The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-06-19

| "ealtu. Dut tue oeaef guides Tue pen
hich he is capable oil welding with
power and discourses to the million
His home is the region of thought and
noble thoughts, all radient and redolent
with life aud clothed in words that
burn" are sent forth in rapid succession
on errands to the world, carry .ng ioy
and gladness to many bleeding heart,
and touching chords that will vibrate
through all the lines Of latitude and Ion
gitude to the end of time, and to all eter.
nifty. and by which his memory shall be-
come as immortal as mind itself. Some
one has given ntteraaee to the expires.
sion that if permitted TO write the songs
ofa nation he will rule its destiny, and
tow mach OF truth there is in it, for who
can hear the Marse ziase Hymn, that
grand lyric which has SO often rung like
a thunder trump in the ears Of dying
dcspotistn, or the Irish Erin 60 bragh.
OF the German songs Of Freihgrath or
even the poor Italians appeal to arms,
without being stirred hy the instinct that
tells him that lone touch of nature
makes the whole world akin Thus we
see that the responsibility of the Editor
| is not trivial but of the most weigh.
ty character. Whenever he writes he is
making an enduring record either for
good or evil. While he can thrust
greatness upon men and make p olticians
he has it frequently in his power to damn
and unmakc them We have not the
ability to compute the extent Of the pow
er Of venal press, for as the BIZ ok mag
netic mountain which We read of in Ara
bian story, drew out by Its irresistible
attractions the iron bolts which held to
getIIer the gallant snip. which seemed TO
float securely on the dashing llows, I'M
til one fastening after another being
looseued, the whole ship fell apart dis.
fOinted wreck; SO the black magnetic
mountain Of a yenai ami Ill directed press
exerts its baneiul influence upon all who
come within the sphere Of its attraction,
and its effects are soon apparent in the
Iooseing of the bolts aud fastenings of
the moral frame. in The drawing out one
| by Que the clamps IT Viraa, until what
was the form If 4 once ztNaly character.
| tails away piece b piece gHd at last lies
a helpless wreck on lies sufging sea
! A lthon.th oc .Fa {tntta ,s,.H tho =f,.,tvor q
tha -, HI. -.
direction, is nHequalled, yet it does not
n,, o,r,ra tb,l . ha. ha.,s ,ss,.rtoa fb,,
tho ,re.s i gr1sniny AMI ovarieiaus and
d.man1a nan.assifns fr,n tl,o st,,o
which are not conceded to any other ayo.
catioa This ! deny. Never in the
solutions bae tGc non,d. aam,ndnd of nv,
vacation al mueh orptn;tons tahar. "a a
tile press, and IN no other has so much
! been conceded, and | may add in no 9th
cr would the demand be granted, without
branding the claimant as a" sponge or
-" dead beat" 1t has got to be consider
/ cd u part of the duty OF every man who
Invests his money, his labor and his
brain in newspaper TO exert them in
! building up every other business In the
community whether that building up be
reciprocal or not. This is too wide a
| field for me TO enter into details. Ionly
refer to the popular custom OF demand
| ing free publication for every extended
marriage notice that the confectionery
NlleI Cuu HlAIuluCtuEG, lOT every ODItu-
airy notice that the talented member of
the family is expected to perpetrate, and
other private matters Of no general con
cern. AS the general conclusion of "
cry society meeting it is pompously re
solved "that the proceedings he publish
ed in the Town paper" without that 9th
err necessary resolve that they be pub
lished at the publishers expense. and this
might be continued indefinitely. SIM
nose we vera Ia resolva tina, we wu,,ia
have a do2an hasketa of Ch,,,nan,o +
can see now me look or inJignaI'ou th,i
Womb mann, the .baak Of ~ .l,,lo. If
y,. ofr;.r,d f., nag for y j., a ae,nv ,f th,
resolution Yst that ,s nraciselr u o
! lima or ox,,,n,nso,;o, M o,Ii,x,.,..1
nn,,ulation of o,rtown daol an ., ~
nuiuishers ot nawsnaners Tn ,not ann
saw their lil,er Iityis ,,nhon,Ioa A, tina
hast session ,f,hs legisI.tnro Tho ,,aas
was nat only Jeniad ;7,.,;ea.hn, snnroad
mad ,nsuitai Men who.s ro,u stinos
w,uIl nsva haa, l,m;tad ia ,tair ,,,,
ho,I,u,ick ,,,t f,r tho ,;r.,l,,ia,, ~ 49,,
nawsnaners dacried our ,,a,,nno. nd .s
sailei our n,,ives I am .,ra,;eaI =,
know mat tho rrasa has mo, 'his n.so,,I,
Win mo trna ren.av Tno, .ro oI,,,;,,
is,er;ng tn tbeir c,l,n;,a,nrs aasa -,
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