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lfi ' 1'1J1 OMAITA DAILY Rh'.TI SUN1)AY , JTTJX 10 , 1898.
1011 I i 1111 , POLE IS TO BE 11 (01 ( 1
Lieutenant Peary's Plans for Another Er
pellition to the Arcio : Region.
WHAT TILE NORTH POLE REALLY IS
IIZIMIM Hf Supply for n Siege .if Four sir
five YenrM = 1'hr Unevptorell Re-
glen n Itepront h In Ilur
IloaMled Cltlllzntlau.
( Copyright , 1699 , the S S. Mct hero Cu. )
The war excitement which Is now nbsorb
Ing the Interest at the country has tempo-
rnrhy obscured another more peaceful drug-
gle which has bean going on for cenlurics-
the conquest of the polo Thu history of
palttIIr exploration la bade tat of a long serles
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of total or partial fallurcs. So uuauy have
tried In vain to reach the goal that many
people laugh at further ntlempls as useless
or risk In uudlsgulsed contempt ; "R'hat Is
thopole , anywny ? " To them the best an-
saver to their question Is : "Nothing , " To
thu scholar It Is simply a mathematical
point where lime earth's axis intersects the
earth's surface , a place where there arc
Do degrees of latitude and 3G0 degrees of
langltule or 110 longitude at all , just as out
prefers to look at it ,
To me , these are not the Inipressive con
sideratlons. I am after the pole because II
akw. , aMr
pelage ( the last of the clretimrolar island
groups ) Saul the ellminallon from our maps
of the unknown area between the eighty-
fourth parallel and the pole are Im-
portnnl gcngrapldcsi desiderata , ' it Is
my oplulon that thus work can he. accomplished -
plished without risk to life or health and
at n comparatively sutsll cost.
I'mna of fife I : xpetlillon.
The ( .resent expedition Is simply the second -
end step of n determined campaign for the
pole. The results of the various previous
expeditions show that there remains but
one practicable route by which to attain
it , nud that route Is the one that has came
to he known as the Amcrlcan-through
Smith sound , inue basin , ltobeson channel
and along the northwest coast of Greenland.
The expedition starts , 1 tnlnk , auspict-
ously. The ship "Windward" is espe-
clnlly sulted .to. . Jac.the dhncultles of
lute Arctic Pens , and is loaded with such
concontrhted'provislohs as experience ins
proved to ha most valuable , It will pro ,
ceed to Whale sound this summer , take on
board several picked families of Isskimos
with their tents , canoes and dogs , force a
way through Robeson channel to Shcrnrd
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LIEUTENANT PEAItY AND HIS SiIiP.1VIND1VAItD" ( FROM MIt. PEARL'S
PHOTOORAI'liS. )
Is the pole , because ithas a value as a test
of Intelligence ; persistent eh0urance , tlu-
terrniuka twill , tad pcrhnps cnuragc qualities -
ties claracteristle of the highest type of
niauhood-because I nun cbntldenl that It
can he reached , and because f regard it as
a great prize which It Is peculiarly fit and
appropriate that nn American should win.
There is no reason whatever for assuming
any abnormal conditions at the poie , ( or
supposing that It Is the site of a perennial
sunaser sea or a paleocrystic ( that Is an
eternally frozen ) sca , or a Synunes' hole
giving access to the center of the earth ,
or a specially rounded niouutaht , a la Jules
Vernu , for the earth to whirl upon-none of
these. 't'here will be found simply prosaic
] nail or water at the pole , no man living
con say which until sauna man gets there ,
But if it is lnnd , ll will he land , the char-
, aeterlstcs of which arc practically the same
as those of other Arctic landa which we
know , a few huulred nilics south , and It
It is water , it will ho an Arctic sea , the
characlelntics of wldch are practically the
salute as those of other Arctic semis with
whlcli we are familiar , a fety hundred miles
distant.
