The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-26
From the Christian Review.
Influence Of the Newspaper,
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The newspaper. is the peculiarly of
an age of niercnmmnniraiinn. and an
agen, ol human sympathy. What el.e
lies al the bniIom Of this rnsceplion but
jun i.lea Of mans irsliernal relations !
II is the clIeap correspondence carried on
between all members of The human fami
". Whit man puts inIn newspaper Oh
the other side of the glubc. is on The sup.
position that twill interest the rest of The
human family an this continent. As
we learn more Of onr fallnw men. we feel
kindiier interest in them. We rejoice
in their prosperity. sympa,llise in their
calamilirs. aud cheer on their struggles
for the right aud the good. There are
now i0o many newspapers abroad TO ~.
low man - live like snail. They en-
large The world 10 onr knowledge and OH
love. Why il anything made public bnl
on the belief than il viii he OF interest IL
many oihersl Why is il announced ia
vnnr paper that Isaac and Rehecca were
married on certain ,la, last week. but on
The snpposiiion that il will give you pleas
ure 10 know il! And when. lower down
on The sheet, anier that startling word.
Deaths. yonr eye runs along, always with
apprehension lest il fali on some well
known name, and reads that the aged
father. The young child. the beloved wife.
the rich. the punr, the admired. the hon.
ored. aud the beautiful, are gone. is il moi
, taken for granted thai even strangers viii
heave sigh for the afflicted. aud the
world respond in sympathy 10 The incur
sions of common fne! Read in this
light, the commonest advertisements
which crowd our paper have a kindly
or!or ahnm them Say mol with cynir
sneer. as ihn,gh YOU were riouhil' wheth
er there was anything honesl in the world.
when sioiekceprr AL, cruises his wares,
that il is all sheer srlfishness; fur if il is
| pleasant TO one iu announce a fresh sup
PLY OF iallow or wnul. hardware or mus
lins. is j, moi just as pleasant 10 some 9th
er one who WISHES To know IL! When a
brace of Young partners in trade insert
their virgin advertisement. Informing the
world how happy they shall he to wai,
on customers. can YOU read il without
entering into their fresh hopes and giving
them Your blessing in their new career
Bu.iness advertisements! Waste PAPER!
You know not what YOU say. Those
ships which are 10 sail for every harbor
in the world. those fabrics which have ar
rived from every commercial mart on
earth, this iron from Russia. tea from Chi.
ma. wool from SMYRNA. lrnii from Malaga,
coffee from Cuba cotton from Georgia,
sugar from Louisiana, tlo they NOT preach
Ia us at fhe corners Of ilfe streets. at the
entering in of the gales. on our docks, and
in our custom houses and exchanges. ser
mons on The mutual dependence Of man
kind! Charles Lamb ha. very humor
ous conception 10 letter 10 an acquain
tance in New South Wales; on The tliai
Guilty of corresponding in free and friend
ly manner. with one al 50 great distance
comparing il io,he effort Of talking throngl
a tube 10 The man in the moon. II was
l playful conceil; fur. in sober judgment
the facilities for communication betweei
distant parts of the earth have desiIoye,
the oil confusion Of ideas about longiludes
! attitudes, and differences Of time; ti''
tubes are connected between The diieren
apartments ufour Fathers house, as ihey
| are in modern Architecture, so that th'
ire. illness of sympathy and ardor Of love
are no, lost in the dividing sea. Take al
, example. The whole civilized world ha
, been informed through the newspapers Q
J ,lc uncertainty which oveIhangs the fat
ni Sir John franklin and his exploring
/. voyage 10 the North Pole. How mncl
Of inleres. and sympathy have been ex