The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-08-19

by heralding the rich resources and
Incompatible advantages of soil, eli
mate and varied production, the agri
cultural, pastoral and mineral wealth
Of this, that or the other great region,
draws in immigration and capital,
opens up all our farms and mines,
builds mills, factories, churches and
schools, raises cities from nothingness,
and causes our mighty wildernesses to
rejoice ana blossom like a senator
ial nose? The newspaper. Who or
what makes our statesmen, our con-
gressmen, governors and presidents
and sometimes, God knows, out of
wofully small and poor material :
publishes the first cali on some insight
ficant jackleg or shabby trickster to
run for constable or legislator, dog
pelter or delegate, writes up his twad-
ding, suffering speeches into thun-
der-bursts Of eloquence, calls meetings
to hear him, gets up receptions and ser
enades, bogus interviews and letters
Of endorsement, and finally makes a
royal elephant of statecraft out of a
pismire Of stupidity and despicable-
ness? The newspaper. The founda-
ton of every enterprise, material, NOR
al, financial and political, is laid in
and by the newspaper.
Newspapers to-day rule the world !;
and the only reason it is not far bet
ter ruled is that not one newspaper
man in Il thousand fully appreciates
the awful,
THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY
that rests upon him.
Oh, the power, the magical, marvel
Gus power for good or evil, OF even
A COUNTRY EDITOR!
And oh, that every editor on our con-
tinent, in city and country, might feel
the vastness and the sacredness Of The
trust committed to him! If all the
great brotherhood were true and IN
corruptible patriots, men Of infexible
integrity, above a mean or base act,
beyond the reach Of brides, Wheed-
lings, threats or intimidations, hold
ing themselves aloof from all rascali-
ties and the very appearance Of dis
honesty, championing no disreputable
man or measure, and scorning the big
otries and Drejudlces Of party,-and
if all their papers should open at once
q fearless, earnest, VIGOROUS war for
Truth, Justice, Right and Liberty, re-
gardless of every personal or partisan,
aim, interest or ambition, America
from being the political cesspool and
pandemonium OF all the earth, would
ere long be a sublunary paradise.
Wrong, oppression, thievery, plumber
ing Of the people, scoundrely officials,
cutthros legislation, and all the gloz-
ed-oyer hellioni5ms that now curse and
disgrace us and our noble land, would
be scourged back TO the foul pit that
gave them birth; and Freedom, Peace
and prosperity would hold Il jubilee
from Maine to Mexico. Our mourn
ing would be turned into JOY, and the
ashes of sorrow into the sweet-oil Of
gladness. Our nights would be filled
with the ravishing music Of seraphic
hurdy-gurdies and cracked accordeons,
and the cares that infest our days
would pack their buds like fugacious
carpet-bagabonds and as silently steal
away. God speed the time, when a
fearless, out spoken, right-loying and
wrong-hating press, wearing the dog
collar of no party, sect, or faction,
shall prove itself the resurrection-an-
gle, the regenotor, the savior of the
grandest republic the world ever saw!
As worthy representatives Of this
most potent, hardest-worked, least
thanked and poorest-paid ofall earth's
professions, | welcome you, gentlemen
in behalf of the citizens of Fargo and
Dakota, to this newest and grandest
Of the territories Of the Union, to this
garden-spot of the continent