Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-14

for the perfect and entire freedom Of the
press. want to see II frank and fear
less about men and things, no matter
who gets hurt. | have no sympathy
with the seDtlmental squeamishnesa that
would cover things UP which ought to b.
revealed here the press can do a work
before which the pulpit geneially quails
and falls back, coming up a. last, VI II
comes up at all, among the reserves.
And here the press, or, rather, the nobler
part of II, Is doing a peerless work In
graphing with the awful disease that
has seized us, Of public and perfonal
corruption. And If writer's fo' the press
are 30 sure OF their own ilhluactilate per-
feclion as to be able to lay bare, with
good conscience the weakness and little
ness that hides somewhere in US oil, let
that be done also. We may think OF
Sterne, who wept over dead a. and
was as hard as stone to his poor old
mother; Or of that Mackenzie who wroie
the Man Of Feeling and was told by
his wife one day, when he came home
from a bull-bait, that he had put all his
feeling lto his book. Thoughts like
these will come MS tue birds come. And
some writers for the press may be like
some ininisWrs-hngerp posts pointing
out the way they never takci but the
dnRer-post, also, Is Indispensable IN Its
way. say not bnb word then, against
fair aud free discussion Of our mutual
littleRess, even with the liltleness Of these
men lett out. We are all the better for
il whether they are or not
Moreover, Mr.. Coliyer appreciates the
real superiority Of the American over the
English newspaper in most respects. He
says "That the American press should
distance the world In enterprise is as
natural as IL is foi the grass TO grow on
the prairies In this latter May, because
there Is no such enterprise un the earth
to day as this that our people show.
That il should be generally keen, bright,
trenehant. quick, and humorous Is also
natural, because these are patufal char
acleristics too. That It's leading articles
should cOntrive to pack all the sense into
half the space Of the leaders in a paper
like the London Times, is again natural,
because every day we live hasty,
impatient lie, ms different RS possible
from the slow, pl0ddihg processes Of the
life in England aud editors know yer y
well that If they should give us piece OF
their mind In two columns, we SHOULD
look at the long chapter, refuse TO read it,
stop our subscription. That we would
, have hundreds If personal aud imper.
sonal items about everything, and every
E man and woman under the sun who hap
pens TO strike the public eye, is alsC
natural, because, take us altogether
there is no such curious and inqulsitiv'
race ou tie planet. In one respect, in
! deed, the old stock American Of Mrs
Trollope and Mr.. Dickens has mended hi,
ways-he lays in wait no longer for ih'
stranger to find out all about him-bu
! there Is reason for that also he ha
created the interviewer the most re
markable phenomenon of modern time
l and so he keeps quiet, in the full rs
1 surance that he will get the whole trutl
c In the next issue of his paper, and a grea
4, deal more"
c Mr.. Collyer has noble word for th'
= best papers in the country, and clea
t recognition Of their work and influence
o He says they are perfectly honest. "The
f want no office or pluuder, and willshay
d none. They stand clear of all taint, an
e trust themselves utterly to the honest il
{ stinct of the true American citizen. The
II see from afar, as men on mountain top
z the DAVIS of a better day, when III
c patriot will supersede the politician, O
is rather, when the politician will be
d patriot in the purest sensel and so the
t, stand as heralds to encourage us in the'
4 dark moments to rise and take our pla'
4 and begin with the new opportunit.
" Journals like these are the true leade
ID of the people, as Mr.. Lincoln was tru
ST leader, when he waited always to hei
ID the tramp Of the people behind hun, Al
81 then marched Oh from strength, vi
their heart and mind and hand to suppo
n him. IL will be true again that, as q
,n people 20, the journals that do not lea
" but follow, will go. They will do Just
II, they did in the days that are old da
of now, when they wheeled 80 swift y IN
co line for the emancipation of the slave.
IL look for no political millennium, bu
er do look with great hope for politi,
of revolution, fer something like that viii
h, has come within my time in England
sn steady determination towards the sell
n tion of capable, honest, and true men
IS the whole service Of the country and
N this great work the prese will have
ty stand to the front"