The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-04-22

nf Great Britain for slavery and blood
lie quenched :? Or is it Unsuitable? Has
It been In the dispensation Of thy prOvi-
dence that so manly part Of the Gre
rtion should be predestined to become
slaves slaves of the lowest grades ?
Two or three hundred West Indian
negroes may have one driver tho Grow
OF British man-of-war has many. The
negro raised in ignorance is cOntented, !,
nay, often pleased with his lot--can see
lis relatives around him and even boast
that once n week he has holiday the
seaman OH board man-of-war has q
| mind.
May the just spirit of revenge never
cool in, yoifr breasts until the power of
England ia driven from this continent
into that ocean to which she claims an
exclusive privilege. Shamrock.
This was the spirit which found ut
terance in the newspapers of that day.
Information travelled slowly, but enough
was brought by couriers and stage-divers
To spread the war feeling in the little
hamlets and larger cities. There WAS
general dissatisfaction with the delav of
the President, and finally there came
this outbreak I'm the newspaper that was
generally considered to be the Presidents
organ
"News has been brought Of an atroc-
ions outrage by French national vessels
The President wisely abstained from
suggesting the prOpriety of offensive
measures against France, unt il late doubt
shall become present certainty. II am
pie atOnement he not made bv France,
we trust in God she will be made to feel,
by a Wig )rous retaliation. the resentment
of a rationale and spirited people"
NEWSPAPERS OF TIE PERIOD.
In those days newspapers were very
different from what they are at the
present time. They were small. and
gave hnt little space even to war news.
Instead of columns and pages being de-
voted to the all-abSorbng topic. people
had to be satisfied with Il few paragraphs.
1t seems almost increditable to us, i'm
these days of telegraph and steam. that
Il dispatch from Batavia. n. Y. should
he thirteen days in reaching Washing
ton. The editor of Il Batavia paper in
those days of 1912 announced in his lit
tie shetland one can almost imagine
his excitement rs he penned the lines
that "we stop the press to announce
the intelligence of an armed British and
Indian force on the Canadian side OF the
Niagara river, apparently with an inten-
tion to make descent on the American
side If the appearance of ''an armed
force was to be disposed of in three
lines, it is no wonder that European
news nearly a month old received no
better treatment. One of the para
graphs published about that time was
thus displayed
Every late and important news
from England brought on the fast
sailing ship Orbit, making = short
passage from Liverpool in twenty
seven days. Peace between England
and Sweden and war with the
United States were the daily expected
events"
There were no war correspondents
in those days, but anybody and every
body contributed their mite OF infor-
nation TO the waiting editor. Sea
captains brought what they could in
the way OF news, and they were
eagerly sought. 1t took six days for
the report Of u naval engagement Off
Martha's Vineyard to reach the head
quarters OF the army. The rumor
first came through gentleman trav-
cling on the mail stage from Provi-
dencc, r. l., to New York. He had
learned it from three captains who
had told him that they had noticed
four or five vessels "doing battle. +"
After much more impatient delay,
some one kindly wrote to a newspaper
that he had seen three American
ships 60 out to Montauk Point, where
there was one British ship, 80 that he
had no doubt Of her capture.
Everything was so slow in those
good old times that 1t Is no wonder
the battle OF News Orleans was fought
after peace had been declared. And
people went long distances In such a
long time. TIL" day after war was
declared, according to veracious
chronicler Of the time, "Mr. Cozens
left Washington for New Orleans with
dispatches. We hear" exclaimed the
astonished reporter, that he is un-
der engagement to reach there in
twelve days, n distance Of almost
800 miles"
FIRST OF THE "EXTRAs.'
The editors OF extras We're not SC
generous with extras S6 years ago as
they are today, only few appearing
during that important time. No paper
or ink was wasted on them. They
were about foot long, and only the
news which was the cause OF the ex.
ira edition was published, about two
columns on one side of the page. Or
! April 1, 1872, an extra was issued ir
| Washington announcing that "tht
injunction of secrecy in relation to 4
part Of the proceedings OF Congress
having this day been removed, it ap
pears that, in the course Of the secret
sittings, the following act was passed
An act laying an embargo on al
ships and vessels in the ports an(