New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-26
c,tvand Country pauera.

issuing o: cheap extra editions for the Presidential
Ca.npaignby several City Journals a war OF ex-
termination waged against the Country Press
aud one without exception the most defenceiess'
unprincip!eG and devastating OF any that iiisto-
rv or Observation ever made Us acquainted with.
| Now ,ye cannot say Just now iaE history OF ID
seryation has lavished It's stores oar coteupo-
fafy, bat j, strikes US that he has piled up great
maay large and hard words without any GEAR
perception Of what he was saying For instance
| he SAYS the course ne condemns is unpnncip'cd'
because those who sell their papers SO cheap can
make nothing By it. Now, the fact being as he
states, il seems to us that his conclusion Is utterly
refuted-tllat, profit being coniessedly out of the
question, the probability is altogether IN tacor
of their course beng dictated by devotion to
principle OF public good. The Gazette does not
seem to know that there can be any other
principle in the case than that Of making mo
| ney OH the one hand or allowing others TO make
| 1t on the other. We can imagine gn Editor sell
ng his paper at bare cost IN order to promote what
ne deems the Public Welfare upon a principle
| having no relation to profit and loss.
Our logical friend proceeds to prove that the
Country Press is cheaper than the City, even at
the no profit rates, and that 1t IL every way more
essential and useful to Country readers than a
City paper can be made. Very good. ide shows
that it is essential to them in their business, pre-
sentng local intelligence, advertisements, courts,
marriages. &c &c which the City Press cannot
be relied on to furnish. Very true again. But
| he then turns round and strangely kicks this all
over by asserting that the Country Press Is about
to be destroyed because City papers are sold at
about the same price (includlng POSTAGE that
Country papers may be obtained for! We trust
our friend reasons better than this IN his Political
artcles-if not, it is easy to see why his readers
haul off and take City papers
But our LIE Roy friend tapcrs off into swan
like complaint that we did not eShort every body
to patronize the Country papers first, and after
that take City papers, We have done the like OF
this on two or three occasions, and if we do not
repeat it now it is because really think it looks
presumptuous and intermeddng to be eternally
harping on that string. We do not wish to as
sumo the attitude Of lord patron of the Country
Press 1t can take care of ITSELF and the People
will take care of it, always provided it IS worthy
We are impeled to say we fear there are some
Country Editors who do not clearly perceive and
improve the advantages of their position If they
would only make their papers what the Gazette
! iorcibv describes them-the vigilant cleaners Of
| a local intelligence the fosterers of local inter
ests local institutes for promoting knowledge,
&c. Ssc-above all, if they would stop publish
| ng so many frivolous stories and other mere
| transcripts from the City Magazines and Journals,
filling their columns instead with accounts of the
latest and most valuable discoveries and improve
ments in Agriculture, the Arts and ell branches
Of practical Science, they would have an abund-
ance of subscribers, and could not be DESTROYED
| even though Si,y Editors were so 'anprinciped'
as to give their papers away and pay the postage.
| 0nly ,nske your nsner what they shonId be, and
| the people of your vicinity cannot afford 10 ,,o
! without them. But if their contents are mere
scissorlngs from City papers and magazines they
will not be read, however sharply you may rebuke
| the bad taste of your iownsmen and neichbors
and however high or low may be the price Of City
papers.
ought not to, for they are dictated by sincere
desire to benefit. We learned what little we know
OF our business mainly III sticking type, &c,
for various Country Papers, and ought to know
something about them We have an earnest de-
sire tina. they should deserve generous support
and receive 1t, for we know how essential good
Country Press is We have edited a cheap and
-
Contests ot 1898 aud l640; we propose to do the
same III that Of lS44. All our experience con.
firms TINS original conviction that the circulation
of few additional thousands of City papers
| never seriously affects that of the Country our
| nails which are reasonably well conducted If
there be any of different character, they may be
| affected differently; but good Country paper Is
no more likely TO be superseded by cheap City pa.
pers than by cheap Bibles or cheap Novels
0-y- The Wing Young Men of CONNECTICUT
! will hold 1t State Convention at Hartford on the
22p OF FEBRUARY, TO concert measures for the
emancipation OF their State and the Country from
Loco Foco thraldom. We trust indeed we feel
sure that there will be a generous attendance
I Sohnec'icul mas tle power oi giving the wing
ball the first roll for iS44 and she must do it as
nobly as she did in lS40
e Verify, Albany is becoming as notorious for
robberies as Philadelphia for riots We hardly get
paper from the Capitol nova DAYS that does not
contain the particulars of some Bold Robbery or
Daring Burglary and the recent arrests in that
city seem rather TO have stimulated than deferred
tlia, portion OF the gang who still prowl at large.
The latest case have to record occurred a,
Gilett's Washington Hotel. d. B. Gafincv, ESQ.
retired 10 his ndcinrs On Sn1nrdau a;nhr L.. - !