New-York tribune., 1873-06-20
Mr. yEECHER on JOURNALISM

rvrpAcTs FROM Ills ADDRESS AT iouGHKREPsIE.
Tbe following are some Of the moTe interest
, or,,oos Of the Rev. Henry Ward Beeohers address
hasore the Sew-York Editorial Convention, at Pough-
keepsie. on wednesday,
count myself fortunate TO be present asain as an
5i,r and ID carries me back TO the earlier years OF
~ when In 1885 began my pubhc l1e as editor under
the inf ience and example OF that very ya1aDln an
Gi-sps III was while was IN the IheOlOgca seminary
that was necessary tna some ono ,S 5uIgr ] @ no & ,9
ynne to tine General Assembly IN Fhiladelpa, not the
General ssrlD bly, elsewhere and OOA me place Wlh no
iride ana no very great vanity, but still with
49, 49, -,,cHiIr xppctttlOus shat remember launched
sioh "a hnnrbf a goid watch aud u superiatiYe over
CSYt IIaughteT! For SIX months az thhgs went well
~ asi u fhe office, however 10 may nave Jared with the
~ lJls. ~ when The publishers broke, the paper
,t hv lawyer, aud IN the coarse OF iOur i've
,r.l be informed Jlat he tlou-ut no cOulu run IL
slt NV salary stopped. my wasch went back The
~ youIu not take, and left 20 pay Tor tnat
- nest might. have always iub ptouldr syHpa'
80 or % l,iT EDITORS from tAat time 10 thlS-,lpplause
my ior poe and IN ms ears 90 feel ms sell called
ss mi less 20 platform and more ana more 10 the
pen and tue Elitorai Convention should not 90
is'l.f-d IN Wild p my Ale as pagan 10 Tor LAIlk
mar among tine PROFESSIONS there Is none that rIuks
bi,er tna1 that-wAicn yet TO be prOfcaaOn-tlat
jogrnl.sm as yet, pursuit rather than pr9fes
siS1 M has no dehute bounds t mas 10 common INV
M c,sio,n-; it has principles and yet they arc held
Ytrr individually than ~ common c9lseht II Is hOt
',.l mi drawn uuL into any .Orn VITA acAnOW edged
sI.Patilrs and syuerstructuro That 10 Is " De a
fs.un and. all Otner prOics'i9hs 70 nave rs laws
I - precept-, It's maXIms aId ITS nthpdH, thefe can
- ,rlV be any doubt. 10 never wiz De profession IA
- yle sense ia which Law Il has IN 10 sO nucl 0t
-s.iT tDat IL voluntary, tnHt cannot be uGed, Whhe
,b NV sureads ltse1 around about the duofehL IOrihs
M ryu s0cIetg; 10 has machinery uAud AAd pouAuou
80 ,vnirb professional journalism never can nave.
1lrre are 1909 ana 5OJO various lpufhN pun
l,s,.I n tho UIle1 states ana Cahauds, ahA IOf Az
'r.I and literary purposes tho Two great Luglsu
-.Ii NJ nations are one. Or daily journals there are
,,,1 -a Inn Canada ana tho Ullted states, ana about
q pn1 Wcekles anu 700 mOn' lnes. Now IN 40 large a
Inber s these, surely there - uatHri enough ~ Dc
ON rpalrciug taxing counsel 90 MAKE tAe outlines alu
TsameF0r of the future profession Ot journalism At
Hl u NHIfU
srs are very feeble, operating at long distances and
~ sorr perios OF umc Tne great secular press Is held
to,.ticr u bonds ny chiefly political lnlatnces' but
perty feeling runs high for brief ptrl0ds N'r mas t
bre found able 20 hold together even IN me same sde
innrulls IN sucn tnat they sn0ud De ritefnai
or brutnerly such Journals cOme lAto oc
relation, with each Other tD tlcy pfuus arc aHctteu'
he one hv the other power Or party Is not srons
enough 10 hold -hnity, ana LAey 50 INTO AL
In rehr.ous Journals sectlrian feeling Is IN the main
tr ar bond that holds tcm together, bnb tIe same
Giverve influences operate there. Our religious Jour
uas have Ueen % be qilrelsOue aAd nave OeeA
known % De cuyOus aud Ja4,Ous ana even anon? 'tL5
there are diversions OF opinion, ana 5ects don lOVo
e.cn Otner as much Christians should Ana Jhe jour
mails of religion for the most part nave e1empAed tAs
ceutrilua forces o. Christianity, aud the TINE Is yet 10
oe n In av T does come. when the Cen'upeta turceS
viii begin 90 act and religious JOURNALS Yl d. prou2ht
nearer ana nearer together. But thuk OOth secular
aud re Ous journals, there be any distinction arc
coming to the common ground Of any anu Oh clFlIzd-
ton ANA intellectual ana moral elevation hucA Asher
han IrV