Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-12-02

- seoe 00ty ee0d intAo Wh0i<
country which is susceptible Of pro,ec
In There was one chance 10 pro,ec;
the interest 6f TIN farners. aud 10 ,hi;
they were sacrificed TO the manu- fac,u
rers. The tnty on fiAxseed, Of the samt
RAE With that put on other sceds, should
hsve besn thirty cents bashel; ye, the
ret0rS Of cargoes u cur paper yes,er.
day nofning contain 1900 baes Of lin.
So, impsr,ed oil the &AS ftom Cron.
stadt by ono Of the largest Ilnseed oil
IA ndfacsurersi6 tho county, wit the
farmer, work 70 support such ;, STEM ! /.
shfs! Cab They 30 deiudeo into belief
that i y mesni TO Dc them good, or ia
net tairiy upon 81 the in,e fes,s OF ths
comfy No.hing i. palmer than Ii. /,
our national legislation has been con-
trelloi BY one interest, to the damage Of
all others.-Thss laws have been, made,
not tor the nnablic good kst fss private
benefit. Each log roller has been ii
lowed 10 rits into the, law 90 much as
would advance his private interest; unit !.
il il.s iOertLess Of honest pat riolism. bel
6sh industry 'i'Ns accomplished hs On.
worthy ends.-.lesrssl Of Comn.erce, -
..s 81 psa s4e--+-- sal -4r+ls--aessasl lss
The Newspaper q sOurGe Of Pom.
fasS .Iien{ lar 1MsfruetioMs "a y
We find in Professor fuckers excc':
lent series Of pApers in course Of publ.
cation, in Hunts Merchants Magazine,
on the progress And Asaifh and popula
ston in the ,UAi,cd States in .fisy years,
- exhibited by dscenaial census taken
in THAI, prriod, Abs following pertinent
description Of the iaAuence aud bvneEts
Of tho newspaper Pfess:--p so $50 bts
y Thsre is sss anuthcf source bf ropu.
lar INSTRUCTION --the periodical prcss--
which ~ noticed by the census as Z
branch Of manufacturing industry, and
WHICH is exclusively ocddpied, not only
with worldly affairs, but with the events
Of tho passing hour Il keeps every
part Of tho country informed Of all that
has otcdrrSd Ia .etefy Other, that 10 like
~ TO touch mems interest or sympathy
volcanoes, earthquakes, tempests, confla.
yraliens and explosions Nor, In attend.
ing to the vast, does i, overlook the Mi
mute. No form Of human suffering es-
capes its notice, from the misaries Of
War, psstilence aud famine, to HE failure
Of ,sierchant or tho loss or pocket
BOOK. Every discovery in science or ar;
every improvement in husbandry or
household economy, in medicine or cos
ncs'cs real or supposed, 10 Immediately
proclaimed, IS are all achievements in
any pursuits Of life, whether in Catching
whales Or shooting squirrels, or in r..
ding, running, jumping, Or walking -
There can scarcely be- IN overgrown OK
or hog Make its appearance on a farm,
or even an extraordinary apple ar .ur.
nip but their ianis is heralaed through |
the land Here We learn every lrgisla-
live uieHsurt, from thu, which establishes
d ia'i'l TO thai which gives 4 pen>io1-
every eleciioh or appointment, from =
president 10 pos:nlastef-the safe o.
The markets, the crops. and the weather.
Not snow is suffered 10 fall or very
hnt or very cold day 10 appsar will out
being recorded. We may tere learn
what every man in every city pays .s
has Loaf Or his beeisteak, and what he I
gives. IN taet, for almost all .ia eats;
d llsks. and weats: Here dcalhs aud
marriages., crimes and io.,ies, fashions
aud smuseu.en,s, cxhibi. tho busy, ever
changing drama OF human life. Here; |
TO. we meet with the speculations Of
wisdom and science, the illusions Of sen
tiinent and the sallies Of wit; and It IS
not too much 10 SAY. that the jest that
has been uttered in Boston or Louisville;
$, in little more ,hans week. repeated
| every Town ia the United States; or
ihst the vision nr the pie ssantry.. { .
r.baiIry or the coarseness, exhibited in
QUE Of the halls Of Congress, is made by |
the periodical press to give pleasure. or
dis.asie 10 one hundred ,housand readers.
Nor is It's agency limited 20 our own
concerns. lthas eyes to see, and ears
to near all that Is said or done ia every
pariol The globe-and the most secluded
hermit, II he only takes ny paper,
sees, as 10 telescope and ofisn as in q
mirrors, every thing that is transacted in |
the mus; distant regions; nor Can any
thing memorable be(all any considera
bic part Of our; species, that it is not
for, hwi,h communicated, with, the speed
OF steam, 10 the whole civilized world.
The nc~spaPer press is thus a most
potent engine, both for good and evil
II 100 oftsG administers. to soma Of our
~ofss passions, and leads new force iol
Party intolerance and parry injus:ice.
latidentique aaimutd dictis. a,qus az