1'4114Vell lie Won ,
As to time objection that fho pale can never
ho reached it is groundless. It certainly
wlll be reached , pasSILly within a compara-
tlvely short lime. The distance which today
separates the highest north from the polo
itself is but : G0 miles-nbout the sane as
the distance between Albany and Buffalo.
Those who ridicule polar expeditions ask :
" 0f what use is time pate ? " More than cue
nmiswer could ho given to this question , but
It there were no other reason than that
during more than two centuries ter civilized
nations of the earth have spent millions of
dollars , and sett scores of ships and thous-
1111(13 of nisi to win the North I'ole wlllaut
success , this alone is suiticlett to nmku it
n prize which we 61100111 strive to secure.
'rho conquest of the North l'olu , the con-
plete delhicntlot of the Greenland archi-
Those terrible
dizzy spells to
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sshiclm women -
arc subject arc ' ' '
(1110 nipe times °
In ten to Milne a
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Time average itA"
doctor In gen. 1
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does not half e ,
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realize tlti6 , '
IIe prescrjhcS a 1'I '
noiiiC hupcrfi ! ,
cial treatment a r
for headache or
dyspepsia or liver trouble without
sus mcting the real cause of the
ditfculty.
A wo mat usually uuderelnn(1s
what is the trouble but is loath to
undergo the mortifying amid . ,
crally useless"cxanumationh"nud
"local applications" on which u time local
pmctiloncr is almost sure lu Insist , lint
there Is a far more sensible alternative
Any women afflicted with a duilcale weak.
nesw of this nature should peck the aid of
that marvelous "lravnile Prescription"
invented hp Dr. R , V. Pierce , chic ( consult.
ing ( ) lmysiclue of the Invalids' hotel amid
Surgical Institute , of lltmfalo ( , N. V
in any ease so obstinate as not to be
rontplly cured by this great " 1'rescrip-
pion" special advice for inexpensive houne
treatment adapted to the individual case ,
will be sett b } ' Dr. Picrcc to any one who
will address hint by mail. All letters are
treated with the strictest privacy and never
printed except by the w'riter's Special
regtlcst. Cases intrasted to his care are in
the ] ands pf one who has a llfctintc'6 ex.
perieucn and who stands auong the most
eminent of living specialists in this liar.
ticnlar field of prarticc ,
lvcry ; wontan Mlould passeaa a copy of
Dr , Tierce's Gtmutts lhouswd page lulus.
! rated volume , the Connuuu Sense Medical
Adviser w9deh has lad a larger sale than
any medical book in any language. A
papepbound copy will be sent ahsoluIel } '
free on receipt of 21 one. cent etaut's ' 1i
pay fho cost of urallhrg nnly , Address
World's Dispcnsary Alcdical Association ,
llulfalo , N. V. , or send Jt stamps for clothbound -
bound copy. A whole medical library in
one ioo psge TolumC ,
Osborn fjord or further and laud people and
stores. Then the ship will turn hack. As
1,0011 115 the freezing of the Ice of the great
fjords of the northwest coast permits sledge
travel the work of advancing supplies will
be commenced , taking comparatively short i
stages and light loads , so that the trips can
be quickly made. As soon as the supplies
have been advanced the first stage the party
itself will move forward leaving a cache be-
hind. As they will be following Eskimo customs -
toms and living in snow houses , this can be
done easily.
