The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-20

VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS JOURNAL ON The KNdLtsH
AND AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PxRss-rHE LoNo IN
TINES AND THE NEW YORK -gNrERPRssE
or TIE NEW YORK HERALD, ETC ETC.
From the New York EvanselisJ, August 10
AZ Ergsno ana the United States are the two freeet
countries IN ne world It's In them that the press has mad
@ most RAPID devs opement and exercises IT. greatest
power In treat Britain s history deserves studied
oy every one who would trace The growth Of Englsh
.mal beginnings has to be fourth estate In the
British realm. The Of press u the power
ospeoesnt aient-the thought OF the nsiion measured
sgsnst Ito rank and wealth In this country dsvs
inert has been stl sudden and prodigous an ts
influence more unboonded. Ia boto It 1t once tue
ILoex 81 The energetic life Of the Anglo Saxon mind, and
she most Tosetini nssrument ny which Is kept
pitch Of thoughtful, constant ana resolute &C vity.
AZ Inc t~o nLiions OF the stock the Ian
epsse snd religion sno part the books
laws, vas TO be expected that the press OF the
countries should have macy resembsnoes Chesa IL
put Win tncn also many points or difference A co
parton OF tie tao, made with cantor. with naoaai
cenceis or ossh boosting, but mutual roApa.i,
sbs readily the advantages Of the English
wDfe oner points We lniDK they might learn from
The hrf place, uage from the loak aud fa
OF tDe ning, must be confessed TIA. Eoglisa
psper ID much more presentspie object than
CAL one II much cleaner and respectabS-bst.er
peter print more grateful 70 The eyes, more pess
mg 10 handle and esssr 10 read.
But there act OIL 10 tbs immaculate Wilderness of
Enehsn paper IN the Pits which deable Or treble sha
Of an American oDe The New York Ettuye, TINES,
HERALD, liz cold for two cents while copy London
Times costs four pence Eogsn, equal 70 eight cents,
the superior external appearance Of the English sheets
!hoeeo 1t matter Of frequent remark IN Easaaa, thai
Al efican papers are pubiished a. price "riicu3usly
cheap -
But this marvellous chespness 10 yet more np,rtar.a
lescs 10 extraordinary circulation. In England
paper luxuryhere It a necessity OF ifs There IL
- confined cheAs-not 70 the CD, but 70 the middle
Glars Here the poorest workmen must have his paper
Tns 10 fact OF very great Importance press
winch 10 10 be itself an exponent OF tho thought
fa whole nation and 10 upon IT, which to sprng
forth from the nations BRAIN and, h,wng bacx peno
nnhlt fa If I'M -
reach Of the brawny OF the abarer The Americaa
piess therefore lands oeiose all world 10
qualities OF ches ess ard circulation No papers on the
round gobe are furnished At 80 low p,e-none address
such an army Of readers
But this s not the supreme merit OF paper. Those
Who boast CT it's chespness must beware OF the reply
Yes cheap and poor" The main question Is, not what
!. cos,s nor hos many read IT, but what there Ia
TIE distinction before all others Is the ability With which
IL rs conouced And here ID that the admirers OF the
English press claim that It stands ''pfoudiy eminent
iess'pg behind all comparison the uq.!ss, journals Of
America.
We yield 10 In admiration for the parioit,A
literature OF England, especially for ts reviews any Of
the articles in which are contributed BY the aoest u
IN tie Kingdom. Bat tse newspaper Ia another
thing Here the style OF writing different, snd othar
talents are called into pliy. man who a very excel
articles which reed grandy stately Qaarteriy may
fail heavily upon The columns of = morning paper
m sppa ' s 10 ss
the london Times, The monarch OF the newspaper
Certainly this journal 4, eoted With distinguished
the United Kingdom, and has the best corses
poneer.s Ia every capital in Europe. a man
write articles India, CHINA, Austrea ne
oately suhsi6Zed any price Thus unes under che
head combination OF talent such as can be found in
ether eeabianlDent 10 the world
Such joDs poesesses advantages which cannot poss.
bly, be posseseed oS journal in this country Fret
the immense advantage Of beDg published in London AZ
the press the orgsn of nations life acquire tue
fullest development where that life beats the strcngelt
Now London capital AMI the Of vas.er
m n FOR half
fury 10 come Il is the heart Of the civilized world,
or ct least OF that portion OF it which speaks the
Fog hh tongue. Hence tie Tines DISCUSSES wars and
governments In AAia as questions which concern its
o~n EnRhb empire Australia g ae near and integral to
countries ana their a.re distan and remote Hence
1t speaks OF grsnder interests, aud has msjesy It's
tone which II would bo concet in any American journal
TO assume.
