The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-06

General McCOOk was lACq uShbI1
Wayor Jennings next toast was
.sThe Press" the response being
made by 60
Over 1000 years ago, when Athens was the
seat OF learning of'lhe then clvlLzeq world,
U,I6Ee was moved. The populace then as
sembIed ia the political forums III tDe philO-
SOnbicaI schools, in the theatre ana In the
courts and listened TO the ordLOls OF men
am nires and defied the slow, Dut cons ant
nd inevitable destroying influences OF time.
The orator was not only the hl5tOfRtni nS was
also he student Of poetry OF pnuOsophy, OF
law and Of all branches OF learning lie was
the teacber, the populace his pupils. To-day,
the Tres5 has been accorded the position or
honor then conceded to OratOry' In The press
is comprehended the acme OF learning AMI
ths concentration Of human Wisdoms
The press Is the avenue through which the
sage enightens the world, through II the
statesman gives to ali his upened Thoughts,
the result OF wears Of toll, and through the
press the humanity Of the world has voice.
1t is the soul Of the great pubic IL Is Cne
destroyer of caste, for it recognizes no elaSs;
No longer may the pOpulace assemble IN tins
public places 10 be taught; the people nave
now oUtgroWn this practice OF tne dI G.sllI
Athenians; and extended conditions nave
made the press, which gives cache day history
Of the world, q necessity. lt is the great
historian, which seeks out every enquiring
mind, informing itot what the word has Done
and foreteliing what may come TO pass.
The press-it permeates all things, ana us
ENTERPRISE is everywhere felt and acknOwl-
edged So great its influence SO vast 10
power that there Is no industry to
which it Is not an important ad-
iunct. There IS no science, no theory, no
school and no condition OF interest to hu-
manity In which the press IS not an undlS-
pensibIs factor. All things, all conditions ara
Its slaves; 1t is the slave OF all things and AL
conditions.
The press Is the public spirit and the record
Of public deeds. 1t is the standard Dy which
all the conditions OF people may De judged.
AS its tone Is pure and lofty; as Il breathes
liberty and virtue; as its record Is free from
evil dOings, SO the people which 1t represents
are filed With lofty and ennODltng sentiments
so they yield to the glorious Impulse OF hOer-
ty and exhibit IN Their lives allegenc9 70 Vir-
tue; so they are free from vice and Visci-
BUSINESS The test Is infalib.e and 1t
will be infEllible as long as the
conditions are the same as now. Anc
on this, the anniversary OF the greatest ana
grandest day the world has ever seen-tne
day which the greatest and grandest peope
on the earth adOCe-On this day the words OF
love and honor and reverence which I'll tbs
press,are but echoes OF the sentiments or love.
Of honor and Of reverence which thrills IN the
heart OF every true American NO person 81
great that the press dare not censure him Tor
wrong doing; no one so poor, no one so de-
spised that the press dare not heed and re
spOnd to bis cries for help and Justice.
Who Is satisfied with wnat he Is! VINO Dut
feels humanity could be better? So with the
press; like humanity, it has its fittings; Out
like humanity,it failings lean to virtues side.
Yet in days to come, when, In the progress Oi
the world the divine principles OF liberty which
are the foundation Of our glorious republic,
shall be felt and hOnored and extended
among all nations and peoples, II ~ the press
still be the standard by whic its people are
to be adiudged; may IL still be the avenue
through which the Philosopher will communl-
cate to the word thoughts born OF years or IN
cessant toll. May the press award 10 the sol
der, to the Patriot, TO the statesman 20 the
poet, to the philosopher the NEED OF praise 10
which the great pubic declares each worthy.
May IL be kind and generous 10 the kind and
generous, but TO the WrOng-doer may It speak
In tones OF thunder, such as will cause nations
10 tremble. And thou, U divine liberty may
the Press be thy ever faithful d1scipie-the
eterual dread Of tyrants, the never falling
friend Of the oppressed; ever restraining, ever
cOunseliug, ever warning, ever urging 70
right as th9 great public desires to do right.
With al my heart respond TO the toast
proud OF the honor, aud confident when the
supreme day arrives that sees justice, divine
goddess, enthrO1ed In the hearts or all men,
she will find her truest, most consistent, and
usfalterlng friend in The fress-"
To the toast, the" Industrial Arts"
a most effective response, clearly
spoken, was made by
g. G. BYwATER.
The Industrial Arts have been defined 10 Dc
the SuperstructureS OF Sc cieIy, while agrsc-t-
ture Is held to De tue foundation OF the sOc-a,
fabric.
Paey In his t'MOral Philosophy affirms that
agriculture is the immediate source OF hui
man provisions: that trade cOnduces TO pro-
duction only as 1t promotes agriculture. That
the whole system or commerce, vast ana
various as 1t Is, hath no other pubic I'M
pOrtance than It's subserVlency 10 this emu"
Sucn III substance are found 10 be the Views
| or such maSculiAe thinkers as Adams, IN ElS
- Travels i'll 81 .esia;' DR.. Smiths ''Wealth o.
NaJlOns;' Granler, ''HlsbOriOgrapher OF
France John stewart Nils political EcOll-
oIny:" Goblet; Foster, on ''COmmerclai ES-
ohange;'' Mathews ESSAY on Population,
together with many Others or our own day
and country, who ali agree In theiI c0nclU-
sions that every form OF labor, which by It's
performance and the results ensuing there
from contribute TO the improvement OF the
individual interest OF man and the social con-
d1t1on or his race, is honorable. That labor
Is the normal condition Of man. Without
labor there Is no excellence; without l9oIr
there Is no civilization
Human civilization has been defined by
Gutz0t to be IAN improved condition OF mau
resulting from the establishment OF social
order in the pace OF the individual indepen-
dence and lawiessness Of the savage or Dsr-
barous life" Buckle, as the triumph OF
mind over external agents." Viery, as 1.-THE
development, more Or less absolute, OF the
L oral and intellectual faculties OF man
united In society," Burke, as ''the exponent
OF two priEclples-the spirit Of q gentleman
and the spirit or religion" j. y. Mill says;
'M hateyer BE- the characteristics Of what we
call savage Lire, the contrary OF these, or the
qualities which society Iuls on as IL throws OF
tneSe, constitute civilization" Emerson says;
"a nation that has no c OLhing, no iron, no
alphabet, no marriage, no arJs OF peace, no
abstract thought, We call baroarOus."
Hubert II. bancroft defines civilization TO be
the measure OF PROFESSIONAL force implanted
In man."
from careful consideration OF the axlOLI
attic principles enunclated Dy the authorizes
have USt quoted, 1t Will DO Perceived that
the elevation OF man is due 10 the tndepend-
ence OF mind ana matter anu results from
the efficient energies ana coordinate laws
found 70 lnhere IN TIE existence OF both. enc
the development OF The industrial arts l re-
gard as being or the utmost i'm pOrtance 10
the Weifate OF the human family. without
the services which the useful arts render In
the unfolding or the prtnclpFes OF design and
the physical and meCnau1Ual laNs OF nature,
agriculture would not be what II now
is-an indis pensable and thriving enterprise.
Neither would the line arts be- found To enter
so largely as they 40 into the decorative and
highly refining professions into which they
ere classified in our age Of the worlds MS
tory 10 make 1t more apparent We have
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