, 1879-05-20


On Sunday tho Nov. Hf:NRY WARD BEEctf- !
Err ttcFoteu large ahhro OF lib BoFmoh 10 iho
Ho regards them M " difficult |
tiea r., tl,e way of Christian progress" as |
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"a emitting "mephftlc gases tnat 'nshslo ous
dwellings day by dny," as a representative
of thnt aida If NM which In lowest and most
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repu8naht 10 onlast'a11 mot'''ty "'lu "ehc'''
cy." lie ncmlss taot thay arc hopse c.ihn-
nela OF 1ehrninR' ona lntel'senee' an" IN
sp'faoons 10 7lrtuo anu Fasr'o''s'n' p"t
complains tahs through the'1 si8aa"eo 1n'n
shown up IN all Ills naKodnesa' aud
nothing IL hiddcn from sight. He adm'ts
lint IL the people woultt moi fcad snch
new5 the papers wonld not print IT,; that'
they expose tie eafs1oa IN the markets. OF
tue world bocause people aro purchasers OF
IL; bnt, nevertheless, concludes with thls
awful dsnunclation ny comparison: homo
had her 9ladtators, spin hor onll.nehts' En-
g'and her bear-baits, md America has her
ne%spnpefa' Linen 10 esks nlfnsosi "hother
"tt's IA MI assault upon newspapers, and
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mo more than upon Christian families OF tho
wnoo eonn'sI ,, lnslas ana uuss'ae 1ae eausen,
men. md tn hayo nowspancr. brlnp tbcm 10 thetr
aoors nnd with tlor thousand cxccltencic., news
papers to-day wcre not ''alf 80 bal as shoss who
seaa mem. ho naa NO. ua"os .'ie psops's.ofs o. s'
cJi,o,s md ren,,e,s n 1c,vc m. ~, y,t, vI.w. -
pcrs supply them with It,"
No fault cau be found with Mr.. DEEc1s.n's
characterization of tho modern newspaper
on tho score Of it's being ,nctlioy Of contra-
dictiops. Is chief glory consists in tho
fact that it ia "briof chronicle Of tho
timo"; that in oach Issue 1t presents pau-
ora1nic viow Of a1l that III "greatest, best,
md meanoat in tile rapidly.forlning record
of tho deeds Of mankind. Tho assumption
TINT the people demand all tho nows because
they *slove evil" "iovc tho faults and fail-
Jugs Of mon," aud "loyo yilo views" is n
nero Insertion unsupported by proof. It ig
a more plausible presumption TINT tho MOO.
plo insist upon knowing tho cxiHteuoe Of
evory evil i'll order that they may proyile
mems for ita eradication. It is al old and
familiar sayiug TINT one-llalf tho world In
Ignorant Of the manncr In which tho otl1or
half lives; bt,t this saying is no longor true,
THINKS to the newspaper. # thoro is a
wretchetl woman starving in a filthy alloy,
newspapor reporter learns the faat autl com.
mnnicntcs it to tho people of tho AVG
nuss noxt morning. If a brutal husband
boats hia. wjfo until hor cries arouse tic
neighborl,ood, tho newspaper roporter
talses euro that tho ocloos Of, the
shriehs OF agony shall bo heard In tho draw
ing-roou.s Of the first ,citizcna II tl,oro III
mortal attray in 81 dive on Clark or State
street. the newspaper not only chronicles
tho fact, but sAows In faithfui..detail MI ita
horrible environment, ita coarsenoss md
brutality, its tragic feasures, its pathoa, If
| pathos there be, its moral aspect, 30 TINT
| tho people Of the aristocrutio quarter may
| know by how harrow boundary thoy aro
| separated from misery the most pitiable aud
cgimo tho most revolving.
Docs 1Ir. DEEouEn believe for ono moment
that tho poop1e demand this olnsa Of naws
heoauaa they "love ov'l"2 Ia it not more
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to know Of tho owl 1n order TINT thoy may
Aaston to nrply roinesly-to punish tho
crime md alleviate the suffering? It may be
said TINT tho thousand and ono organized
charities OF tho present day havo boon evoked
by thc nowsrapor. 1t poInta out tic trayele,
who has fallen ly the wayside, It pioturos
Hcencs OF wrutoholuess TINT tho humane may
bo nsovod to tander compassion. 1t points
ont the wretch who rrowla uboat threatening
society will, tho knife AMI pistol, TINT ht
mHy 10 roatraincd from doing evil. And II
thu people den,nra news OF crimt
that thoy .nny ruprosa and punish it
aud Of suffering that they may relieve It, il
it not unjust to assume that they domant
news Of itnmora1ities' In tho higher aoc,a
circles 1noroly because they love the fault
nu.l failinga Of mon"7 Tilp newspaper Il
tho Dz,unnoutl.lght Of modorn civilization
10 live in ita neighborhood is to live In tn
broa0 light Of day. Who doubts tia
Thousands of guilty tlccds dio iu tho vor.
inception because OF tho danger OF uowa