Then the second stage of time advance w111
be taken up anti the work carried on until
the departure of the sun , Each of the brll
hunt whiter moons of the polar night will
uflord opportunities for coutiuuing the work ,
ao that early spring will find the party amid
the bullc of its supplies locaated at the
northern terminus of the north Greenland
archipelago.-probably not far from the
eighty-fifth parallel , with caches behind ) t
at each prominent headland. From this
point , when the proper time comes , with
picked dogs , the lightest poSSible epdp-
inent and two of the hest Eskimos the last
stage of the journey for the pole will be attempted -
tempted , with strong possiallllled of a suc-
ccssftl lcrmhrution. If the first season Is
unfavorable as regmds ice conmiitiolls , It
can be devoted to n detailed survey of the
archlpelugo Itself and a recomoiscanco of
Ilse east coast as far south as possible , the
northern journey being reserved for the tel-
luwing season , or , if ueeessary , even milli
the second. Bachi succeeding suuuner llie
ship will attempt to estnhlish conrnu11lcn-
lions with line party's base , sueceeling ,
probably , every other year at first , then ,
with Ino eneiig experience , every year , and
wlll keep up file supply of toad , dogs and
Iskintoe until the objects of the expedition
are accomplished. If the slip should ho
unsuccessful in the passage of ltobeson
channel the first year , the party will land
al Ilayea sound and devote the season to
explorations of that unknown region. Ito.
treat from the colony at Shernrtl fjord svlll
aI ways be practicuble across the inland ice
to 1Vhale sound ,
, I'o lleslcge the Pule ,
The program is to secure evemy mile and
advance lust as far as there is land , them
attempt to accomplish the remaining dis
tanro lu one effort. In case the conditions
are unfavorable or Impracticable the first
season , I shall return to my lislluro village ,
whiter there and start again the next spring ;
meth It lbe conditions are not favorable the
second year , cone back for the winter , and
so on , trying again cord again. I believe
that at any point ! n the Arctic regions , at
one seasumi or another , the door le opener
or can be opened and the man who Is in
reudimiesa and wafting for the opportunity
can get where use wants to. R'hen an ex-
pedltloa goes north for one or two years
only it may not fiud the favorable opportunity -
tunity , but ] f it can stay Ibero four or live
years , which I am prepared to stay If necee-
aary , some time In that period the favor-
able occasion is sure to come and the door
wlll be cpened or can be pushed open.
For a practical attempt at the polo the
utilization of the Eskimo Is of unquestioned
r value. They are the people best filled in
the world for that particular kind of work ,
men who , under the Icnderahip of one whom
they know , to be their friend and in whom
they have the utmost confidence , will follow
to the , end , faithful and loyal as their own
' magnificent dogs. What could be morn
practical than a party made up aL the chit-
dren of the north itself , a surgeon for
emergencies , and a leader to furnish will ,
Intelligence and direction !
4MilrllllM I'uger to Ilclt.
These children of the north are not merely
willing , but anxious mud glad to go wi h
Inc. It was Interesting to note the childish
delight with which they would listen as i
told them how they were each to hnvc n
"shake-hoer-up" ( modern rifle ) nn(1 were to
hunt musk oxen and bear , drive dogs and
, eat biscuit amid perurnlcan with me in the
distant , legendary Ooniugmuk Nunaml
( musk-ox land ) of their forefathers ,
Eagerly as these people have looked for ,
ward during the past few summers for the
canning of "l'eary's Oomiakroch" ( ship )
they will look forward to it with doube :
Interest this season. They have al the
eagerness for variety that is characterist e
Iof human children therwotld over , and the
year the arrival of the "Oouelaksoch" menus
that a conaiderabie quota of the little coat-
muttily will go to the'v1 to Ahvungahi
( north ) to live in lands which they have
heard of in their forefathers' legends , repeated -
peated to them from their childhood up.
Every onem will agree with flue that there
could be no human beings on the face of the
earth better adapted for the rank anti f'e
of an Arctic party titan members of th.t
little tribe , the moat northerly pople in
the world , whose fathers mud graudfatle s
amid great-grandfathers before them ha u
lived iu that very region. They know nil
the rngnrics , all the possibilities and all'
the hoatillllcs of their home , and they know-
how to lake care of themselves. According
to the theory of Sir Clements Markham ,
presldcnt of the Royal Geographical aociety ,
the forefathers of thcse people , centurl a
ago , during the migration of the tribe , in
journeying fro i Siberia to their preseit hounq
Zany have crossed unknowingly the apex o'
the earth. What a striking coincidence it
their children should be the lnstrumen s of.
finally wnstiog the secret of fho peel :
tiuuall Tarty Ii ms Hest Cillllll1'M. !
