INDEPENDENCE OF THE PRESS.
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Nothing is more common than to hear 1 the press denounced as wanting in inde- Ependence, because it will not consent to take ground al once and without discretion, upon every public topic, and assume io lead aud control every public opinion upon ey- cry question, however delicate or deeply involving the rights of indi.id"tls. This denunciation is founded upon n eronr"us view both of the responsibilities a.'d ihe duties of an editor. Most superficial ob- servers are apt to be struck win inc slap dash and reckless manner in which rnoon- struck disclaimers rail out against inc abu- ses of society, depiore 'he increasing de pravi,y of the world, and take uPur them selves Ihe flask oi reforming i.. Sacb peo- pie are generally either indiscreel aud un- practised enthusiasts, or seekers after the accomplishment of some selfish end, by the dclusion they attempt. The first are un6, leaders in the ways of the world. They have in prospective a moral Fl Dorado, which, as it cannot he reached by fraii hu- maniiv. it is but folly and madness to be striving afer. "Their views are but 'h" eternal elimnerinc' ~ t'na I't ''rf; ''H'' most ilniihuus d. ..tys ale ba. ."s .... lwinklings of the glow worm." As for the

 