Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-25

As emf grafton, however, at length
broke down tae barriers of the noun
tains and rolled with its restless tide
into the Great Valley of the Ohio,
with it came q printing press-the
herald of advancing civilization in its
grand, majestic march to the mighty
West. 1t was the Arannf courier OF
q world yet to be.
Properly enough, the first resting
place of that old Ramage press was
Washington, Pennsylvania, whence
have come, of old, so many of our
literary associates and friends.
How lit:le did Mr.. Coldrich, who
owned that press, imagine that it was
the van ofa powerful army.-more
potential, indeed, than hosts of armed
men-an army of printing presses to
do battle against ignorance, super
sutton and crime, Applruse.
But that venerable press had many
vicissituies. From Washington it
was moved to Wellsburgh, Virginia.
about the year 1920 Thence it came
over into Ohio and tarried awhile in
Mt. Vernon. Again it moved on
this time to Clinton, and finally from
that place to Norwslk in 1927. where
it did yeoman service for the Messrs.
Brown. They took it to Sandusky
City, in 1880, snd at length brought
it to Tiain, where 1t frat made its
venerable appearance in the office Of
the Seneca Patriot" in 1882
Commencing, as it did, it's tour Of
pilgrimage upon the Atlantic coast,
it had now reached the "far west"
Like the course of empire. however,
westward" again it took "its way"
onward towards the setting sun.
First to fndlay; thence to Perrysburg
on to Byran, aud from there-I know
not where.
Like many of its owners, it has per
hsps, long since been broken up, aud
unlike them passed into . fire that
| burns with "fervent heat" Peace to
its ashes!
/ have spoken of the bowling will
derness of a century ago. Look at
it now, with its teeming millions
ITS power presses are presses of pow
er. The news is no longer brought
by the stage choacb. Ii comes
swifter far than the winged winjs-it
comes on the lightning's flash
thanks to Prof Morse, and his tutor
one Benjamin Franklin, a printer
Yes it comes by lightning and is
printed by steam.
The world moves, not by the lever
of Archimides, but by the almost ON
impotence of the press. And no
where is that power made more sub
servient to intelligence, justice and
humanity than in the free outspoken
west
In conclusion, Mr.. President, let
me repeat e maxim SO well known
to every school boy, .'there is no ex
cellence without great labor" No
one knows this better than the prin
ter. 1t is true, there is no excellence
without great labor. And when Ben
jsmin Franniin-the printer-the
Statesman-the philosopher-started
in life, he constantly kept IN his mind
the passage from Proverbs; The
spider taketh hold with her hands
and is in kings palaces
The poor printer was not afraid to
labor; and as a statesman-as phil
osopher-he stood before kings in
their gorgeous palaces.
SECOND REGULAR TOAST.
r. A
Here's freedom to him that wad writei
There name ever feared that the truth should
be heard,
But they whani the truth wad indite.
j. K. Cowan Esq, of Mansfield
being absent, to whom this toast had
been assigned, Judge Estill, of the
Holmes County Farmer was called
upon, who on the spur of the mo
ment made most acceptable i'm
promptu address. The Judge was
in his happiest mood. The folio wing
is a short hand sketch:
MIR. PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN:
Were apologies permissible at
any time, would surely be allowed
to offer one on being called upon at
the 56th minute of the llth hour to
respond to this sentiment. The lib
erty of the press means the liberty of
the people. AppIause No people
can be free where the press Is muzzled
or compelled to speak with bated
breath. No people can be enslaved
where the press is free to combat ty
ranuy, and error Nothing is so
much feared By tyrants as free
press, and those who seek to estsb
lish tyranny invariably strike st the
liberty of tie press. So thoroughly
were our Revolutionary Fathers con
vinced of this truth that they guarded
the liberty of the press by the funda-
mental law of the land. The press
shorn of it's liberty is like the proud
bird divested of its plumage-an object
of cfmmiseration, and a most striking
illustration of distress As Samson
became weaker when shorn of his
locks, so is the press weak and pow
erless, when restrained in its liberty.
But my friends, the sumptuous feast
spread before US and stirring up the
keen demands of appetite" admon-
ishes brevity. and will be permitted
to close with this sentiment:
"Here the press the peoples rights maintain
Unawed by fear, unswerved by gain.''
[Applause.]
THIRD REGULAR TOAST.
Our adopted Fellow Citizens-we
recognize them cithout distinction.
az entitled to all The rights and i'm
nun tiles Of free-6orn americans.
Pietro Cuneo, Esq, of the Wyandot Co.
Republican, made a most witty, sensible
and happy response, and put the audi
ence in the best possible humor.