, 1874-05-03
CORRECTIONS.
f-boracter Of the People Who
Ask for Them.
r,o Unreasonable Nature Of Their De-
mands.
1a. peculiar Ungratefn1ness OF Those
Persons.


How Ih8Y AI9 O4S4oseo oAs
ru~nur. refused to receive correction they have
ibe;r faces harder than rock; they haya refused
- r.turu Jeremiah o., =.
rh.ao words of the Prophet seem to have been
.,;,tan ~ much for Chicago as for Jerusalem; Tor
rsxan.per people az Tor the children OF Israel.
r.. .eomnrehens!reness and eternal fitness OF the
n;h,s ;ts applicability to the conditions OF
humanity in al ages, are proven by the fact that
the.a sentiments Of the Inspired writer are re-
r,odnced day after day, in substance, not IN
9or,n within the precincts Of this and other
cities. .-.....-
Tnev ,re usod By that class Of persons
xho beyopd al others are torment aud
xa,,t{on to editors. There ara many minor
,,;av.nces in newspaper Offices. There
u thc man whose specially is to borrow
,tnife. that ls may sharpen his pencil, and who
I, .lgays sharpening pencils. and never writing
snvthiug, Ihsre is the person who comes In
x,th . three-column extract in reference to tenn
neraucc, cut from an English paper, which he
i,u.giues is Just the thing the public is yearnng
for. There is tue delegation Of zealota, who ap-
pesr late ut night, With long sermon, written
On both sides, full Of abbrevistions, where the
uyn" represents "Christian," and where
aracron" il invariably spelt without the u =;
md Who request it's publication, since it ls .
faithful and fearless preeentment OF the TRUTH
and eince thcv ali takn the TRIBUNE and wousd
oot m anv consideration see that valuable ser
1non in auY other paper. There is the man who
xants somebody written up," and is ready to
rive mass Of horribly -ibelous information. go
ft.t his u81oe is not used. There is the private
v.tchman,-a creature who appears to feed on
eonr onions fried in rancid fat, who wants to sit
rrry. 9err close to one, and then to give long
and confidential account Of the way in which he
6atectAd burglar, and who is ANXIOUS that he
nsy be credited with the glory and honor there
OF, instead Of having it given to regular ponce
man. ~ :,
These are pests indeed, bnt greater than these
h the person referred to in the text,-the man
rho wants correction. This individual, man
or womsn is molal monster, compound OF
y1nity, selfishness, impudence, folly, and Ill
unnehteousness. There ls no health II MN.
He is unwIolesome and uusnvory, and yet, with
Iii The rebuffs lie gets, he never seems to be-
come aware OF the fact that he il pest1lent
uuisance, with no rights which a paper should
roerect. ..--z
The man who wants correction appears IN
his brief grandeur between 10 a. N. und p. N.
After that hour the elevator stops. and ne has 10
climb rr,-stairs. Now, no matter how indignant
OF nompous man NAV be on the ground doo1,
rpnh OF his indignation OF pomposlIy mas aas-
kp,eated bv the time he has climbed nlncty-nlno
ete,m Il takes him some moments to get his
BREATH and during that interval he ls a "eak
creat1,re easily overcome. Indeed, no man can
do anything extraordinary after ascending -FOUR
pair Of stars. -...-,,
comes up in the elevator, and ar1ives on the
unpcr door with his wrath and pufiness intact
Ho comes marching in with an air Of holy lndlg-
uxtiop On his face. aud he says:
II want to see the City Editor ?"
"An right, Bir."
"Ae you The person z"
tYee"
"Yez5 well. sir. I hare somethlng to ahor
you-"
p.per. Der. c1uropled 1 trom ON much handling, grin1y
from much thumbipg, slape it down On the dsbk.
Snd pointing to an item, ears:
s.Now, want TO know who is responsible for
that J That bns done me great injustice, and 1t
must be corrected at once, Sir"
The item ia q very simple one. 1t is tothe erect
that John Smith WAS brought up before Police
Justice on the complaint Of Henry Smith, and
1ss sent to the Brdeweu for thirty days
Nov it reads straight enough, and, assun-
ing that the man calling attention to Il Is j.
fict with tbs impression that the Bridewen ia
Just tie place for him. For, to tell the truth,
sbeEs is always . haug-dog look about the man
who comes in search Of = correction. It seema
0lAaAA40ao1
md VIE trying to trazen the thing ont.
We'll are you John Smith II"
"Tea, sm.@
"Anythng wrong shout it7'
"Yss, there is It ia false from beginning to
End wsa not sent to the Bridewel 1t all It
VA the other man who Was sent, not me-"
"Weu, sir, you have ruined my character. Al
my friends are asking me what that means.
Nov, rho il responsible for thas2 want that
aor1ected."
and then he goes OF into general harangue
en papers, the lav Of LIBEL etc. Ho demands i'm
possible things. He complains because reporters
kte not infallible, as il that was not sonething
which Ia reserved to the Pope alone. In word,
b. becomes unpleasant in hla language, makes
fuss, ind has TO be dismissed with the informa4
don that nothing can be done for him. Then ha
departs. saying, In the language Of the text:
"Ihey have refused to receive correction"
Nov, just look ut this thing for moment
ssloly md without prejudice; Here LIS person
of no earthly importance in the world. concern
ing whose 1oings or savings the American pub
hc il profoundly Indifferent, and yet 80 full OF
TAasy and egotism is he that he fancies every
IhcagoAn Ia saying, "Great beayens! has John
Smith gone to the Dridewell! What doea that
instead Of only dozen men, all Chicago, except
als creditors, would forget him in q day.
But mark the selfshnees Of tho brute. Hera
~ httie paragraph which afforded much inno.
asAeoAubuk " bu6 lE" 4oAA%a4Noo -
Johns rho read it. They laughed over it, and
lSs lSssd 1ohn pleasantly abou: it but be- en7y,ng
u addition to that, to vex the aouls Of
.ons newspaper people who do not
ef!e Nhere he is, what be ie. or who he is, and
cen!J nentioned him ut all cut Of thoir superla~
aEe md condescendlng good nature.
:, ds ID Specimen OF those mortals who think
tae{ s5s the centre and pivot Of the world, ana
.att .ngthing concerning Themselves is read BY
ss7es5b0dJ With profound interest. There came
q. "a nhn Of whom it had been said that he had t
ss1mnaed saa a suicide, when in reality ho did not;
Nos, % ought to have committed suicide, and |
{psoostly viii some day, and should have been
saankful to the reporter for dolicately eug-
sssunE to him what the public would like to
hase =. him %. It was dattering notice of him.
as'eseued him from obscurty. It threw hla /
Sealtors Of the trail. It stated that he was
neun 70 unrequited lore, and the girls commits
ssased him And then the impudence Of it To
.s a4ae md &sk correction and spoil all that, |
s.sspee'aily when be is living. moving, Disagree
Aoe, :nthsh correction Of tho statement.
1oa1s nts.bE the temperance furry, while the e.
sn ssees we're receiving cards announcing the hold
n;S az el prsyer-ueetinEs, reporter called on one