The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03
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bered. the Rev. F. R. Earle, z minister Of one of the gsspeas and president of Case Hill Colleg wfue to the AsksSsav TRayELER, snaiag that the tone of she paper did 'nos. ssit his moral digestion I, seems that Mx. Earle is in the habit of attending to the moral tone of newspA- pers. The following from the Arkansssv 7smes is an6tkEr. chapter in regard to the worthy sensieman
 opie Read. the distinguished humors,, and edIsur of the ARKANsAw TRAyEiER. as wlll be seen by the article headed Dis satishca. On our first page. received fron, Preacher Earle, ot Boonsboso. very irs- pudeni note. We allude to II because se received card from Boonsbcro m pre- oisely the same language, the censor of morals and selheonssituted morality qua ger pereInp,ohk ordering the 7fg,Ts stopped. for the reason as II IS alleged. iha; s-its moral tone IS decidedly oblec tionable
 As Read says. it Is the duty Of ar edl,cr ,o please everybody. We make il pdfst to send ludiciously selected premiums :o many of our subscribers. in order 10 keep them from kicking" To some we send historical and literary works, to others and very good class of readers. we send copies of Tyndal. Huxley, Paley. Lindsay MaIlook, Darwin. Spencer and possibly Voltaire Paine or even Ingerson: hrst class ministers of the gospel. men who are susceptible ef getting t@o whole ideas into their heads al once. men of practical sense. not objecting 10 this arrangement of ours. as they clam to get some info. nation out of such works. To others of our subscribers we send poe,ical works. simply in order 10 teach them io appre- cia.e the TEges but until the " moral tone of our journal was objected ,o. II never occurred 10 us that the = poi:te Gi-ettt might be prohtably sent 10 stiii others. We editors are an unfortunate class. inasrnueh as we are not inseruiable in our wisdom. and ind ourselves unable to raise on plane of intelligence and in ,egriiy with ourselves, every ass ard bigoted fanatic Tn the whole country And we are sorry 10 know that men who don't know clean cut moral idea from t sausage, have mistaken their calling. ant gone 10 preaching. when they nigh; have most successfully run newspapers; had things been differeRt they would not no4 be compelled to indulge m hypocriticai ran: and palm ii off on a credulous com munity for devout worship. Were it not for the fact that the lower shelves of the ministry are over crowded, we should at once reduce ourself to a prope. state Of lazlness, assume a blear-eycd solemniy and hold out inducements for bids for employment as a nasal twanging exhor,er of the hfth rate order, on condition that we should deliver small month"; sermons in consideration of large !" donations of fla, tailed calves and money. While our immaculate condition and moral tone" Is ob- leeied ,o. 1t should be borne in mind :hsi we cannot leave journalism. and fl shout5 be further considered tha, high moral tone and practical sense are necessarily essential in conducting d newspaper properly. But. look here. 1t should be remembered that we have a pile of draw backs. such as being compelled 10 serve two masters. God and alammon. twhiet of itself materially destroys the oorpuleni symmetry of our abdominal rotundity, and makes us as poor as a snake). "rass- ling" for liquor. under advice of our fam fly physician. with hardly enough money to pay for the prescription borrowing money on our face. etc. Now, in view oi these facts. we professional men. preach CTS and editors. should no, quarrei While il is true we have the bulge i7 morals" small fly preachers take the cake or address. inasmuoh as ,he> pass for ten times wha, they are wort, yet our join, object in life. as shaped by immuia5le destiny. is 10 victimize the same public. so let us pool our efforts, and wade in or coiusive silence: you take charitable contributions and give wind, and ae will give moral tone" a, doliar and half head. In conclusion. le. cs thank you for not inluring our feeling more than you did: while Il IS true VOL objected ,o the moral tone Of our pa per. you neteE kicked against is HI moral phase.
 Mir. Earle nay De good citizen. az may pu, or clean shir, three times pc week, but he has no; ye. attained ,ha, eminenee of purity where he ean stand God chosen and immaculate. The man who attempts 10 play starp" on a ne~s- paper: the man who leaves his own busi- ness to take care oL the affairs of other people, generally regrets his folly. The self-appoin,ed reformer: the man arrayei in the oik clothes Of cant. may have been a power years ago when women and ch:- dren shrieked a; the terrible picture of 2 red hell with variegated blazes prese nted by the camp meeting sensationalist. but nov. when tho newspaper, yer damp from the press, reaches the ruralis, in his Sc cluded home, the God of intelligence smiles. The horrible grin of the devil shas faded.
 Nothing like undertaking human na- ture- A southern farmer placed his hen rooxs rsvhe ts, the vy,sA<3le nf h,< u~n$~~