The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-08-26
TraE PREss.

Iup W leW ny msu WHO mus OesfgHecIy
dislort and make the impslfecl appear
the right. i" The independen,
press conducted on The broad principles
Of equal and exact justice 10 allowing
no allegiance TO parties or factions--is
the only reliable source whence TO OBJ.
tain correc, information on all matters
pertaining 10 the well-being Of our race"
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Where is that Press where there is
nerve and intellect in It's conduc, that
does not take one side or other Of every
CONTROVERSY ], may not be under the
dominance of any particular party, but il
true to the natural instincts Of humanity
IFS opinion is decided, one. sided, determ
ined. for the right or against the wrong
il esiecms SUCH And such press, whe
ther II, is or is moi, the advocate OF mea.
sures supported by party is the only
press really independent The incapable
press fails 10 speak the truth always, no
matter where placed. This will not we
presume be coniroveried. But we be.
lisve that the only true independence
thar man can manifest is boldly 10 sup
port bis conceptions Of right, however
repugnant these may be TO the maintain
ers Of prevalent errors and wrongs in
Society. The editor who is incapable Of
thinking rightly or clearly and who does
not think for himself will write in sub.
serviency TO The views Of others. II
requires some power Of mind to think on
the minu,est subjects different from what
may be the prevailing opinion, except
when the affeclation is for something
new, and then the novelty will he non.
sense. We proies: against this idea Of
stigma.izing the presses devoted TO the
advocacy Of certain principles indiscrim,
inately as wanting in capacity to refec.
the true features of the Times. The
misfortune rather is, that where they
fail Of duty is by TOO truly representing
tie inanlies, the hypocricy and the
selisbness Of society, and from this vice
the professedly independent press do moi
present pforortionaely more excep>
lions 10 the want Of genuine inde.
pendence than those held TO be exclu.
sively pattizan. We despise a seryile
press any where I'VE have no respect for
mere triie tameness, but where presses
exist manifesiing these qualities in q
leading degree, they find patrons and
echoes, whom they f,ly represent. The
press should be leader and guide in
public taste and sentiment---it should
seek TO elevate the standard of integrity
and principle, and Of enlightened and
iole,an, opinion. II does nc! always do
this, but it is after all the Aichimedean
lever Of human progress, diversified as is
its conduct. The fault that il is not
better is moi in the mass of editors whose
iasles and conceptions Of high principle
| generally are Car above those Of the
average Of their readers, but is with The
people. Whencve: the people refuse TO
buy and pa'ronize nero appeals TO pas
sion, 10 interest, to selfshness, and TO
false principle, tho seller in the shape of
the editor will lake to some other bust.
ness, but as long asit is otherwise and
wherever il is,o,herwiss il may be safely
laid down rs an axiom, that the press
they support just suits them and is a
ref in some degree OF their sentiment.
An independent people will always be
represented by an independent press,
and the reverse, as certain as il is that
supply follows demand.
Besides parties are an essential neces-
sity in free government. Without
them there would be no true responsible
lily beyond the individual, and our free
institutions would not long survive the
abandonment, Of system Of association
which makes one halfof lhe Union sureles
for all who unite with :hem TO the Other
half, ever rendy to call them TO account
ard expose them for the delinquency oil
part, wherever they by their votes have
either directly oy indirectly trusted them
The Independent press, SO called, is I
useful element, but above il would be but
,orch,iqht amid the dark chaos Of unse
guhied elements that the disruption o
parties would effect. Parry has its error
and at times its factions, but these ar
, powerless for permanent evil, while part
connexion is wholly voluntary as in tli