Ion Is made by the published thoughts and
ideas Of tho thinkers who speak, seconded by
the thinkers who write. Quite as often as
otherwise the origin Of the thought Is In the
writer, and the eloquent orator only resets
the gema which have been mined by the
dIligent author or journalist. The Influence
Of the press ls as subtle as the air we breathe.
Nothing can conquer or obllterate II. Des-
potic governments may repress utteTancc at
home, and establish Gordon Of censorship
to obstruct the entrance of FREQ expression
from abroad. But thought thus banned aud
confined Is like gunpowdcr compressed.
Len loose, the "vlllauous saltpetre," az
Shakespeare calls II, may harmlessly burn
with the mere fash. Confined, the c1plo.
sion, when 1t comes, Is Irresistible. Sc
thought, hidden and suppressed, when the
kindling spark reaches II, eTplodes, to the
terror OF tyrants and tho destruction OF the
obstacles which absoluIism piles up against
progress.
We all have q general idea OF the advance
which liberal Ideas have made In the EN-.
plre Of Russia. The French cynic defined
the Russian Government to be "desposlIsm,
limited by assassination" That would
hardly be said at this time, and, indeed, the
Gar Is lust now in less danger Of violent
death than some Of his contemporary SOW
erelgns, and though the progress Of reform
In the State is necessarily impeded by the
remains Of old ideas on the one side, and
by the impractlcability OF newly manu-
mitted serfs on the other, the tendency
o. events is surely toward the political
regeneration OF the vast empire. But
though We have all general idea OF
these changes, we do not all remember on,
Of the most important agencies by which
they have been promoted. There Is NJ
AaaI.4 fraa tF, nV,aa ole 0vl, IA
present style Of Journalism there has mad
considerable advances toward freedom o
eIprcssioni yet the press has among Il
labors and tTiumphs the honor Of having II
no small degree contributed to the Rmellora
tlon Of Russian politics. Ten years ago
Alexander HerEen, a Russian author ant
journalist, was a refugee 10 London. 70
SIX years or more he diligently wrote ant
printed books, pamphlets, reviews aud news
papers for Russian circulation. He dlscusse
Russian matters and men In n style whlc
had never before been attempted; aud thong
his works were nOmlnally prohibited, the
found their way promptly TO the Russian do
mlnlons, freely circulated from hand Il
hand, and were regularly road In the palace
Tie reason Of this freedom was obvious
The 'limit by assassination" upon the powc
Of the Gar was held by the nobility. TIL
peasantry OF Russia are loyal to the Car
1t ls the Boyer class with whom he Is brougt
into antagonism, and the publications {
HerEen were devoted to the very reform
which the Gar has since established. lIeuC
the freedom which his writings found. BJ
he transcribed at length the limits TO whic
the Russian Government was willing
should go. Yet the Government was spare
the effort TO suppress his publications. II
offended the national pride by defending Il
rebellion Of the Poles, and from that da
his influence aud popularity were at m en-,
Ha Ia AL nd 4
remainder Of his life In secluslon at Geneva
There he recently died, and the event OF h
decease has recalled his name to notice q
that Of 'the 1nst man who, with the pei
exercised an Influence which the Russia
Government was obliged to acknowledge an
pay Difference to-" The sentence quoted 9
the beginning OF thls article Is from his pet
and the day will come when farther conce
sious, and even Justice to Poland aud
the Hebrew, will grow out OF the Ideas Or
printed In Russian type by Alexander lie
Ien.-Phi,ddelphia Ledger.
OLDEST INHABrrASrs' AssocIArIoN.-Th
regular monthly meeting OF the AssOclatIo
OF Oldest Inhabitants of the District of CO
lumbla was held yesterday afternoon In th
court room, City Hall.
The president (John D. Blake, ESQ.,,
called the meeting to order, with J. Caro-
Brent, esq, secretary,
mem
bershlp Mr.. Nathan Mullikun, u resident o
Washington since 1917. Laid over unde
the rule.
r. W. Clarke presented Il memoir OF Hon
Amos Kendall, embodylng Interesting Incl
dents Of his life also, an photographer
sketch Of the life and services of Hon. Robl
j. Walker, published In the EUsRiHg Sta
OF November IL, 1869,
Hon. b. b. French read an iutereGtin
paper, relative to the Old Capitol, giving q hi
tory Of its erection In 1915, aud the inclden
herewith down TO the year 1851, when d
edince was turned into a bastile, and ate
ward the tearing down and building on
site Of magnificent mansions where reve
Joy and gaiety In contradistlnctlon to tn
ghosts that lowered In the locality but f.
years ago.
Mr.. Fielder Il. Dorset presented to Il
association two halberds, relics Of the WI
Ofl9l2, being 4 contribution from DR.. Rlcl
mond johnson, who was q private In Cap
Davidson's company In the war Of 1919.
A vote Of thanks was rendered to Hon.
d. French, R. W. Clarke, DR.. Richmou
johnson, and Mr.. Dorset for their contrib
lions to the association.
After the transaction Of some routine bu
mess the association adjourned.
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