The Grange advance., 1874-02-18
please and So easily offended, that it is
Craze question NTH 4ead sxAss.s

gEaye question With sSsad ssa'sst4
to publish and what to eject. But, wlep
we look undcrstan,i;ngIy ii; the real MY:
ture Of the n.ws!a?er, the 4Hest!un ap:.
pears l"ss formidable a':'l nisfc* "a 'sct:ie*
The n.wsp"Irr is public organ. and
therefore the ln"rcr "e'''am FOR all public
things Aud ~;la' i> ill.,: public il is n
Heterogeneous msn:i'n: Of III II. won-;. a:.l
ci,i,,rpn: Il cpnglu,ucrn:;,n Of ~oCiviy: Il
,aixrl multitude. with. n''xrl !nvr->.s.
IDEAS an / tastes. Ani ~ >,!1 such :, varied
mass, oi course the newspaper !nu. n,
equally varied. mixed. cong!omcralt.! and
heterogeneous. The r"pc: is not printed
wli.'!v for one class or ;lnrii.cr. ;lt tr. he
whole l*nrle-,l> wise ani "ticv:isr:
white. yellow ami black None are vx-
ciuleI because all help 70 sustain i, CT.
should tp 50.
Is ii :~il;'cS more than one Hover for
h."lu"i. ~ Il newspaper should display
many lu"> II; thought. No lady would sub
i';:; ,n "":;: dress OF ,i".,y one ,ntnbr>
color. ~. i takes scores of bright and
sparkling things /, p.ri"cG her attire. so
it needs au unlimited expression vi !'i-:s,
side hy side, to make Il good paper. All
l';h::>: things belong /" ii, Religion T.
l:'.::i,. ::i::, :>nl l;,;iiic: and ciuc;. on,
ami al ~"tiai ,la;,rrs The Bible, vii; all
.f> i,,t.
r!.urcnr>. ministers. preaching and wo:
snip, q Wh;.:cvei. sect, are c"*1:j public
concerns, thar bc.r crus!lin2ly on !;i,or
All working people. and Of course b.. '"@
TO iir :.rHv *lHpc! i" nu'r.: :nl critics" AS
IL" t.n'lin4 ANT sitting mil! i: ,,u:,'ic
Thought. NJ Or" Cal. clai,l Hi eXt!AD,icn
Tor l~>' t,lnG> from l:;, in:c>ii :::>;o::.
dissection and analysis: Fn" this j. the
Legitimate ofic" ":' til" newspaper. The
non ,'r'"lucny ars:,cracy Of church ANA
state ar. lecci,cs *!! vampires Oh the
working: class. and shall the press he Ncaly-
muuthc'i i'll discussing the subject: No,
never. it isprak, it must be in plain aud
burning words. Any othc: style would he
forcclcss and unmeaniny.
know that Mrs. Grun,ly rules new.:l,a
per,lom rs well as ladies' fashions But
she is in oil tyrant. and ought to he
s1uelc!ed and shut up in Il dungeon. 'nr
she does immense mischief The idea that
editors and readers should be cowar,ls and
slaves, afraid of each other. 1t is perfect
foolishness. The press is the l;yht Of n.an
kind: but without freedom ii becomes All
organ ct utter darkness. For if mans
mind. anu tongue, and pen are not free,
wta: freedom has he: Just none at I'LL.
The man is the mind. and hut he submits
to be bound with chains. Rise, q man.
and throw off thy schackles Minnesota
has no free presses. A pity anu a shame.
No, the press is not free, and it is no
press at all: the man is not free, either
writer or reader, and he is no man at all
i: gagged by fear Of sect, party, clique.
money, or Mrs. Grundy. For heavens
sake, then, for humanity's sake, let
us have a free newspaper-with only
this restriction, that it shall be conr-
teous and avoid slang. But as to ideas, on
any subject, each one shall always have a
right to his own-full, round, plump. over
his own responsible signature.
The Farmers and Workingmens Move
ment. is heroic in its origin, and no timid
spirit of compromise can add hairs
breadth to its growth and success. 1t is
universal and spontaneous impulse and up
rising of the common people in self-de-
fence, against a moneyed and professional
aristocracy. In homespun dress and with
common sense speech, it tells its own story,
asking no favors of wealth, monopoly, or
popularity. Its wine of politics and re-
ligion is the pure juice Of the grape, which
requires new bottles throughout. The old
bottles arc cracked and smashed. Let
them be SO. No repair is possible. But it
is clear gain to the country.
Religion is simple matter and needs
little discussion. Any kind which requires
constant expounding, and then, after all,
remains in the wild clouds Of dispute and
misunderstanding, pays no workingmen it's
heavy cost. 1t won't save him. Every one
knows what ls just, kind, true and brother
ly, and thut is the workingman's religion.
1t has no element of kidglovc. non-produc-
ing aristocracy, and no gaudy. Tall-steeple
creeds. Its Church is the honest farm
house and work shop, and its minister the
free and untrammeled GRANGE ADVANCE
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