The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-24

chandler and vulgar sSuso, corupting and debauSh-
iog the public morals by their example, and mar-
defirg and maDglng truth. 50 that one knows not |
where TO find her severed limbs. scattered ., +
they to the four winds Of heaven I
There i, por.ien Of toe shig press which is
RET araed as respectable and does net snx 90 thcse
depths Of degradation; but it does not acs up TO
that high sense Of honor which becomes the public
journalist. II is narrow and one sided, and though
no, guilty o. actual falsehood, leaves itself open TO
the charge of suppression Of truth. For instance,
tho Courier end Isqsver, few days ago, assailsd
the local democratic organ Of this city Tor its uouss
assault upon the character OF General Scots Ia this
the Courier was perfectly right, as tar as it wont;
but it ought to have gene further, and not coniaed
Instrumentation to side. 1t ought to have come
ont against the free soil and abolition section Of it's
press, which has outstrpped the democratic pa
pors in ribaldy and attacks OF the gEossest
and most malignant character II was with the wing
press in this city that the onslaught originated, the
1ribaas having, ct tho very start held up General
Pierce TO public scom, as drunkard and coward
The Courier, therefore,, while taking the mote out
Of the eye Of democrats paper, ought to have seen
the beam in the eye OF the pres OF its own party
and made some effort to extract it. The scursity
and blackguardism Of tho whig press have cast in
the shade the worst and iouest eusons of the party
papers on the other side.
This is most degrading the public press and shows
that lis conductors lost to al sense OF the dsn
~ Of journalism, ana their own true interests The
pre& ought to be an engine OF moral power, which
wod be respected by the whole com munty, fearless
in exposing all that is base, and scrupnlous in Civ
ing publicity only TO what is true, as far as facts
can 10 asceriaincd The press, thus managed would
- 49, mi in
ueserying it from despotism on one hand, and
| anarchy ON the other Ii would be the palladium
OF The rights, and liberties and interests the poo
pie checking oorruptisn, and wasteful expenditure
Of the public money, infusing patriotism into oil
ranks OF The community, and elevating the tone of
public morality above the Dead Sea level Of party
pir, ana the low grovelling desire for the possess
OF the spoils of Office ut every sacrifice OF cha
racter, principle, and truth. When viii even
FIVE hundred of the two thousand Journals
in the United States assume this high ground,
end place themselves in an attitude to COM
roand respect? We fear the day is yet far dis
ant In fact, the party press is retrcgrading, and
we're it not for the few independent newspapers,
which the salt of journalism, the whole would
become one mass of putrefaction.
INCREASE OF PRINTING AND PAPER BUSINESS.
The Presidential campaign has given On Impetus to
tho printing and paper trade Of this city, to GER
tain extent, in way which will not much
improve the taste or intellect Of the reading
munity. nor leave any lasting impression behind.
1t is estimated that the two great parties of the
country, through their committees, organs, and
juntas, have alre ady issued, each million copies
of cheap pamphlets, containing the biographies Of
| Gen Scott and Of Gen Piorce-statements of their
different political opinions Of their oppo
site characteristics and variety Of other such trash
The expenses Of publication are generally betrayed
by the politicians, who expcctants Of Office, and
appreciate the advantages to be derived from finger.
ing fifty millions of dollars annually, when they get
| into power. The works are disseminated in all d.
rections, throughout the country, North and South
East and West; but the only benefits which arise
from the vast addition to the pamphlet business Of
this city, are those which the printers and paper
makers derive from it. The people generally-so
far we can learn, and as, indeed, may readily
credit very seldom think of reading these tracts,
and convert them to more practical use, by making
wrapping or wipng paper Of them.
The Presidential campaign has thus far produced
only effect on the pamphlet line of business, and
on the paper and printing trade. Its effect on the
newspaper trade has been very fiat and dull and has
even tended to give it push backward, rather than
an impulse in the opposite direction. We do not re-
member, within the last twenty years, q Presiden-
tial election in which the newspapers figured 90
slightly, so meanly and contemptibly, and in
which their efforts to add to their circulation. -
getting up an excitement, have go sigpsi v(gyfed
Not single new journal has started into life on &C.
count Of the election, of any consequence note
Some two or three campaign papers-as they call
them-are issued once a week in Washington, and
few in Now York, but they are all mean, miserable
abortions, and have little or no circulation
in any part Of the country Indeed, mere
party journals have been materially injured
by the course that has been pursued IN this Pre-
sidential campaign, and by the violence and indig
mites with which each candidate has been assailed
~ she organs Of the opposite party. We are cred.
big informed and we believe the statement TO be
true, that the daily circulation of the Tribune and
IsHles has materially decreased since the nomna
ton Of Scott; and we also opine that the same
might with truth be said Of the Ereaing Post
and the National Democrat-partioularly the latter
since the nomination Of Pierce. In fact, the De.
snocrat-the only Tammany Hall organ now in ex-
istence in New York-is indebted altogether for the
preservation of it's being thus far, to the contrbu
ticns of some Of the friends Of gentleman named
Curtis, who has been ambitious for weeks past TO
be considered candidate for the governorship Of the
State.
But while the mas political journals attached
TO either party are cndeayoring to abuse tho oppo.
rite candidates, and are thus depreciating them
selves in public opinion, i. is gratifying to knowt that
the higher order Of newspapers, distinguished tho
independent press and those who have only
slight tendencies towards the wing party, but
which do not lead them to assume any position Of
partizsnshp, have beon, in the same period, more
fourishiDg, and have been sugmenting their circu-
ston in greater proportion than at any other time
for many years past. We can say thus much for