There is no leader either in politics or in journalism who may be said to utter the voice of the South.

In the earlier part of this period Henry Watterson, of the Louisville _Courier-Journal_, spoke almost with authority.

The untimely death of Henry W.Grady, editor of the Atlanta _Constitution_, deprived the South of a spokesman and he has had no successor.

There is no newspaper which has any considerable influence outside the State in which it is published, and few have a circulation throughout even their entire State.

There are several newspapers which are edited with considerable ability, on the political side at least, but none has a circulation sufficiently large to make it a real power.