The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
ARKANSAW JOURNALISM RE
 VIEWED.

The Halbeydiey, published at Camden, Arkansaw. in reviewing the field of the states journalism. said
 We know young printer and editor of the state of Arkansaw. who, with the tongue and pen, is the equal if not the superior of any other one man on the continent and who for refusing ts be bought, for refusing to prostitute his in- telIect and the living Word. has been made tramp out of by his brother ed,- tors and pnnters. and the good Christians of the various churches. for the past eight years
 Atterthis declaration had been made without the fear of reward or the hope of punishment, Arthur Murray, editor of the Pine Bluff Pyess-Esgir, and one of the brightest young men in ATkansaw. by the way. commented as follows:
 This is extremely sad. A young man who with the tongue and pen IS the equal II not the superior of any other one man on the continent who has been made d tramp out of By his brother ed itors and printers, with the assistance sf the good Christians of the yanou, churches of the state. Truly. a al treSsing story.
 In our journalistic experience we have met several such young men, They were. invariably, like the young editor re- ferred to, as tar above the ordinary run or newspaper men m intellect as Macaula, was above the society reporters of to-day their genius. like those of Shakespeare. fy ron, Poe, and other luminaries m the poetical world, eciipsed the modest lus- Ire of all contemporary writers but, like the Haibtdi<,'s young man, the; were surrounded by petty and jealous rivals in the race tor fame and fortune, and unfor- tunately the masses were not intelligent enough to discover the plant of genius that was perishing m their midst for lacS of nourisnment from the fountain of pub lic recognition and applause. Fence these sensitive and superlative younI men became disgus,ed with their map preciative surroundings, the world ard themselves, and. like Poe. sought 10 quaif the waters of kind nepenthe." and forget the base ingra,itude of the age m whNh they had the misfortune a be born. They began To trequeat sa- looms and dram-shops. and places ot ,snore doubtful propriety, and when the inevitable consequences of such conduc. became manifest Tn the moral and phys ical wreck of ,heir being. they TIT agined that they had been driven to II, and iaid al the doors of their former eo-laborers and an innocent and unsuspecting pub hc all blame tor their seif-wrought rum.
 Such young men may be found in al most any community. They are not pe- caliar to journalism and literature, though II IS perhaps in the field of letters that they bio ssom te the greatest perfection. They may be found in the professions or law and medicine, and occasion ally, with regret be 1t said, occupying the pulpits of Christian churches. They are men who. no matter what may be their walk Tn life. perpetually dwell under a cloud of dlscontent, yet borrow from self-con- eeit the consolation which a seemingly inappreciati,e public fails 10 give. and imagine themselves the intellectual prod igies of the day.
 There are many such characters in the world in fact, the woods and saloons are full of them. They are harmless in their vasarics. but lnsufferable Tn the,r egotlsm. The sooner their minds can be i oA SocNSSo ot tiiC CiioiS lnto WHICH tacS have iallen-.hat they are great and un- recognized geniuses against whom lesser hght> have eenspired to rob of their rightiul heritage Tn the temples of For ! tune and Fame-the better II will be for themselves and the communities upon who m they are inflicted.
 In no age before the present were gen tune worth and talent, combined with industry and unceasing appli cation. so sure of obtaining immediate recognition and reward. As ;his Is true of journal ism, il IS also true of every other honor able calling, where brains or muscle are gwen Tn exchange for daily bread. If the young journalist spoken of by the Hai- 6edif'. whs refused to be bought. and to prostitute his intellect and the living Word, IS tramp to-day, 1t is not be- cause of the jealousy Of his brother edit ors and printers, nor the indifference of the good Christians of the various churches, but because the young man so willed it himself. The editor caoable of such illogical reasoning convicts him. self ot the imbecility Of thought that he attributes to others. and deserves. as he Will doubtless receive, the tender com miseration of his charitable brethren ot the press, whose shortcoming and abuses he so ruthlessly exposes to the public, without even q suggestion as 10 hew they can be remedied or removed