The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-02


i helplhis friends who has not the strength
OF 'nsir d and largeness Of purpose to- rise
ABOVE the mere snnddle and miets of r
tisan, trife and iiscord."
i Inse nse partisanism and reckless con
tests II newspaper columns are,unwise
IITTaeT j cad to foolish assertions-as assertions
thas, al some aature day, invariably return
to plbx ;ue the author. To every journal
ISL her to-daglI appeal for the>truth of
this as sertion. Turn a file of newspapers
for ten J ears past and you will iiad that.
in a3aE y cases, -the very leader pyou may
basin CLOSE political utilization with now,
WIS sh en- spoken Of as great raseat, ''and
F"asterl y devoid Of particle Of political
honest y" II really don't believe my
friend CalkiDs would insist on exhibiting
amelia copy Of the Milwaukee 1lews be-
foDe"a Democ patio Convention, where Carl
SehuIE q was spoken of as "rev0iutionist,"
and "a q"mere political al venturer;'' ,oTw here
tne,ab ilities Of the present Democratic
E4tona ,ey General were ridculed and dis
paragted, where he was the E:epublican
canddf late fonChief Justice of theDupreme
Courts ;:cr where G.. Latham GAoles and
JQhoN Z. Potter--two enthusiastic Reform
ers, 81 owing in beauty side By side
wsrr} heldup as Undergraduates, anxious
to sea beautiful white young Desaemonas
224aaGns ed to swarthy Othellos. Neither can
Ee0m ceiVe that our venerable friend Gen
| Abws cd Woald enjoy reading OLD extracts
froca the State Journal where Lucius
4air child was spoken # as Dos having
aafa1bi;lent ability to fill modest county
o14s e, whea,the Democrats were running
hina as their candidate; or .Raere Alex
Izfss ;gett's asat orical impudanee in pre-
sum ing thas' he could,meeU 3. Washburn
9D' tie stuSnp, was fully port reyed. Ny
fe1c client friend Deuster wouldn't want 20
ssst iorse nov what the Sec 8ete said of
/ 81 .s-Senaton James R. Doo;1tle ten years
leg 0. SGos things are embarrassing re-
! Mi nders--.q know how it ls-in8sclf"
/ Few people know what a strange feel
kli'lg occafs,upon opening Up a, rnusty vol
urme of bound newspaperss The fierce
c iontests51at were waged in their columns
llave On ashen hue aboat them now.
1t is rot anlike pushing asde- the damp
weeds es'at surround an cd grave, and
tho "isp1osy of time" that co neps the stone
with mese, with mould, aad'the lichen, is
not theless there because the surface OF
the paper shows them G0t.. The surginQ
tidas of invective seem Like one of Oss ans
battle tales; tie fierce TRADES, rs a glance
at soriptaDsl skirmishes,. The words once
hoS with Jancor and bitterness. are bot
the echoes Of an austege,@ enteace, faiLtly
ringing down the halls of Memory; re
mlndlDg one of the gn1ruloua tale of tho
sexton Old. of che passions and tumultsI
t3atIona reigned IN the bosOms of thoeol
whom, ne has "gathereh in They afs
sut'chnpters Of dea6l;Nenr-- of dead in2i-I
dents~-of dead campaigns, the almost fcE-
Egoten anementoes oE;nnoe familiar carpr
ing grounds
i AIr6 the tholg2sful pbsef yer shsaad,,
! not sst the lesson "a taught in vain.
| Tho future OF tho. press is bright and
brilliant, if guidsdt in proper chaanels.
It's good work will be felt throughout
Iagas. An honest, fmn X, cutspok ca, presssf
w3l prove perpetual barrier aaainsa
corrupt governments while it is Rpurish-
h1g the liberties Oh the people will newer
90 encroached Upon It should oe inGaa
L pendent in spirit, but never neutral
\ while it is .trea- thas nearly all qpestaans
tof national Importance are ST. evenly bal
danced that ID is often very difficult for
che keen inteAees-let alone the passive
m ind of tho wayfaring maa--~to decide
what is rigot and what is wrong, yet T !
would have the press discass thsan in q
calm and piNilosophic way. aandialy Civ
ing the points on both siGes. so ,hat I'M |
fairness may not be alleged. oar e.%lsI |
And so. while It may be. said that the
future sf the press is brilliaMt, if virtue,
intelligence and a maalY independence
are the guides, it canned be disguised that
its influence for evil Is almost equal with
4 its power for good. Indeed,it is believed
ithat it is even more influential in tearing