The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-30


Some other hand 70 plant another, till
We scarce can turn our eyes without beinG
charmed
With natures richest, brightest jewels, grouped
In rare, artistic taste
The planting still
Goes on. That idea will never die,
But live, and move with every heav'n-seni
thOught,
The moving power Of the press, we might
Thus specialize in many other things,
But this will serve TO show how IA doth work
Suggesting, teaching, and advancing on.
The noble press doth also lend its aid
nt0 the ornamental arts. When one
Exquisite painting hangs upon our walls,
An evidence Of some new genius, soOn
The public journals, with their words Of praise
Welcome and cheer him on 20 new success
We cannot mention everything the press
Doth aid IL is pow'r that doth pervade
All things, lever that doth move all things.
What is ID give the politician strength,
And courage 20 maintain his honest views,
And stem the tide of opposition 'ns
The voice approving OF the press What makes
Him pause, and contemplate his mad career,
When some important question agitates
The public mind, and on the stormy wave
OF some impending crisis he doth noat2
Il is the waning counsel Of the press
Within It's pow'r. It's bold and fearless tones
Fall on the legislative ear, and shield
The laws from prejudice and party craft
The rulers Of the country must regard
Tn opinion Of the press 80 II doth WELD
greater influence political
Than any other power on the earth.
OH that the press would now exert its pow r,
Throughout tn entire land, both North and
South,
ArI d. al 4.
The press, and italone, can put IL down.
The press hath ever sacredly sustained
The rights of woman socially, her right
TO have an education, high as mans,
Her rights religious, and domestic rights.
In all the dear relationships Of life
In the sweet ties Of sister, mothar, wife
And friend, the press hath honored and revered
The rights Of woman. May IL still be kind
10 her in this. IL sees the great mistake,
When she forsakes her glorious wOma hood
With all its holy wife and mother ri ghts
For ballot-box and public Offices.
When this impending issue has been passed,
What shame will daFken our beloved land
The interest educational the press
Doth also aid. In the establishing
OF schools, il ever takes active part,
And many words Of cheer its noble voice
Hath spoken unto those who would advance
The human mind, but struggle on amid
Opposing ignorance and strife. Oh who
Can tell, how many school-houses now stand,
Ihat owe thelf origin unto some WORD,
Some wise suggestion of some Journalist
That fell upon appreciative minds.
The many tongues OF Science now converse
And their discussions deep, are shaking earth.
What is il gives the son Of science strength;
And courage 10 go on AS he surveys
with tOleseoPio vision, stars remote,
Holds worlds and systems in his greedy grasp,
Takes hold Of suns, their rays Of light divides
And adds their lustre to his shining CROWN
The ocean waves, and through the depths of
earth,
To gather gems TO grace the page sublime,
The science Of geology doth give
To the unfolding mysteries OF TRUTH
What friend stands by, with Strengthening
sympathies,
As he doth analyEe the substances
OF earth, prove their Afinities, and find
Their values chemical, and all their worth
Make known for mankind's daily benefit
1t is the press, that cheers him on his wayi
Nothing doth WELD 50 powerful sway
Upon the literary world, as doth
The art Of printing. knowledge it hath
Within the reach of all IL makes the thoughts
OF all the great and good of earth our own.
W, We can sit by our own Preside, and know
The scenes the traveller describes, and know
Almost as we'll, how other lands appear,
As If our eyes, and not our minds, had been
Cast DER the scene.
The press IL like "A field
Wherein poetic how'r re bloom forth, and nil
The soul with gladness like a sweet perfume
And where, alasl sometimes those noxious
weeds
Unwholesome, and degrading fetions grow.
We do not mean those noble rOmances,
That through a bright imagination, teach
Sweet lessons in morality and love,
For these are worthy Of q noble place
Before the reading world The jeweled wreaths
OF literature are spread all Ger the earth,
And many desert minds, that never would
Have felt the joyous eestacy, or known
The heav'n-born pleasure Of expanding
thought,
Within the influence OF this wond rous pow'r,
Now blossom like the rose, and glow with rich,
Pure ideas, that angels would not blush
To see reflected on the walls Of heavn.
Il is the power Of the press that mOulds
Society. The mass Of people have
Not courage 10 persist in anything
That meets with editorial contempt.
The press is great what il condemns must fail,
And what il sanctions ever must prevail.
It's moral and religious pow'r no one
Can estimate. The thoughts and sentiments
The press doth put in motion, will move on,
And who can tell, when they will cease TO roll,
Or unto what results they overhead
Oh that the day may quickly come when all
And moved by religious principlei
When no jmpurity Of word or thought
Shall find a place within our literature;
When every press shall be restrained by fear
OF God, and editors breathe only truths
And noble sentiments. OH what q change
The dawn Of the millennium would then
Appear, and men, in peace and happiness,
Would move along their destined way, and
watch
For the great, second coming Of the Lord
The printing press is the great centre-wheel
OF progress, and IL must also improve;
As other things advance, il must move on.
The press hath not the acme Of its pow'r
Yet reached. What was the press at hrst,
when all
The type, was letters rudely carved on wood,
And made anew for every published page.
How grSndi The whole machinery moves By
These are the days Of steam, and soon, no
doubt,
That unseen power electricity,
That is now coming into use, will move
The press, and set the type The present plan
Will then as stupid seem, a. do the scrolls,
The ancients used 10 write appear 70 us.
And who can tell, but coming ages will
Unfold power, more ethereal still,
Than this my sterious agent Of the storm,
That will propel the engines Of the press.
And when the press hath reached this height
What wonders will have been revealed
throughout
The earth All things move on in harmony,
And very rapidly the mysteries
Are being brought to light.
The glorious art
OF printing seems to be the instrument
Chosen by God to lead mankind along
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