Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-01-28
Settle UD.

Settle Up.
In various quarters, the advice is gil
ven to persons who are indebted and
have the means, to settle up their ac-
counts as quickly as possible. This is,
indeed, the true policy under existing
circumstances. How many individuals
are there at this moment, who are suf-
fering severely, in consequence of the
indisposition of their debtors to pay up,
and who, if they could only collect their
various claims, would be in a compare
lively easy position. This is especially
the case with printers. mechanics, store
keepers, manufacturers and business
men generally. They are compelled
from time to time to give credit, for such
is the system of the country. But they
have a right to expect payment within
a reasonable period, particularly from
those who have enough and to spare
There are, nevertheless, not a few per-
sons who, with abundant resources, will
never pay their obligations until the We
ry last moment. This is a false and
selfish policy, and it is often attended
with deplorable conscquences. Again,
therefore, we urge it as a duty on the
part of all who have the means, to set
tie up their little accounts as speedily
as possible, and thus to contribute to
the relief of those to whom they are in
debted. What may seem a trihe to
them, may prove a matter of more than
ordinary Importance to the needy cred
itor.
B9~ Few people are aware under what
serious and manifold disadvantages the
country press labors in comparison to
that of large cities. And yet the value
of the local press to the local reader Is
many times greater than at first n
would be inclined to admit. Upon this
point we agree with the belief express
ed by a contemporary that there is not a
single newspaper in the State-however
feebly conducted or bunglingly managed
that has not returned four fold all
that it has drawn from the public. Its
influence may have been like the dews
upon the century-locked bulb of the tu-
lip, imperceptible at first, but, by fire.
quent recurrence, starting the bud Of
energy, the green leaf of enterprise, the
blossom of intelligence, and the ripe
fruit of attainment. The influence and
ability of the local press will generally
be in the ratio of the aid extended to it
at home. It should not be expected
that a paper having only a local
and circumscribcd circulation should
compete with those cosmopolitan jour
nails which truly meet general rather
than local wants. The, attempt to do
so would indicate the wildness of a vi
sionary and a bankruptcy Of judgment.
A local paper should be fostered as any
local institution, calculated for the good
of community. 1t is not in the amount
of its reading matter-the ability of its
editorials-or the size of the paper alone,
it's value is to be found. 1t is in
being the organ of home wants-the
advertiser of focal advantages-the slim
ulator of local enterprise-that its val
ue is to be found. So long as men will
prefer a city paper, because 1t is offered
them at a dollar less a year-simply OIL
the score of economy-so long will the
country press shamble on like a SPAWN
ed stage horse, coaxing vitality into its
rack-o'-bones by browsing on thistle
Men never think of turning up their
noses at a town hall or a country church
because they are less spacious than the
Tabernacle orless magni6centth than Trim
ity, yet the local press which stands to
them in a public view in much the same
relation, is spurncd because it does not
attain impossible magnitudes and per-
form impossible wonders.
Charges of Corruption.