New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-12
The Power OF the Press.
The Press all lsnts SHALL Ssns
The Press, the Press we b-ia.
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The Press. the Press, the Pre-.


Archmedes. in the old time. wanted but
q iulcrum, he said, TO be able to move the world
What he wanted. We have 20 wit fhe Press The
Press destined 10 set all tAngs IN notion IN the
most efiectual manner Md there Is no need. our
time and generation To prove 50 seli-eydent truth
Al tins time OF day, IN fact, every man may become
his own ArchmedeS and move the world or, more
hHHsef ulh respect 10 H-which amounts 20 Just the
same thing.
Slnce the Press has been IN existence, the powers
lnielhgences and resources of mankind have been
more multiplied and enlarged than they were IN all
the preceding time from The beginning OF things
and IN recent periods the benefits OF the press have
increased with a compound rapidity through all the
ramlfcations OF society. All the changes and im-
proyemenis which give the present such an adyan-
tage foregoing periods nave been brougn, about
BY the influences OF the press. And II the world Is
still determined TO go on improving and leave as
at rs great distance behind we have letour pre-
dsceSsors II must employ the Press-must put the
Press TO still more subtle and etectual uses.
The world is slow 20 change old habits, after all.
and sticks to them very obstInaey. In many Of our
arts ~ frgag we show very great want ot sagacty
and aptitude. We are the fortunate posSeSsors OF
beautiful apparatus. and are too clumsy TO appyn
properly 10 It's purposes This remark applies TO our
modes OF dong business IN general. In trade and
commerce yubity Is the great element .ot our sue.
cess And vet we SIT down content Win 4 hffie oi
that Indispensable element, when We may have aS
much nsed OF IT, We do not peceye, as clearyas
should, that the late steam Developments have
vastly enlarged every mans RegaborsOod has brought
within haling distance of hlm hundred times the
number of customers he had before Now, the means
of announcement that suic I'd HIM IN the little old To-
calty will not answer for the enlarged circle lie must
use the arreachng voice of the Press II he desires 10
have the benefit Of this happy change IN the tmes-n
he is not too dull TO the within
his reach and stretch out his hand 10 seize them.
Power is but half power unless intelligence guides
II. The physical discoveries OF the age are some
what IN the condition OF raw material, until mental
ingenuity adaps them 10 useful and beautiful ends
Unless the mental part of our civilization keeps pace
with the material portion, we cannot have half our
power OF success progress or social enJoyment.-
The agency of steam has enlarged the storehouse 50
TO speak, OF a mans business and individual infu-
ence and the power which Will enable HIM 10 meet
his enlarged opportunities Is. coniessedly IN the
Press Without this, the other great Improvements
have but half their value In fact the true value OF
ANYTHING Is but the use YOU make OF II.
The policy OF every man IN business, ana who
must live by the public, Is to let the puohc near Oh
HIM. His best speaking trumpet Is the newspaper
advertisement. In populous community and =
rapid age like this. every trader must make himself
heard and known, otherwise he will fall behind the
progress of his nelghbors lie may be up early lnthe
morning and Late at night and tax highly his physical
energies, and eat the bread OF carefulneSs, with
honest intentions and steady brain, yet he Is ever
open to the chances OF failure for want OF that ncl-
lectual Sagacity-those ride riers 0 fhmgs without
which no man can have SAFE basis Tor ms business
or two ships crossing the Atlantic, one VIII struggle
with battling breezes and get along slowly whereas
the other, with hemsman AT the wheel VINO knows
the rbols chart of his calling Is knowingly steered
into the track OF the trade clnds and, "hlle the
former Is working heavily IN the Guli stream or per-
haps going down in Il, has It's sails happily furled In
port. .,
In thus helping his exertions by prudent skill, q
man Will secure success Just rs temperate man
who lives regularly and takes proper precautions,
will escape bed OF sickness This is true OF human
nature and society, in the broad average Most OF
those ailments and losses that alect mans condi
tion are papaby owing to his own Ignorance or ne
gect In the general economy OF the world, IKE
rauses produce like results uniformly, everywhere.
ard where proper means are taken, to an end that
end is infaIliby reached To talk OF chance OF fate
is superstiiious absurilty. Canot, the French MN
ster used TO organize victory for the armies OF
France from his bureau; he adopted the right means
and the right results followed. Frederick the Great
was not very far wrong, when he said that IN the ousi
ness of a campaign Providence was generally found
on the side of the beSt-dlsclpned grenadierS.
This is the rdtiondie-the common sense of the aI-
vertisns business, Common sense is the basis of II,
IN fact 4 chilli may understand IT. But he who
adopts and follows 1t out will show himself wise
and prosperous man (Pamer's Register