The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-01

sheet; and m this country, We might, with -
much propriety, characterize some of the social
ist organs Of London Of Paris if read at public
meetings being fair and correct representatives
Of the English or French press, as for the London
TINES to say that the Tribune is fair or correct
representative Of the American press.
Nor do we agree with the London TINES in its
unfavorable estimate Of the American press but We
could not expect anything less from the TINES,
when, in making its argument, it assumed as
a basis that the New York Tribune was fair re-
preventative of daily journalism in the United
States. Its premises being false, its conclusions
and opinions must be equally so. As for the Ameri-
can press proper-we mean the leading newspapers
Of the large cities throughout the country, not
socialist organs, but journals which the public look
to for an accurate PRONUNCIATION Of early news and
correct public opinion, such as the New York
HERALp-we think, that taking into consideration
the circumstances ofthe two countries, the American
press can exhibit progress, and power, and an
infuence-an amount of talent, enterprise, and
honesty, that will contrast remarkably well with
the London TINES, or ony other journal published
in England, or in any other part of Europe.
London is the capital of an immense empire-the
former numbering upwards of two millions of
people, and the latter hundred millions, in
various parts of the world, with an old continent
for a neghbor counting two hundred millions Of
inhabitants in addition New York and its suburbs
contain a population Of only eight hundred thou
sand, with country and a continent Of certainly
not more than forty millions more, scattered from
the SHOWS of the North, to the tropical chimes Of
Central America. 1t has taken the London TINES
more than half century to reach its present posi-
tIoD iutiu md civ latio in a hot
has been civilized for upwards of thousand years,
and which has been stimulated by the impulses of
ages. On the other hand, the New York HERALD is
the growth of but fifteen years, last May-n com
munity that has had an independent existence of
not a century.-in a country that has not been
three centuries reclaimed from the savage From
year TO year, during its history, we have
improved, enlarged, multiplied, and elevated the
American press of this metropolis, and of the whole
country, to extent that is as perceptble to all,
and we may add, acknowledged by all, if they had
the manness to speak out. The journals now living
around us have been forced to initiate US in every
leading particular in order avoid death and annihi-
laton, from the largest to the smallest. They have
lived and prospered by following in wake-n the
| policy We adopted-the system we orgnated-and
the enterprise which instlled into journalism
this SIDE of the water These principles have been
so successful that, at regular intervals, we have
been obliged to enlarge establishment, and
hold out inducements to the inventive spirit of the
age to discover methods Of printing, in order
to enable us to supply the demand Of constantly
increasing patrons throughout the world. At this
moment, we are preparing to expend nearly
100000 in buildings, machinery, and other i'm
Irovements in our establishment. Bat even in mid
eareer-at this very monent-our present circula-
ton, daily and weekly, scattered throughout this
metropolis, the United States, and every nation in
the known world, is about eighty thousand copies,
or nearly fifteen n'tgions Of sheets per The
following i official statement of cash receipts
| for 1850 and pat of ISL -
! WEEKLY RECEIPTS OF TIE HERALD ESTABLISHMENT
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