The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-23
sensationallsm in Journalism.


indorse your article of last week,
as published in the INTELLLGENCER,
against sensational journalism We
have read much mental and moral
philosophy, written by Greek, French,
German, Scotch, English and Ameri-
can first-class students and writer's
upon the human mind, and we feel
your article is an excellent one. We
find by these writers, or some of them,
that much or all thought that enters
the human mind, may on the great
Judgment Day, stand ont in photo
graph pictures before each and every
human being when the human mind is
freed from all physical structure.
Hence the Importance of constantly
being impressed with the very best and
strongest impressions. Coleridge, one
Of the very finest metaphysicians that
ever lived In Scotland, believed this,
90 likewise did others Of equal power
OF mind believe the same thing-Up-
ham, Haven and Wayland. Many
cases can be given to prove approx
mately the truth of the fact that no
impressions made upon n minds are
ever lost. The servant girl mentioned
by Upham illustrates this. She, in q
terrible spell of sickness, kept up a
constant talking, and the attendant
physician had this taken IN writing by
some one, and on examination it was
found to be Latin, Greek and Hebrew,
not . word of which was even UNDER
stood by his patient, but this was all
impressed upon her mind by a learned
minister Of the gospel with whom she
lived and who IN her hearing often
read the bible in all these different
languages. She understood none Of
bis reading or any one of such lam
guages. Many other cases have we
where disease or Q sudden fear of death
brought the whole life OF thought out
10 bold and distinct view. HENCE any
one can zee the transcendent import
ance Of reading and studying none
bat the very purest and best literature
upon all subjects. Hence we have
ever condemned Byron's s.Don Juau,"
Breckenridge and BeecberHrot, reports Of
divorces and details, murders, suicides
and much Of Shakespeare. We tore
out Of our copy Of Shakespeare and
threw away al his unhealthy essay
upon Adonis and Venus when the Tina
came to have our book rebound. We
wish some decent and moral man would
give the public good and we'll expur-
gated copies Of Byron and Shakespeare.
They both lived in a vulgar and OBJ
scure age. Their works and many
others Of the Sans kind have done
worlds of harm. Such can only be
known on the day of judgment. Vol
ney, Voltaire, Hume, Paine, Gabriel
MiFsbeau, Robespierre, Rousseau, and
Gibbons s'peclipe and Fall Of the Ro-
man Empire" and Diederot, althohEh
they stand like mountain heights
over other writer's, they poison all
minds who read. their writings. They
are all infdels, aud ME of the most
accomplished and vigorous styles and
Of the most dangerous and insinuating
philosophy. Some OF these lived about
the time of the terrible French Reyolu-
tons some of Them were in it. 1t is
conceded by everyone well acquainted
with the history of this revolution that
1t was but a legitimate result of the
infidel teaching Of all these men. We
ara now reading the Acme, Lexington
INTELLIaRsokR aud News, Columbia
Herald and the Boonville Democrat,
weekhes, and all clean papers and fit
to be used IN any family. We have
long liked very much the INTELLI-
GENCER, bonneville Democrat and Col
nmbIa Herald, morally and politically.
Your discussions 30 far are all amiable,
fair and Unexplained. No other kind
Of treatment Of an opponent in religion
j. at all worth notice, but such should
ever and always be vigorously con-
demned. We are ever glad to have an
opportunity of reading the papers
mentioned. Col. VIM. F. Switzler has
over been n remarkable man for facts,
statistics and logic, . profound finan-
cial philosopher. NJ, S,
liigginsville, Mo, Nov. IL, 1895.