The party to reach the pole , other things
being equal , will be the party contaluing
the smallest number , Ilghtest equipment amid
the fewest necessities , a party which Cali
travel fast anti continuously , in the writer's
opluion , the polo will never be reached by
n ship nor with any of the new tangled
or unusual projects , of whiich so mnuy have
been proposed lately and of which A ndree's
balloon is an example. If lu reply to the
first part of this statement the past results
and present advocacy by Nmnsen of the drift
theory is tiled , it Insist be ndnrltted by
every person cognizant of Arctic matters
that line voyage ryas in ninny respects a
fortunate one and a successful lerminnlion
could by no means be duplicated. It is a
siguiflcaut tact that while Nanses is publicly -
licly advocating his drift method as the- one
best adapted for reaching the pole , his havi-
galor , Sverdrup , who teas with him on his
last expedition , abandons it altogether and
adopts lay plans and field of work. It la
natural that a man should consider his own
plait the best , or else presumably he would
hot adopt it. For myself I can say that I
have no feeling of rivalry or jealousy to-
ward either explorers or their plans , and
gladly welcome and encourage every earnest ,
Lana tide , original attempt to solve the great
problem , feeling dial the more the merrier ,
and the more chances there are that time
pole will be reached ,
There is a certain class at present who
take time stand that practically all problemns
of the north have been rooved , As a matter
of fact the problems of the north have hot
been solved , nud we really do not know ub-
solulely what there is at and Imrnedlately
about the pole any more than we did ten
year ago. It is true that the highest not".h
has beet recently moved up a notch , ] 7J
miles beyond previous records , nud , whmile
the indications and probabilities are that
a deep sea extends from there perhaps to time
pole , yet there Is not a m au with extended
personal Arctic experience who would be
surprised it further explorations should de-
termnine the existence of land within lifter ) -
or even thirty muiles of that highest north.
For myself , I believe iii sticking to one
thing until it is accomplished , and as long
as there remains that unexplored area of
millions of square miles about the North
pole , I regard it as riot oily a promise , but
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AN ESKIMO CAMP OF 1'EAItY'S EXPEDITION.
n reproach to our boasted civllizalloi of
today.
My project line been erroneously deslg-
nated by 501110 , to Wilont a catching expression -
sion Is amore attractive than accuracy , as
"a dash to the pale. " 1 do not like the
term ; It is entirely misleading.
My project cottteulplutes a serious , determined -
mined , persistent attelnpt to win for the
vlclorltets stars nud stripes time only re-
mahtng great geographical prize which the
world has to after ; alt attempt whiclm ntay
and likely will hcconto a siege , It iii an
allenpt in twlteit the knowledge and experi-
Pao gained 1n work prosecuted during some
ton years on dethdlo amid consistent lines
is to be directed on equally defimmito amid
persistent lines to the accompliehntot of
its object.
( Signed , ) It , E. PEARY ,
AI lime % Tciimhiuii ,
Delrolt Journal : "Slue trembles like a
faun whispered time noun hi the second
pow beyond the while ribbon , as time bride
swimt dosvm the aisle.
