Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-12
THE PRESS.
ire Next Meeting Of the Tennessee Press
Association.

We cheerfully make room for the fol,
lowing circular, which reached US a day OF
two ago; and while we promise for our.
selves compliance with its request, urge
upon all the press of West Tennessee 10
do likewise. It is very important tina
this Association should Oe maintained up
to a standard that will enable it to com
pare as tavorably with similar sssOcia-
lions in other States as we know the press
Of the State does. We hope, therefore.
that every newspaper in West Tennessee,
no matter what It's character, will be rep
resented at the meeting in Nashville on
the Sd Of February next:
For q umbe of years past a few mem
bers Of the Tennessee press have pre-
served, III the face OF obstacles almost in
Vulnerable, in the attempt to organizs and
keep alive a State Press Association,
which, thanks TO their untiring zeal, has
succeeded in preserving at least a sem
blance of life and organization. Il is now
proposed to take immediate and vigorous
action toward making the Tennessee
Press Association what it can and should
be: an extensive, do%urishing and iufuen-
tial fraternity, embracing in its member
ship every respectable journalist in the
State, and recognized everywhere as n
of the powers that be. as q means 10
this end, the Association, during its ses-
sion in the city of Nashville, on the 18th
of December, 1870, instructed me to ad-
dress you this letter.
It's object is to eudeayOr to arouse that
esprit du corps which, as journalists proud
of our exalted profession, you mist feel,
and TO invite you, cordially and earnestly,
TO become members Of the Association. A
committee has been appointed, which
will, at our next meeting, report a con-
stiJutiOn and bylaws; officers will then
be elected; and everything possible will
H. - o.. N D d.
ISOLATION an actual, active and permanent
organization. Such societies exist in
almost every other State; and there is no
reason why the journalists of Tennessee,
equal in ability and influence to those Of
any commonwealth, should not be asso-
ciaJed together in a compact and homo
geneOus body, whose status shall be the
most elevated and whose power shall be
irresistible.
As it is, we are wasting our strength
if, indeed, we are aware Of it at all. Like
the reeds in the fable, we are disunited
and consequently weak and impOtent:
them, we might be, did a bond OF
sympathy fraternity and organization
unite us, of invinCibls power-a power
which would compel respect and be of
such dignity that no petty legislator
would have the effrontery, as has been
the case within our remembrance, to
sheer at our demand for simple justice as
an unnecessary gratulty proposed for the
benefit of them printers"
In addition to these questions of self
interest, there are social reasons tor the
perpetuity of our Association. The news
paper men of this State ought TO know
each other better. They should be as IA
m1liar with each others faces as they are
with each others papers. They ought to
together az the capital Of the State,
at Iesst once a year, for the interchange
Of ideas and the cultivation of that frater-
feeling which cannot exist in the alb
senee of a personal acquaintance.
The Association is intended to be
non-partissn, and is open to every
reputable member Of the Press in Tennes-
see, who is either editor, publisher or pro-
of s periodical publication. The
meeting will be held in the city OF
Nashville, Friday, February 3, 1871, and
are urgently solicited to be present
assist in the permanent organization.
In addition to the business meeting of the
Association, which will be of the utmost
Importance, there will be, during the ses-
lion, a public entertainment, the pro-
zramme for which embraces an Grafton
BY Colonel A. j. Kellar, OF the. Menu
ibis AUdtdHcbe; an ADDRESS by Don. Came
ESQ, of the Jackson Who and Tri- I
,tge; and a poem by DR.. r. l., @. White,
# the Lebanon Herald. The extended !
equation for talent and e~loguence of the l
highest order possessed by Colonel Kel-
ar, and The forty years experience in .
newspaper life of Mr.. Cameron (whO will !
ddress the Association on 1.-THE best /
method of conducting a country news Z
lsper ~, insure an instructive and agreea- q
lie entertainment. 5
Surely you can spare at least one of q
number for a day or two, to attend q I
Meeting of as much Importance and in =
crest as those of our Association can be \
made; and we again sincerely and heartily q
rye upon you to meet with as on the .
rst Friday in February. .