The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-17

SAuoIOA IAdt newspaper Is OT SHOULD
be governed by the same rules of eth
ics that are supposed to control the
practice of the law. The argument
If argument II may be caIled-is that |
because q lawyer takes money to de- |
fend criminal that a newspaper is |
supposed to be, or ought to be, iusti- |
fed in doing the same thing.
The mistake lies in the assumption
that the cases are parallel They are
not. They are at right angles. A law
yer is paid advocate. His services
are for sale. And it is SO generally
understood. A newspaper, if it is
anything, is the public voice, the ex-
preston Of public opinion, and is so
viewed by the general public. This
general public puts a certain degree
of confidence, for this reason, in what
a respectable newspaper says. A be-
trayal of this confidence weakens the
influence of the newspaper. No simi-
lar confidence is placed in the plead
ings of lawyer. They are avowedly
pleadings, and nothing more. He
does the best he can for his client, is
perfectly justified in SO doing. If he
did otherwise, he would be false to his
client, and recreant to the VOW he
takes on being admitted to the bar.
The above extract from the LeGUelI-
aOorth Times has been copied into
hundreds of newspapers on this coast
during the last three months. We are
tired of seeing it. Those who approx
ingly copy it tacitly endorse the mis-
taken and degrading sentiment it
conveys.
In doing what he did the Ohio law
yer did perfectly right, and the Ohio
editor did perfectly wrong, and if the
LeGDe1aaOoTth Times tells the truth,
it was a good thing if the sheriff did
sell him ont and the devil get him.
1t served him right.
i The distinction is clear and plain,
and should be made and maintained.
|
If death terminates mans conscious
existence, it will be alike to the most
prosperous sinner and to the most
self-sacrifcing SAINT after the terinin-
alton OF this earthly scene, i. e., both
will sleep the sleep ofunconsciousness,
in which neither will be the better
nor the worse for their works done
here. "A striking example will form
the best illustration of the force of
this argument for a future state of
retribution. OF all the sinners of the
first French revolution, perhaps none
was more detestible than Fouche.
Yet, by his adroitness, he succeeded
in evading every danger which en-
quilted his comrades in iniquity; and,
after prosperous life, he died quietly
in his bed. The crimes which this
man perpetrated were unutterable.
Yet he filled office under the directory,
which he betrayed; became the chief
minister of police under Napoleon l.,
whom he betrayed likewise; and fin
ally succeeded in forcing himself as
prime minister on Louis XVIII, after
4 having voted for his brothers death
and after having had hand in nea rly
every crime which had been perpet-
rated during that terrible period. On
the other hand, no one holds highe
place in the noble army of sacrificers
; in the cause of humanity, with the
single exception of his Master, than
the apostle Paul; yet after life spent
, in toll and suffering, he perished by
| the ak of the executioner. Yet, il
: there is no hereafter, and if the only
reward OF self-sacrifce and the only
punishment of crime are those which
, happen in the present life, it would
, have been far better to have been
Fouche than Paul, a conclusion with
{ which no sane man will agree.
A FAST limited mail train will be es-
tablished tomorrow, whereby passen-
l gers and mail will be carried through
! from Chicago to Portland and San
Francisco, making the time from Chi
cago to Portland eighty-three hours
t and Chicago to San Francisco eighty
n five hours This will reduce the tim,
heretofore made on the Chicago AMI
t Western, as well as on the New Yorl
: and Eastern mail, seven hours, and to
San Francisco twelve hours. TIL,
:. arriving time of the new train beini
e GAO A. NJ. at Portland and 1GE45A N
# at San Francisco, instead of in tn,
n evening as heretofore, TINS, makes th,
> practical delivery of mails twenty fou
e hours earlier. A Similar reduction n
the time east.bound is made on pass
engers and mails which now reach
Chicago at $50 A. NJ.
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