, 1873-05-02

tfla n&a DG00, HlIlCC / uCcN1tlD hCuMAlutUA HltA
it, protontions jumbo of lnoomptotlonb; very
polished and worry dull; reminding ono Of 'toaoo
elaborate dGasnntfo compositions which nro BRid
to DO wriiton for tho closot
THE AMERICAN rnEsa. a.
oa bs 8ea a. Of te Amorsan regs on the
said Of tho writings Of Horny Fielding. TINT tho
might DO bottor ohoaen iirtlooI TINT tho com,
pany makos but small show Of oouttiinoHnt ai,tl
whole, that It has joylal, happy faoulty Of
atauling ly tho wenk md resistnB tho strong,
OF aatirfztng tho wohod, exposing tho baso. do
tecting tho fnlso, md cheering tho unfortunate
aro nonrInilea by froo soil, and wloso great
boughB, spreading out wider and thicker, allcltor
.froo people.
PERSONAL 1ounNA1.aat.
Wo have hoard d deal Of 1ato years about per-
aonal journalism. 1n tho press Of Atnorioa. We
nalism; 1t iR an appetlango to our condition aa
woll ns a result Of our character. During our
civil war, 1t waa remarked by foreign officers OF
progrons OF military events that individual valor
and exploits not merely count for moro with us
than thoy do with European nrn,ios,, but that
they aro required By our soldlery, who hoep,!a
can habit, and, as fur as odtora aro concerned,
1t Ia rendered tho more ecrltinizing and lnoylta-
bio by d comparative anlallness Of our towns
which aro not largo enough to afford conceal
%o TO- sn
pretty. auro to find out who it is TINT oditB It
thoro is no possible escape; tho mans simple
comings In aud goinga out will discover him;
ena just NJ ho happens to ee q prssHa parssson
10 10 1ikoy to DO marked and tn'kod OF, until,
hisnse1i ol,a.ssa viii vi tho virtues ana nii the
peraonal Journalist. r you wifi hut consider it
for 4 monlot.t you will agroo with mo That James
Gordon Donnott was as peraonnl in hts journal-
ism throwing as many Of Its pooulilarit;!os into
ii degree; I % but Iotli, aftor thoir fashion woro
known, personally known and noithor could or
desired to hide himself Even Mr. Grooloya
SUCCESSOR, though scarcely warm In his Roat, and
miliarly known BY nanio aud countenanco to the
great body Of American rcadorsi and confess
that considering tho case from this standpoint,
am unable to 800 how mon liiso Marble, Dana,
Dowles, White, and Halstoaa, filling tho
p1acoB they do, could, no matter how ardontiy
they might wish 1t, cnyelop Themselves ita the
mystery which surrounds tho wori-a-dhy drudge
who forgoB thundorbolts for tho London TIMES:
Nor docs this soom to mo thing to 1e desired
coming nlodoBty and eef.denial, joinod to abso-
lutte disinterestcdnoss in tho public service, aro
all that should DO sought; bocauao tho very na-
ture Of tho Journalists vocation ob]igos him to
if not part OF them to DO ready, reaoluto, md
personally informcd-qualisies not to bo found
IN tho rec1uaa or the dummy. Vixen say that
the journalist must be n1nll OF action, do not
mean that ho should sook Office.
Mon In thcir rlaccs are tho men who stand,
and tho functions Of tho politician and tho jour-
naiist arc totally difforont. Porsonnlisn iu only
objectionable when 1t becomes physically blatant
or absurd and deganoratcs into Nero childish
vanity or idotic concoft. It is considered, and 1t
,1.ASH~f f,1a Yt.ot3& f&nt,
il causos Morton and scliurx to detach them-
eelvos from tho rost in ordor TINT thoy may toll
millions Of thoir couutrymon what they thinl! on
this question and Oh thnt. Tho journalist does
not in Its most personal moments, diis1p9y nm.
ha warned against using his great vehicle to the
moro tickling OF his own vanity, ho in surely not
to bo bamod for going in at tho front door, In
stead Of creeping round BY I'VE, way O. Of tn the D. baek q:
tho faco Of i'll the world non slbi, sed to'i gent
| tnt4 Sc cretlere t1,t,ldo.
| THE PRESS WITHOUT HISTORY OR JuR1srnu-
| DENCE.
This principle, fairly construed and carried
| out, underlica another, aud the moHt important
Of tho uuHcon forceu IN journalisnl-the sense Of
| responsibility. The business OF conducting
| newspapers is only just beginning to bo recog-
| ntzcl as d profession, like low, engineering, or
| BY established rules. md marked by mono OF
tlose procolenta which 1nako is follow-toilors 80
honorable and 60 roverca. It il ut onco without
n Jurisprudence and history. ! haze poem
| rontling MIR. Hulson'B rccomt book with interest
and attention, and nothing that it CONTAINS has
struck mo with creator force than the general
suggestion whch it conveys Of what it dooa not
contain some theory Of journalistic. practice.
ton which furnishes SO fow abstract idoaa
tho biographor Of tho American proau.
l suppose all of you know, tho editor q the
know the editor Of THE ou1o4oo Tribune ]; you
on on joarnalsm from eithor would bo
| valuab1e, because each Inns illustrated
tho profession Of journalism BY distinguished
quality which LAS made them what they are,
shuts then up like oysters? sohurz call8 this
f'ss indiHorentlalism.@ I explain 1t in this Way
that, whom thoy came to tho 'front.' friyoloun gar.
they fought against pruEiency in themselves as
vol as in thoir order, overcoming it In them
Holyes. With 4 robastrous, self-taught spirit,
which was keon and dotoetiyo, flushing
gP1nt gsat with slam in psou,ap asn'ps speelos Up
now-fashiouod, mirthful sincerity, truth-uoekne
and truth-telling they resolved to maintain it
thoir public intercourse the simple, colloqual
tone which is common to private Expressions Of
aton, they, worry naturally, wont to tho extrenlle
OF It, Thor orrod morely in dogrce, md in tlt
right direction but, whilat 1t may bo said ol
them that
E'en their frailties lean to virtues side,
wish they could bo induced to speak ont as
Melill spoke out in this very .placo year or tw'
Bnce, aud as ltod spoke out in Now York not 81
long ago. and ~ am trying very inadoquatoly tt
spoak out on this OCCASION toward the establish
mont of aome generall If not aomo apoclal, con
ception Of q ByRtom by which we not morcly GO
our daily breal, but which am suro the groate1
number OF US aro interested in advancing. il
purifying, in olevating among tho professions an
III the Teputo OF nlon. With this in mind.
speak Of tho responsibility wllioh prosso
upon oyery, NEWSPAPER uontlact9r; and I ahal
% aono taato for Investigating the causoa Of things
aud having had considerable experience in IL
experimental part Of our yooation, am satistlc
that in journalism as in oyory conceivable apher
OF life, tho foundation Of succosa is orodit
What ID It that makca you trust your money, tn
ha,lk Contidonco in its mauagoment Wha
is it that mahos yo. rally around fayorisa part
leador2 Confidence TINT ho knows mora OF th
science OF government; TINT he is bottor rep
I al R,F ,,oo,,1inr Nr1 thatL T.