Time woman who wept beside him laughed
scornfully ; at weddings women often laugh (
mid cry at time same time ,
"Go on ! " ale protested , "Nobody ever
saw a fawn tremble like that ! She acts as
if she hadn't rehearsed one bit ! "
And thou , being Invited to time breakfast
after the ceremony , she burst into more
tear
Farulblg Under nllllculllcs ,
Detroit Free Press : "flow did you like
farming in Vermont ? " was asked of time
Michigan ruon who went there because told
that the bulk of the wenlth is In the east ,
"O , I guess it would a been all rlgii only
for one thing. "
" 1Vhnt was that ? "
"I'll be doggone of I'll work ground so
hard and rocky that you have ter plant
wheat with a shotgun , "
i IICIITY I ' , OF 1Ii l , PRESS '
ItsInfncnco in Shams the Moral anll Intellectual -
tellectual LiA. oftho Nation ,
GOOD AND EVIL f&TURES. ANALYZED
the heal amid tdcnlINetvMpntler Cuu-
trnnted = l'ext of Ilia I'rir.e 1'npcr
or n Sludertof Crelgh-
ton /llcge ,
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tiorsily is rejoicing atthe , capture by one
of its graduates of the purse of $100 offered
by a Chicago matt for the best pnpera on
; 'The Influence of time American l'ress Upol
n Nation's Life , co ipelctl for by 340 students -
dents belonging to the I'ldiosophy , Ithetoric
and Poetry ehtases of seven Jesuit colleges.
Rime wlnncr of the prize was Join T. Smith
of Creighton u11lverslly , w9dle the third
was won by J. Henry Foray nail the
fourth by 1'eter C. Oannoe of the same iii-
stitution. The other colleges competing were :
St. Louis university , St. Xavier college of
Cincinnati , St. Igm nthue' college of Chicago ,
fit. Mary's college of Detroit and Marquette
college of Milwaukee. The conditions of lire
contest ware :
Subject of the essay : "influence of the
American Press Upon the Nation's Life. "
.m , ondllions : A. The essay is to be wlmoliy
written ht the class room by the students
of the cinsses to which the contest is open ,
I viz , : The i'hllospohy , tIe Ithetoric amid the
j'oetry.
B. The time for writing the essay will be
any tour consecutive hours. The contestants
will mint lie privileged to leave the place of
writing before hmmding iii their work ,
C. No essay should exceed 3,000 words , or
thereabouts , in length ,
D. Only the pen roams of time contestant
is to bo signed to his paper. Ills real mane
together with the pet itaume shotid be
placed in a sealed envelope to be handed to
time prefect of studies.
The prize essay written by Mr. Smith follows -
lows :
I'otver of the I'rvMM.
If you were to ask of the newspaper editor
what ills null was , if Ire were a highminded
mat , he Would answer : To elevate anti instruct -
struct the masses. If you were to urge him
further he might. bring home to you that In
America the press Is the mistress of intelligence -
telligence , the forum of justice and the
malnstey of go ernutc11t. Surely. If unrestrained -
strained ) lberly is conducive to the highest
interests of maim and If progress has
naultled the character of modern tinier
these two principles late contributed to
cake our American press one of the greatest -
est powers that have ever existed.
In the begUtnfng th0 existence of a free
press was precarious , its stalemncnts mul
pretensions guarded. From the literary gossip -
sip of Wills and the Oreciau its sphere of
activity has widened until 110W it inil0-
dices , al times for genii , at others for evil ,
, nearly every affair involving life , liberty
anti honor. It inns changed Irons n paper o :
gossip to a paper of power.
Thu Anteriean Press is lu ninny respects
tile best of newspaper pressea. True , it is
not nlways so sober as time English , profound -
found as the Grecian , tor of such literary
value as the French , but we lhimik it corn-
blues many of the hest advantages of nil.
