The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-08-01

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blu tfs Of that most majestic of
Amer eau rivers-the Pearl.
fGroans aud cries Of oh ! oh!) |
am exceedingly sorry to see that
the geographical education of my
brother members should have
heeu 20 sadly neglected as 10
canse them to question this state
ment: for could they see its
broad smface daily, nightly,
hourly, covered with the huge
leviathans of the waters hearing
its mighty commerce to the sea.
they would not be guilty of dong
so. daughter. 1t is also a city OF
great historic Interest---it il The
home of the only original and
irrepresslble "P.t Donan," aud
IN us great present and greater
future. is to the south what st.
Pau Is To the great northwest.
CHEERS.
But to my subject. The mem
ory of the many good points in
Col. Hoyt's address will long
linger with me like the fragrance
OF Hoyt's cologne (langhieD. and
only wish that the fluency of
speech possessed by some of my
good brothers were mine that |
might discuss the subject as nbly
as 1t deserves.
The duty OF the newspaper has
never been more clearly or per-
haps correctly defined than by
Horace Greeley, who said that 1t
was "to give the history of its
time and afterward dsduce from
It theories and truths OF universal
applications"
IL this electrical age tho
country weekly is necessarily de
pendent in large measure upon
the metropolitan daily for its
news. but 1t should not for its
views. (Applausr. Indeed, no
man should ESSAY the role OF
editor of the humblest lournal
unless he possesses the mind to
think, the courage to act-when-
ever and wherever right NEEDS y
champion or truth defender.
(ApplauSe)
In us very nature, the press Is
peculiarly a public institution; II
= ever busy In the work of
building up or tearing down.
From this peculiar nature IT labors
constantly and WITHOUT direct
compensation for church, for
parry, for state aud society nj
la,gs, and every individual mem-
be- Of thnse organizations be-
comes necessarily an incidental
,benrficiarY OF its Iabors.
The publisher should recognize
the fact that his space and labor
are TO him precisely what floul,
sugar aud dry goods are to the
merchant they are his stock 10
trade--he Is dependent upon their
sale for his own livelihood aud
and TIE maintenance OF bis busi-
ness,
TIE management and super
vislnn of every newspaper should
be vested entirely In Que lndivld-
ual. 1t was said by that typical
American, Abranam Lincoln,
(aaplause )--and sir, never
speak his great name without the
highest admiration for his lofty
qualities of mind and noble
virtues of heart, lapplausel, for as
man his nature was sweet as
summer to his fellowman; and
as citizen and statesman his
ambitions for his corntry were as
lofty as Mt. Washington, while
his character was .as pure as the
SHOWS that fall upon It's summit
(proIonge,i applause lit was said
by him that one bad general was
worth two good ones when at
cross purposes. And the remark
is possessed of forcefH truth
when applied to the battlefield of
| the press.
A paper should be kept 6nan-
eially independent that 1t might
he entirely 20 editorially.
Mr.. Martin then advocated In
vigorous language thu absolute
divorce of advertisements ard
reading matter; the adoption Of
the cash sys.em; the use of the
best material, the employment of
the hest workmen, etc and said
that instead of describing a model
weekly IN detail, as Col. Hoyt
had done, he could accomplish
the purpose equally as we'll, by
submitting 4 copy Of his own
paper, The Mlssisslppian, which
] ssking that ii be flied