The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-09-15
The LicentiOus Press.

N"NS - uehiu"I oPVNO VI bhG fANuSTICdU
Press at that time:
But the foul growth of America has n more
tangled root than this, and a. strikes its fibres
deep in its licentious Press
Schools may be erected, East, West, North, and
SOUTH pupils be taught, and masters reared, by
scores upon scores of thousands; colleges may
thrive, churches may De craInmed, Temperance
may be diitused and advancing knowledge in
all other forms walk through the land with gi-
gantic strides; but while the newspaper press of
America Is in, or near its present abjecL state,
high moral Improvement in that country Is hope
less Year by ysS- " must and will 90 back !;
year by year the tone OF public feeling must sink
lower down year by year the Congress and the
senate must become of less account before all
decent men land year by year the memory of the
Great Fathers of the Revolution must be outrag-
ed more and more in the bad life of their degeil-
crate child.
Among the herd Of journals which are pub-
llShed in the States there are some, the reader
scarcely need be told, of character and credit.
FROM personal intercourse with accomplished
gentlemen connected with pgibtscattons OF this
class, have derived both pleasure and profit.
But the name Of these is Few, and of the others
Legion; and the influence Of the good is power
less 10 c0unteTact the mortal poison of the bad.
Among the gentry of America, among the we'll
informed and moderate, In the learned profess
slons, at the bar and on the bench, there is, as
there can be, but one opinion in reference to the
vicious character OF these Infamous journals. 1t
Is sometimes eontended--I will not say strange
ly, for II Is natural to seek excuses for such dis
graee-that their influence is not so great as q
VISITOR would suppose. must be pardoned for
saying that there Is no warrant for this plea, and
That every fact and circumstance tends directly
to the opposite conclusion. FL
When any man, of any grade ofdesert in intel
lect or character, can climb toany public distnc-
tion, no matter what in America, without first
grovelllng down upon. the earth, and bending
the knee before this monster ofdepTaVity: when
any private excellence is safe from its attacks
when any social alconadence Is left unbfpk en- by n
or or any ne OF social doccney aud honoris held IN
tne least regard wheh any man in that Free
country hNs freedom of opinion, and presunes
to think for himself, and speak for himself, with
out humble reference to censorship which,
Tor It's rampant ignorance and base dishonesty
he utterly loathes and despises I'm his heart ;
when those who most acutely feel its infamy
and the Teproach IL casts upon the nation and
who most denounce II to each other, dare TO set
their heels upon, and crush Il ODenly In fhc
sight of all men then will believe that its in
huence Is lcssening, and men are returning to
their manly senses. But while that Press has its
evil eye IN every house, and its black hand in cv-
cry appointment In the state, from q president
to postman; while, with ribald slander for its
only stock In trade, 10 Is the standard literature
OF an enormous class, who must find their read
ing In newspaper, or they will not read ut all !;
so long must Its odium be upon the cOuntrys
head and so long must the evil II works be plain
ly visible in the Republic.
To those who are accustomed to the leading
English journals, or to the respectable Journals
ofthe Continent Of Europe,--to those who are ac-
customed to anything elsei print and paper,
lit would be impossible, without an am Mount Ol
extract for which have neither space nor incli-
nation, TO convey an adequate idea of this fright
ful engine In America. But IL any man desire
confirmation of my statement on this head, let
MIN repair TO any place In this city Of London
where scattered numbers of these publications
are to be found, and there let him form his own
opinion.
In the New York Tribune of last
Thursday, Horace Greeley says:
LIES BY THE CORD.
Isitworth while TO contradict absurd.
" foolish falsehoodsi Does il not graf
ify the liar to find his fabrcations treat
ed seriouslyf And then the fellow can
invent two new calumnies while you
are refuting an old one. On the whole,
we think most men must have better
business than such refutatiUn.
Here is specimen, which some poor
silly coward, cOncealing his name, really
thinks we ought to treat with gravity
WHAT HORACE KNOWS OF FISHING AND GUN.
MING.
From The Boston Post
Parties who were up In the AdrondaclSs, a few
weeks ago, when Horace was there, give aueel
accounts OF his conduct. They say II was the
ulOsb ubLOnlblllHB lnlnB ever seen In that region
He went out fishing one day, and came near be,
ing pulled out of the boat BY big trout The
trout got away from him at last, taking his lead.
or as a memento, and lie sworo fearfully when
he reeled In and found the leader gone The
boatman told him II he, did not stop swearing
he would not catch any fish, and then he broke
out IN such way that the boatman, who may
nave Deen supeIsttiOus, rOwed ashore at once
He afterward said that he would not take Hthat
cussln' loonatic" out again foranything. Anoth.
er time, he wenton to shoot deer, and acted
IN the most outrageous mannef-especally in
the handling Of his gun. His companions were
In imminent danger all the time, and at last
they took the gun away from him altogether
When Horace found himself treated IN this way
he refused to go any further, and, when his com
panions returned to the hotel, they found him
abusing the landlord because he did not raise
sLrawberrles on a piece OF land covered with
"Why," said the landlord, "that patch aln't
| nt for anything" aN
Then sald the philosopher "Thatsd-d non.
sense. Why the d---l don't you try?" Have
you read What Know about FarmIng?n
To which the irreVerent landlord "No, Sir; |
hainti and don't want to. We h'aint got no
time for d---d foolislness up here"
From beginning to end of this larra-
go, there is not fragment, a scintilla
oftruth. No trout was reeIed in, or
part way in; for no reel was used-no
trout got away-there was no swearing,
nor thought of it--nO boatman made
any such protest-no deer was hunted
or sought--no gun was handled or
touched-no one suggested any plant
ing of strawberries--in short, each as
sertion copied above from Tho Boston
Post is distinct, particular lie, without
shadow OF foundation or excuse, as at
least half a dozen responsible men will
cheerfully testify, And the author of
this tissue OF fasehoods makes a busi-
ness of inventing such, for which he
finds ready market in The Boston Post
Here is one more of the same sort
from The Neleark Courier, speaking of
the arrest of the Editor Of this journal
in Paris 1855 on a claim for damage
suffered at our old Crystal Palace:
"Mr, Greeley accepted tho emergency with Inn
perturbable sang JrOid. lie endured his conano-
ment like hero. lilo waxed faeetlQus even, al
luding 10 the bars and bolts Of his cell as happily
conceived means TO prevent people nom break
Ing in But he never fOrgaVe the indignity,
snddling the responsibility OF the same upon tho
Emperor Nap0ieOn-innOccnt of the 'Outluge' as
q babe unborn-and the French Government
From that day TO this, The Tribune has been Vlr-
ulently hostile To both In lta estimation, the
former hns beeen tho most gUoeess aud deprav.
ed of usurponj the latlor The sum OF all frog-eat
Ing yilainies, And all because Horace Greeley
was locked up In 'Clichy,' at the lnstlgation OF
an irritatod French sculpt0rw
The most unmeasured denunciations
Of Louis Napoleon Bonapart that ever
appeared in The Tribune had been pub
lished directly after his perfdous coup