Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-25
D1sMTEREsTFD ADVISERS.

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1t IS considered BY the most.euinsn4
theologians that the statement that alt is
more blessed to give than receive" is in
tended to apply solely to adrice. We
are and havebeen during many years of
editorship, the recipients of advice ad
''a"'son', and such we suppose has been
the case with every publisher since the
invention of the 'printing press. How
ever much the giving of advice may graft
fly the giver, we are certain that the re-
ception of it is q nuisance and fortunes
the recipient into the sin of ingratitude.
Most lavishly is it dealt out whenever
any great question is agitating the public
mind and into the discussion of which the
press sees proper to take part. Then
flock about the editorial sanctum, and as
sail the editorial person on the highway,
a host of advisers, all disinterested, OF
course, and. all ac,uated solely by de-
sire for the prosperity of the editor. His
experience in the conduct of newspapers
is supposed to have taught him nothing;
while his advisers who never wrote line
or owned a type are supposed to tho
roughly understand the whole matter by
mere intuition. We have host of such
friends, who stand ready and eager to
grasp the helm of the GOLD HILL News
and steer it clear of the sands and reefs OF
unpopularity upon which it, ever and
anon, threatens to totally wreck itself.
ain the multitude of councillors is wis
DOM" SAYS the proverb. In the multi
tude of pilots there is much danger. So
diverse are these advisers in opinion, that
were we to avoid the Scylla pointed out
BY the one, we should rush upon the
Charybdis of the other; and were we dis
posed to listen TO the warnings of all, we
should i1sheer bewilderment and terror
be constrained to let go our anchor at
once. Just at the present writing there
are matters of interest before the public,
properly the subject of journalistic COM
ment, and we, of course, have our say
in the discussion. As an inevitable con-
sequence we are overwhelmed with ad-
vice. To save needless trouble on the
art of our anxious friends, we state plain
", and wish to be understood, that We
have sufficient confidence in our own sa-
gacity, in our knowledge of the profess
sion which has been the business of our
life, to feel perfectly safe in padding our
own canoe. When we think we stand in
need of advice, we shall ask for it. If
error in judgment brings US to wreck and
ruin, we know of none of our advisers
who will be pecuniarily damaged by the
disaster. The two leading themes of
public discussion at the present juncture,
are the Senatorial question and the pro-
posed consolidation" measure. Upon
the first, we have merely spoken in gene
raj terms. We have given some of our
views as to the wants of the State, and
have mentioned some of the qualifications
that We deemed indispensable in United
States Senator's, and specified others
which we deemed insufficient. We have
never mentioned a name, nor pointed di-
rectly to any individual as the object Of
our choice, or of our disapprobation.
We have, however, it would seem, in set
ting forth qualifications, manufactured
coats which certain aspirants have eagerly
tried on and found them to fit. 1t is
their fault if the garments don't set them
of as objects Of public admiration. We
never invited them into our tailor-shop.
We shall continue to give our views upon
this as upon every other question which
interests US; having both moral and
legal right so to do, by virtue of our citi-
zenship. Upon the question of con-
solidation" we have expressed-no settled
opinion for the very excellent reason that
we have not formed one. We shall en-
deavor to inform ourselves fully upon the
point, and when our opinion is formed
we shall state it clearly and unmistake-
ably and endeayor to give cogent reasons
for that opinion. Our interests are iden-
tilted with those of Gold Hill and its
people, and whatever measures we deem
calculated to advance those interests we
shall earnestly advocate, and our volun-
teer corps of advisers are respectfully IN
formed that all menaces or warnings
about unpopularity" will fall upon our
ears as unheeded as the snowflake falls
upon the rock.