The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-19
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~ iEEisss-t Ihu large, or SileelSs pub
,!iahed5at he iarger Cities Df tho Unionih their
iendearorS to worm themselves into country
circulation, have often condemned ihe coun-
try press for lis uninteresiedness, its disposi.
tom 10 comment. on fnreignlor roaming sub
jccta, and The total absence OF news-ite,ns, SO
much so, that The scizzors editors have fre.
5quently travelled through a large country ex.
Change without cleaning single item OF in
terest. The spiri, which has crept into the
city press of our country, of English mporta-
ton, OF dila'ing and dwelling upon the imlnor-
alities consequent to promiscuous population,
receives no support from the country press,
and why, may be asked because in the sim
plicityo our lives we have no occasional pic
cadilvoes to enlarge on, orany petty scandals
to promnlgate. A country newspaper prop
erly should keep an argus eye to passing
events, altho' this age of steam AMI telegraph
has acted almost murdtrously tothem; the il :
habtants OF Sumter have an interest in the
affairs, political and social, of any of,he sis.
ter States OF the Union. and arc they to re-.
main in ignorance of the nIomentous transac-
tions' which are constantly sinking the an
c'ent world or are they to depend solely up
Oh the blanket-shectcd press. 1t has al
ways been conceived that tie presence of a
press III community has tcndecy TO elc.
;yate It and has not that community an in.
terest to support that press. Who is to re.
dress their wrongs. fight their battles, and in
struct and amusc them, save their own press.
ihe individual opinions of an editor have,
ana are entitled TO great weight and influence
on The public mind, ard a highly arduous du.
~ is llls responsibility, like no other man, ndi-
ridually to each Of his subscribers, for his
opinions, bound, in good faith to his patrons
to advance the cause of law and order. reli-
gon and its attributes, he is eli acknowledged
public censor, his onerous duties force hin,
to endeavor to please old and young, the CAV
and The serious, 'hc dchitanli and the plain
mar, whose education has been obtained il, lis
rough passage through the world; he has to
write something whether there remains an
idea in his almost exhausted brain, and many
all editor OF country paper has the mcchan.
zeal department attached 10 his literary du.
ties. With all this combination Of evils the
country press is the sole credit and glory o
the combined press OF the Union. 1t repro.
sents the greatest talent and ability, the mos,
untiring energy and the most lautable efforts
in tho advancement Of civilization. There is
no real labor in conducting daily city press
IN comparison to country one, it has create,
fac'liiies, and greater resources, and wi,hal
cannot do without The countypress. We re.
grct to witness these efforts TO me tho
most useful branch Of The pro:esson there is
IN The language OF Uncle TopY,"room enough
IN The world for you and me-" you, having
The advantage OF daily iss:ie, it is true, in.
terest few residents oitl,e interior, but YOU
cater not for the masses, that is left for US
One beneficial! rcsul. is TO be attributed 10
these cndcavors Of HE daily press, that is,
the country press have seized the path OF
i1'tera'nrc--and many arc now gr.ced blythe
pen OF the cssayist, the savan, and the schol-
lar. The Banner speaks for ITSELF we have
cndeavorcd TO advance with the times, the
ready pen OF the moralist, Of the cssay:st, o.
the ihcoioglah, the traveller and the poet com
oined will DC found tracing through its col.
Imns, and to yOn do we commend its inter.
cs's, its very life, on your support, res, our cf-
forts.