Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-04-24

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Nsuay~,,, ~. ., .hssr pcetirsl attempts on our
d, Oh, handed " spi,, la tor publication, taa plea
sure N inserting wateA, lot p%'tusaia' f'ssens,
w- are sblise,i ~ tos.go
f.suEmak, o~uravivss uuts,s,sod TO the 81.
Il, ~ al. .husc al, ces. We say ~s are Obliged 10
foresss tho fpistssres and .s sincerely u''so
~ W. say Tor 1t would nil,td Ne n,nea Plsssa,s
~ CRAFTY our cortssp,odon,s by %i,'"rssins their
cif,.is i. II W. could d. W c,nss'ontty with the
ruivs We hssair 70 follow while eead iesios the
tssssfis ! and enc VI thpse rules is.~-,evss 10
putaiss aai a%tsicir, csR l, ~ you will. poetry OF
prose. FOR sl,e ahlsus qualification OF the author or
s~asl,t#sss. " NEST have sc,na o,hrt te on, on.
ds,isa , Il ma. ei,hot please us, OF We mus, feel
convinced sha. |. viii please . maturity Of .h'ss
readers whose seod will and goed opinion are ,hc
mast desirable. s
Add although se,ne may feel a little piaued d,
a ding th~,nssises excluded from our u~riumns,a
fsw .nsrnen,s rrn.ctIan will teach them that " IL 10
ell fas The les..'' q. q ,ej old Mrs Temple ased I"
say. Country papers ere too much In thc habit
Of Publishing Mediocre INIT TO place then IN =
iasrr scairG productions IN poetry end prose.
nsstcIy because the w,i,ats are ,hs friends ~ pa,
,oas Of the sdisar. The tendency Of this, IL NJ
,wofoId eviit III. /. injuries tbs editor himself;
f,,. admitting ,hs. he 10 incapable u iadi,ins any.
,tisy superior, In propria ptrssna. (snd which IL
visy probahle) he might. nevertheless enrich hi.
csIamns with good selections, and thus win tho
iasto Of possessing . good sasts. THUS. IL Ia seen,
she good nature Of the msn teJoui.ds TO bis own
drttlspeut /, fr the editor Who 10 no, supposed TO
passcts eithsf genius, talent. Of tas,s, 10 Oh object
which no ens will envy 10 this world. whatever
may be The ~rondisioa Of the fay ends Of mankind
Ia The next.
sly. Injustice 10 ,haa done to the community
who support the press. +" r. q child ask bread
woalia zoo give him q stone T." II sen,lsmen
s,bscrihs 70 q shoot, expecting the fate promises
of shs prospectus 10 hs complied with. will the
p~ablishss forge, bic promises and deceive the ex.
p~,c,atio,s he has raised I He has pro,ni.ed
li,ersiutc-- that 10, ripe u 90, rich, li,ets,ats-
an will he instead, strew conti"u lily before bis
readers The crude productions of tyre s~spiran,s Tor
fisns iap istters I Such prodacsious are nos t~i,esa.
,uts. any more than an egg 10 q chicken. OF q
chicken . hem. They ia,k oil tina, growth end
development { ntrihute. The embryo, the sesi,
even the well jeliisa.sd frame msy be there ;
yct eunisAsion aud ms,uri,y ere wanted. 10 enable
ths,n 10 compete with thctc whirh cultivation
sna maturity have perfect d. Decides. the sas,e
and education Of . community may depend In q
greater degree than is generally supposed. upon
the character of the newspaper fostsred In ita
b .san. A good family journal vii, NOT unffe.
qaea,iy L,oeh csttsin chords In the young mind,
fran which rarents and teachers have never been
"a statt d harmonious sauad ; and Il 10 Of she
early iupu'scs OF the heart, tha, The web Of the
manly character h WOVEN.
Again; h l. Ia the power Of every country
editor 10 ia much Ii Improving tho taste Of many.
J~thsps . ~majnti,y. Of his readers. by placing
before them only such productions o. are polished
, ssyle and thought. they learn q, last to think
ID ! sifnitaf styic. Good examples ara JOS, 10 e.
Fsc,ise upon the internal mind. =. upon external
laanness and Z chasts train 81 hi king IL no
sss iik ~ 10 be acquired ftam ehsste reading. than
/. an easy sad polished aad'ess from mixing large
y In refined society.
We would not, however, have Il understood,
hat 40 effort, Of the young pen. none but sach I
ls bear the impress of art and age aud manly T,
will aad place 10 The Gazette hereafter. ,
We should be sorry 10 close ito columns against I
very struggle Of aswnine merit bot by srsuir. q
NC d csrssin degree OF excellence, We hops. 4
vhiis We improve ihs gu siity Of on, sheet. TO ex ]
in our youthful OF unprse.issd correspond
n,a, q spirit of emalstion. and resolve. ., every j
mil af the quill, to sutpass oil their pre- =
'ou. productions. Net onis ~ill our columns be q
ever apsn 10 we'll written articles, on pro- '
,st t,picss but such articles viii be mort Thank Il
ally resolved. snj IN cases Of supe,iar worth Q
md interest. any small testimony Of gratitude In |,
Iar power 10 hessow. will be mast chesrfuliy A
,ivrn. .
The lines 10 the memory cf M,a--,hough a
ut altogether bad. are barred by the ruies laid n
avn above. these iines are susceptible Of much N
Iap,osrmcn,, and Nc do net douh the authors .
apaeity to render them every way worthy publ "
The sentiments. are coed and we'll told &
TO DEPARTED worth. have = mslorativs In o
arnce On The living The same may DO saii Of a
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