The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-13
CORRESPONDENTS.
NEW YORK PRESS.
New YoRK, Oct

New YoRK Oct. Q, 1888.
DEAa SrR-The Journal Of Commerce has been
established but few years and was originally COM
menced by an association Of professors Of religion,
for the ayowed purpose Of conducting II on such
principles as would not conflict with the views Of
propriety and good morals. Among the reforms
thus introduced, was total abandonment OF aN la
Dor on the Sabbath and refusal insert advertise
ments which contained the offer Of sprituous liquors
for sale Among lis original founders, Arthur Tap
pan was the most largely interested and il is under
stood thai during his administration Of its fiscal af-
fairs considerable sum of money was lost to- its
proprielors.
| Finding il incapable of being sustained on its ORR
gina plan, the owners disposed Of il TO- believe, the
present conductors who entered on the discharge Of
their duties with commendable zeal talent and in
dustry and BY dint Of influence and exerion have
rendered it one Of the most interesting business
newspapers in the city. Although the present pro-
prieors have never apolcedty changed the original
policy which contemplated the conducting Of a bu-
siness paper religious principles, yet under their
auspices The more rigid regulations Of the Journal
OF Commerce have been almost imperceptibly re-
laxed and il now differs ittle from its conempora-
ries except in the refusal to insert notices of thealr
cal and other amusements. True, the conductors do
profess gather information the Sabbath, but
the well arranged synopsis of domestic and foreign
items Of news which appear on Monday mornings
in the columns of the Journal and the equally well
digested review Of crimes and casualties which oc-
Cured on the previous day, would seem TO autho-
rise the general belief that either the proprietofs or
their agents are on the look out for matters of inte
| rest between Saturday night and Monday morning.
The editors Of the Journal of Commerce are ready
writers, and their comments the subjects of COM
merce and finance are generally fraught with sound
sense and evnce much talent and discrimination.
The foreign correspondence of the Journal is vau-
able and extensive. Unlike many of thesths0TeticaL
correspondents of some of their more generalsing
and visionary contemporaries, those Of the Journal
usually communicate business intelligence in direct
and Ineligible language unalloyed by an ambitious
display of exclusive information or pretended view
into the arcana of futurity. For this reason the
commercial community usually place great reliance
the correctness OF their statements and are rarely
deceived in the result In politics; the Journal may
be said to hold almost a neutral position.
True, the editors proclaim themselves Wings, but
the leaders of that party occasionally assert little
petisly that their political bias, like Hamets sani-
", is only dscernble when the wind is nor-nor-
west-or in other words that the Journal is openly
Wing when the political vane indicates the success
of that party. Without pretending to judge ofthe
truth of this remark it is but justice to state that the
public are rarely deceived in the positive statements
of the Journal in relation to political statistics.
Not only is their information on such matters cor
rect but embraces full and valuable comparative
analysis of the number of votes which such party
receives when conrasied with those given at pre-
vious elections.
In this particular they may be said to equal the
most indefahgable of their contemporaries in zeal
and industry.
The leading editorials of the Journal are usually
OF readable length. The most elaborate rarely ex-
coed a column of matter
For the most part their leaders relate to subjects
of morals and finance, but dissertations on great
questions OF national policy the higher branches
of political discussion are not unfrequenty intro
duced In controversial discussions the editors
usually act on the defensive, but occasionally run
tilt with an antagonist with little skill and vigor
Their opponents frequently complain of their resort
to inueado when foed in manly encounter and
am not sure but the statement is partially correct
If the Journal has failing, is found in an afeca-
ton of superior sancty, which, if it really exists
is generally allied to absence of pretenson. The Sc.
lections Of the Journal are made with good judg-
ment but usually relate items of business, crimes
and casualties. From the rarity with which literary
subjects are introduced or commented on infer that
the editors are not distinguished for taste for let
tiers. However this may be, the Journal Of Com
merce enjoys widely extended patronage among
all classes Of the community. and is, should sup
| pose in fouriShng condition.
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