The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-10-30

place IL before our readers this mornin!
An organization of this character, designd q
it is to elevate the character of the Pres.
/ by inducing social and friendly re-unio
at the capital annually, cannot fail to brin
about the desired effect. We presum
that there is not single member of tn
great family of Editors compositors a
honiines n,niturum iuerarnm, who have no
felt the necessity Of such an organizator
for the domestic happiness Of the craft
The favorable mention that has been mad
ofthe Press Union, by "the Press at large
leads us to believe that this infant institu
ton possess the germ, which must at a,
early day fruc tiiy and produce beauty an,
usefulness.
| CIRCULAR.
TO ALI EDITORS AND PRINTERS, IN
| Louisiana
In obedience to the duty enioned upor
the undersigned Committee appointed b,
the "LouIsfANA PnEss UNfoN.n At Its meet.
! ing held in the city of Baton Rouge, on the
4th Of July, 1853 we proceed with feelings
of earnes.ness and pleasure to call the at
tention Of ollr Brethren Of the Press
throughout the State to a subject which
no doubt has oftentimes occurred to their
mindsa subject on which we feel the
greater freedom, as, in expressing our SEN
timents, we cannot fail Of expressing theirs.
II is not one OF momentary interest, which,
like other topics, may engage us for a
| time, and then pass into oblivion: on the
contrary 1t grows upon our notice with
the march Of experience. and every revolv-
ing year serves but to magnify its import
ance and deepen its interest.
The propriety, nay, the necessity Of
banding ourselves together in an organized
brotherhood for the protection of those mu-
tual and dependent interests, which the
fluctuations and vast concerns Of the
press entail upon its members. has long
since passed into an axiom, the force of
which Is felt and acknowledged by every
one. To such an enterprise, so beneficial
to the best interests Of the craft and cal
culated, by fostering an elevated 'espra de
to'ps," to seenre and promote good feeling
and fellowship, we@invite your attentive
co isideration and serious CO. operation. 1t
cannot be denied, that the subject has
claim to our hest feelings and regard, and
ifproperlY persued, it will rebound ini4
measBrably to the honor and advantage of
the large and increasing phalanx Of the
Press in Louisiana.
TnE object, then. in view, is to cement
the relations existing between the menu
bers of the Press. ard to promote their in
dividua and collective interests and we'll.
being, by means Of an organization basetr
on principles of social and business har-
mcny-an organization, which, though
not susceptible of being accomplished by
the single wave Of Prospero's magic
wand, is, nevertheless, SO far from being
utopian in its character. as to be entirely
practicable when borught in contact with
willing and united effort on the part of
those concerned. II is true, that from
political, and sometimes local and mere
technical causes, Our interests seem null
tiiorm and conflicting yet in the main.
they are of nature essentially identical
inasinuch as their chief end is the promo
tion Of individual prosperity, the prosper-
W Of the State, the encouragement Of let
ters, and the general diffusion of knowl-
edge. The differences which exist in the
craft, and which frequently prove more
efiectt,al IN separating It's members than
the barrier interposed by difference, are
mostly of conventional. not unavoidable
character. By cultivating more spirit
of high-toned eoDgeniality, we shall be
able to arrive at an identity of feeling. OF
sentiment and of interest. calculated to
strew our pathways with flowers, rather
than with thorns. These selE-evident
propositions need not the help Of argument
TO enforce themselves upon the minds Of
all, and elicit universal acquiescence in an
organixaticn--the nucleus Of which we
hail in the "LoursiANA Press UnloN, ~
through whose agency we hope to see
remedled the evils we have SO long had
cause to deplore. The efficacy OF unity
and the power Of numberso will achieve
the sconsuinmation de- fly to be wished;';
while If the present oi OF things remain. |
We shall continue as abstract beings, with |
relation to each other
AMONG the evils it is proposed to reme- |
dy by the organization In question. are -
1st. A depreciation, otten-times ruinous, |
to which our labor is subjected by an un-.
healthy species Of competition among our
selves and the disposition practieed on
The part Of corporate bodies and others, to |
get the greatest possible amount Of service
performed for the least possible remuner-
alton; or, in other words, for such rates as
are below fair living price.
End. An abuse of the press, which so far
from making it a vehicle sof useful and ex-
tensive information, renders it medium
+ anworthey personalities, substituting, in
leu Of that freedom Of the press,f-which
we have always been taught to believe is
The "paitai,ans Of our liberty, Pa licentious-
ness which strikes at the foudation of that
freedom, and mars its use fullness and
power