The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-10-30


San, i'll its issue Of Wednesday last, mourns
over the want ofvelacity on the part of the
Press Of the county in latter years. the
nature Of which complaint may be shown by
the following extracts from its article on the
subject
But the prof igacy with which Of late years
too many newspapers have been conducted has
greatly shaken the public confidence, and to that
extent diminished the power of the press. In part
tbs pro figacy has been The result of L total want
Of principle in the conductors of the nttaniin q
journals for it is notorious that many publishers
and editors secretly hire out their columns, ci her
for money office or other advancement in utter
d'sresnTd of consistency or right"
" his evil has already gone SO far that the
public has almost entirely lost confidence in exelu-
sivcly pnrznn newspapers. The circulation of
such journals once exceeded that Of any othofs
but now the independent press has everywhere
outstlpped the prtizan press
The main design of the article is to magni-
fy " Tile Sun" to boast Of its vcracity, the
clarifying Of itself being the chief purpose Of
large number Of its editorials. the Su,
seems greatly to mistake the cause of its
large circulation. 1t is accounted, and is in
fact, busy gatheIcr.up Of news items it is
cntcrprising in this respect and has the neus
from all over the country at an early moment,
and for this reason alone it is sought after
and reaG. It's editorials, so far as we have
ever learned, are distinguished by no ability
or originality: they have never made any
impression cn the public mind and arc orly
spoken of for their "vellcd" partzanship
while protesting independence, and their
self audation. Occasionally, when 1t has
seen the popular tide setting strongly in u
given direction, 1t has jumped into the cur
rent end Affected to lead. and at the end of
the chase ceIlcd its readers with various
chapters on " The Sun told you so take
notice what foresight Tile Sun has had y
great is the Baltimore Sul."
It's filings at the partizan newspapers Of the
country are untrue. The independent :"
Press lift be type ii, docs not bear as
much character for veracity as the political
Press, If any papers hire their columns, it
is the class to which it belongs; if any levy
black mail it is that class such papers as it,
IN all cases wh're their paHicaaShip does not
prevent, watch the popular mind and run
with it; there is no independence about them
and the people understand them fully they
watch what course will bring most grist to
their mill and that course they steer. So far
as authority on any given subject Is concerned
The Baltimore Sun never was held, for in.
stance, IN any comparison with The dn,er-
Gun in this part Of the state, and, we presume
in DO other locality.
Nor do we believe that the papers styling
themselves " independent have, as general
thing, outstripped the political press, in Gill;
culation. 1t may be true as regards two or
three of the cities aud then the reverse is al
most universally the case.
The Sun, however, need not style itself
among thu" independents "prcss its remarks
in relation 20 that description ofpapcrs do not
apply to itself; it is ranked now a days
among the most bitter and INSCRIPTIONS of
the ocooco papers of the country, and its
professions and professions TO any other
character are accounted bald and empty
shams.