St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-23

been unable to effect an organization,
and scores of representatives, III
certain contingency, have threatened
r. dissolve the Union, and involve the
country in fratricdal war, and yet
,L, press of one half of the Conted-
,ra.v has failed to hurl its tlundcrs at
the authors of these trcasonable sen
,iments Both parties justify their
course. aud if the half were true, that
i, written of the present Representa-
tivos at Washington, they rival IN
yiIlainy the Conventions that sat IN
the French Revolution of '92. The
press, influenced by designing poll
ticiaps who want office, is responsible
for this state of things, and ought i'm.
,neliately to commence the work Of
reformation. 1t ought to assert and
declare its independence maintain
principles, without regard to men or
party cxpediency refuse to change, |
at the bidding of dcmagogues to pro-
mote ambitious ends, doctrines found
ed in conviction and designed to pro-
mote the public veal ; refuse to sus-
tain for Office, even though party nomi-
nees, men of prolligate morals con-
denim, with an unsparing hand, what
is wrong in your own party, no mat
ter what may be the consequences
and, by all means, by word and action,
let the world know and the dema-
gogue, too, that you publish free
press, unawed by influence and un-
bribed by gain"
1t should be our aim, in all contro-
versics with each other, to observe
the same dccorum in language that
we'll bred gentlemen use in social in
tercourse and in speaking OF our
public men, dennnciation and bitter
ness ought to be seduously avoided.
If the language of the press, during
an excited political canvass, were re-
ceived as truth, our candidates Tor
President and Vice President, are bet
ter deserving incarceration i'll the Pen
itentiary than Executive honors. We
are on the eve of the Presidential cleo
ton can we not, though radically
differing on important political ques
tiops. treat each other with candor
courtesy and respect? What is there
in the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty
or Congressional prohibition OF Slave
nv. that should induce us to use III
temperate language Calm and dis
passionate discussion, not defamation
and abuse" nothing extehuate " that
is wrong on one side, nor set down
au~ht in malice" OH the other-would
soon, if persisted in, reform the morals
and manners Of the press and cntltlc
it to the respect, confidence and lib,
cral patronage of the people. A po'
litical victory, won by Islander, deta
nation and abuse, like all wrong and
Injustice, will ultimately return to
plague aud torment its authors. Sut
iicient unto the end is the means there
Of" embraces piratical sentiment
that ought TO bc frowned down 10y
every honorable and high-mindcd cdi
tor.
9. Publish nothing Of an immoral len
Gency.-Nothing that is unfit to b'
read aloud, in company of ladie
and gentlemen, should appear in
newspaper. Apply this rule rigid
and the country press will always b
a welcome vistant into every faml
circle.
3. Establish as far as practical, fan
and inrariobie prices for papers, adrerti
ing and job Uork--Experience prove
that the country printer cannot max
both ends meet" without liberal pa
ronage, exclusive of subscriptions
The price of advertising and job worl
can be as certainly fixed as the prio
of any other labor, but the charges
printers are often as variant as til
party-colorcd garments of Joseph.
4. Aroid RoHing"- is notl
ing so injurious to the printing bus
ness as the reprehensible practice {
rafting" What is the origin of tn
term know not but it is used b
the craft to characterize person VIII
works below established prices. TIL
rat belongs to the "genus Mus" r.
dent quadruped that infests house
stores and ships troublesome RAJ
of animals, that every one detest
He is burrowing, undermining
sncaking, cowardly fellow, and so
the proprietor or journeyman, wi
"cuts under" a fair, customary pric
established by general usage. ne
CIR conversed with printer, who di
not dcprecate and denounce the pra
tice to which alude Why cannc
publishers meet together, in kin
and fraternal spirit, and agree on II
prices they will charge publish the
and infexibly adhere to them !?
this impracticablc =? Is there no no
or among the members of the craft
This practice of rafting" amor
publishers is rapidly destroying Il
business. 1t not only cuts off ia
profits, but makes the printer and Il
employer both supcrlativcly mea
The latter desiring to get his VOL
done very cheap, whenever he has
card to print or an advertisement
insert, moves round the town al
plays the jew to perfection. He cal
ON A. then on b, G and ID, down to Y
X, Y, z and lizard lizard gets t
job i! What is his inference VIII
that all the alphabet of Printers a
rascals and eXtortionists, and liza
is besides, Rat
5. PuGng.-A rcprehensible pra
tcc prevails of indiscriminately pr
fling everything. The influence of e
itors is materially lessenel, aud Il
people, believing the puils are die,
ted by sinister considerations, do n
credit what they say. Nobody, I
example, credits the statement that
sells goods at twenty five per Gel
less than b, or that Mr. Swagger bu
exclusively for cash, and can, the
fore, undcrsell everybody else \
Flash-in-the-pan, or the man who sc
for cost, is known in every commul
ty to he either a bankrupt or dcstin'
to speedy emigration to Californ.
A mere notice Of an advertisement
sufficient.
6. The Creda System. The create
affection of the country printer, is Il
Credit System. 1t ought to be aba
doned at once. There is no class