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

upon thousands OF dollars in obtaining early
news, by running special expresses for this
paper alone; and one occasion We cheer
fully paid three hundred pounds sterling, or
fifteen hundred dollars, for one express, with
one fortn;ght's later news from Europe not
knowing whether the news, after We should have
obtained it, would be worth to US, or any other
journal, as many cents. But independently Of what
we may say, We point to the columns Of the
London TINES itself, for evidence, voluntarily
given by its editors, Of the enterprise Of the New
York press. Not long since, it was stated as
the result of actual computation, that in the New
York HERALD, for nine consecutive days, the
distance over which We received telegraphic inte-
gence, was treirs migtons Of mules, while the same
species Of intelligence published in the London
TINES, for the same days, received over a
distance Of only three h,drcd thousand miles In re-
lation to editorial articles original reading literary
reviews or general illusions Of any description, our
columns may not contain the ponderous, heavy,
magaznish Ito coin word for the occasion) matter
or style of the columns Of the London TINES, or
the English press generally. We leave that for our
reviews, and other monthly publications. where it is
in place and appropriate. But in livliness variety,
accuracy, and sparkling intellect, that move and
influence the thousands and hundreds Of thousands
of our readers, in every part Of the world, we
point to the columns Of the HERALD, and other
American journals, with pride and satisfaction. And
we leave it to the world at large to judge between
the appropriateness Of the American and English
style, in the daily newspaper press, in this respect.
In relation to the movement recently undertaken
in London, to procure the repeal of what is termed
there the tax knowledge, we cannot perceive
whether the TINES is favoraby disposed, the
reverse, to it's abolition. We differ completely,
however, with Mr.. Golden, and other gentlemen
who spoke at the meeting, in the inference which
they drew that the abolition of the penny stamp
tax would benefit the daily press Of England that
it would inure the position or usefulness of such
paper as the London TINES or any other well
conducted journal in the English metropolis From
the experience which we have had in Amercanjour-
nalism-an experience extending over period of
thirty years-(we are the Oldest editor now connect
ed with the daily press in New York)-we are per-
fectly well satisfied that the duty of penny ster
ling, cxacted by the English government on each
paper issued in that country, would not affect the
London TINES one iota. The abolition of the
tax would not abolish the monopoly which the Lon
don TINES, and other well conducted journals, en-
joy Human intellect is, in its nature monopoly;
and newspaper based on intellect talent, and en-
ergy, is a monopoly which no laws can reach and
no rcreals destroy. What, for instance, can touch
or affect the prosperity or further progress Of
the New York HERALD, provided the HERALD
be conducted hereafter the same general and
comprehensive principles on which it originated
fifteen years ago, and which have characterized its
management ever since! Within that period we
have seen papers of all descriptions attempted in
this city, many Of which were started with the ex-
press view of putting down the New York HERALD
avowedly and openly; and we have no doubt that
three or four hundred thousand dollars have been so
expended and yet all those have disappearcdke mist
before the rising sun Of summer. The HERALD
still lives and prosrers, increasing and growing
with the growth of the country in spite Of all oppo-
siton, and in spite all conspiracies or combine
TORS. In fact, leading daily journal in such a
metropolis as New York, London, Paris is an in
stituton of civilized age, and cannot be affected
by opposition or combinations Of any sort, provided
such journal be conducted the general principles
OF right morality, clear intellect and experienced
enterprise. leading journal Of this description has
more true satesmanship, sound durab lity and real
value about it, than any statesman government
Of the day. 1t instructs and directs the people
the great moving mass Of the population in its wake
in what is right, and away from what is wrong
The press Of the United States-the real press-has
reached this point Of eminence and influence in rs
great degree as the press of London or Paris The
British press exercises reciprocal influence on this
continent, and both should understand each other
better than they do, because the enlightenment of
the world the progress Of society," the suppression Of
wrong, and the yindication Of right, depend much
on their properly understanding, aiding and assist
ing each other in the great march of the age
The modern press is the great lever Of Archimedes
which moves not only the world, but all the govern
ments Of the world.