The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

fully instruct, however sincere it's pur-
pose, il this need be not borne in mind.
and many Journals remind one of boy
attempting to make Ineligible speech
with his mouth full. Language is q
nalist is a miser in its use, nor smothers
his valuable thought in needless Words
But we may congratulate ourselves
that SO many noble men and women
have been mus tered in the service of the
American press, whose earnest purpose
and resources, patriotism, learning and
wit have made the newspaper the most
formidable moral and intellectual engine
on earth. 1t breaches thousands OF
daily sermons; it dissects public policies
in thousands Of terse daily speeches: it
is daily compend of theses within
every department of knowledge, and is
forever intoxicating them into the minds
of men and women.
1t is the action of the cabinet. tho
belief of the church, the thought OF the
college, the purpose of the world COM
pressed Tor daily use even in the lowliest,
cabin. It is the paramount cham
plon OF law and its opinion is often
more effectual than the statute, for that
may be forgotten until the re-echo OF
the press reminds the people who made
| it of its authority.
| I believe in the future of American
journalism. The masses whom it edu-
Gates become thereby severer critics TO
exact continual intellectual and moral
progress in the teacher to whose level
| they daily strive to lift themselves.
With the historyofits achievements be-
fore us,With satisfactory results in nearly
every printed sheet that comes befor,
our eyes, who can limit the confines OF
it's progress? In the dark of the night
with tireless energy it scours the earth
like some tabled genius with electricity
for it's lamp; returns laden from GRAND
throbs with engine-beat at it's labor to
record days events the wide world
over, and in the new crisp print that
greets our waking declares, as did King
Hal, though in better mood
| 'Raad DER this:
A. AID after. ibis; ana then :, to breakfast with
| WHAT appetite you have.
On motion of Mr.. Bentley, Mrs. Fields
address, which was received with much
applause, was ordered to be spread upon
the minutes, and the thanks of tho
Association were rendered her for the
graceful manner in which she had re-
spohded to the request made of her.
LETTER FROM HON. E. E. KIDD.
The following letter from Hon. E. E.
Kidd, of jackson parish, was read by
the Secretary:
/ VERNON, La, February H. 1891.
Hon. G. W. MeOrante. President Press Assoeia-
ton OF Louisiana:
My Dear Su'-you are already aware
of the imperative reason which prevents
n
mentary request to deliver the Grafton
on the occasion of the annual meeting
of your Association. Ineed not reiterate
what I have informed you personally,
how much [ regret my inability to ac-
cept your invitation. This regret is not
founded entirely upon selfish considera-
tions, although the occasion have lost
is we'll suited for the exhibition, before
an apprec1ative audience, of all the
right to lay claim to. Outside of the
qualification of any mere personal desire
(no matter before how splendid an au-
dience) [ had other objects dearer to
myself and of more interest to my fell
bowman. My subject would have
naturally been ''Ihe duty and resposi.
bility of the Press Among other things
duty to encourage and foster "the future
literature of the South" The materials
for great Southern literature are at
hand A peculiarly Southern institu.
ton, long interviewer with our very ex-
istence is extinct. It's memories can be
revived, not as in s'Uncle Toms Cabin, -
but truthfully in history, In romance and
; in song The shadows Of our great
civil war are sufficiently heightened to
!, soften down its severer presentations
and it's legends: romance and histories
,, can be exhibited with something like
: the quiet halo that surrounds the tales
Of a grandfather In the historic,
romantic or poetic representation OF
these two subjects: Southern slavery
and the war for the rights OF the States,
I see a wider field for the exercise Of
to the world since those days which at.
. forded the genius of Walter Scott the
opportunity OF giving to us his imperish-
able characters-"I vanhoe" and Rich
ard, the Lion-Heart."
And who shall say that literature o.
: this kind should not be encouraged? Il
elevates, it humaniZes, it softens, it ex
ats mankind. And who can better en-.
| courage it than the press Of the country:
Again, should have urged the estab,
3 lishment in our schools of an editorial
editor have become so interviewer with
, our everyday life, he appears with us sc
t continuously around our fresides, in the
, shops, on the streets, on the hustings
> by the side Of old and young, that mosi
} assuredly he ought to be superior
: being. Let him be particularly educa
: ted for his calling. I know that splen
did journalist could no more be turneC
! out by the schools than can splendid
5 lawyer or physician, but he could bs
5 materially assisted.
5 Again, I would have urged mors
5 distinct or better defined personalism in
!. the journalism Of our State. This in
, my opinion would elevate the profession
e It would give it more character, strip il
t of all stabs in the dark, abolish those
!, abusive epithets and slang denuncia
5 lions so abhorent to the cultivated
t reader, and place it upon the high scal'
of personal responsibility, which has
r SO much to do in elevating or depressing
the character of any profession.
s I write in the midst Of term Of on,
/ District Court, and am therefore hur
ried.
t I wish your Association the creates
t success If in my capacity as legisia
r tor I can consistently do anything t.
, further your aims and interests, I viii
/ gladly do so. Very respectfully YOURS
E. E. KIDD.
Mr. S. Lambert, Of the Clinton Pat,so