The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-02

over the Newport and Cincinnati bridge
in March.
Preaching and Printing.
At the Franklin banquet IN New /,
h ork Wednesday evening. after the adj I
..lrcss OF Horace Greeley, the chairiiiail.
Dthc Rev. Dr. Prime. said: "tientlcncn,
Id know you will rise again the moment
Ia tell YOU upon whom am about to call
|:or a response 10 this sentiment: hon
esty is the best policy-one Of Fanklin's
[carlest and best maxims-a maxim
worthy OF all time, all nations, and all
Dproie s.ions. aud tacilc primceps in the
profession to which belong, | beg to
,ane and ask our friend aud guest, the
Rev. Henry Ward Bcccher, TO respond"
Great Cheering.
A MIR. Beecllcr was received with great
applause, long continued and hearty
and when silence was again restored,
Mr.. Beccher said: IL am at little loss
! to know which profession YOU refer to FL
(Mr. Prim: Both, sir"). Il aln cler-
] gyma,,, some times laughter. and l am
IAN editor also. l have been connected
with new spapers, may say, all my life.
; However,, / accept the courtesy which
YOU show me, whether il is in one pro-
iession or in the other; for. lately, they
, have been so cOnjOincd that II is difficult
to tell whether man is preaching or
printing. A great deal Of printing goes
to preaching, and a great deal Of preach.
ing goes ont in printing, and to that
f lattrlbute the reformation which has
j taken place in the world, and notably in
(, this city. We are all Of us SO much of
: ono mind on this subject that my dis
n course will have all the mcri: vi an Or
r ,hodox sermon. Everybody believes il !;
!. before the ministers Uegin, everybody
knows what hc is going to say, and
lgo to sleep before lie gets through.
ilGrcat laughtcr.I have heard it frc-
louen;,y said that this maxim Of Frank
Inns was not the correct one, and not
ccual ID that OF the Greeks. who held
~ that no motive should be addressed to a
IL man except that which reaches their
= higher faculties. Ii is said that honesty
; never should have been propOundcd ;-
the best policy; that was teacl'in2 men
~ 10 act SO from the neancst OF rCnsidcra-
at lions. l have no objection whatever
Id that men should be honest and truthful
n from a considcratir.. OF the eternal til.
ness vi things; b. as there is only ons
in ten thousarL that understands THU
OIL eternal fitness of things, what are W.
~ to do Laughter ana applause. Now
". lexcluding these men OF higher refine
), :, lment, /. for one, am heartily Thankful
that franklin gave currency to this max
Oy in, which, instead Ut reducing toll to
ir- lower level, has a tendency 10 elevate Il
ed Applausc.1 For, however high 20
"A inav soar, honesty is the place wheI
YOU must start. The men that attai
ne permanent success must also, in the u:
yslturc of things, be honest. That is, tho
ng must observe faith between man ali
man. without which there cannot
.olfricndship or honor, and the affairs
; ~ life cannot run without running oil u
OF track. believe that we can give to Of
ted common people this maxim, and whe
u holt was made the universal ground OF 9
49, ton, it has laid the foundation OF III
IN stability of character which has MAJ
sci. our people what they are, not simply
:. Idustrious or frugal, but made them
true speaking people and fair dealiI
people. (AppIausc.l l do not dol,
the That there arc great many persons W
,ro. slim mn. and mistake, to call it by
stronger term than that, and l
~ know that there are great many n
NIL sons who at one period of life or an0'
rna- or believe that they know the trick
ION. wrestling by which they can throw 4
time but l do not believe that any m
a of that has been on the stage OF LIE Tor y
.~,.dltv wears will say, whether he did
oouncers or not at some period OF
tIat those were the things which ",
tone and will also say that the things viii
eve lid win were clear thinking, honest dc
'tion ing. and true speaking. lApplana
and That man that comes through in the
, Of and nchicycs fortune and enjoys his "a
} cx-l that at the bottom has been an hon
the man. [Applausc. So much for
t on frat profession. Now, as to my scc0
! ,sO3 feel that any further remark is cntl
ly!or nv euperfiuous, for ii there DC one G
the linu that entirely revercnccs truth, II
The that Of newspaper men. Laughter
e its applausc.I II there be one thing I
Q LIST we arc more proud Of than another
En-. IL fair dealing between man aud m
will Applause.l We are particular as to
pas fncts: we sort them, we present then
May That thew shall strike the imaginai
c. A right. and We are especially careful
u A. tour words that they may measure
caus- truth carefully, no more no less, tho
d tn, there are uncharitable people that
'ainst saw things hard to be be borne; y
lgc Is nav say that all newspapers which
It In q ct to prosper, and whose propris
es o. i'm. tead of shining the street for FL
made .,re having M money for themscl
" the have hcc,, those which in the main Y
. for fair lcaling, truth.telling newspal
! rails { App,suse. In regard to those thai
cr Of NOT tell the truth, have only TIL.
say. with your hearty concurrence:
leaths tncy nsvc. ~, 10 ~" s,,.oS,,w ccm. when
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