Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-04

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Or skyed their caps for Harry of the West,
Whose 5attle-cry rang clarion like and clear
| Through the whole State, from shelby to Sc
Long may their faces in our midst be seen,
| And, when they die Lord, keep their memory
And one there was, the oldest of them all
His age, In fact, was quite apOcryphal;
A jour. while yet the steam press was IN
He'd putin type the death of Washington:
Among the craft twas the belief of some
That ne at least was "here when Columbus
comer'
And others yet, of faith still more sublime.
Held tradition Of an earlier time
When, in his younger days, he had been
AS junior devil by Gutenberg and Faust,
however true or fal e that be, we may not
know or care,
But every printer here Pm sure VIII Join me
in the PRAYER
That the summer sun may gently shine above
his hOnOred head,
life be sped,
And his stout Old heart resist the frosts Ofmany
another winter
God bless and keep the dear ''old man"-the
oldest living printerl
The genus country editor" unblest
With specie, has its species, like the rest
OF these, suffice it | mention two,
As specimens: the Pseudo and the true.
And 5rst the pseudo editors-alackI
The ours that curse the journalistic packi
II our profession have Nemesis,
Surely she concentrates her wrath in this,
When fellest, foulest cruelest device,
She spawns this wretcheG thing, the editorial
feel
No words of mine may ittingly express
The scOrn bear the IShmael Of the pres
The venOmOus caitif who employs his pen
To rant, and lie and Islander gentlemen;
And who in his malignant self contains
Ali OF Thsrsites spleen without ThersiteS
bransi
Take up his sheet-tOuch pitch and be de
See grammar murdered rhetoric run wild,
Passion melted, deeency decried,
Wisdom clntemned, and party dejhedl
Behold invective supersede debate,
Instead of argument read Billingsgate,
See defamation courtesy supplant,
And, seeking reason, be content with rant
Let none suppose, since Journals so abound,
That real editors are frequent found;
In journalism the Scripture rule holds true:
"The called are many. but the chosen few
They err who fancy editing trade,
The genuiBe editor is born, not made"
Let me describe him, if perhaps I may
As he exists in Tennessee to-day
The sketch is crude and rough, and yet,
trust,
Since it is drawn from life, at least tits Just
In mind well balanced, and in iudgm
shrewd,
Ready to comprehend, prompt to conclude,
Fertile in resource. a0le 70 Sdapt
Means TO the end desired. facile and apt
At seeing men and things in their
light,
Firm in belief, and competent to write
ready reason lucidly therefor,
Such is the genuine, true, born editor;
Whose mind. unswayed by prejudice, can
Some little virtue in an enemy;
" no, holding Truth Of al the virtues chief,
Detests a slanderer as he does thief
Being, in briefer terms, precisely what
The NANCY journalistic cur is not
You'u find him in his offce-busy, Of course,
For he is busy constantly, perfOTCe,
Being Oft-times publisher, and frequently
BY stress OF circumstance required 70 be
FRESHMAN, cOmpOsitOr and mailing clerk,
And sometimes devil IN rush of WORK.
And then, for him to live at all, tits clear
He must be something of a Anancier;
His greenbaeks are not over-plentitul,
Since, in accordance with the general rule,
The country editor must print the news,
Agree with each subscribers special views,
Write well on every subject in creation,
From crops and weather up g education;
Support, with all the ardOr u his nature,
Some jack-leg lawyer for the Legislature
(And legislators do not always tee
The warmest love for printers-witness
Steele,
Print callow rhymes on sIove'' ad frlfnitu1a,
For every Miss who has q mind to write 'eD,
Print pufs I'D Hb.-aBd be content to edit,
Publish and mall MS paper on cre1lbl r
But why prolong this duh recital, when
The best description is to name the menu
That leal, high-hearted corps, frank, fearless,
The genuine country editors of TENNESSEE
And rst and foremost comes that brave old
knight,
Tried. trusted, true-sh Nature made but one,
"And broke the die in moulding Cameron;
Sare the staunch Wing is blest by kindest
fates-
Hath She not Wisdom, too, beside her Gates
Bee old our shifting canvas next reveal
The DYER but lively countenance OF Neal;
Look how his true poetic nature shows,
See at his side the blOoniug Upton Rose;
And drawn thereby quite naturally, see
The active, bright, Industrious, busy BeHi
View Whitehead, now, and Ham6y-JoHy
And note the light from scintiIlattDg Sparks;
While last, not least-the peer o. any here
View GibsOn's sturdy Baker now appear.
So may the East her trusty chisftains boast
See valiant WINS always at his Post;
While Hood, McNelley, small but gallant Speck,
And Woodward keep the enemy In check.
See, nearer home, the picture next reveals
host Of doughty warriors true as steel
See wslIsce-not the Scottish chief, wis,
The Wallace Of q later Era this;
See Boyers, veteran philosopher,
And Horsley, debonair preuS ehsudtseTt
Hill, Thomas, Cunningham, MeCord, al hearts OF
with that chivalric, dashing Harry Hotspur, Doak
Where'er or what my future lot shall be,
Whatever fate may have In store for me,
Nor length of time, nor intervening space,
Nor weal, nor woe, nor Gught can e'sr enace
This recollection-it will ever be
The choicest treasure left to memory
How that my honored brethren of the quill,
The craft for whom, through good report or ~,
The warmess pulses Of my bosom beat,
Whose lot is mine, in victory or defeat, a.
Deemed me not unworthy to Appear
Their representative tonight, and here
The eolor-bear even for . time,
OF Truths own valiant bOdy-guArd sublime,
The consecrsted champions Of the Free,
The genuine country editors Of Tennesseel