The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-12
NO. 367.
TIE LIBERAL POLICY. ,

..Our exchange list is so oyergrown that we
are compelled to cut it down The prospectus
c,r general use has been standing in the Era
r,r Two or three weeks By publishing this,
:, that il will attract attention, or by giving
srcb an abstract and notice of it as shall bring
tho Era fairly before their readers, they will
aa,;te themselves to an exchange If they
.goose TO do this, we shall recognise their claim
;, The Era for one year. Some publishers pre-
c. - nav q difference of one dollar on the ex-
We take the above from the National Era
,fthe Sth ult 1t is required of all country pa
rers to publish long prospectus OF that paper
fo esfitls them TO an exchange, or TO pay one
dollar year for the honor and privilege OF re-
ceiying that superior paper. Now, the Era is
good paper-everybody knows that It's eoir
.oT j. a man of talent and firm advocate OF
ruth and Right-everyb body knows that, too /;
1T we do not consider it worthy OF such hon.
30 from Ms Had it been asked OF US as a
natter If courtesy, to publish the prospectus,
,Te ,bould have been happy to have done so /;
i,,t We viii not play second fiddle for the Era,
a.anv other uarer. When we publish pros
tins we generally do it upon the same terms
as other advertisements.
Weekly Sparta Journal.
l. the editor of the Journal aware that the
,.racranb ,urportings to be quoted from the
Era never appeared in that form in the Era
Where did he find such quotation What
we did say appeared in the Era OF December
Ssb, and was this;
n@-OUR EXCHANGE LIST is so overgrown
thai we are compelled 10 cut it down. We
cannot afford, of course, to exchange with a
sb.usand or two papers. Some editors print
a.sh0rt prospectus, which was intended Tor the
u>. 6l our voluntary agents; they print this,
too in some obscure corner, and without even
calling attention TO it ard then claim an ex-
change As We have never requested them to
do anvtring of the sort they will please ex-
,.iise US for not complying with the request
The prospectus for general use has been
standing in the Era for two or three weeks.
By publishing this, so that it will attract at
trntion or 10y giving such an abstract and no.
tee of il az shall bring the Era fairly before
ther readers, they will cntitle themselves to
an exchange We do not ask this, for we are
desrous to keep our exchanges within mode
rate limits: but if they choose to do So We shall
recognise their claim to the Era for one year
Some publishers prefer to pay a difference of
>oac dollar on the exchange.
We intend nothing offensive to any of our
cotemporaries nor would we intimate that the
ErG is superior in merit to their papers; but
their own experience will show them tho ne
ccssity Of fixing some limitation upon these
editorial cOurtesies
very different thing this, from the offensive
paragraph attributed to US. Again, let US say,
once for ALL that we have never made it a con-
diton to exchange with any Free Democratic
PAPER, that it should publish our Prospectus
or notice the Era in any way; and that, if an
exchange is not kept up with every such paper
it is entirely from inadvertence, not intention
AS this is the fourth time, within few weeks
that we have been misrepresented may VIZ
ask the Free Democratic Press to print Thu
last paragraph