, 1873-05-27
OHIO EDITORS IN TROUBLE,


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+ iAe ealtoFa OF ohlo mot lilo other day Mt
Columbus, to tako into consideration tho iutor-
os+u of 4,,o ,,rofoo.;,,, l., .,,.4 ctt 7 ,:
- 0.e'D''A@ 80 Sn"' o'"so' "no o'i'ns
]no'r besslon Aetenod TO tho following homo
truths from Mr. Oscar T. Martin, formerly OF tho
Hnrnpfiold ~ \ A1uor3;co,. ,r,,o ,rou +h, oro4,,
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There 10 not m editor hero elsewhere who ia not
writing IN Chains, who docs not daily choko back
mt. ~ ,,,o ~ ..' ueAls i,on, 1ear oe 'asor'
oral TINT is thrown to yo. in tho sl,nno of county
printing, buys yonr sllenco just ms tho midnight
n%haa . tass .ay hepeo o. .no faithful watchdog
mouths nrs fnl1 Won r,1a fro" ~ ta a .nor
oyor tho rnilroad Of corporation notorious for its
M naa management. complimentary to tho theatro ia
crit,auo n, tho n, n,. a aua unesuo
body and ao, for IN innnltcsjmally lesg snm tl,ar
Judas received for tho betrayal Of his maatcr. Tho
fayorito On aim .oc,'rv ~ nrefarro, 'o ., M
CONSCIENTIOUS bid Of master workman, ia
nos ,, o1poaca ny tho 1ousnnl TINT advcrtses
howl Tho fraud .nd corrnt;o, as 'tst''' ~ ,en ans
municipal bodies is not unmarked because you
are member OF tue ring. You quake with holy
our legislators. in rcformna mr. noa., ro,at,ar: W
whereby your privileges may bc Abridged. md broal
gu. IN DAD orursions Of doublo-1oadod ndighation'
your poyrrtvsstrfcron no1araoan,aa nas. :,.,s
OF your paper you fly such Haunting lies al aTbe
.1ceuo o. to pfeaa IS tho safeguard OF tho nntion
patrloa motto yo M hortv -. % ,.p ,as ~"
You bound hana anu foot. rho ro.norsoless
eanps VI ehue, party, anu corporation hold you fas
'a.' A4a'''n Id eo''a'nly 10 oe eohnaonslod for
..'' A1""A"oe'' 1Ail opoiA eou'o'7'on u sooo 1or
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nelo e0'ls' ~ ''o"'As W "otSo 7caio 1nan
w. w. ''V '''tE'D "l' 'ooA o'eA pAs' WHICH, cor"
' - - A,''4' wy - pa'.l4'h ~. ano'1lor
oo.s.A ""o''" " e'inns'eo VI 'n'o''lsa'ioh up
t ~, ~ NV '''"' ooAo "olo 6u"ts VI 'no
feo~aAtA'os' .u"lsoa Ill 'lo "oaroaS' iho mo-
''on ~ p''1.' 'na''s p'o'n'co' "t'ch' OF course,
"A' o9As As'''oA' ~ "i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oh inc
'iu'n VI 'no a7sert'oa6 conta'nod IN the addres5.
11aSlne naoo 'hla coh1esston' "hat are tho
ollo eaatora going 10 10 ABOUT lt! "il>they
8'lA 60 On sonlne tnelr conscionces Tor
c'fcns-tlcsoss anu county printing, and COM
uniting douo1o-loaded denominations for the sake
OF tho donce'rs thrown to thom2 Their reform
ls very paffoh one II 1t is to etop. With con-
1eseion, and doea not manifest itself in works
moet Tor repentance There is no doubt of tho
truth OF oyery hlnglo word uttered by Alr.
Martin, only he has stated tho case mildly. The
editors Of Ohio know worry we'll that they arc
owned, body. soul, and breechoB, by evory
peripatetio circus-show md every stationary
county convention, and that freedom of tic
pross unler such circumstances ls a delusion
and snare, md, what il worso than af olso, the
public knows 1t. Now, II these Ohio editors arc
roaly in earnest, and havo mado their
confession with the Wow of emancipating
themselves from the thra1dom Of the compii-
montary yoke, wo can point out to them tho
straight md narrow path which will load them
to happiness, usefulness, and freedom. A year
or two ago, q fow of tho leading newspapers de-
tormined to commence n now ora In journalism
by making themselves independent, md, % 1t
was impraotlcablo to accomplish tho reform all
at onco, they began operations by looping OF
party. Cutting loose, therefore, thoy driftod
away from tho old cauousoa with their diota-