Its untiring energy in gathering the news
hardest to gel leas fairly won time atintira-
tiom of its foreign rivals. Front Cordon
ffemtett's'thne down no labormor , expense
has beers considered too great to retard the
collecliou of news. Its atmosphere of liberty -
erty , lee , has never been clouded by traditions -
tions of restraint. Mullet very happily
quotes front Euripides ,
"This is true liberty , when free born
men , having to advise the public , may
speak free , " and our American press hna
omjoycd to the full the benefits of till unfettered -
fettered freedom of speech. Whenever the
onward march of thought is unhampered ,
as our experience proves , thought will ever
be on the advance. The great revolutions in
ideas , in new views of life , are far the
most part noiseless revolutions and the
press is nearly always at the bottom
of great changes. The freedom of the
press has reached Its highest perfection
here. Amid while we eniumot praise too
highly the great and far-reaching benefits
accruing from an unrestrained freedomm of
discussion , we will find many occasions to
justly censure some great evils arising
from the opportunities ) it gave to human
frailty. Hummlreds of our jornals , espe-
claily those of largest circulation , for lhu
sake of money and personal gain , have resolved -
solved to sacrifice nearly every aetthnett
of dignity , decency and decorunm. In tummy
American journals the editors are too prone ,
as the poet says , "to mnke luunorlal elan-
ders fly. " liver the American spirit of cl-
terprisc , which for its purpose "finds sermons -
mons ht stones and good ht everythhig , "
has led our press into grave mistakes. The
search for news has led the press to cir-
cuiate what should he unprintable news.
Amid much do we regret to say that the
star of this Iicetious yellow journalism ,
which line risen in the lust few years , huts
fair to remnain in the ascendmt for years
to come. Llkc the great Ednmund Burke ,
perhaps vc , too , slmonld pnrdon someUdng
to the froward spirit of liberty. hut no
excuse cnn ( 'o offered why the vast in-
licence of by far the major portion of oar
press should mint he used agninet that restricted -
stricted hit vigorous class of journals whose
alum seems to be "to clothe vice like virtue's
harbinger. "
" .t alnp or Ibe Ilmia ) World. "
The enterprise and liberty of our press
have not minima mare for the sphere of its
activity that for the extension of Its mun-
ber of readers , Ill the middle of time immat
century , shmen the Tatter nmid Guardian
were in full swing , the literary gossip of
Wills anti the Grecian svns served up only
mil the tables of llne rich. From time clIt-
chat of coffee Imotses' ' and the sayings of
the wits the press Juts widened until it
presents to even time/pooresl / "a map of the
busy world , " Its conning is looked for ht
nearly every American borne. We are
eager to learn from iU what hue been done
iii congress limo day before , t5'e like to
flatter our vmity by thinking it will assure -
sure us we have ldtlupon what lute report
of this or that contndsston is to be. Though
as Goethe says , "We are no better off for
kuovlug what the dayfbrings forth. ' ' nevertheless -
theless we are nil very anxious to know
what the day hats brought forth.
Time newspaper gives soneliing more
than mitee news. Iola certaImI way It supplies -
plies that moral andb intellectual culture
vhmich the few receve/homn ( good and noble
books. It seems to ustthnl if every reader
had the faculty of jhdlcious discrimination
the reflections on nature , on man and on
morals tshicls this "simulacruns" should
start up would ultimately make us a ua-
llon of true education mid solid rethmement.
Insofar as our prose has this object in
view its efforts to elevate and instruct the
masses are worthy of all praise. It is very
true , as remarked by Curtis , "that the unfolding -
folding of time paper is the opening of the
mind , " liut the tendency of the press Is
working away , lessening the demund for
higher literature , by vitiating the taste of
the individual. In Ilterature , to the na-
tion's and Individual's detriment , its pro-
COBS of leveling Is downward ,
It has led the individual to fall In with
the spirit of tine limes ; to be more anxious
to Seoul than to be , liy presenting a superabundance -
abundance of reading matter It has substituted -
tuted , as Cardinal Newman observes , a me-
cbanlcal for a reflective manner of reading ,
The nucleus o1 the home , its moral vitality
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which must suslniu both the life of the fancily - 1
ily and of the nation , has doubtless suffered
much from the iiceutiuusuess of the press.
