One gratefully remembers that the injuries of which he is believed to have finally died, were received in a gallant defense of the freedom of the press, against the assault of a Baltimore mob upon a Liberal newspaper office.
Reid reflects on the sacrifices made for press freedom during a tumultuous period.
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