Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-21
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It il certainly not very compliment
try to our American reputation 70
~veracity abroad that the press o
Europe, especially in England On,
France, should have manifested g.
much increduIty, when Stanley. tn
N. Y. Herald correspondent, elaine,
to have found the long aud much los
DR.. Livingstone. Not until the las
moment, and after the most minut,
proofs, would the hard.heade,
sord"fs Of London aud Paris consen
70 acknowledgSthe gepuineness of tn,
feat. Whcreupon the modest, bu,
suspected Stanley is at once over.
whclmed with honors aud surfeitet
with dinners. or course it pinche.
to see how little weight attaches ia
American word, among "the degrad.
ID subjects of fetid despotism" be.
!ond the ocean, and as in patriotism
bound, We must show the proper
resentment. But the fact is, in all
this we but behold the natural result
Of the miserable system Of newspaper
correspondence too long in vogue in
this country, the very last aim of
which is truth. Prior to our late
war, the attention Of foreign readers
had been but little directed to affair.
on this side OF the water, and it was
the profound interest dcveloped
throughout Europe in that struggle.
which first caused our newspapers
and periodicals to be extensively
copied from over there. ANY ono,
consequently, at all familiar with the
sweeping and shameless mcndacitv
which characterized the press of this
country, almost without exception,
during that unhappy period, will not
be astonished that the European
reader sometimes permits himself to
wonder whether every statement
contained in an American journal is
rue BESIDES we have in this
country a way peculiar to ourselves of
encouraging and honoring humbugs,
especially such as have attained the
proper stupendousness, so that the
when he sees a big sham
perpetrated by an American, not
uireasonably concludes that the
author Of it is simply putting himself
in training for the Presidency of The
States. AS this is the election
year, those shrewd Englishmen very
likely at first regarded the Linving.
sensation as simply . dodge II
The part of Yankee Stanley to run
into the White House ahead Of Gree
ley and Grant.
Howbeit. we rejoice to find that the
result fully vindica,es the ~veracity Of
our plucky countryman, and shows
entitled to take rank among the
most noted explorers, in tact,
courage, resources and perseverance.
We accept the achievement, with
pride, as furnishing al additional
of these in valuable
qualities, CELEBRITY and
'ush. While the ponderous British
was spending months in
preparation for Il search after
'er r adventurer. u single news
aper firm on this side of the Atlau-
&c, at its own exl ense, lad fitted out
n expedition, which crossing the
penetrated into the wilds of
'outh Africa, and found the rev.
Tanderer apparently not much lost,
lis truc) Illustrating among the
warm drown colored" maidens of
There will not as usual
re wanting tl.ose to say, the object
aimed did not justify the effort. We
annot sympathize with any such
arrow view. To our way of think
hg, it was well worth all the time, -,
abor and money expended, to allay
apprehension, and put an end to
he suspense felt throughout the civil
'zed world, relative to the fate of
UGH q man rs DIR. Livingstone. These .
men who take their !
yes in their hands and brave death I
J a'housand::slai e:,in order to bring )
light the yet hidden places of the :
arth, deserve the utmost sympathy r
support from those who rest in q
and comfort at home. Itis q
to be doubted but that Liy. :.
experienced in the warm q,
'essure ofthe gallant Stauley's hand, b
ID the friendly glance of his eye, r.
ID more than all, in the generous >
pplies he brought, consolation and v
'couragement for the lack of which v
e charms of all Of Afric's swarm "
maidens would not have =
1t showed him that !.
e whole Of christcndom was look L
g with deep interest to the result q
his explorations, thereby furnish. o
z a noble incentive TO investiga- q,
'ns more valuable than any he has o.
yet made. This is not the first Fl
merican who has gained rcnown in al
oking up lost Englishmen. Dr, n.
sacrificed his chivalrous young to
Q, aud secured an immortality Of ra
ne, IN doing battle with the fierce &c
Of the icy North, for the grave N
Sir John Franklin. Aud even now, on
gallant Polaris is ploughing her til
y towards those dismalest of battle ga
DIS, freightcd with precious Amer p p
II spirits, eager to pluck flowers We
t bloom closest TO the frozen pole, is
be woven into q ~faieless wreath of up
ry BY anadmiring world. H.
"A h meantime let DIR. Living. We