New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-18

eigr govern ebts tie ststesren political measures.
movements, revolutions, ETC. ere faithfully, thor
crsby and inteligeb;ly dscrs'ed. Atd our oxa Coz
eminent and rolitios as by no means neglected Re-
putlicsnitm, " democracy" Slavery, K4Isas. &C.
sl receive t6sr portion 10 due seasor and all these
topics-;he ACE tool am with YOU all tie tine."
.. ike Thy IRrgrSE for the accounts it Is giving
Of the present Religious Revival. was not surprised
TO earn Of being Induced to reek religion from
reading these accounts, and if others lot similarly
induced ] shall be greatly disappointed. Flying
though the word as 1HE TRIBUNE does. bearing oa
its wings such religious tdings al present aud scat
tern there hoings wleTesor goe. 10 1t too mu'h 70
expect that il will awaken religious nterss, wrer
ever II wings its fight Perhaps It may be objected
by few that il not the business OF sccuar paper
to give religious Dews ioasmUch az there are other
papers for this special purpose. Even admit log tA
to be true is it lot the duty OF secular paper % keep
the public informed on ell matters OF gener. interest
And ia not matt Of general Interest that thol.ands
Of our fellow citizens turning from their evil and
uDgCdly ways into the paths Of virtue and piety
What shoud think certain portion CT our couh-
tymen had ust been delivered from Inc galDg cheihs
Of Cespotsm under which they had long been suffer
ing, and YET our secular paper was - say ncthing
about it Should We not think 1t had been remiss in
duty Aud what onains more CALLING AID despot!c
than those Of iutemperaDce and other forms on wee
IT, them thouSaI de cf feowcitizens a.c being de-
veICd from such oppression and that. too, psrtlcu-
a,y in those portions OF the country Of which we nave
no means of information only through our secuiN
perer is rot the duty of that paper to tel US these
things Even admitting that there are Ieilgous pa
pers 20 tell Us these thirgs everybo does not take
a religious paper and least Of all do those who
would complain on account Of little religious news
being put in their secular paper Suppose you were
one of an intelligent company which had assembled to
epend an hour or two in sociable manner, and the
religious revival should come up as topic Oi c'nVer
saop as it certainly would, for It Is talked about
everywhere If you were 10 manifest entire ignorance
of the matter, the whole company would look at you
with SURPRISE for they bad taken it for granted that
ycrybody knew about it. They would ask 1t You
lever went out Of door, if you never read any and II
you took no paper; and on being told tnat you took
TIE TRIBUNE, but that said nothing about the re-
vival they would be still more surprIs ed than before
look upon it, then, the duty OF respectable secu'
lar paper keep its readers informed to some extent
even on religious matters, at least when they be-
come of suc1 general interest as the present revival
from other things which come, perhaps. more legi-
maely within ITS sphere If any one does not want to
read the accounts in question, he can easily give
them the go-by" but let him do it with the assurance
that Thousands Of others viii read them with gres in
tcrest and profit.
C. like The TRIBUNE for It's general news and the
man who takes it, and yet is not posted on mat
tiers in general" must make poor use Of his paper.
:. / like THE TRIBUNE for is independence and
have no fear that it will be bought up by the offer
Of foreign mission post-ofice nor even by an
offer Of the gubernatoral chair of Kansas.
THIBrNE which does not exactly suit me- but what
Of i'll II had the management of i, doub not
should put many more things in that you would not
like than you put in that do not like. Go ahead,
Mr. Tribune, and if you do sometimes hit me shall
neither pout cry, stop my paper; but still be
con hand" This il the first time have written you
anything more than few words on business, and you
either put this letter in your paper or your fire. as
suits you bett. Yours &C., !. ~
D,IDhos Ohio. Aprl Il. 1853.