The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-26
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.,,n.,; Gazette Of . recent date has I
i0e 80, article as in fact are oil iss leading
vel ~. ' under the above heading, from. .vhicl
'''s ,,.e. the opening paragraphs;
Wsia...rmen,.li,y Of the newspaper press il
The na' nd extending the business of ou
bulaise. ~ and i,s value a. On index Of thei
hrgs aas. "A nrocress, are, in general, made
esarseet .'m.,ed. There 10 abundance Of tall
oas'sl, es.;.s ;.susuce Of the press. This undoubt
about 'De ~, insineere, nor actually exag-
sdiy, 'e ", the truth is no: very profoundly
gerAssd' nv most people, We dare say
spprtca'es. es.,s,6cislly recognized. Tho real
though 'rS,ch this power in society rests,
eroa. ,.rious capabilities, are o se;oo% r'gnuy
.ao .aaoo.ser.d And in ous'neas ;,, O pon.,.,v ho,i
soa, ssaossi.lly, We think TINS vi" ee"e'' "'''
the founders Of new town. ".a seldom I'm
f.i 70 ors.,sy ss us4fu a. the s!ars. Ia,s 70 one
made els, , sr,erprisee they take pains to set on
ei the I', ! GOOD newspaper is sort Of credens'al
foot .1;,s H.. ~ the incohoa,e city. and guar
d 'ne 'saa ,ssnec,abil,y. 1t is light, direct
sHee o. as.n,nrer ~ or industrious pioneer, to
rs 'ne su .,,r.c,;ye home. 1t is an indispensable
ss'aS ssr maintaining an advantageous com
meow" :. .;,h the rest Of the world, and for
ueu.h business and emigration INTO new
e'ees .,s RI, with gradual growth ana assured
e''bue ,h;s influence becoms less relied
nd i,s importance comparatively less
ihouehtoi. =. ,,e.s of each local;tv
u lne o r,ves TO each its reputation
70 Snsh q, late years, has become the
so.0as .l.,;oa between the press and the peo-
1n""c go nublic journals are the most infalli-
pn. ,s.,;op of the character OF the cOmmu-
y. :, ~hcb tb~y exist, The moral and social
80 oT rho Mace il reflected in their columns.
t. S.er,e OF Intellectual and scientific advance.
rsp, m e.u be pretty readily conjcctured in the
80 vsy. And it is fact which business men
eagbt deliberately to consider, that the interests
f Il commerce, trade and manufactures, are more
LveIy ID. cied by the appearance OF their de-
.r.msM OF the press. than by any other single
xsasDce
The editor goes on to show that the growth
Nd commercial predominence Of New York
h been in part at least owing to the energy,
,,p,prise and ability of her great newspapers
,ssa have made that city the center OF news
Il be whole country. And the Gazette might
Z lave drawn an illustration from its own ex-
,uu. The Liberty Hall and Cincinnati
saus,r now in its SEVENTEEN year, under
} urious editors and propritors, has done
III 10 give the Queen City its commanding
,.aoa as the great City of the West
r,d., Charles Hammond, the Gazette for many
||,ars rave tone and direction topublic opinion.
4 lowered far above all its contemporaries on
n, aide o, the mountains. and ve then thought,
Al no superior on the sea-board, even in the
Metropolis.
Cncipns,i therefore, in our opinion, owes
much to this journal, to say nothing of
|s,bsrs Through its instrumentality men Of
|apta, enterprise, skill-enterprising mer-
chants, manufacturers and builders-men Of
l..er we're drawn to her a. great center of
rsde and traffic, and thus Cincinnati, with no
sirantages above other towns on the river,
|Dos The lead and kept it, and is now the great
|hsnd city oil the West.
It's no, difficult to point to great many
xaer cases in point where growth, prosperity
rd q name over the entire country has been
given to an otherwise unimportant town or vii
hge Look at Springfield, Massachusetts,. The
enterprise and ability of one printing office,
Vhe Republican, makes the town known
apaghout the country and her influence felt.
Baor this office which supplies newspapers
e,he yankee nation largely and directs the
lablc opinion of New England and has much
,faenee with New England men out of New
hgand, Spring field would hardly be heard Of
" known outside OF Massachusetts.
Dq. it is unnecessary to point Illustrations
Al Intelligent men who give the matter "a
|Sascht will arrive a, the conclusion W! ich the
editor Of the Gazette reaches, viz: that CON-
nauites are judged by their organs and mouth
pieces that the intelligence and enterprise of a
tty is fully shown in the columns, editorial,
business and advertising of the Daily Press.