The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-15
London Journalism.


ness, conciseness, snap, vigor and
variety, the English press is far behind
that Of Anelica An English editorial
nust be long Verbosity Is deemed
virtue. It must repeat itself. It must
meander among sentences, twisted, con
torted, and anacondaish in proportion,
cramnaed with 'sWherefores, - there
fores, and "wherebys. the IDEAS and
Conclusions indistinctly connected. The
regular London editorial Is a word
wilderness. You are startea on a road
broad and plain enough, and then con-
tinually led of into blind trails of
yerbiage and repetition, and left to arope
your way out again as best you may.
The English press breads triviality.
A few police reports are given, also
drawn up in cumbersome array Of words.
Paragraphing is almost unknown. The
columns of minor brevities, jottings,
bits Of news, personalities, bits Of
humor, editorials, census reports and
essays boiled down to q sentence; that
@Ealeidosoopic mass Of matter, grave,
gay, lively and severe, CLEANED from
call creation" commencing with the
price Of eggs, and ending with a quota
= ton from Tyndall, Huxley or Mll-all
these have no place in the London daily
There Il no "local column" like ours.
That Of the San Francisco. paper gives
the everyday life Of the city from runa-
ways up to Che last earthquake. This is
beneath the dignity Of the English press.
And 50 this immense city has no record
of its everyday life. Iaminor incident
be demmed worthy Of notice, it must be
lengthily talked upon. The result is
that the extreme of dignity in English
journalism begets a triviality far ez-
ceeding ours. Thier papers are large.
They must be filed with something.
Pushed for matter, they sermonize over
TRIES. I read near half a column
short time since in leading London
journal devoted to the case of a man who
had swallowed a set Of false teeth.
Tho American journalist--the San
francisco or Now York educated re-
porter-must in time come to London
and start paper. It must come with
all its sensation headings, its reckless
humor and burlesque, its unscrupulous-
ness, its fire, fun and frolic. 1t must
bristle daily with line paragraphs,
thus -
The lord mayors wig was awry to-day.
A new whisky mill has been started
near Hyde Park.
Disraeli is wearing out his old clothes
1t must expose all sorts Of frauds and
abuses. Il must turn inside out the
hospitals, iails, prisons and alms-houses.
1t must have fnll staff of fighting and
Paul Pry editors and reporters. It
must have in reserve n contingent of n
million dollars to defend libel suits. OF
course, it wouldn't take at first. English
dignity would frown severely upon it
and read il behind the door. But thew
are not above these trihes here. They
but pretend to be. The least street
disturbance instantly collects its crowd.
Not yagaisonds either. What men see
with their eyes, they like to see in print.
They are hungry thus to be woke up.
Ten years would educate them up to
the sensation paper standard It must
come. 1t must be the combined effort
of vigor, energy, talent, audacity and
capital force itself on these people. IT
must say frantically, CT am here. I'm
going to stay. I'm new animal. new
entertainment, a creature fresh from
the prairies and Sierras, fearless as the
grizzly, swift as the eagle, venomus as
the rattlesnal1e. am comet. Destiny
shapes my orbit. am among You. ]
must shine, dazzle and corruscate. You
viii be shocked and scared at first. In
time, you viii learn to like me-
There are newspapers enough. Their
number is legion. Arts, professions,
trades scots, special ologies and special
isms have all their special newspapers.
There is the -Vaccinator, devoted
to characterization. Vaccine matter. il
says, is at the root of all serofulous
disease. There is the anti-game-law
sheet, crying out for the free shooting
OF partridge, quail and pheasant. The
women sufragists have various organs
Ditto the Spiritualists. There are paper.
devoted to special hobbies. The weekly
zetetic says the earth is not round. but
hat give these few to illustrate th,
immense mass Of printed opinion weekly
and monthly sent flying abroad. i
staggers one to catch mere glimpse o
1t. The National Reformer, edited by
Bradlaugh, wants to pull down tn,
throne. The Internationl Herald re
presents the commune. The temper
ance people have many organs. Beer
say they, is the cause of all human woe
And some some say it's this, and som,
say its that. Every one is crying, -
am the way and the life, 4" but all thes,
voices are shouted, as it were, in marrow
halls. Each oirculates alone its owl
special crowd. --Fan francisco Bulletin