The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-22

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Gates become thereby severer critics -.
exact continual intellectual And mort
Rrogresa In the teacher to whose level.
they ,t ds ~. strixs to !its thsmselxes:
fore US. with sfactory results IN nearly
every printed sheet that comes bofof,
our eyes, who can limit the confines OF
its ProgressP I'm the dark Of tho night
like some isbied genius sS with ele s SnS
tor les lamps returns laden from errNnd;
throbs with engine.beat &C lts labor 70
record aday's events the wide world
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On molten OF Mr.. Bentley, Nrs. Fields.
address. which was received With much
applause. was ordered to be spread upon
the minutes, and the thanks Of the,
Association. were rendered her for the
graceful manner in which she had 10
sponded to the request made Of her.
LHrTER FROM HON. n 4. KIDD.
The following letter from Hon. e. e
Kidd, OF jackson parish, was read b,
the Secretary:
VERNON, La, February ~. 1851.
Hot sS g. y rs'dsa' Press A''oaa
My Dear Sir you are already aware
OF the imperative reason which prevents
weh sSsr vsss ely
on the occasion OF the annual meeting
OF your Association. Ineed not reitorato
what have informed YOU. personally,
esx W gona sssss my at T. a ss
founded entirely upon selfish oonsiderA-
tions, although the occasion have lost
| Is we'll suited for the exhibition, before
an appreciative audience, OF all the
right to lay claim to. Outside Of the
qualification OF any mere personal desire
mo matter before how splendid an au-
dfence) had other objects dearer to
bowman: Ny subject would have
biIity OF the Press" Among other things
I would have urged upon the press It's
literature Of the South. y The materiais
for q great Southern literature arc at
hand. A peculiarly Southern institu-
ton, long interviewer with our worry ex-
revived, not as in "unoie TOMS CABIN SSS
but truthfully In history, in romance and
In song. The shadows OF our great
civil war are sufficiently heightened to
soften down It's severer presentations
can be exhibited with something Ike
the quiet halo that surrounds the tales
| OF grandfather. In tho historic,
tive Or 4oste Of
and the war for the rights OF the States.
see q wider field for the exercise OF
literary talent than has been presented
to the world since those days which az
opportunity OF giving to us his imperish-
ard, the Lion Heart
And who shall say that literature OF
this kind should not be encouragedp It
ats mankind. And who can better en-
courage 1t than the press OF the country?
Again, should have urged the estab-
fishment In our schools OF an editorial
editeT have beeeme 50 HieHs Q, w daS
our everyday life. he appears with US 80
continuously around our firesfdes, in the
shops, on the streets, on the hustin GO,
by the side OF old and young, that M st
being. Let him be particularly educa-
! ted for his calling. lknow that n splen-
did journalist couldyno more be turned
out by the schools than can q splendid
materially assisted.
Again, I would have urged . more
distinct or better defined personalism in
the journalism OF our State. This in
It would give it more character, strip II
of all stabs In the dark, abolish those
abusive epithets and slang denunciar
tions so abhorent to the cultivated
! reader, and place 1t upon the high scale
| OF personal responsibility, which has
SO much to do In elevating or depressing
the character OF any profession.
| l write In the midst OF q term OF our
District Court, and am therefore hur.
rfed.
wish your Association the greatest
success. II I'm my capacity as 1egfsIa
tor ! can consistently do anything Il
further your aims and interests, will
gladly do 30. Very respectfully yours
| E. e. KIDD.
Mr.. &. Lambert, OF the Clinton Patrio
Democrat. who had been appointed by
the President to consider the subject o.
advertising rates, embodied his views in
n series Of resolutions and schedule OF
rates, which he now read and submitted
to the Association.
On motionof Gen. Jastremski, amend.
ed by Major Burke, the resolutions OF
| Mr.. Lambert were received and referred
| to a special committee OF five, TO be APP
pointed by the President.
The President announced that the
poem Of the occasion would now be
heard, and MI. Page M. Baker, OF the
New Orleans Democrat, on behalf Of Mrs.
/ Mary Ashley Townsend, read the follow