The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-20
The Public Press--lts Drawbacks.

The Public PreSs-lts Drawbacks.
The conductors Of the Press are
bound to supply their readers with
real and reliable facts, bearing upon
all the topics on which they may
deem it to be their duty to write.
To cram a newspaper, magazine, or
book, with any trash, twaddle, i'm
beetle nonsense, or polluting filth,
that is sent to the editor, or that
rushes into his brains, is always q
proof of ignorance or rascality.
Newspapers and magazines, made
up Of scraps and bits of empty
jargon, pOAuting hints, disgusting
anecdotes, personal abuse, and of
private, or family matters, dragged
forth to the light of day, and pub
ished to the world, to crafty
personal spleen, and to injure men
whose good works, and virtues, the
"accusers of the brethren" can
neither appreciate, nor initiate,
ought to be thrown at once into the
fire, by every v~irtuous parent,
master, and official citizen. The
literature which is made up in
whole, or in part, of the poison of
asps, nightshade, and hemlock, is
not to be tolerated. Away from
Gods earth, with all such literature.
Parents, Ministers of the Gospel,
Justices of the Peace, masters of
servants, Judges at the Bar, we call
upon you all to unite to crush and
annihilate, forever and eternally,
MI such condemned trash.
As the true end of law is the
prevention of crime, even so, the
true end of the Public Press, is the
prevention Of crime, and the difPu.
sion of sound, healthy, and truthful
information, on all topics and
subjects adapted to promote the
social, physical, and moral elevation
of society. The thoughtless are
not aware of the fearful and ever
lasting evils inflicted on society, by
the million pens at work, night
and day, in Europe and America,
to supply the rising generation with
the poison Of eternal death.
The great drawback, so far as
the Newspaper Press is concerned,
is the want of men, as editors,
capt to teach" There are plenty
of fools in the world, apt to talk,
but we want, and greatly need, men
as editors, who are CAPT TO TEACH"
Never before did our afflicted and
distracted America stand so much
in need of such men. Too many
newspapers are far more indebted
to blunt scissors, than to acute
brains, for their contents.
There is, however, a cause for
this drawback 10 the public press.
In this country, it is not a re-
markable thing to meet with an
editor of q newspaper to-day, who
was a store-keeper, or a mechanic,
n short time back. Now, while
we cheerfully admit, and are fully
prepared to prove, that some of the
greatest men the world ever saw,
rose, step by step, from the lowest
strata of society, to high and infu-
entail eminence,-we must contend
that no position occupied by men
in general, is more important, OF
requires more thoroughly trained
educated, and experienced men
than that occupied by the con
ductors of our periodical literature
In our large cities, the editors 0
papersand magazines are, in gener
al, men of ~frst.class, aud know
talents, great experience, sound edu
cation, and popular sympathie'
a man who cannot love, admire
and enter fully into the worship G
genius, cannever become apopula
and soundwritcr, oYausefal authol