Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872 |
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... present generation . Other attempts have been made to furnish some idea of the American Press : one in the " Memoirs of Ben- nett and His Times , " and another in the " Life of Horace Greeley . " There are others , such as the lives of ...
... present generation . Other attempts have been made to furnish some idea of the American Press : one in the " Memoirs of Ben- nett and His Times , " and another in the " Life of Horace Greeley . " There are others , such as the lives of ...
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... present time , by the bankers , merchants , and editors of Bos- ton , or New York , or Chicago , or Cincinnati . There is evidence of their being circulated in Venice in 1536 , a century after Koster in- troduced his rude style of type ...
... present time , by the bankers , merchants , and editors of Bos- ton , or New York , or Chicago , or Cincinnati . There is evidence of their being circulated in Venice in 1536 , a century after Koster in- troduced his rude style of type ...
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... present mode of selling papers in the streets . " Mer- cury women " and " hawkers , " the news - venders of his day , were introduced by him . We now have news - boys , although many of the news - venders of the present time in New York ...
... present mode of selling papers in the streets . " Mer- cury women " and " hawkers , " the news - venders of his day , were introduced by him . We now have news - boys , although many of the news - venders of the present time in New York ...
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... present Danger of the Kingdom and of the Protestant Religion , " in consequence of the movements , and in- trigues , and " talking big " of the friends of " the pretended King James VIII . " This intelligence , with a short speech of ...
... present Danger of the Kingdom and of the Protestant Religion , " in consequence of the movements , and in- trigues , and " talking big " of the friends of " the pretended King James VIII . " This intelligence , with a short speech of ...
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... present day . Slaughter , as he lodged with the publisher of the Ga- zette , ought to have furnished him with a regular article on the fash- Advertisements of Fashions . 65 ions , after the style 64 Journalism in America .
... present day . Slaughter , as he lodged with the publisher of the Ga- zette , ought to have furnished him with a regular article on the fash- Advertisements of Fashions . 65 ions , after the style 64 Journalism in America .
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Adams Advertiser afterwards Albany American Amos Kendall appeared became Benjamin Benjamin Franklin Blair Boston Boston Gazette Buren called Centinel Chronicle circulation Colonel columns commenced Commercial Congress copy Courant Courier and Enquirer daily paper Democratic Party Duff Green early edited editor election England enterprise established excitement favor Federalists Franklin friends Gazette gentleman Globe Governor Greeley Hamilton honor Horace Greeley Independent Intelligencer interest Isaiah Thomas issued Jackson James Gordon Bennett John Journal of Commerce journalist Ledger letter libel liberty lished London Massachusetts Massachusetts Spy ment Mercury morning National News-Letter newspaper Noah organ Patriot Philadelphia political Post President Press printed printer proprietor published Ques religious reports Republican Revolution Senate sheet sold Stamp Act Street subscribers Tammany Hall telegraph Thomas Thurlow Weed tion took Tribune United Virginia Washington Webb weekly Whig William Willis writers wrote York Herald
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Page 757 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 754 - No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 756 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man: and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 5 - MARCY'S ARMY LIFE ON THE BORDER. Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border. Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains; Explorations of New Territory ; a Trip across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter ; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting them; with Incidents in the Life of Different Frontier Men, &c., &c. By Brevet Brigadier-General RB MARCY, USA, Author of
Page 754 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 291 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page xvii - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 133 - And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet.
Page 755 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Page 742 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.