The journal is a reflex of the spirit of time
1 age and it faithfully represents Its worst
as well as its hest doctrines. Of nil the new
ideas and false ideals which the Reformation -
tion impressed upon the world tone are of
such lostiug hnporlauce as time clanged posl-
( ions of virtue anti knnwledge. It has grad-
unlly led to time general practice of time tib-
surd theory of Millet's anti of Protestnnts in
general , that virtue , to reach Il5 hit , hest
perfection , must pass through tire fires of
coiluet with vice. The' Catholic teaching
was that virtue shotid be kept as line poet
says "out of the shot and danger of desire , "
Modern tlthtking has set this at 11anght.
Amid as a result , the newspapers Invigorate
a nation's virtue by daily associntimmg It with
vice. lion Quixote's proof of his valor , by
personal bombardnmeit of a windmill , was
not less ridiculous thin the nedcrn idea iu
regard to the preservation of the virtue of
our houses ,
' 1'reatneeul of Crlnu'M.
Tills daily association of virtue with
crime which the newspaper brings home ty
our doors lmas resulted in making us a
nation with morbid Ideas of morality.
Our press , by its treatment of crimnes. line
made us feel with adniration toward great
crhnes. In general It is making us a nation -
tion with lax and growhsg laxer notlona of
mnortmnly ,
If time press seems delhmquent in Inculcut-
Ing private virtue it Is the most elllclemit
means ever known of preserving public
honor. Against a well organized anti persistent
sistent puhllc opinion mi0 individual or
power in the stale can long cope , Very
oflon men who are blackest at heart are
desirous of appearing whitest outside. Any
otllclal with even a modicum of shanme
within him will repress evil designs before
limo obloquy and opprobrluni which he
kmmows the presa will heap upon him , slow
mnuclt we owe to the press , ever watchful ,
always eager to ferret out corruption in
high piacts , can hardly be overestimuted.
The life of a nation depends upon time vigor
and purity of its nnliouml virtues and however
ever nmueh we nmay deplore lime press's pernicious
nicious influence upon the home It cannot receive -
ceive Ion nmueh pralse for its guardlanship
of governmental affairs.
This censorious criticism of public actions
is open to two grave abuses-a bllnd following -
ing of party and a sacrifice of prlnelplo for
the sake of gain , Gordon Bennett In 1831
starlcml what was timen an unheard of cla'ls
of journalism , lie determnlued that the emitter -
' tor should be above party tad flack and nc-
' tiona slauld is ) attacked on prlnelple's ' rather
Ithan front party rancor. Time patrommago ,
however , that comes fromm party adheremmce
manages to keep most editors iii party 1hmC.
I Wltemm the conventions of 1000 shall have
given llmcir platforms to time public not one
editor l11 fifty will have the moral stamina to
prefer prlndplo to party , provlded n0
pecuniary advantage is to result. Very
often , Indeed , l11 regard to the editor we may
say with Byron , "Amid Mammon wins his
way where seraphs night despair. " And as
long as the editor depends upon time extent
.1f ills paper's circulation for his yolllical and
social prestige he will prefer money an'l '
rfttronage of party to principle and the
public's welfare. Public honor and party
tyranny were never meant to be cherished
by the same power and when tlmo public
gives intellectual and moral ability a fitting
reward then and not until lumen can we hope
to see editors picking flaws In their own
with as much ability as iii the principles of
adversaries ,
( nud rand Evil.
Closely linked to honor and national
virtue , as R'astiington observes , are religion -
ligion and morality. In eta of his hovels ,
"Notre Dame , " Victor huge makes ills hero
say , first pointing to the printed page and
linen to the towering spirs of time catimedril ,
"This will duslroy that. " If see Infer ( rota
this that the presa'in general Is combating
the spirit of religion , Hugo clearly decerned
in part the tendency of time press. But ho
predicted that religion could not w1thatand
its tremendous pulling down power , The
French imifdcl should learn from Macaulay
one of the truest things the Imstorlan ever
said , 7'ho New ZcaL umd IMluutct and the
r broken arch of St. Paul , tvItli whlru
Macaulay has lhmccd the lasthmgmi ss of i'i'
I'gion ' , will rennin ht atom's incntory long
i Iltr h ugo's iuslnuutlmt ins frittered away ,
because pn1s or no press while umeim are
non religion there uumst be ,
hut there is nnlch in the suggtstiou that
demmmds attention. The press is doing gnat
I good and likewise great evil. On the whole ,
! we have no hesitation fu saying that time
press bus a very pernicious effect on the
spirit of religion. Tile uewepaper press is
it reflex of time hostile spirit of the world.
