The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-30

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means me. q. Darvin With hiss philosophy s4so4s
luton which has startled the intelleetuals
world, It means tho Nihihgts Of Russia
and Communists eyerywhsre-crue l and In,
1efensible. but who attest the instinetiyei
revolt Of the human mind at tyranny and
oppression. II means tho suicide whose
violent ending brings into visws sometimes
the follies Of misgpent life, and sometimes
!. mans inhunanity TO man. II means the
robbery and plunder Of pubic officials that
warn us IL the deoay OF peisate Conscience,
Of public morals aud Of public laws It
means all these and other events % endless
as human actions and tho physical changes +
of the earth, all showing the progress man
ismaking towards the still unseen pinnaole i
Of excellence. The greatest mistake thAt
an editor can make is that Of running his
paper in mere partisan groove. No man
Who talks at theseud of q pen can afford to
have this label or even suspicion Of 1t
attached to his name. he nsaN pc nee ana
unbiased in his convictions Or the power o.
his utteranees: even nlt1 sno:s wno nI ~
has to serve, - greatly dlmlnssned- Inc :.
enthusiasm Of PARTISAN y, pract,cally
worth very little, for pernsansn1p = eaM1ys5
blind, and arguments tnat are summed pys
prejudice can carry very hstie weignb % .ne
mind OF any man VINO u lndepsnoeue
enough to think
The strongest fight an editor has TO make
ia against popular prejudices. The greatest
victory that lie has 10 win il 70 induce his
readers to the adoption Of liberal OPINION
and the progressive modes o. tnougnt
T., the GREAT frada centres ct our land the
mioht Of the printed work il almost incalcu-
lahIa. and nv an inverse process Of reason
inc ! conclude that Is we recede from these
centres Of civilization and knowledge, the
influence of the newspaper, because Of the
practically utter Absence Of contradiction
proportlonately Increases ana beyond moss y.
States whose hills and valleys and fertile
meadow lands are ribbed NTH steel ra,is
and strung together with the Wnes o1 me
telegraph, the lsoia.ea pogula. u. s. 1919
IN almost an maennlte $780, uelolss -.
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, rnostlv univ IN tha minds eve Of the capita
lot the ai;tors of the state have e Ill their
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