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

Mayor Jennings next toast was
.sThe Press" the response being
made by
Over 1900 years ago, when Athens was the
seat OF learning Of'Ihe then civilized world,
ora.orv was the means BY which the great
nnhlic was moved. The populace then as
| embed in the political forum, III tDe philo-
soDhical schools, in the theatre ana In the
co5rIs and listened to the orations or men
whose names have survived me eoHniall OF
empires and detied the slow, out cons lant
! and inevitable destroying influences OF time.
4 SThe orator was not only The historian; he was
| also he student Of poetry, OF phlOSophy, Of
| law and Of all branches OF earning. lie was
the teacher, the populsce - p9plis. Today,
/ tne press has been accorded the position OF
honor then conceded TO oratory' IN me press
| is comprehended the acme OF learning an I
| the concentration OF human wisdom.
The press is the avenue through Which the
save enightens the world, through II the
statesman gives to ali his rpened Thoughts,
the result OF years Of toll; and through the
| press the humanity or the world has voice.
1t Is the soul OF the great PUBIC. IL Is the
destroyer Of caste, for is recognizes no elass,
No longer may the populaee assemble IN tins
public places 10 be taught; the people nave
now outgrown this practice OF the ancient
Athenians; and extended CONDITIONS nave
| made the press, which gives each day history
OF the world, q necessity. lt IS the great
| historian, which seeks out every enquirlng
MIND, informing itot what the word has done,
and foretellng what may come 20 pass
The press-it permeates all things, and It's
enterprise is everywhere felt and aolnOwl-
edged. 50 great its influence, 50 vast Us 5s
which It Is not an important adj
junct. There IS no science, no theory, no
school and no condition OF interest to hp-
mainly IN which the press Is not an undis-
pensible factor. All things, allconditions are
its slaves; IL is the slave or all things and all
conditions.
The press is the public spirit and the record
Of public deeds 1t is the standard BY which
all the conditions OF people may be judged.
AS its tone Is pure and lofty; as II breathes
liberty and virtue; as its record Is free from
evil dOings, SO the people which it represents
are filed With lofty and ennODhng sentiments
so they yield to the glorious impulse OF liber-
ty and exhibit in their lives 0llegiencs TO vir-
tue; so they are free from vice and Visci-
BUSINESS. The test is infalib.e and It
will be infallible as long as the
conditions are the same as now. Anc
on this, the anniversary OF tho greatest ana
grandest day the world has ever seen-the
day which the greatest and grandest peopk
on the earth adoCe-on this day the words OF
love and honor and reverence which ill ttis
press,are but echoes Of the sentiments Of 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 for
wrong doing; no one so pOCrs no one so de-
spised that the press dare not heed and re
spond to bis cries for help and justice.
1 Who is satisfied with Wnat nc Is? Who but
feels humanity could be better? So with the
pressi Ike humanity, It has its f1ilingsi Dat.
ike humanity,its failings lean to virtues side
Yet in days to come, when, in the progress Ol
the world the divine prlDcip pies Of liberty which
are the foundation Of our glorious republic,
shall be felt and honored and extended
all
still be the standard by Wnic its people are
TO be adjudged; may It skill be the avenue
through which the Philosopher viii commune
cate to the word thoughts born OF years OF in
cess8nt toll. May the press award 10 the sol
der, to the pltriOt, to the statesman, 70 the
poet, TO the philosopher the NEED OF praise 20
which the great pubic declares each worthy.
May II be kind and generous 10 the kind and
generous, but 10 the WrOng-dOer may Il speak
in tones OF thunder, such as will cause nations
TO tremble. and thou, q divine liberty, may
the Press be thy ever faithful d1scipie-the
eternal dreSd OF tyrants, the never failing
friend Of she oppressed; ever restraining, ever
c0unsenDR, ever warning, ever urging 70
right as the great public desires to do right.
With al my heart respond 20 the toast,
proud Of the honor, aud confident when the
supreme day arrives that sees justice, divine
goddess, euthrOned In the hearCs or all men,
she will find her iruest, most consistent, and
usfalterlng friend In The fress-"
To the toast, the" Industrial Arts, F"
a most effective response, clearly
spoken, was made by
G. G. BYWATER-
The Industrial Arts have been defined 10 De
the superstructures OF Sc cieIy, while agrse r
lure Is held to Dc tue foundation or the sOc.a
fabric.
Paley In his ''Moral Philosophy" afirms thai
agriculture Is the immediate source OF hui
man PROVISION: that trade COnduces 10 pro-
0uetlon only as 1t promotes agriculture. INIT
tns whole system or commerce, vast ana
, various as u Is, hath no other pubic inl
pOrtance than IT'S subserViency 10 this end"
Sucn III substance are found 10 be the views
or such maSculRe thinkers as Adams, IN Els
:. Travels il 81 .esia;" DIR. Smiths ''Wealth o.
| Nations; Granler, ''HlsUOriOgrapher OF
Frances" john stewart Mills political EcOu-
omy: Goblet; Foster, on ''COmmerclal hS-
changei'' Mathews Essay on Population,
together with many Others or our own day
ana country, who al agree In theiI conciu-
slon5 that every form or labor, which By It's
performances and the results ensuing there
from contribute 10 the Improvement OF the
Individual interest OF man and the social con-
ottloD or his race, is honorable. That IaDOr
| the normal CONDITION Of mRn. Without
Aoor there Is no excellence; without lab I
there Is no civilization.
Human civilization has been defined by
Gu1Zot TO be IAN improved condition OF mau
resulting from the establishment OF social
order in the place Of the individual indepen-
dence and laWieSsness Of the savage or par
DarOuS lne-" Buckle, as the triumph OF
mind over external agents." Vierg, as 'sthe
development, more or less absolute, OF the
L oral and intellectual faculties OF man
united Ia society," Burke, as sstha exponent
OF two priEclples-the spirit Of gentleman
and the spirit or religion" j. y. Mill says:
~ hateYer be the characteristics Of what we
call savage Lire, the contrary OF these, or the
qualities which so5iety Ius on as Il throws of
LneSe, constitute civilization" Emerson says
"a nation that has no OLhing, no iron, no
alphabet no marriage, no arJs Of peace, no
, abstract thought, We call barbarOus.'
Huberr II. bancroft defines civilization 20 be
the measure OF PROFESSIONAL force implanted
In man."
from q careful consideration OF the axiom
ATTIC principles enunclated " The authOra 90
nave just quoted, 1t VIII DO perceived that
| the ELEVATION OF man Is uIe 10 the independ-
ence Oh mind and matter Gnu results from
| Inc eulcle0C energies ana coordinate Laws
| IOuno 70 lnhere II Ire existence OF both RnG
the ueVelOpmenL or the Industrial arts / re-
gard as being OF the utmost i'm pOrtance 70
the Wei1are Or the human family. without
the services which the useful arts render ia
the unfolding or The princip.es Of design and
the PHYSICAL and mecnHu1cal laNs OF nature,
agriculture would not be what II now
| is-an indis pensable and thriving enterprise.
. Nelt0er would the 1ne grls be found 70 enter
SO largely as they 40 into this decorative and
nlgnly refining professions into which they
Ere CLASSIFIED IN our age " the worlds MS
Tory To make IL more Apparent we have
but to consider hg lVhQr t4ta,ira enc Lt.-L...