Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-16
THE SEMTfMEL
YPsILANTI. WEDNESDAY APRIL To- 1916.
JACKSON GAZETTE.

JACKSON GAZETTE.
We see by the last cunber Of this paper that
the publishers contemplate lis enlargemi
In calling upon lis party for support IN the un>
dertakIng, after mentioning the acts of The last
Legislature. hostile to the interests of The Wing
Press. the Editor presents the following very cor>
rect conclusions.
Sand thus it is I'd tho Wing Press must either re-
ceve the patronage of the individual members of tn e
Wing Party, the party must sustain lsel without
Press.-And ths cannot be. party has bat Tiger
ing, painful meagre existence, without efficient
Press. IT'S this fact which makes the IocofOco
ger build up their Press by the aid of the State Ire
asury and it is this fact which should prompt Wings
Individually, even at small sacrifice 10 them
selves, TO support their Press"
Appropos to this subject we have often thought
of saying something ourselves. No one, we pre-
sulne, Will deny The importance Of our couary
press, ether as The organsF Party, or he IN
rument of general obstruction. The Press *
ISIS, ard it exists of necessity. his absolutely
called into existence hy ihc wants Of The COMM
ni,y u which II is found. There are purposes,
and uses in eyaiy important civil and Geograph-
icul division Of our country which nPcrously de-
mand lis employment such are, the publication OF
important laws, tie announcement Of important
changes in the government officers. Ike adrer
properly sales Il is III fact IN all our sacal inter
cours " hat the Sear Engine is TO Mechanics,
and one will as soon be baaished from use as
| the other.
The Press is az instrument OF evil or good aud
the circumstances Of orr civil or social relations
which call it INTO Being, do noI by ary meats de-
ter.nne lis character. /. may exert an evil, de-
basng influence on the community around, or il
may elevae and enlgh,en ii. With the former
we have nothing at present 10 DO. We shall uol
attempt to picture the evils of degraded Press,
blt,sha, s,artwilI the DroposiiIon hich ifruc,wi
manifest the course o.! conduct proper 10 be per-
sued by every one having the good OF Community
at heart, VIZ that the press an instrument which
we have shawn exists of necessity, be made
the most efficient agen, in the promotion of every
interest of mankind tonpoi al. moral or religious.
Tina, lis efficiency is augmented exactly in proper
ton 10 the responsibility attached to The business
of conducting it, and that as a general thing, the
responsibility. talent and Influence of the Editorial
corps as such viii be in exact proportion 10 the sup
port give 1t. Tais is The same reasoning we
follow in similar cases of other subjects, and it is
at one true and conclusive. But farther. the in
nueuce which well conducted Press exertS viii
be tfIicien, chiefly i, comes contact with The
common mind as ii pervades The mass. Ii onlv
one man in ten receives lis weekly lesson, il will
accomplish but half as much good as if one man
in five received il aud tenth part much as II
every man received il. Aud again, the more
presses are multiplied the easier of access will heiI
influence be to every man and the more likely
will every man be TO receive their benefit. No
one, we presume. will deny that love OF country
and love of cur kind, will.prompi us. as vel
as our re latiol 10 O,hels make 1t our duty, to
DO what we can for the common good. He then
that is mindful of these Considerations will con-
slider il his duty TO support one press or more II
the immedite community in which lie lives. Thi:
is duty and should come first. Pleasure or ind
vidua. Improvement may prompt TO support Pc
cuiarly able or iavorIie print abroad but this shoulC
TO; interfere with duty. But We shall not content
ourselves with general principles, we will give
Examples. Take the Philadelphia Saturday Cou
rier. Strike, if you please, The Michigan Pres!
out Of existence and depend upon this one. TO
man who has any Just view of the subject the idei
is preposierous, and yet that very establishment
; crippes severely the Michigan Press. Take iht
Tribune or the Albany Argus; Strike out th'
Michigan Press and let the respective parties Tie
pend entirely upon those presses for the proPaga
ton OF their respective great principles. Ii wou
be Ike bai;ering Calais in France with artlller.
on The English side of the channel, and yet e
where YOU will, these and other Eastern Print
: meet The eye continually. We object not TO il Ai
the al,etroct ; but there s too frequently connecie
: with them this cooling reflection. With the casi
' thus sent out of Michigan. TO enrich, not supper
E New York can support its own, Albany rs own
Boston lis OWE, Philadeph its OWE papers) thes
: papers, talent could be found, means could b
I, lodnd, Independence could be found. to make on
4 our own papcrs what these are, and our curren
: literature vie with theirs, 10 make truth giar
in It's most attractive Eight III those ''log cabins
d where row il comparatively bot gllmmers ihroug
. the thinking. We ask bur .or justice. and we ca
!, uroi our brethren ofihe Press, of all parties 8
2 help us 70 obtain il. Let justice we'll as chart
4 begin al home, in your own party II You pleas
G hal certainly in your neigliborhoof. Weiray pei
!. hnps mention this subject aeaii.