The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-02
EDITORIAL CONTENTION.

EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
Amid all the Conventions chalked o0t Z
BE- held in our progressing and fiour'sh'nl
State this fall, there % ono omitted o.
kind we would most love to gee, that ~ o
Editorial Convention. Suckx@ sossentlo'
is demanded 10 both pecuniary and
IL point Of view. We will hastily slseos =
il in these two aspects. sS
The prsss is building up the ssstss an'
towns Of Iowa. his assisting Aanake ind
,idual fortunes through the aheeium OF pat
sut nedicioe, and osher Aiads Of ind'fier
emily remunsrs,ing sdvsftising, and favor
able notices q vsrioss establishments.
Day af,er day and vspk after week it con
veys to those abread facts in relation 10 tn
town where lopsssd, that directly and ma
,erially sdvanqp IL interests. Indeed,
i. nos psssuninc TOO much to say TIA
town, ,,e made through the influence Q
the newspaper press. lfan improvement
Be projected, tho editor Of the paper is .
once enlisted, as il 10 known that wi,hou
his influence "a important enterprise Of !
public nature is not likely to succeed
Thess tacts are indispu.able. And what
!. the publishers reward? As rule, il il
10 chew the bitter cud Of poverty. To toi
incessa ntly, never full-handed, always op
pcessed for means. He spends his labor
sor the benefit Of community, he builds "
men, many Of whom will not acknowledge
bis services and some few Of whom will moi
even patroni=c bis paper by subscribing
though they may never hope to pay for II
These things ought not to be, the 'labore
is worthy Of bis hire" not only, but Of thu
services be performs. The editor is re
gsrded in the light Of a pOliiicalist. lie il
looked upon as a man striving TO sustain I
party, and receives little credit even there
Tor his exer.icns. The great object he bal
in view, to build up the place in which b.
is located, is overlooked. Ii an importan
enterprise which he has advocated unceas
ing.y prosper, he receives no credit for III
success. We speak Of the mass Of the peo
pie, there are honorable exceptions. VI
might enumcrate many, very many othe
instances in which the editor who stand
up boldly for the prosperity Of bis town fail.
TO receive credit from that source whence
he should most nationally anticipate it. L
there no reform demsnded here? Can &
better method than Convention Of the
very men interested, be suggested to bring
about the desired result?
We will barely allude to the moral point
Of view in which a Convention of the edi
tors Of Iowa is demanded. For this pur.
pose we have but TO direct attention to the
fraternity throughout the State. In every
town in which two presses are established
The editors are al loggerheads. Instead o.
striving TO elevate one another and the
profession in the eyes Of community, it ap.
pears TO be their object to degrade each
other in the estimation Of their fellow men.
This may be ''human," certain it is there
are no exceptions 10 the State. A better
feeling among the fraternity would not only
elevate its character, but that Of its indi-
vidual members. 10 BRIEF while the edi-
torial fraternity have The talent and the
power 10 make themselves the most indie
pendent and highes. esteemed Of any class
10 community, they are pursuing a course
calculated 10 keep them dependent and &c
lower them 10 the estimation Of The good
and wise, those alone whose opinions are
worthy Of regard. viii. not our brethren
Of the press consider these things and serd
forth such response as will speedily lead
10 the desired object?