The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-06

The following is taken from All ad-
dress On the Press, delivered before the
Psi Upsilon Society, IN Boston, by
George Corning Hin, journalist Of
that city:
Obedient as the Press may seem 10
be, IL is, neyertboe8s sleeplossly leal-
GUS Of It's standing .'l influence, lest
they should be uuderrated or misap-
piled. IL is an unerring measurer Of
public men, and alone knows the little
ness Of great ones An integer IN the
fabrics Of society, il has a scorn Of be-
ing thought 10 represent merely indiyid-
ual interests The personal organ is
dead tue dny It is born. II to-day,
therefore, IL is the advocate, tomorrow
Il is the Judge. II il is the eulogist
now, IL WAS the censor yesterday.
Though il have three hundred and
si1ty-hve opinions in the year, 1t is
nevertheless consistent always Not as
yet has 1t found its ranks among learned
professors, and IL is doubtful # II ever
will, for Il must needs be practical
rather than learned. In this country il
is not recognized as the stepp.ng-stone
10 public preierments, and Il perhaps
gains hy the dissertation. In England
il is the accepted touchstOne Of intel
lectual capacity, recruiting Parliament,
the Bar, and the schools Of authorship.
In France il is the acknowledged finish
ing-school of publicists and statesmen,
and the eiltr,s into the best society.
With us, politicians would fam make a
milestone of il 10 sharpen and polish
AL IFl al
. the whole Of tlrir intangible capital !;
lawyers and doctors resort 10 II as birds
do To the hedges for shelter; the grand
army Of grievance bearers marches up
and fings down its knapsacks full Of
complaints at It's feet the accused run
20 il with their ready explanations; the
DETAINED with their dcnials and defences;
the philosophers with their rem edIes,
the poets with their fol-de-rol, and the
other sex with their sleepless causes.
The world at large seeks the cover Of lis
sheltering fold Everybody is eager 10
proclaim his existence and something
more through its effectual agency,
I they alone excepted who are in the real
secret and sit silent at the source Of its
power. IL is Argus, Bg4areus, Hercules
and Hermes rolled into one. Day and
night II keeps It's messengers running,
flying, swimming, delvng, looking and
listening, aud with their faithful assist
aucc it manages 10 turn the world IN
side out. For Il Schllcmann uncoyers
Homrric Troy a. verify the immortal
story; Stanley cuts the dark core ont ut
the long forbidden fruit Of Africa; gov
eminent despatch astronomers 90 the
fat-uf cApes % report the transit OF
Venus and correct the distance uf the
sun: Sitting Ball harangucs hIs harle-
0uiu braves and swings round the circle
of Indian Villages: the tircless interview
er pills the bell az all front doors and
the local gossip CLUES his capacious ear 20
every private kcyhole. All tins purely
FOR the production and dissemination
Of intelligence, the valuable md value
less. Ii supplAnts the orator. c1mprcssrs
verbose debate into pregnant statement,
makes only straightforward business ui
legislation, and turns eloqnence into the
raw staple of facts and figures. IL edits
the telegraph, the mails, the caucus and
convention, the Lrgialaturc-science.
art and iuveutlon-cummercc law
aud agriculture 10 is the free publish
or for them all-makes their announce
ments-aijusts their Iifferencrs-and
assures their influence. II boils down
books; extracts the soul from trvatises;
culls bouquets from the garden Of the
poets; gives feubility aid present use
t. learning: sets professors OF Greek ~
writing on international law; and, IN
general, Sits, asserts and distributes
literature. It's rrmorselrss appetite for
news-prescnting horror and humors IN
parallel columns will. however, create
n surfoit some time, aud after that Is
, Yer will yield % the finer suggestions
Of its palate for thought just now It
j. 10, greatly given to the nicer moral
shaiings, but filings the pigment on the
canvass with a rapid brush and exhibits
aIl things in the same fierce glare Of
light. But its loudncss will gradually
he disciplined down to a low.keyed sug-
gcstivencss, with steadicr aim and more
pnct.sed engineering: and Il will vet
become tho true living outline of the
national literature.