Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-24

.lSSOURl, SAUL
its romantic place in history. Thes
are but few of the names OF tho IN,
who have braved all the dangers o
deadly War in the west, and whose ex
ploits add luster to the far.rsAchiug iu
satiable journalism of our .lge. - Ch,
list might be extended indsfa1ely. 1. 10
in the east there were intrepid SOrres
pondsnts who campaigneds 4 fn, = TIL
swamps of the Chickahominyn and th,
swamps OF Virginia, and who, ,d6ubtless
caused many skiliiul generals to believe
with the great Napoleon, that '.iou
hostile newspapers were more to b,
feared than a Thousand bayOnets."
In this connection it may not be on
oil place to pay q tribute to q son Of thi
Sarsield aud Won Humboldt, who In ths
service ofthe LondOa newspapers, car
ried his name iuto every nook ant
corner OF the world, and lett It enrolled
in imperishable letters upon the scrol
of the iinmortals Who made the fame
and gloryof the press. He went will
those, who CO. doNn In great ahips t
search for; the hidden pole; he r,sked
his lille month after month for the hid
den pole; he risked his life month altel
month in the desultory Carlist war; be
followed, amid dangers and privations
which appali in the recital, the weary
Russian columns across the steppes o
Siberia and the lnhospitables plains ol
Toorkistan to the borders of the fsr-o1
Oxus; he saw and depicted the atroci-
Ties IN Bulgaria which aroused Chris
tendon and gave Russia consent to
sweep down upon the hordes OF Islam;
he alone told the story Of the bloody
trenches before Plevns; he rode wound
ed and bleeding with Gourko's troops
through the icy pass OF Schipka, and
died beside the blue waters OF the Sea 0l
Marmora where they wash the feet 0l
ancient Stamboul. The gallant Skobelofi
wept at the grave Of McGahan, and q
requiem dirge sounded IN all the Rus.
sian cantonements for the man whose
genius and will had made for all the
world record Of the valor of the Cars
soldiers, and who had Justly earned for
himself In the annals OF journalism the
title OF 1.-The bravest OF the brave"
. To the student ofnewspaper literature
the development Of Journalism IN this
land of quick and rare intellectually
must be something amazing. Though
scarce in the meridian OF life, have
bridged the era from the rude hand
press which Franklin left behind him to
the magnificent. perfecting machine
which delivers its sheets like shot fram
ho 10 itA
iibers extending into every quarter Of
the earth, supplying that touch which
makes, indeed, ''the whole world kin." !"
From Ramage to Hoe-from the an
cient sInooth-bore cannon to the eighty
ton Woolwlch breech- loader There
.syere chivalrlc souls who strove to plant
the banners OF civilization upon the
walls OF Jerusalem before the days OF
Peter the Hermit, bat 1t was not until
That sandal shod enthusiast raised his
standard that. the inpious Saracen was
made to feel the power Of Europe's
steel. There were journals il the
United States before the elder Bonnstt
was born, but it was not until has pony
express carried the intelligence, through
the Heralt, TO the government that the
Mexican Eagle had met lis lu.ty broth.
er from the north, aud that victory had
perched upon our standard at Psl0
Alto and Resecs de la Palma. that the
ism began to be understood How
grand aud magnificent has been the de-
velopment At the threshold OF this
very century in which We live the press
was tifnid. va cillating, week and. de-
pendent. 1t was the obetlienJ siave to
party and faction aud the fawniug crea-
ture OF patronage. Seventy i've years
ago the English Cabinet edited the. Lon
don Times, aud Napoleon conducted the
Moniteur OF Paris. As occasion de-
manded, both he and the elder Pitt were
editorial writer's. Within hall century
the press has gloriously em,nclpated
itself and the land is filed with its
spiriLOt Independence. 1t has kept in
advance of popular liberty and it march
es now at the head OF every department
OF human effort. Formerly it was con.
tent to merely chronicle events to-day
II endeavors to shape and mould them.
From statesMalship to agriculture it is q
potent factor. In the diplomacy OF gov.
ernments it plays MOI important part
than the statesman whose deeds It re-
counts and to whom il gives fame and
victory. 1t treads hand in hand with
science, and where governments have
failed to wrest fruM nature her pro-
foundest secrets it has gloriously tri-
umphed. 1t has strick On the shackles
from The slave, set the imprisoned debt
or Tree, and leveled the whipping post,
anu its first blows upon the mailed
breast of wrong fell as ominously as the
Sicilian vespers ieu upon the ears of
GOO years ago. 1t can proud.
ly be said OF the press that it has
brushed aside the rubbish of centuries.
exposed charlalanisn in every form.
and sc altered forever the black clouds
of ignorance aud superstition. 1t is the
only power that kings and despots lear,
and it is The only agency that can pre-.
serve human rig.ts. 1t is Magma
Charta. The skill, discipline and earn.
est purpose which directs this power 10
the counterpart OF that tact and bravery
which leads men to battle. Its service
requires every manly attribute and
every manly sacrifice. tor who will say
that a Stanley, struggling through a
dark and dead continent amid ignorant
and hostile savages. is not as thorough
an embodiment of human courage and
fidelity as d Paiaiox fighting upon the
OF Saragossa
1t could not be otherwise than that,
under this peculiar republican system
OF ours, where liberty is so easily mis-
taken for license. the vast powers and
which journalism affords
should be grossly abused. We have
seen in war the steady massive columns
of trained soldiers, marching wi b the
regiment standards, and behind them
the maligners and the struggling van.
dals who piilAge homes, insult the help.
less and otherwise disgrace the uniform
they wear For these mcrcenarles the
guard house, the shaved head. the ignO-
minious expulsion. For The licentious
press, the contempt of honest men. aud
the prompt exercise OF that unerring
public sentiment which never fails to
Justly adiu.licate every social offeuse.
To night Il million and half of men
in 'he civilized sections Of the globe are
toilng beside that mighty engine, The
press. This is the grrnd army OF civill-
Zation and progress-a host beside
which the armies OF Nerxes were but
feeble insects of the mold. The biv-
ouacS of this army are on every noun.
tain top; It's courlers are in every valley.
The bones ni its videttes are whitening
amid Sibsrlan SHOWS. under the shadow
OF that unappr"achable pole whose
les are locked against the ad-
vance OF man. To this mighty host be-
longs the !ur---the era OF universal
knowledge and universal brotherhood
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