New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-09
THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS.

=. 4 Eeader Of The Tribune wants 10 know whvv..,
vcrtie in our C lurns book which he sau eas,,,..
very erroneous doctrines with regard to Pais..'
rcenomy Slavery, ard otLer topics. Our only ,aA =.
tripk sufficient answer is that we advertise il AS,
do other thingS-becsuse somebody sees Ct to send
such an advertisement and pay for its insertion W.
DO not assume any right refuse insertion to an s,
tisement merely because i is calculated to adiatA
dissemination of views which 10 not accord witt sx
own.
A Reader is entirely mistaken in assuming Al,s,
exclude the advertisements Of what he terms Q,rt
Medicines We DO no such thing five wisssls
We should rot krow where TO begin nor where to les.
OF. Truly we endeavor 10 exclude adyertseneaha
Specifies for a certain class of diseases, primarily h
cause these advertisements are offensive to drisy
and good taste coadly, because the readers u
TIE TRIBUNE are not in want Of such medicines AL
Of course will not buy them and We prefer not to isl
with any one to whom We cannot give the full WORT
Of his money. But We have 10 idea of excluding
veItisemeuts mer,ly because they contemplate na
dSeminat On OF opinions hostile to our own. 0aa,
contrary our advertising columns are open 10 ever
Religious sect, Political party, or school in Phion
psy-to every notion project and interess-aal
we only wish We could induce those who seek oM
vance personal interests under the cover Of devotion
TO public good to betake themselves thereto, ins.eM
of boring us for the use Of those columns which w
prefer to FIJI according 10 our own taste and judgment
Instead of seeking to shut ont what are generlJ
termed Quack Medicines, we believe some of thss
are excellent and useful preparations, deserving Of
announcement and patronage. medicine advertised
n -, IL, l.. a
ton, neuralgia and dysentcry, measles and hydrsphs
lia would be in our view quack me lcine aud qais
unlikely to impose on habitual readers of this paper
but why a physicians prescription for the cure Of
fever and sgue, cholera morbus deafness or chi.
blans should be deemed quack because it is pu,up
in bottles ard sold It moderate fixed price, with
certificates fits cures at sched, never could IA.
derstsnd. Hany body wants our advice in the prem
ises we should Say, Never take medicine of any kind
except under The advice Of q physician whe c one cm
be readily consulted never dose yourself or your
children until your faith in the doctors within call IL
utterly exhausted or until they have given up the
case as hopeless Not that the advertised Specifies
are necessarily worthless think they generally
quite otherwise but you may msnlerstaad your
complaint, and so give the wrong medicine and be-
side, the habit of frequent dosing aud drugsiug lisa
perilous enc, which has killed many more than it has
cured. But if we were setting out on long voyage
where medical advice was unobtanabe, We sholli
certoiIly take ,loDg medicines and way is not
this as much quack ny as the case under cOnsilsrs
tion
If we felt at lber to exclude advertisements ar.
bl rsIy, on suspicion that they were knavsh or per
uicous, we should begin with Hose for Husbands or
Wives and those which propose to impart some Iau,
bic secret or recipe for sum be paid in advance.
Weappreherd these niue times in ten, eman,ts from
libertioes or sgindleIs but they no. necessarily
rogush. and we cannot exclude all because many arc
probably dishonest. We trust the readers Of THs
TRIBUNE know better than to send their monfy In
cue lOf blind bargains.