The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-01-27


cral office. This sentiment ofintolcroucc
poryndes all parties, and controls their
political oction. The President Of the
United States and the Lilliputian county
officer have their subsidized orgHn-Wind-
crs. The great organs expect iat jobs in
printing, viz; "blonks, paper and twine;"
and the lesser organs, the cmoumcnts
arising from county printing OF pnrtizan
patronage in some shape. For thirty
years, not an election, great OF small, has
been decided ON public, patriotic grounds,
uninHuonccd by sinister considerations.
ltis no longer inquired Of candidatc;-
"ls he honestl Is he capablel Is he faith
fol 10 the COnsututionw But is he de-
voted to this or that party SO infatuated
has the country become, that ii Wash
ington were alive, he could not obtain the
vote of South Carolina for any Office
The Congress of the United States, for
months, has been unable 10 effect an Or
ganiZation, and scores ofRcprcscntatives,
ia q certain contingency, have threatened
to dissolve the Union, and involve the
country in frutricidol war, and yet the
press in one half Of the Confcdcracy, has
failed to hurl the It's thunders at the ou-
thors of these reasonable scntimentsl-
Both parties justify their course, and &c
the half were true, that is written Of the
present Representatives, at Washington,
they rival In villainy the Conventions
that sat in the French Revolution oc'02.
Tho press, Influenced by designing poli-
ticians, who want office, is responsible
for this state of things, and ought immc-
diutcly 10 commence the work Of retor-
nation. Il ought to assert and declare
It's independence; maintain principles,
without regard 20 men Or party oXpedicn-
cy; refuse TO change, at the bidding Of
.dcm0gogues TO promote ambitious ends,
/ doctrines founded In conviction and de-
signed TO promote the public veal; ro-
| fuse 10 sustain for office, even though par
( ty nominees, men Of prohigate morals;
condemn, with an unsparing hand, what
is wrong in your own party, no matter
what may be the consequences; and, by
all means, BY word and action, let the
world know and the dCmagogue, too, that
you publish free press, "unawed by in
huenco and unbribed by guin,"
1t should be our aim, in all controver-
sizes with o0ch othcs, TO observe the same
decorum in language that well bred gen.
| tlemen use in social Intercourse; and In
speaking Of cur public men, denunciation
and bitterness ought 70 be sedulously a.
voided. II the dargu ,go of the press, dur
ing an excited polite canvass, were re-
ceiyed as truth, our candidates for PrCsi.
dent and Vice President, are better de-
serving incHrccrauonin the ponitentiury
than Executive honors, We are on tn,
eve ofthe Presidential olectioni can W,
not, though radically differing on import
ant political questions, treat each othe
with cGndor, courtesy and rcspectl Wha
Is there in the doctrine Of Popular Sove
rcignty or Congressional prohibition o
Slag cry, that should induce us 60 use in
temperate languagei Calm and dispas
b sionate discussion, not defamation an'
Hbuse-"nUthing CXtenuate" that is wronl
on one side, nor "set down Hught in ma
lice" on the othcr-woulds soon, if persist
ed in, reform the morals and manners o.
the pr 81 and ontitle tito the respect, conf
dence and liberal patronage oGthe people
A political victory, won by slunder, do
iUmation and abuse, like all wrong and in
justice, will ultimately return 10 plague
b and torment It's authors. "Sulltcient unit,
the end is the means thereof" embraces
a pirHtical sentiment that ought to bI
frowned down by every honorable an(
hiqh-minded editor.
2. Publish nothing Of an immortal ten
deRcy. The Ohio press has been guilty
Of the reprehensible practice of publish
ing a certain class Of advertisements, an,
continuing them iromyear to yeur, that NJ
gentleman would venture TO read in tn
presence of ladies. The only excuse
ever heard urged for this outrage on NOR
als and decency, is, that "they pay well.
BY parity Of reasoning, tho publication O
obscene books can be justified. If an,
are guilty, "him hath | offended in al
luding to this matter; but, in the benevo
lence and charity of the Gospel say
/, "Son and brother, sin no morej bu
straightway take the pestferous pubhco
tions out Of your papers"
Nothing that is unfit to be read alout
in company Of ladies aud gentlemen
[ should appear in newspaper. Appl
n this rule rigidly and the country pres
d will always be welcome vlsitant int
> every family circle.
D 8. Establish, as far as practical, fai
a and lHvdriaJle prices for papers, adUerti.
r ing and job lDOrk. Experience prove
,, that the country printer cannot "mak
p, both ends meet" without liberal patro1
n age, exclusive Of subscriptions. The pric
n Of advertising and job work, can be Q
+ certainly fixed as the price Of any othC
Il labor, but the charges Of printers are o
n ten as variant as the party-colored ga
d ments Of Joseph. / have known a co
IS umn Of patent medicines to be inscrtC
Il for twenty dollars year, while Sheriff
l. Sale, ofthe same length, would be charl
n ed a greater sum for five weeks. Exto
y tomato bills, for legal advertising, Of a
y kinds, urc very common, while starvin
y rates are charged for publishing lies abol
2, miserable nostrums which the publ
a ought to avoid as they would the plague
d 4, AuOfd fRGtfing." There is notl
y ing so injurious to the printing bushes
g as the reprehensible practice Of 'rattlng
y What is the origin Of the term / kno
c not but il is used by the craft TO chara'
g terize a person who works below estal
lished prices. The rat belongs 10 th
"genus Mus" a rodent quaduped that il
tests houses, stores, and ships; trouble
Is some race Of animals, that every one Dc
n tests. He is a burrowing, undermining
sneaking, cowardly fellow, and so is d
proprietor or iousneyman, who "cuts VI
o der" . fair, customary price, ostablishc
Ir by general usage. In 1920, when / worl
?, ed as jomneyman, at Columbus, anon
i some forty or fifty clever typos, the per
q atty for receiving less than twenty-fy
l. cents a thousand ems, was "aplitting ope
a the ball Of the thumb" The punishmeI
r was severe and unjustifable, but far LEI
a severe than the contempt and scorn wit
10 which the rat was treated. | never cor
d versed with a printer, who did no; depr'