Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-09-22

CONVENTION OF Pennsylvania vol. 49,. .
80 cases there cited, will be found intsra..
s upon this subject. But-2d. be,;s,.,
mat after all, the Most impSsrtau, reason ;,
"a' 'n nearly every case brougb, the Drosa
eutor iailed. Failed because ~. -
showed that the prosecution wa, ,o,s;ae
no'e 'nan an effort to blackhai the printer
'''u '''' The fellow who was sueiur 70, 1o.,
'"arac'er IN truth and in fact hevcr d;s
any character to lose,
Du' gentlemen, you Fave indeed b.so,a
20" vast field for good, and we mich, Sow
'oo' asst heid fot evil. You can damo,
ai'&e and corrupt The public mind. or Won
can elevate and refine it. You hay. :, -
s"ur power TO create and mould nnbl;c s.n
'inen'' a thing which is more powerful than
vast neets and great armies. pnh,;.
lon' unless properly educated ard w;s.r,.
uirec'ed, Is never a correct standard rs
r'sht- 1t Wa public opinion that buiIt ,bs
tower Of Babel; il wandered at the foo, ,r
sinla to worship Aaron's golden calf. :,
oafiShed Aristides the just; it poisdued the
plous Socrates, and crucified Christ. And
as II was IN those long gone centuries so it
Is now. But it is fully within your power
10 create, correct and control it.
a newspaper is member of every family
INTO which it enters as much as apy ne,sos
IN it. 1t is always welcome and b;ch,,.
cherished visitor. and, although il comes
oi'eh' IL Always comes TO stay. Ii STAYS
ana conveys your instructions to the bonse.
hold and Others from week to wall and
from day to day, and from year to wear.
No" suppose for 4 moment that all III.
newspapers published in the ten counties
represented here to-day were to stop. and m
others We're allowed to be sent into the fam.
ilies where yours go now, for five wears.
or 10 put the thought broader stiIl-sup.
pose that for five years all the newspapers
literary, political, scientific and religions
should stop, and no Others would be allow
ed to be sent into the State, what do You
suppose would be the effect! Nv own no.
tion is that it would be better to close yabr
Sabbath schools, and schools, and shut up
your churches, and let the preachers 90 to
farming, ard, if the children conld find
nothing better to do, send them off 10 the
woods to pick huckleberries or hunt chest
nuts, rather than that any such calamity as
that should befall the people.
| mean no irteverence by this reference.
Schools and Sabbath-schools and churches
are among the best of al intellectual and
neral monuments, and it Is only BY reason
OF their very great excellence that they
have been cited as in compirison with the
press. The press is the great leader in all
that relates 10 human progress. 1t is the
msster-wheel that moves all the machinery
oi modern society. 1t is the pioneer in
every coinhendsbie enterprise. 1t adser.
tises the business Of deserving people; ad-
vocates all that is good in the mechanic
arts; publishes all plans adapted to the
auelioration of human suffering, and, like |
a Cato, stands the approved censor of pub
lie morals. commencing what is right and
condemning what ic wrong. la word it is
the champion of that grand modern civiliza-
tion which seeks TO level all men upward.
No ambition, ii seems TO me, could be /
higher than to occrpy the position of an in
telligent, influential and Useful editor | I
have no doubt, however, that such life too |
has oftentimes its overburdening weariness |
and cafes The brain grows weary, the |
hand gets tired, and the pulse low, and you
need rest. With that view you are here to- 4
day for recreation; you arc here as en- as |
sociation, here as a band of brothers, men /
enlisted in one common cause, the enlight- /
the public good.
There is pleasant thoaght, too, connect |
ed Sith all celebrations like this. If ever /
any past differences existed they have been |
buried. If ever any of you, as knights of /
the quill will do sometimes, have fired paper |
wads at each other they are now buried out |
of sight These reunions are like the sill |
Yer lining TO the cloud. They stand out |
along and above our rugged life-wsys as the |
star that stood in beauty above the shout /
ing shepherds on the plains OF Bethlehem
and are significant of peace, good will and |
love.
Here to-day Old friendships are to be |
strengthened, former acquaintances TO be |
renewed, and new ones to be made. II is
r. ..;x for
tusl enjoyment and profit and pleasure.
You have met, too-may | b. pardoned /
for saying it to you, my stranger friends, L
mean those of yOu who have never been /
here before-in one of the loveliest valleys /
in Pennsylvania, the valley of the "Great |
Cove' or morris Cove" as it was named |
in early history. 1t contains within Its
boundaries quite a number of thriving towns
and yilIages-has vast mineral wealth, mag
,;fcent water powers, which are employed
in turning the machinery in mills and man
ufactories-and at places presents views
where for miles the eye can rejoice over
land scape that presents the scene OF iruit-
ful fields. and forest aud stream and smiiihg
orcb,rd. and comfortable homes, all indica-
ting frugaIity, thrift and happiness. Some
anc;an, writer once said " There be three
things that makc nation great-a ierthe
soil, improved highways and busy WORK
sbon.,,' All of that requirement the happy
dweI,er, have in this portion OF your own
nroud commonwealth. II is to be regretted
that your short stay will prevent your seeing
,,,o,a of this beautiful Cove, and learning
more Of the vast resources of this part oi
vour State. | have often wondered why
people will spend so much time and money
.nd 90 so far away to see things and places
Car loss attractive and beautiful than those
that they have at home. Nothing short OF
. c,,still or Alps. Scottish Highland or
-. ,ove nook in /" Sunny ltaly," Will sat.
isfy them.
,,o. uhv this longing, why forever signing