Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-11-04
THE Rnlelph ReulSfer.

We had not noticed article in the Raleigh Re-
gister Of Saturday last in reply to our friendly
buke of its nonsensical claim to the honor of having
published the first Daily paper in the State until
some remarks in the Commercial of last Tuesday
morning called our attention to it. The Register
is positively amusing-it is rieh-read it:
'Previous to the session of the Legislature of
185O-'5l we issued proposals for daily publica-
ton. Prospectuses in the usual form extern
sively circulated, and we were encouraged, by q
large, independent subscription, to commence SIM
ultaneously with the opening of that body. We
kept the journal up faithfully and punctually for
the time proposcd-that is until the end of the ses-
son-not as a mere bulletin of Legislative proceed
ings, but, in and in fact Daily newspaper,
The current news of the day. editorials, telegraphic
items advertisements, in fact everything that con-
stitutes a newspaper, went to make it up. So far
from being an extra it was regular in a IL it's parts
and had as good claims to the character of perma
nency the " journal" demand. If the Jour
nal' had fallen through within short time after
its BIRTH 1t might have been assumed, according to
the rule laid dawn, that there had been Dali
ly Paper in the State, because none lived long
enough to ensure permanency
MI Fulton has strange views of morality. Our
imposition has been endorsed by all but him, and
the Commercially and all honest and well. judging
have, heretofore, freely accorded to the
it and success of our enterprise"
Now look at the amusing contradictions of the
thing 1t is asserted, towards the close of the first
para graph, that the Registers daily publication dur
ing the session " had good claims to the character
of permanence as the Journal can demand" and
this in face of the known fact and previous admis-
sion that it intended to be permanent, for
Mr.. Gales says g. We kept the Journal up faithful
ly and punctually for the time proposed-that is,
until the end of the session" Thus it is plainly
admitted that it was temporary arrangement for
the time proposed-'' that is until the end of the
session >; and then, in the paragraph it is
blushingy pretended that it was permanent issue
But what follows is even richer: " If the Jour
parallel whatever. The * Journal was started as
permanent Daily issue; the Register was not
The Register lived long it was intended to live
it did not fall through it expired any other tenn
porary affair might do by its express limitation
Our way of doing things differs somewhat from that
adopted by the Register. We issue no prospectus.
es, and make no fuss in advance about permanent
issue for sirty days. already bargained and sold but
we start newspaper and sustain it. We do not en-
w such " merit and success" as that in which the
Register has won its boosted laurels ;" neither dc
for the diploma-the very Daily paper in
which this article is printed, is living evidence
rather ahead of daguerreotype diplomas. By the
way, have some little curiosity to know whether
that daguerreotype of the Register taken BY
moorShine or goS-light