The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-18


ca. and when Erskine made his great
speech IN behalf Of the freedom to pun
fish Palne's Rights Of Man IN EAs
land. Those were the Marathon @'--
the Thermopylae where the ha'te Va,
fought which decided the freedom
the press In England and America anu ',
an the powers OF earth and hell vi"
never again be able 10 put upon '.1
printing press the handouts anu 'N'
hopplcs Of literary and poliueal ''
potism II Is remarkable that Thomas
Jefferson. who wrote the Declare w."
Of independence. also wrote 'n'
words. III / hal 20 choose between
a government without newspapers an.
newspapers without q govern eh'' .
would prefer the latter" stuus W
some rev fabrication In print. We como com,
20 write or speak about an 'unui'1'',
printing press" our new book sioNn'
up IN unjust criticism. we come 20 "Ii'e
or speak about the unfair prih'iH8
press" Perhaps through our own 'u
dlstinctncss Of ut;crance We are report
ed as saying Just the opposite OF Wha'
we did say. and there Is a small T'u'
OF semicolons and hyphsns and com
mas. and We come 10 write or 'a'A
about the "blundering printing press
or we take up newspaper full oil So
clal scandal and % cases OF divorce
and we write or talk about a hlthy'
scurrilous printing press" But TINS
morning ask you 20 consider the I'M
measurable and everlasting blessing oil
a good newspaper
| End no difficulty IN accounting ior
the worlds advance Wha, has made
the change? "Eooks" you say. NO
sir! The vast majority Of citizens DO
not read books Take this audience.
or any other promlscuous assemblage.
and how many histories have they
read? How many treatises on con
stltutional Las. or political economy. or
works OF science? How many elab-
crate poems or books OF travel? No,
many. In the United States the people
would not average one such book a
year for each individual whence.
then. this intelligence, this capacity 90
talk about an themes. secular and re-
liglous. this acquaintance with science
and art. this power 20 appreciate the
beautiful and grand? Next 20 the 81
bic. the newspaper. swift-winged and
everywhere present. nyIns over the
fence. showed under the door. tossed
into the counting house. laid on the
work bench. hlwked through thc cars
All read 70. white and black. German.
Irlshman. Swiss. spluIards. American.
old and young. good and bad. sick and
well. before breakfast and after tea.
Monday morning Saturday night
sunday and week day. nov declare
tina. / consider the newspaper Go lc the
grand agency hy which the gospel is
TO be- preached Ignorance cast out. OPP
preston dc,hroued. crime eytlrpateI.
the world raised heaven rci1.ccI. and
God rlorIded IN The cIauk.ur o. the
printing press. as the sheets ny out !
hear the voice OF the Lord Almighty
prcclaimiug 90 all the dead nations ~
the earth. Lazarus. come forth" and
20 the retroating urEos % darkness
Let there be light" In many oi our
city newspapers. protesting no more
than secular information. there have
appeared during the past thirty years
some Of the grades. appeals Boz bchal,
OF religion. and some 90 'hc most a.
goctiye interpretations of Gods govern
mcnt among the nations
One 90 the great trials % the news.
paper profession 10 the i.g, that tlay
are compelled 20 ser more % the shams
OF, the world than any other profession.
Through every newspaper Office. dly by
day. go the weakness 90 the world. the
vanitics that want 90 bc plfad. tho
rcyougo5 that want 90 Doe wreaked.
an the mistakes that want 90 be- cor.
rected. an the duh speakers who wan,
10 De- thought eloquent. a.l the mean
ness that wants to Eet its wares noticed
gratis In the editorial columns ln order
TO save the tax Of the Advertising coll
umn. an the men who waat 10 be set
right who never we're right. all the
crack-braIned philosophers. with story
as long as their hair and as gloomy as
their nuger-ua.ls. an the ltinerant
bores who come 20 r,7y Eve minutes
and stop ln h0Hr From the editorial
and ropor,or.al rooms all the fol,es
and Ehamv % the world are seen day
by day and the temptation Is 90 bc.
lieyc neither in God. man. nor woman.
10 Is 40 surprise 90 me that To- your PRO.
fessiou there are some skeptical men
! only wonder that you believe any.
thing Unless an editor or a rcpor,o-
has in his present or ln h.a early home
a model o. oarncs, character. or be
throw himself upon tho UNFOLDING
grace Of God Dc may make TEMPORAL
and eternal sh.pwrcck
Another great trial OF me rewsnaper
profession is the diseased appetite for
unhealthy intelligence You blamo Tho
newspaper press for giving such prom.
inonce 10 murders and scandals Do
you suppose that so many papers would
give prominence 10 these things n tho
people did not demand iheme MIN
Into The meat market of foreign civ
ana ] ind that the butchers hang nm nm
the most conspicuous hooks meat tina,
is tainted while the meat that Ia fresh
ana savory IS put away without any
special care, come 10 the conclusion
that the people 81 that city love tainted
meat You know very well that II tho
great mass Of people lu this country 90,
mold OF a newspaper and there are in
u no runaway matches. no broken.up
families, no defamation OF men I'm high
position. they pronounce the name,