During the American Civil War, journalistic enter prise set the pace for the world, as it has continued to do since, and here we find the first example of serious restraint against that absolute freedom in the publication of news which followed the establishment of the doctrine of the liberty Of the press towards the close of the eighteenth century. It was necessary for the Federal Government to suppress a number of Northern newspapers for alleged seditious utter auces, and correspondents in the field were repeatedly refused permission to accompany forces, while others had privileges already acquired taken from them. At certain stages Of the war orders were issued to hang all correspondents who appeared on the field, a fact which shows that the calling 18 not without its disadvantages. However, public opinion in the long run asserted its right to have these unofficial representatives of the masses in the field, and the daily history of the great con?ict between the North and the South, in spite of official obstacles, was duly presented each morning to the American public.