The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-28
Old and New JoSrnatissn-Tn~ h''e
Newsps perx Of AmericS.

Iae country editors aad third rate Guy Jour
Ga!ists are making voeat ehorts al powerful
writing on the editoria! career aad 'f-efalness
81 the late Mr. Gales. OF Washington.
This gentleman and his journal, the Nat;ona,
YoitQioencer. belonged to one Of the older stra.
tifications of journalism. which has beeu koown
of late years rs the fossil formation. The pa
per itself has been long looked upon as very
old fashioned curiosity, and its editor respected
IS pleasant specimen of bygoae times.
Neither the journal nor the man bore any other
relation to the present age than that Of pen
sioner who had known and talked face to face
with our grandfathers; and on this ground alone
Congress has admitted. year after year. Into the
estimates of public expenditure. an item for
their support, in the shape of a SOP Of the pub
lie printing. The writer's who are making such
an ado about his Career comprehend the
age in which they live aud the events
which are passing around them IA little
az did the subject Of their eulogiuus During
the latter period of the lifetime OF tae National
effected in the American press. which has al
ready triumpbed here, and is beginning to make
its impression upon journalism in Europe The
representatives OF that revolution are the indie
pendent press Of New York. which constitutes
an intellectual Congress in permanent session
here the events of the day are discussed. its
ideas analysed. and the hearing and develope-
ment of both logically demonstrated aud fore
Swallowed.
The difference between the American press
and that of Europe is very marked. We need
not refer to that of France, for in fact no press
exists in the present French empire. Journal
ism there has sunk into its aboriginal state
psmphleteeripg. All public and political ques-
tions are now discussed in pamphlets. OF which
three or four issued daily. not unfrequeatly
on the same subject In England which boasts
OF her free press. journalism consists Of the
elaborate essay formerly issued in pamphlet
form, but now published in columns. with se-
ries Of stiff and formal Parliamentary and police
reports. and advertisements attached. to make I'D
the newspaper form. To read understandingly
any single issue of the leading London jour
nails a man must have gone through collegiate
course, be familiar with the classics and ancient
my thoiogy. and have an extensive acquaintance
with the titled nobodies of the Old World The
German press is characterized By an intense
love Of mysticism on one side, and violent ad-
miration for imprachcsble distractions on the
other, and all OF them are strongly swayed by
prejudice and class affiliations. The only jour-
nails in Europe which really publish independ-
ent articles and truthful expositions OF events
and ideas are some two or three tina! have been
established under Russian influence.
The independent press of the United States
belongs to an entirely different order of things
Ii is the creation of our unparalleled eOcial
growth, and forms living part thereof. In
Europe an exaggerated individualisun stimu-
laes. controls and cramps the social develope-
ment A Louis Napoleon in France shapes
everything. In England Palmcrston and a
Russell alternate in the direction Of politics. d
Brougham ru!es in literature, and in every
field some one or two individuals
are found, beyond whom no colaborer
must advance. Ideas are, in fact. ruled by men.
Here, on the contrary, individuaiism sinks in
are prominent for time, as they ride on or re-
presen. the ruling idea; but new thought,
different intellectual impulse. another Geld OF
social development, presents itself, and the lead
or Of yesterday sinks into the crowd Of follow
ers Of to-day. Hence the vitality, the many
sidedness. the influence, of the Independent
press Of America. 1t clings to no man or
clique, 10 no idea or school Of ideas, ne per-
manency. 1t discusses. analyses. aud accepts
or rejects events. ideas. men and things. as they
rise. and. separating the wheat from the chad,
gives the latter to the wind and the former TO
the gamers of intellect. constituting perfect
record and history of its time. 1t forms part
of oar growth under our peculiar institutions,
ana on its part contributes largely to that
growth. with a power which the stiff e,abora-
lions of such old fashioned journals as the M
ionGi In.eRigenoer and It's oompeers never knew
and never can achieve. Mr.. Gales was very
reutlcInanly man in his way, but he could not
n'skc live newspaper.
Tm P,rcHrn Ur ALLIANCE N NV Ji.ssFV.
The alliance patched up few days ago at
Trcaion. New Jersey. between the Americans
and the de mocracy, about which much fuss
is made is silly in the extreme. There ought
to be only one simple ticket. and no artificial
complicated oontrivances to gaia MI end which
cannot be reached by open aud direct means.
The arrangement made in New Jersey only rem
ders that State the more secure Tor Lincoln.
Th.. nronev coursa WAS Ia have Withdrawn Fell
aud permit the conservative elements to ooacen-
tratc upon single man. This L. the oaly way
the election can bee won and Lincoln defeated.
As for such ingenious devices as that adopted
at Trenton, they only suggest the idea Of nual-
her OF drowning men who cannot swim. but
splash in the water and grasp at every straw.
or catch their companions by the nsir OF the