, 1881-01-16

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! go press. IN those particulars 1T having few
| equals and no superiors. Let the Government
Of Chicago but keep pace with the demands
spicuous in municipal administration as 1t now
! WIS in suarcrtnl prosperity. Tho CLUB no nd
dressed was composed Of those who were In the
orablc In its demands Even In the midst oil
the festivities austerc duty stood at the thrcs1-
! old ready to call thom to their waiting work
| 1.-THE GERMAN rREss.''
;. Herman Raster responded to the toast, Is The
| Germnn Press snying that It it was thoroughly
American IN every SQUARE inch. but as tho same
time had It's oFn distinct 'tndivil"alty. In size
| and circulation the Germai papers were not
! cqunl to the English ones, but III respect to In
tluence he thought the German press had the
| most.
! "THE PRESS AND THE PULPIT"
DR.. Thomas responded to the toast,'' The Press
Of the People" liz said: 49, ~
, The first newspaper ever saw was the Snith
Bna.eh I'teltiae'leeT, a county paper published IN
Roaney, Va. 1t came every week. was not
larye+ and remember that nearly atl one side
was regularly covered with woodcut advertise
ments of runaway slaves. They were nil alike,
tho plctnFe WIS that OF man running, with q
stick on his shoulder. and bundle on bis bnck.
, The tlrst PREACHERS ever saw were the plain
ctrcu1t-rtder5 Of Virgnin, who came around onco
| in four or six weeks. They always begun their
sermons with the fall Of man in Eden, and then
leading us along by the way Of the lake OF fire
and birthstone, they wound UP in the Kingdom Of
Ueayer.
Times have changed since then. Instead OF
the post boy with his horn and weekly mail, we
! have the steam ours and the telegraph, aud our
groat d,tiy5 that give news from all over the
l w"fa ana eaeh Gne ef, bus rondng euouge to
preacher once every month, we have them twice
cach Sahbath, and with us all the time during
ne Inc ~fek' t 70 wnere you WIZ now the preacher
papers have no more run away notices, and tho
preachers have found nearer starting place
tht hn 1ue h eaton @ o1 Eoen: anafeo' man5 oI
or the deVil WIS IN ournng,ontang, ind they art'
nv qulte sure out 5ne Whole stoty Is 81 Ter o.!
nm The I a 81 th air r a u ths e''s1
~ oil ine1 a nol say ueu M asoua H. stalG Ior
eEe oia 1oeas' ana 1eaf Inc resi- are df1ft1nG
aTny, gi;y, e,s+ ~o,,,,,o,,s ,,,on ..o
R3'ttssbqFE n3'ts ch5,s{ian Aa0Gcate Il vas larssy
whole it was better reading than We net now. I
used to read tho paoersmesneciativ the reii@ious
1Goust a1 wan fe av F. e s 1an hn 31 e
are nlN3nt "a mn nreacherSS in or conntrv now
md don't know fo,y MANY naners. md editors
aesons W. tasea @ ne sw I%o
tells US how the world Is. and what it is doi,9
frOCa day to daY. The nreachers tell i,s On sun
Tnon tho whole rhev ret n1n1~ t.wefher mite
penceabfy md we'll: md what one fonsI Ennw
fhe other always does. Tho nreucher reaches
the people by tho. word Spoken: the press
reaches them by the nrinteaJ word The one
snenls m fa,v y bn.re1s. 10 othnr - tbI
Studs Dorh have their niace ,,nn bofh are err.
errfnr \ nowerfni influence nno1, suc1etv Tto
press cafohes tbc thou~ht nj 1t,o rhinEors ans5
carrlcs it into every pince Of business, and
resf and cl,lturn: f Is rnarinv nnsshle
a broaj Interchange ot thoIrhr 1 anti sentiment
thut is bringing about conditions Of synnaIhetic
emotion by which the whole world IS coming to
Tha press ~ keens Iye ia ps dea a
It eeucutes the living nv ia sitn rf,a nnnr Is
dong the same xreaT work. # Is nIeadinr fnr
of beoran1 We o,,~bt n ia md Ta ars hspds
Of brothers working for rhe rood Of Mi. Never
on earth before was there sucha press as we have
to-day: ana never. believe So mnny earnest
preachers. And nowhere. am sure, press
more powerful than that Of our own civ. fAn1
pluuse,l
urur rrres Ar n-n
-" a-'' .o-.ansa., or ne -. 49,. ..,
Ar: henry ~ Na5tefsol M Eesponaed s. 70 tae q senii-
because nenaa aoserved @ M at o9E ra1ge s
u W1at nll Mcu1n uau sst!u VI tne IAlcatso PRESS
e 1aae ae nao Gqne peIsonay 20 see no" tne I9tng
was dGne me I'M knew, neese9; aio naa oitsa ts
gsea1es press u me "orla; that u Speut more
money 11et tcesrapnc dlspn.caes ana 1or .yRe
t 81 @ III sPGak1ne o. tne peess ot
Tue eouta, u "as ln nposslote 70 maze any Gp.n
ftt,. a., ~ ~ tnu ~, ~
sSstefas and tnetaoas, ann tne means 1nseseea III II
th . wtsS 3 hhG tts1 @ ,ot o.
nau seares cnAnheu WITHIN LIZ ase ~; 4S
swemty-1ve I'VE or Iorey-nve Years. IL vas SUI
iic aHai.s:: + had: net 10 en!erpsise:: aoF he
KY ~, ta1 eas eee Galcamo atgs pau59 @
..s uau - tnas11s sssae sen'eles VI ne"s' auo.
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~ ate uo ~ Eno1. ~ ~ ~, T., tnS
n, IL t ht o, a.ss it1,Ie ~ Ne, - 1ts o1,n
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@ Icy suouKn. -. 4ecsssasy f - t naai3n % um
~ ;. ue ~ Gv a1o n,.n ~ ~ @ poai.caa
~ = 4ssu ~! y r. patL u sho aao
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W AtiS escu - ~ .sr @ .4
of ia m 'v ~ an ~ ,n,i
he was found to be- vnilty. except in the profess |
sion Of the press. They went out and arrested !
man, assumed him to be guilty, published the
factsupon uncertuin evidence, and the day after
the fucls were proved to be otherwise, but the
mans character wns gone. They were habitualy
used to maligniug themselves. They did not
respect their own profession enough. and 1t
was u hnppy circumstance. and ore Ut good
augury, that such an association as this had
been Established in Chicago. During the Wnr
i've newspApers, driven from i've different
points in tho South, were congre9ated together
IN the City OF Atlanta. The editors OF these
newspapers took suite of rooms and hired u
rook, aud for six months lived together on Il !
common purse with a common steward; and
hnaly there wus d typographical strike, the |
printers were discharged and they all consoli-
1ated their editorial powers on one paper |