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Show TIIK NKWSI'AI'KU. C.eorge William (Yi.th was among tho speakers at the Tribune celebration iu New York last week. Tho distinguished distin-guished gentleman is able to nay pood thing ami ho seemed to beat his best in the occasion referred to. He was speaking speak-ing of (he duty of tiewspa pers, and iu tho cutiivc of his remarks hu said; ' To u lellow sold am of the Tribuiu-. I iy lhat the power of tha press It thB nieusiire of Its r'imMMU1.v; i-v. ry lean who is enrolled 10 if e M-rt-li'ii li- bound in honor by the solemn churn- t:iat con-o .-rated the knights of oil. 1 Co not ul:iys k. e -lep v 1th tln-iniislr. 1 HUB to think tt a! wi hofh iiiun-h In nine with Ainu h.wn Llie-nln s Mibllnie lattl-crj In tho trrt'nt lijrht for Amoni nil peace and .ron-sH. With malice toward none, with charity for ill., with nniniess in Ilia rlnlit as liod Klves us to Hi-r the nnht. The inlliienre exorcised by tho Tribune, particularly while its founder was at tho holm, was referred to by every speaker; and there can bo no 'doubt that Mr. C'l Kl'is j-tniek ihe. key uoto of the power that the journal has wielded. .Men may think lhat sophistry and cunning can build up a great paper. It is no doubt true that temporary success is often reached by journnlistc tricks, lint newspaper power comes only through the most sterling integrity of purpose, ' directness Rtid fairness in the treatinent of all (jucstious, and unllaggiug devotion devo-tion to the right. A great many newspapers are run ! solely for tho almighty dollar. Their proprietors and editors are actuated by motives similar to tho-e governing the theatrical managers who have loaded the stage with senseless horse play in catering to a passing craze. Other journals are used to forward purely personal or factional ends; but none such can expect to gain a lasting foothold in public estimation. The newspaper has a mission of the highest order, and it must fail whenever it loses sight of it. It cannot Ignore truth and justice-, it cannot indulge a i feeling of malice. It may get wrong at times, but if its purpose is right its errors er-rors will be forgotten when its record is made up. The public experts much of the public pub-lic journal. It often expects too much. Too often the paper is expected to be perfectly clear when all the rest of the world is bofogged. It is denounced if it steers toward a false light, and jeered w hen it changes its course af'.er gutting ils bearings; but if it is honest, it commands com-mands approval in the end and has the ! satisfaction of linding its critics looking to it for guidance. It was a fortunate thing for the public that it had a newspaper news-paper like the Tribune during those dark days when the solution of tho slavery sla-very problem was being worked out, and it is a fortunate thing for any coiji-mtmity coiji-mtmity to have a journal guided by the princplcs which were the guide of the Tribune under Horaco (iieeley's direction. |