Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-08
ppul0DIcAI. PREss.

~. .o,v III. Gdiouing remarks on the Periodical
Press of ,h,s country, from an a'tieie IN hunts he',
chants Magazine" far July' ~" If'siess 49, -
ponuls,ion mud Wealth Ia the United States IN Fiity
Years by Professor luShe'i" - 'e o"''e's'y VI -
gina;
the periodical press when 10 ho''ced ny The census
AS brunel, of manufacturing industry, aud which ~
r.clus,yeiy occupied, not only with worldly affairs, but
with The events III the passing hour. II keeps every
mart oi The country inf"'n,sd oi Ill that has occurred
IN every other, that IL likely to touch mems interests
-, ,h~,, sympuih.e earthquakes, tempests,
eooGao5aijoDs aud explosions. Tor, IN attending 10
,hs vast does IL u overlook The minute. No form OF hu-
maa suffering escapes It's notice, from the mlseries OF
war. pesiileaee, sud famine, 10 me failure OF a meI-
chant. or the loco 81 Il pocket book. Every discovery
IN science or aft, every improvement IN husbandry OF
bouseh0ld economy, "a medicine or cosmetics, real OF
suuo0sed. is I'M mediately p~focloImeo, assre all achieve
me nts IN any pursuit Of fife, whether 10 catching whales
., shooting squirrels, or IN riding, running, jumping or
walking. There can scarcely sn o8efgtown OK or hog
make IL. appearance on d farm, or even an ex,raordina-
~ aaols or turnip. but their fame is be,alded through
lie land. Here We learn every legislative measure,
ffom that winch establishes a iafir 10 mat which gives
= ,-os,on-eyery election or appointment, from a pre-
sident 10 postmasler-,he state Of the market, the crops,
and the weather. Not c snow IS sDuered 10 fall, or a
very hot or yery cold CAV 10 appear, without being re
corded We may here learn what every man in every
city pays for hiss loaf or bis oeeisiefk, and what ~
gives, IN ( ct, for sIDos, ell be eab, cfinks and wears.
Here. deaths eDC marriages., iAht - lolllef, aHH
,oos and smuSemenfs, EXHIBIT The cnsy, ever changing
drama Of huc,za life. Here, too, Ne meet with the
soeculalions Of WISDOM tno science, The illusions al
eel u NJ ni, and the stlites Q: VII sno II IS not too mus'
10 say. that ibs )es! thai has been uttered IN Boston OF
Louisville. Is, n little more ihin q week, repeated ~
ere-r Town N iSe L Sibies O. ;nti ias wisdom ar tho
oieusrutry. The -tSnidry o. the oosrssness, exhibited ~
one Of ihe balls 0; CongrtHs- IS mice ~ The periodical
press 10 give pletsurs ~ o'siEse TO one hundred thou
ssnc readers.
M, i. rs srencr ui:so 10 OR own concerns. 1t
hes ewes 10 see. tnc esrs 10 betr, Ell ina, IS sand md
done 70 .rerr part Of me gio,s-tuo ibs most secluded
hermit, Il bs only takes : re RspaPs', sees, as IN n tel
escopt ans offs Il e ~ : mirror, every thing that Us
ira usac I'd 10 ne mos. distant regiops; no. can anything
nsmora ,e trfsi airy considerable ps-i Of our species,
lnti II Is not forthwith commuD'esisd villa ihe speed OF
slesm, 10 the whole eriIzec worio-
-Tbs u. " spt ptr press lie ihut Q MOST potent engine,
both fur gooc tuc evil. il 100 ofteh ministers 10 some
Of our wors, pas.,on.. sud lenos nsw io:ee 10 party IN
tolerance snd party injustice.
"In,.ndiou. anrnum dieus, alqs. aGrsrz1iras.
But zig benefits are intellectually greater. By commu-
ulca,rng all thai &c passing IN fbe bcsi4t1g world around
Us, whether II be hale OF great. v1'ioe OF crime, useful
or peru1cIous, plesturabje OF psintol, without those e1
soysrs,,ors ano forced cOng:oiues hIch We meet with
IN other forms oil !iterstute, II inpstis much oil the
ssne ius, knowledge Of men sno ibngs as e1perience
and observation. lis novelties g,ve zsst 10 life ii al
fo,ds occupation to the ioe, and recreation 10 the III
dn,,riou, /, saves one man from tcrpor, and relieves
another from care. Even 10 lis e.ror-,r II unconsciously
renders a homage to virtue, BY imputng gull, TO those
II attacks, and pralsing none 10 whom II does not lmpute
meri, and mora excellence. Let Us hope that II will,
IN time, without losing any Of lis usefolness, less often
oaend against good taste and good manners, and show
more farn.ss in political coniroversy-
uAccoyoiny 10 the census OF 1880, there were then
in The L. s, 100 daily newspapers, ] li2 issued weekly,
| and rs vice o, three a week, besides 227 oihe' peri
odical publications. Such a diffusion of intelligence
and ~nforms.ion as there numbers, his never existed IN
| any other country or age.