The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-01-26
'rhc Present Crisis--Its effects. ON
Newspaper Enterprise.

are 80 hppncabie 10 tne COistitutionai ana
TO this section. that we cannot refrain
from publishing them entire, with n hope
that they will be appreciated in the right
spirit:
Ii il n matter Of surprise with some To-
fecting minds, that we have 80 many rise
acroS in our midst There are men in this
community who seem TO know all about
ovcrybody's business but their own. They
can tell you who is making money aud
who is not ; who il charitable and who IL
parsimonious; who, sincere nthrir profess
sions ol Christianity and who tho veriest
hypocritcs that have lived since the day Of
iharisce. Among such we class those who
refuse to pay thcir bills to the Express,
accompanying such reiuFal with the inya-
riablc remark, that newspapers do not need
money that they, Of all other enterprises,
present the remarkable anomaly Of being
able 10 live aud flourish without means or
encouragement If any kind whatever SO
sincere do these persons appear in their
assertions, that they seemed 20 have Great
ed the impression among many much bet
ter, but not quite 80 aciSe aB thcmsclver,
that the present crisis which has brought
about such financial depression and gcncr-
al paral yiis OF business, has proved great
y bcnc.c al to the newspapers.
We know nothing of the affairs Of our
contemporaries, but with the Express such
has not been the case in the broad and un-
limited sense which these modern Solons
would cndcayor TO make people believe
That the circulation of the paper has re-
Gently increased in n ratio hitherto with
out precedent in lis history. we do no. de-
ny. Further, that it is this day better
advertising medium than ever. is also I'M
d"niably true. But the great events which
are now agitating this country from its
centre 10 It's circumference, have excited n
desire for the earliest information which is
lrrcprcssiblc; and to crafty this desire,
Inns taxed our lime, our energies aud our
cNchcqucr, TO degree hitherto unknown.
Tor more ll,an three weeks past, we may
say since the Presidential election, the gns
hghts IN our composing and editorial rooms
have not with scarcely an exception, been
cXtinguished before O'Clock n. No and
our tclrgraphicl dispatches have been Of a
length absolutely ilightml to those who
foot the ILL.,. In ihc single issue Of FIJI
day last, .Ihe dispatches sent expressly 10
this paper, (and The centre expense ofwhich
was borne solcly by the Esp e.s, occupied
four solid columns Of ourthrJ page. Every
line Of this intelligence reached NJ after
! lOp. Va, and of course had 10 appear in
the nest morning Issue, or rlsebr thrown
away. Aud TO cap The climax, the bill oi
the Tel ogralh Company az. inst the Tx
pres 'lIuc. rendered On Saturday la-t.
wa "iol Of, whic, WAS promptly paid,
AMI We l1yc tie co.npauy's receipt before
u. 1i. viii ~ or Icadcrs ON i'll "a
OF what1h' cNcIi.ug events in Congress
and South Carolina lat week have cost
the rrapriclors Of this paper.
Ihat paper published in acommunity
Numbering less than 2J,OOO inhabitants,
5000 81 whom are blacks, and Of cuurc
contribute little to the support Of paper,
can afford to meet such EXPENSE, We know
viii be- "A miltcr Of universal eurmiso.-
Nor can any person successfully 10 it, cN-
,rp; by adopting and adlicriug to asy,trlu
I - ~ J
ticIr of it, income. This system ia the
one c.qcliu., coH paynlrut.-a system
which wr are cnd.ayaring in introd,,rc. ana
vli,, vc are more ihru rv.,. convinced i
the yr.y bet for all uiiii,.-.ur pa,r,r,,.
as v,l ~ ourselves.
Cur collectors infar.au- ,hat N,oy ire
COTS. n!,y nat with irfr.a!4 to .u4, NJ mr..
/ Il II q q
mii,I neatly, -.a" urrra pnabi' and ire
vDc"' patron declare. "" "lc IN devil oi
- h"Iy iur ON money. We answer TIA
SO ar,; tha, alI hIlls for transient adyrr-
ting arr lac when pc"n'cd, and that
those who are Mt willing f. conform 10
such t",u# Lu.t DO one Of $40 things
not advertise in this paPorat all, or else
pay in 0drof'". We viii not submit to
such injustice, or have those in our"mploy
subjected 70 -urhirraimc"t Cur columns
shall hc closed to aIl who attempt 10 prac-
tire" it. An"vPrrinr" Of fifteen year IL