Its spirit is always liglthng against tine
spirit of true rellglun. The value of re-
Ilgioi hmis been Inst sight of in time ntad
j race where progress has turned the hearts
as well as the heads of met.
This false posiliorm and false ideal of
our press mire diametrically opposed to the
I true religious idea. Its Ilcenliousuess is
the logical result of modern illogical lhiuk-
hag. Virtue is second to knowledge. As
we have already intimated this is a reversal -
versal of the Catholic teaching that virtue
tvitilout lnmowledge is intnitely superior to
knowledge without virtue. Moderns have
tried to ran the world regardless of religionm ,
or as Cnriylc would say , "Mnunling the
i housetops to reach time stars , " Amid we have
time llcenlionsness of bur press as a restit
Tunis powerful , though perhaps utconselols
opposition to religion , 1s dime to time most
egregious blunder of modcrlt timnes , The
intellectual and muoral activity of Calholbs
has forced the press to clrnuge its nttilude
toward Catholics. At ate time uo occnsiot
was suffered to pass by to hmsinuale sone-
thing ngatust Catholicity. Timis epirll ha
fairly changed for the better. The press
has given to Catholic thought , mid teaching
anti action nn entrance to circles where
otherwise they would never have Been read ,
Our Catholic press Iline done wnudo's in
bringing this recognition nhomt , but Imi ap-
preclation rani as well as hnprovernoml In
oar Catholic papers there is much yet to
he done ,
"Great is journalism , " says Carlyle "Is
not every editor a ruler of the world being
a persuader of it ? " flow infinitely greater
for gael mlglmt this poss'or he ? Though an
! dent press Is like ltasselas' reiigion "a great
pcrhntie' the rnntrntphtion of it many ben ,
chit the now'Spaper art us well as time uews
paper artist
Irouo far Intproveou'ul.
If the press were what ht our apinan it
should b the position of virtue and
6 e 1 be ehmanged.V e elm imhd
Como back to sovcral of thin princlplee the
] tcformalion set aside three ccnlurlee ago ,
Itie editor would have at heart time moral
mad Intellectual welfare of lull readers. Ile
would tau en refuI about Indulging in mletrd.- '
( ion and desirous to shim scatterlug scandal.
Vice , when given at all , would be stripped
of its veneer. Crimes and criminals would
be placed before the public in their true
Ilgist. Time pape"s bnsiticss tvouki be , as the
poet says : "I'o ] mold as IB were the mirror
UP to nature , show virtue her tree form. "
Religion and morality would receive from
it some of tlmeir greatest helps. An Ideal
press might bo svliat eome one has called it ,
"The diamoul of gaits anti the sword of
truth. " Then with morality for its guiding
star and genius and talent to support I ( time
newspaper press would be such a blessing in
Ispreadhmg commtemmtntenl , hr ensuring good
I government and fu preserving high Ideals of
morality that our greatest men mnlght well
exert themselves in approaching this high
Ideal even against fho opposition of the nta-
jorlty , preferring , as Burke well says , "to
save the man than to preserve ills brazen
slippers as montmntelito of lmis fohly. " And
then when nobler aspirations than those of
earth , higher ideals than knowledge , shall
Isave coursed through time veins of our Amer.
lean people , ( ha time may conmo when our
press will be what Mr. Dina fondly but
I foolishly huaglned it to he , "Tho wire of
l justice , Inepirallon of wisdom , time determination -
mination of patrlotism and the heart pf time
whole people. "
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