The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-28
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
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IDIfoRIAL nvnt1Y

IS 1Di1oRfAL Mvl1t1Y.
To THE EDuoRs..or THE GAZETTE
Your attention is called to the accom-.
panying remarks Of the NY Tribune
not because your columns are disllon
ored specially with attacks personal
upon your confreres ofthe Press, But
might there not be an improvement
ell rounda
To say nothing OF the bad example to
world too lnuch given to III nature,
and isjurious ways, to say nothing Of
the unamiuble spirit fostsred in young
readers (the little million) it is great
subtraction from the amount Of human
happiness to have SO much savagery
vented in editorial columns. 1t is q
quiet time just now, in newspal 'erdom
. good time to cons ider. The ques-
ton IL, must an editor bs, to some ex
tept, an lshmaslite! Do not the laws
of personal respect apply to the use of
pen and typesi A CITIZEN.
Tie Public Press has become 80
important to the education, intelli-
gence, good government aud well be !.
ing OF the People that great response
bilities dsvolve On its conductors, and
great opportunities for good or evil
Constantly solicit them. When jour
nal was read by few hundreds. its
direction required ability, probity and
knowledge; how much morcwhen its
circulation is sswelled to tens. and even
husdreds OF thousandsi Well may we
tremblingly inquire. Who is ade-
quate to such duties, such requis itions
Were time allowed for reelection,
many errors might be avoided, which
the haste and turmoil involved in the
issue a, lea,. Of daily paper render
scarcely avoidal de; and time will
doubtless supply correctives 70 some
fanlts which the rapid growth OF the
Press in circulation and power has de.
veloped. The talent and labor requir.
ed in the intellectual department OF
hrst class Journal are now many times
what they wer,, even twenty years
ago. II the supply has not frliy kept
pace with the demand, it cannot DO
long in overtakiug it.
In one point the conductors of the
Press of this country eminent'y fail
that is, in courtesy and forbearsnce
toward each other. While Doctors Of
Medicine are notoriously slow to bla.
ron each others mistakes and short.
comiugs, Cleigymen eyince . very
proper and general respect for the
cloth, and even Lawyers, though pit
ted against each other in wordy war,
con,rive, like well made shear to
cut, not each other, bnt whatever
comes between them, Editors are too
ant 10 enter the are,ia "a 2.adiators
end black en- each Others regulations
ouite us often rs they eluci!ate each
others errors Of Tact or OF judgment
With the meieJanizsry Of party, who
belongs to this or that aspirant or
CLIQUE who bought his press and types
and can turn him out Of doors when
ever ne chooses 70 foreclose HE mort.
esQe, this may SEEN inevitable; not
o'wi,h the Editor who owns HE own
es.sblishment and asks of his custom
sss only that they pay for what they
choose to buy Of him. With the
Prsss of tne great cities, on which the
shasklss Of party are apt to hang
loosely, and which ought to be able to
discuss principles and measures Of
grave import without resorting to the
spice Of personality to render its g.
saws piouant, the excuses urged for
petty crimina.ions and recririinatiens
are even more prspostsrous than in the
case Of others. !,
Can We not smsud in thus respects
Nav we not be Free Tralers or Fro
tecfionists, Republicsnsor Democrats,
Pro.Slsvery OF Anti-Slavery, License
on Anti License, without assailing
each other personality Are the ques'
tions which divide us 30 frivolous,
the issues which convulse the eoun-
try 30 unimportant that we can only
render our columns readable by pitch
ing into each otberi
For some time past, Two OF oui
more immediate cotempsrarles have
bsen inaulging in one ofthe exhibition
we deprecate. Ii each is TO be believ
ID, the other is but toel OF specui.as,
tors, whose stock ;jobbing is not easily
distinguished from swindling Escf
il able to Aing a good deal OF mud q
the other, some Of which will natural
" stick; and yet there is little justice
in the .imputstions to which either y
quito plsusibly subjected. We have
such faith in human nature tnat w
believe both of them will live to bt
ashamed Of this warfare, in wlhci
n,,hirg really can BE- gained by eitner
while. in the eyes-of too many, h'
character and position OF the Public
Press must be seriously degraded
lit be said that We have sometimes
offended against the canonS afnrlnee
or implied in this article, wsanswe
tLatsws are unconscious OF having ey
sr rssorted u the personal crlmi as
ton of q cotemporsiy, except ~ sel
dsisnses and under tae stimulus 9
grave provocaaion. But, whether v v
Ie correct or mistaken in this convic
t;o.., . good principle 10 not suovei,
sdby 6ity violations Of it on our par y,
Ix-s.. =, tha conductors of publ