The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-27
is the South to gain by the rejection Of the basis Of the
Compromise OF the committee
Uslaa,sy or the American Press.


Ubiquisy Of the Amsrican Press.
'Ns1s from al (sseions) laundering az has back"
Yesterday morning we received. in the same batch
from the post Office and opened in immediate succession
the Sacramento Telegraph (exua) Of May s. from Cali
fornia the Oregon Spectator Of April ls the st. Paul
nnesota) Pioneer Of June l3 and the Hallowell Cul
tyaor ains) Of June a. These papers had travelled
thousands Of miles. to unite in our Office as a
centre. press almost necessary to the Amer
lean people as fuel and water Wherever they CO. their
first want is ns.os II follows the march OF our armies
in and the travels Of countmen amid the arts
Of peace. Whatever be his destination. the freeman,
like the soldiers Of Cadmus, the Dragons teeth and
they come up editors Of papers. wag at our elbow
says the Americans death upon newspapers and we
may add. by way Of supplement, that newspapers are
frequently the death OF the Americans who conduct them
According to the old law Of the demand and supply the
competition is probably much increased to be produc
tive of any considerable profit, and the very number Of
presses contributes to save each other But after ALL the
press is the great generator Of public opinion and free
press is essential organ for supporting the principles Of
free people, Without its dispensatons the acts OF the
representative would not reach the constituent in ade
quate time and volume 10 be clearly understood, and
the opinions OF the people would not be transmitted
with sufficient force to check their representatives The
press is essential element the operations OF
ernment and particularly Indispensable in conducting the
machinery of an extensive confederaed constitution
The greater the territory which the confederacy covers
the extensive the population which spreads from
the exremtes to the focus and the greater the variety of
nterestst embraces the important is the press fore
cuang light from the circumference to the centre Every
Improvement in the construction Of the press, which en-
abes to multiply copies with greater rapidiy, induces
it's conductors to lower the price OF their journals and
puts in the power OF larger number Of the people to
understand the acts Of their public servants Within the
sixty years since our present constitution put into
operation, what immense improvements have been in
oduced by the progress Of the arts not only in the press
but in the application Of steam the purposes OF nfor-
mationn the introduction of railroads. OF the steamboat
and the telegraph
In answering the objection which was made to the
extent Of confederacy, Mr. Madison in the l4th No
OF the Federalist, remarks that -
The intercourse throughout the Union will be daily ia
citaed by improvements. Roads viii everywhere
be shortened and kept in better order accommodations
for travellers will be multiplied and Moderated an inte-
ror navigation side will be opened through.
out or nearly throughout the whole OF the thirteen
States The communication between the western and
Atlantic districts, and between different parts each, will
with which the benefcsnce OF Nature ted our
country, and which finds little difficult connect
and complete.
Yet even Mr. Madison himself could not have fore.
seen. in 1889, the immense improvements which have
been made in the transportation Of persons and OF in
tegence. The remoiest parts OF our extensive country
daily brought and nearer to each other San
Francisco will soon be almost to Washington
as the Kennebec was formerly to the Savannah. Thus
drawn together by the facilities Of the press Of railroads.
and Of in most Of great con-
cerns-and the very variety Of local interests (f
left the operations Of Nature, without being swayed
and swerved by the mischevous and Fictitious restric
tons OF the government furnishing new gaments to
bind closely together-he section furnishing
the materials and the other the OF transport
ing them, of manufacturing them-what is il that
nterferes with the prosperity Of this 81 onous Union
What is il that casts the slightest cloud over the
most fortunate people that ever lived on the tide
of time But one dark question; and yet that diff
Guilty could be SO easily modified or removed by a
generous spirit Of Cancellation and concession Still
there are men bewdered by prejudice, and so
infatuated by their passions, that they have be-
come almost Indifferent to the value OF the Union.
few mad enough to sigh for its dissolution and many
are unwilling 10 cherish that concatory spirit which
is necessary to its preservation Upon this most en-
barrassing question each one claims everything and
comedies nothing We call upon the press them assist
in insillng spirit Of greater harmony and concession
in illustrating the precious benefits OF the Union. and in
cultivating the proper means Of preserving it. The
American press will perform its highest duty thus bind
ing the Union together. and in aHesng the incaculable
caamties which its dissolution will scatter over the
land.