The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-01

WThe satsspene gsntls0an vho peeold>a
| over the colanss - that tremeadous hebaom.
adaL the Oskaioosa Herald, II the plsuitude az
his overlooking ability he's kindly taken IN.
Hawt-Eys under his pupilaes. Our reader, v,ll
- that, for once. - are h lsek, aad IL - 40
not profit BY HE admonisioas h WIN bs our on
fault. We're the present his llrst attention 70
rs We might be presumptuous in considering
oursslf the particular object Of HE solicitation.
But ii 10 not the first nor second. nor even third
effort to keep US in the line Of our duty. and
W are safe in pointing 70 him a. our regulator.
The Herald now condemns us, in . column
article, for advertising for the New York Led
ger-for publishing a. advertising matter, paid
for as such, part OF story, the balance being
continued in the Ledger, aud thinks We endorse
that paper BY taking its money for advertising.
In this matter the opinion Of the Herald, 90
freely given for our benefit, 10 At war with the
practice Of the entire prsss Of the country, not
even excepting that immaculate paper itself, in
the last number of which We find quack nos.
trums advertised, which the Editor knows well |
are the veries. humbugs and cheats. The ad. |
vertising columns Of . newspaper are open to
everybody. Publishers do not consider, and
are not by the community considered responsi.
BILE for their advertising. They are like COM
mon carriers. Railroad and steamboat compa-
MES don't feel called upon to inquire whether
persons buying tickets are pick-pockets or par.
they are travelling for honest or
purposes. 1t is their legitimate bust.
hess to carry, without question as to the moral
endency Of its consumption, s.rychnine, whis-
Eey, medicated brandies, tobacco, hemp or pro-
'isions 1t would be queer state of affairs
we're steamboat captain to refuse an invoice
4 calomel, jallup. ep'cac and qunne upon the
sumption that the alopathic practice of medi- I
inc was, in his opinion, hurtful, and all drugs
nd nostrums poisonous and hurtfu as many
link with some show Of reason. :
Were newspapers to make rule excluding '
very thing from their advertising columns not
accordance with strict truth and sound NOR
., where should they begin and where ends 8
would take several more editors for the ad-
ertisng than for the reading columns of Daily \
'urnals. AZ 100. hhds Of sugar must be
'unted to seethat he didn't lie, and Be- books
ust be examined to see if there we're not some fl
D his shelves Of questionable character. C's m
reshers, De corn planters, and E's plows must q
excluded because these gentlemen state pos ct
ycly that they are the best in the market
,en some other folks, good judgess, too, think n y
EN- inferior. :,
We have always been of the opinion, aud
MT now give it up, even for the Oskaloosa sc
Aniel who comes TO judgment in these latter o.
ys, that the entire community is entitled
thout question, to the use Of the advertising 7c
umns of the newspapers Of the country, the 81
bshers only excluding unlawful and obscepe
alters. In short, to illustrate, we expect to
We our example and precept, whenever proper,
ainst the use Of intoxicating drinks, against
use OF tobacco, against novel reading, quack ce
dicines, &C., yet do not believe that consls- 60
ICY or sound morals require US to prune the ",
Tertising favors Of those whose commercial sn
srations make them dealers in any of these re,
icles. 10
When We are satisfied that there 10 any good Gu
pose to be subserved by change in this fir
pect on the part of publishers, we shall be ba
dy to adopt it. For the present we regard VII
Herald's suggestion as . great deal more ',
9 than wise, aud rather more meddlesome lig