The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-01

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AtlO:SO, D. /. Hubbard unn6uheed that
d. L6gin would address he SciSti6R
and NJ. Morris would respond. Dr..
Logan spoke aI iollOha:
GG,AiuIsa n ~ 4tso6atsd Pms of Wa
TtTydlid: ] an happy 70 say, n behalf Of
the business men Of Wheeling, that We
feel tOnored 10 having you for oar guests
up0n thiS0SeAsion. There are many TED.
sons why vel ShOuld sfeel thus honored
An asSsmblAge Of intelligent and repre-.
sentative men cannot lail 10 be q subject
oil interest 10 any community.
Such men do not come together without
8 purpose, and such purpose however
limited In is scope must to 4 greater or
les extent Affect the public EeltSfe. Your
meeting here is IN itself 4 suggestive fact.
Conventions, u not exactly q product Of
civilization, are important features In its
character, and have contributed largely to
It's progress. The world e moved, might
ny governed by them TO q greater extent
than In any previous period Of Its history.
There are empires SIN e istrue, and In q
sense there always Nill be empires, bot
they will ngtibe, as tnuehRs heretofore
the plkythines sot EnpefoTs. The one
man power 6isld ~ pride or ambition,
and handling the liie Ind property Of men
As Il would 4 gambl eF's stake Is going out
The power Of ithe many Welded for the
good Of the many, u coming in'Eit more
than the mai 81 XII q, and Eiththe
promise Of Aih6fe "a ID a ehliehtened
humanity than ne EoFlds' has ever
seen. To this Pf4gress the modern
Newspaper has given q PeWeEthl' .imt
petuS. It has almost beyond com.
putation multiplied c6hvehidns Of
representative men, and IN stilRgrsater
proportion has multiplied their influence.
In earlier tines, even important events
were comparatively limited I'M their in.
hnence. Their effect might be compared
70 that Of pebble thrown ihto an inland
lake, where the Flpples e1dsed thereby
would soon die upon the pAEToT shores.
In these times 8 great event 4 like q
msuntaln oast into the sea. whose bounding
pillows are caught By tha stTong breath OF
me modern pres and carried to earth's
renotest shotes, The printer art has been
apply spoken Of as the art preseryaaye
Of all artG The modern newspaper re-
porter permits nothing to die which he
regards hs worthy Of life. He sometimes
keeps alive some things which some peo.
pie Wonld gladly see dead and buried.
such - records Of police courts, and more
peftfnentlyj perhaps, the resords Of blum
ueiipS Politicians. -
The efemhrks, Of course, do not apply
70 any peISons here. -
Hetsnot generally supposed to cherish
any very great reverence for creeds, "a
slahder probably and yet he has q well
defined creed himself, TO which he
tanaeiously adheres. He Is SOMETIMES &C:
eused Of having more reverence for II than
Tor the eighth commandment. fAnother
SANDER. The chief tenet Of fiat creed Is.
that the great reading public has right
to know through him. Il that Is going on
In the world. Right hitHfdlIy does he
live up 10 his creed. D6nbtess he Is here
tonight. Hes ta'en notes, and faith he'll
prent them" HE'S silent Is vet but soon
will speak 1a5 the representative of that
untirIng energy, that I6da1nted enter.
prise which takes not dsnisI, spares not
expense, hesitates not al sacrifice; which
girdles the seas, traTerses the continents,
explores thessS4ge Wilderness, dares the
Pefils Of I6ffid Zones, and arctic seas, and
bloody battle fields, in order that you and
may tomorrow morning, at our break
fast tables, read the "lAtest news.r
The newspaper Of to-day is one Of the
the most significant signs Of the. progress
of civilization Less than twenty. years
ago 1t was thought grand enterprise for
q nation to6end out an exploring expedi-
ton rand great were the plardits and con-
grstuiations upon the fgct that, under the
patronage ofR great government, Living.
stone had giren fame to himself and his
county, by his African explorations, We
haye seen IN these later years, how by the
enterprise Of q great American newspaper,
the heroic Stanley was enabled to antici.
pate official action and red tape supplies,
rescue this same Livingstone from failure
and impending death, and subsequently
carrT forward and perfect his uncompleted
work. Andthis isonly one OF the MANY
instances OF brilliant Newspaper enter.
prises. ButWe afe. not TO look alone to
TO the great feats Of metropolitan news
papers tns making up an estimate Of the
Y4lpe end ldwe ofthe pies. 4
Mhefa!are Sbout {, 900 newspapersfn the
United States and territDieS Pew Of them
areabie 70 send a Stanley to Africa, a Rus.
sell or Forbes with the armies of the OH
ent, or . Young on a voyage round the
world. They have grand opportunities
nevertheless, and their work, II less brill.
iRnt, Is not less important. They reach
millions Of bones End millions more Of
readers. In Sresf majority OF these
homes, leaving out tie Bible and a few
standard books, the weekly paper fur.
nishes their only reading, Through it the
growing children get tier fifst view oftbe
world asit exists outside OF their immedi.
ate neighborhood. From it thew form
largely their ideas OF life. It's tone. for
good or evil, impresses itself upon their
tt11-4A44S-9I aA4A IL klLI46 - HgfEn lQtO LlelT
character. 'Tt'becoms8a teacher Of morals
as well as a PEfgsyor y heEs. \
I, II can develop manhood and woman.
hood orjt can dWad and pervert both an.
y tie citiEen.is lost In tie pauper or the
criminal. Whste'iE q itas and .pHre, il
does a gland'and noble work, and, like
tMthiuI friend grows into the affections
Of isl feAdat HeIe are men in this
rooRf,R 10 Remember the keen relish with
which, in theif boyhood days, they greet.
ed the coming Of tie weekly NEWSPAPER
Oyer Hsh9s Sthey dfeamed Fheir early
dreams Of iifS. BY fhoss same pages were
stirred the early ambitions which have
since LED 70 q pobleand successful man.
hood. Their memory comes back as h.
grant and refreshing as that Of the well.
weep in the yard or the cherry tree in
helane, and only less sacred than tb6se
which remind ot 3 mothers prayer and
tather sturdy virtue. No mind NAV
pleasure the Influence Of the family news.
paper upon American hearts and homes.
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