The Weekly Comet

Independence. We like independence. We like to hear a man express his honest convictions on any and every subject on which he may have occasion to speak. A man who is a mere echo of some leading politician, some distinguished divine or some shrewd financier—whose religious sentiments are the sentiments of his church—his political views a fac simile of his party organ—who listens with open mouth and glaring eyes to those whom accident has elevated pecuniarily, a little above himself not daring to utter an opinion which does not fully coincide with that coming from such a source, may find appropriate spheres in this world: but the moral and intellectual condition of the community will not be greatly improved by anything he dares to do or say.