Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-02-01
Newspaper Putting.


become an incurablc disease.
We DO not pretend chat it is danger
ou-, further than its tendency is to vitiate
public taste, create a disrelish for a high
STANDARD of reading, and in the end to
defeat the very object which it is designed
10 forward--of bringing true merit before
the public and assisting men Of genius to
reach the goal of their ambition. This
is a worthy aim. But when the press
condescends to. stoop from its high posi-
tion-fUra few dimrs-to puff the merest
pill-veuder. or the manufactures Of the
thousimd-and-one nostrums which have
deluscd and arc still deluging the land,
THEN it is bringing that powerful engine
10 bear upon a poor purpose, and is de-
Waiting as widely from its proper chan
mel as would bc the intellect of Newton,
who, should he, instead Of attempting TO
solve and explain the various laws which
govern the universe, turn the powers Of
his giant mind to the puerile pastimc Of
blowing soap-bubbles in the air.
The press, as the bulwark Of civil and
religious liberty, should ever keep in
view the object for which it is designed,
and cling as closely to that object as pos
sible, never sNyrving, never deviating
from its course. Ii has done more TO adj
vance education, religion, the arts and
sciences, and the establishment of free
institutions throughout the world, than
all other causes combined since tie crea-
lion.
If, then, lhe press has done so much
10 elevate ard Christanize mankind,
how important that it should be kept
pure and III the same glorious path. Yet
how few editors there are who duly ap-
preciate the high responsibility which
rests upon them. How many there are
whouse this God-giyen vehicle as though
1t were designed for no other purpose
than TO advance their own selfish ends
aud 10 procure the neccssarirs Of life
The practice Of wholesale putting is quite
too common, and dccency demands some
cessation Of its whitening influence.
SO deeply laden is the newspaper press
with this species of reading that taking
up a paper the chances are ten to one
that you will at the first glance at its
editorial columns, stumble upon the in
tcre>ting fact that Mr.. Such-an-onc, who
keeps just over The way, has choic,
a-iicl. ct cjgars-tAc editor has beer
presented with a dogcn--fraits, liquors
he has been treuted 10 a glass; anC
strange to tell, they are for sale cheap
rcrY cheap. Glnee 4 little further an,
YOU observe that nc discourses most learn
cdly On the wonderful virtues Of Bragg
Pills; Of the healing properties Of tn
celebrated Russia Salvc; Of the Gal
vanic Belt and that blessing to the vic
tim Of tight boots, the Corn Extractor
Then again he expatiaes on that savio
Of Thousands, Shcrman's Lozcnges. whic
children cry ior;- and tells in We
rounded sentence how iauch the worl
Is indebted to the inventor Of the Dea
Shot for Bed-Bugs." Perhaps its fir
page has IN ingeniously written tale
some dreadful encounter or Indian legen,
and It will be a wonder if YOU do nj
lcforc you get through stumble on to Ii
remarkable fact that it can be had
r'mplde! Grm at their eheqp publishir
hoa>e in some obscure part Of the m
tropoli, Then. as;iu, the editor h.
been presented by the ezp7essnan wi
"a copy Of some worthless newspaper,
monthly periodical. Just one second Al
bali in advance Of all contemporary,
THAI [. important, and iu-i about as
tcrestnig a. would be Tire knowledge
what part q the hnmau system the Xii
ofthc Canaiba Islands d;ncd upon thr
months previous.
What j, the soieu, -.ugit TO bc attain
10y This excessive admiration? Is it
throw matters Of interest before his rea
FRS? No; it is all done from mercena
motives; for the purpose of replenishi
an exhausted treasury. lie lauds wi
he knows nothing Of. for money! a
thus lends himself and hi- influence
forward the most despi.ablc Of all trad
the 9Hock trade. lie puis the c
papers in nearly every issue, just for
honor Of an exchange, when nineteen
"l them are not worth the white pa,
on which they ARE printed What is
result: II amounts 10 Just this:
people wiz take The paper he praises Il.
lrayc him 10 plOd the editorial path "
corporal. guard" for his list,