The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-03-08

We are not disposed to be proud but
; we are glad to rank among such gentle
men Ne edit the Kentucky press. w,
propose 10 give the reader review o
that press as Il now exists, but bcfor
hand, we will tell them what victol
= Hugo, we think, has said Of editors
That ingenious but ever thoughtfdl write
has expressed the sentiment that histori
ans and editors should be placed in III,
same category. We apprchcnd that h,
meant that Theirs, historian of France
and Hugo, the editor Of the Raped wer,
brothers. Forgetting the conccit which
might have dictated the idea, the quain,
old writer has expressed truthful senti.
ment.
The editor to-day has to deal with as
important movements and combinations,
affecting alike the prosperity and peace
Of great empires, as the historian. Ger
man editors to-day, speak of far greater
and more important movements in the
consolidation and union of the vast leu
tonic empires than Carlysle found in the
reign Of Frederick the Great. French
editors to-day resist such commune and
such lawlessness as Scott or Lamartine
failed to see in the revolution of 1892.
R-'.@~sA Is not the only historian. of
America. The early history of our re.
public did not afford more terrible move
ments looking TO the overthrow of the re-
public, than the modern history. The
notification convention in South Caro-
lima in 1888 and the celebrated Force Bill
of Jackson's administration are more
than equaled by the Ku Klux and the
Ku Klux Bill of Grants administration.
All Europe has learned through the
American press Of the dangers which
threaten the great modern republic.
Stephens history of the late civil war
and Foote's or Abbot's lighter history of
the same period, will be less corsulted BY
the future historian oft these United States
than the files Of old papers. We can
now, no doubt, understand what the old
philosopher meant when he uttered the
above very just remark.
Roll aside the mist which intervenes
between the past and the present and the
vivacious and gifted Macauley, Geust,
Noble, Gaillaird, Petit, Baber and host
of antitypes in our State. The less mer-
curial Macintosh greets Kelly, Green,
Mayor, Martin and others. The press of
this State is a mighty engine and has
seldom abused its power.
There are at present seventy-eight jour
mails in Kentucky, managed and edited
by as intelligent body of gentlemen as
can be found. The Paris Western Citi-
zen now edited by McChesney Il Fish is
the oldest in the State, and was started
in 1907. The Lexington Observer and
Reporter was FIRST published in the same /,
year. In 1922 the Christian Observer |
and Commonwealth was started in Louis
vile and is now doing veteran work for
under the direction of Messrs. ,
"-0'i" r. ~ e'ouvssVsa sr l.
The Western Recorder wyunuu = 4,
Louisville, in 1880 and was followed b
lree years after by the Frankfort Com ss
established at the capital by
J.. q. Hodges, the Sir Charles Dixie and 81
'teran Ct the Kentucky press. pc
In 1910 the Russellville Herald. n vi
lunch Democratic paper, was establish p.
by Mr.. Rhea. The Richmond Regis co
was started four years after and was tn,
lowed in 1919 by the Louisville An eel
ger, the Democratic organ of our Ger tor
IN citizens, ably edited by Mr.. Down; Py
d the Frankfort Yeoman edited by S. pu
M. Major, an able and devout party
der. nm,
Only three existing papers were flea
ablished during the decade $4,000; bre
Cynthiana News edited by Mr.. No to !
in 1850, and the Henderson Reporter ma.
naged and edited by spidel & Slopes, omi
1853. In 1856 Mr.. Ford issued the cur
number of the Southern Shield Mt
ensboro. Next year Mr.. Kirppen-
Die established the Louisville Volks. Y
as an opposing organ to the Anzieper. BE
1862 Ross Il Rosser first issued the nile
ysville Bulletin, and Mr.. Petit, one of erse
first editors of the State, the Ovens con,
Monitor. These were followed the n te
year by the Henderson News and ,bos
Paducah Kentuckian, now ably edi- 10 :
by MIR. Martin, the present State cour
Ter. In 1865 Mr.. Kilgore started anv
Glasgow Times, which was shortly her
wed by the Kentucky Advocate, both min,
rs worthily maintaining the peace desti
n settled upon our country at the vari,
I'd of their birth. In the same year road
Turner started the Industrial Com secti
nal Gazette, in Louisville. These mart
RS were followed in 1866 by the fol- w
lg papers edited by the gentlemen ports
% names are attached thereto, viz: recei
IRIS True Kentuckian, John S. Grad of an
) the Benedict of the Kentucky press; We
Sandy Herald, Wroten q lion
!; Hopkinsville Conservative, j. them
'odd; Kentucky Gazette, Licking and !
IN able and dignifed paper. II. IL. most
8, editor. Hickman Courier, Geo. were
en-; Columbus Dispatch, Robert proud
lers' |ariiie mercury Scudder d Such
III; Shelbyyille Sentinel A q A. LII