But the London Tines rot hey ond all improve
meat ana In .evera points perhaps the great rnunterer
might learn nom the m,on voiced American press II
We may venture bold OPINION should say that Il n
already surpassed by some of American Journals In
several important per,icua's-n enterprise In abuod
aDce and variety Of news and in eome degree in
that Kind Of literary Abtyor perhaps should moe
strictly say versatiitywhch is especially needed in the
As 10 enterprise it s well known that the Brih press
makes but little use, comparatively Of the electric tee
graph the Times gives daily dispatches rom Paris aud
few points on tho Continent and from the OF war
BAT such hing as ttdphiy whole c't,nns Of nees i
Sc s. sssg = W. s:e fss a. he . :.sPA., Of s s
II IN England.
3d. not only IN tue getting OF news but In the rapid put
ting 1t into print the london fines is long way oeod
Except in the oaly reporting the debates in Parliament
IL shows NO sgns Of ha-d night work. Compare An OR
the Enterprise Of The NEw YoRg HI.ALp We asfored
on the very best authority TIM the HERALD his nme MIn
once 'ohes aas to issue triple sheet in the morning se
Il rs,y fine yps, here Is reading euoaa for Ssos ~
is all set up, Proved reed and corrected and goes to pss
y thrce oeloek 80 ~ IN e ao,n.ng there an eduion IF
tyy On zty thowand no o0c 70 80 000ED HKRAIp copies
in the Streets
So in the collection Of general news The Tines has IL
Parliamentary reports snd ts stately foreign CORES ,oa
6epce, and few Be sctons from Journals in The DR.,
but for rang and ecrapng OF the whole earth
for news that hardly suits s dignity that must be LETT
10 the wide awake Yankees Hence we think Il Ia nor
very presuming that there 10 one OF
our City d.ies than IN tue London Tins, and that
strict purposes Of newspaper our American journss
the heavy ies Of the Ergnsh journals have SO
longed 10 get hold Of lively New York paper tina,
give US all the news, without 30 much proeng aoou.t
Bot The editorials of tie Times its glory. Gere It's
great strength ieh. Can any these and refuse
" homogeg We grant .heif ability. Some of these
writing. Bot vieor and weight and ponderoey are
every thing Indeed carried 100 far they become 81
o. the London Tins II is too colossal. too uni
torn ,atored Rguty is it caleb rhuuderer Nov
thunder is very sublime thpg when rolling IN the hst
vens but thunder every day at breakfast becomes
To Illustrate: The london Times With ali iss prodgi,us
array of talent, has yet learned write srt
ryticle Three editorials day, each lorg,
make up the regular allowarce Worry studied aud
able they sre, bot set they weary from their very
eahorafeness This is CHIEF objection the Ta
Il gets down from ils high horse. 1t talks
with the reader. II always preaches Wit Charles
Lamb said 10 Coeridge, when ae latter asked If no bad
ever heard him preach heard you d. sny thug
ese'' may be well applied to the Times. It aways
breaches It never stcops 10 simple coioquia STYLE Il
impossibity fot it TO express ts ideas ay
subject, the most Insignificant, in feN words Il
must have space TO spread i!sef
Now, With all difference to go great authority.
think that this Is dreadful waste OF nunsoh.
What's the nse Of always airing alxy eight pointers?
You can kl with bullet as well as win
Q cannon bali. A stinsng paragraph s of,ea
more cutting than formidable Artiole Suppose there
happens 70 get Parliament ussy, buzzng ,alkcr
sort political gad1y that neeoH to be extngusned DOES
require whole battery to snnnlste such creasusS
sydney Smith wonld him through wish o bodkn
Give him q peppery paragraph and he Is squelchet
whereas 20 attack bim in long prosy leader only makes
BIN important Punch understands this matter uete-
and pricks many swollen reputation with It's ps-sns
riaicnle AS the prees has million fclles 10 pr i
must let fly shower Of small shot well fire of I.s
great guns.
his unbending rgidia1 TO q literary defect,