The New York herald., 1866-07-05
Tho Day We Have Celsbrated-The New
Idea.

The Day We Have Celsbrated-The New
Idea.
The reports which we publish this morning
from oil quarters Of the Union Of the celebra-
ton of "the glorious Fourth" will satisfy our
readers that the nations anniversary is still
faithfully remembered by the American people,
and Is not likely soon to be forgotten. In thus
spreading before him the incidents and acci-
dents of the Fourth, in the paper which is
served with his morning coffee on the 9Th, the
intelligent metropolitan reader will appreciate
the value OF the reform which has been effected
in this matter by the HERALD. From l776 to
the year of grace 1865 the custom was OBJ
served among our city dailies Of closing up
their Offices on New Years Day and the Fourth
Of July, whereby they were compelled to dis
pense with the issue Of paper in each case on
the next day. Hence the I'd Of January and
the 9Th of July, In this city, being without
the usual morning papers, had become the
dullest and the blankest days Of the calendar.
until the HERALD determined to put an end to
this old slow coach fashion Of shutting up shop
when the wants Of the public most required
that it be kept open. as tafe
No sooner, however, do we try this popular
experiment than most Of our daily contempo-
raries, as usual, make haste 10 follow our ex-
ample, and TO claim share In the honors Of
the dscovery-that we can assist in celebrat-
ing even the glorious Fourth, and still furnish
sufficient inducements to our patriotic work
men to get out paper on the quiet 9th. We
still find, however, some Of the old Aminidab
Sleek school of moral reformers here and
there, whose patriotic veneration for the
Fourth Of July deters them from the expense
of getting out paper on the 9th, and who
have such pious regard for the Christian
Sabbath that although they work oil the day
they cannot bear to publish the results Of their
Sunday or Saturday labos till Monday morn
ing.
Such shallow pretensions OF piety and
patriotism are only the silly trick Of the
ostrich Of hiding his head In the sand under
the delusion that his body thus becomes invisi-
BILE to the naked eye Of the Arab. They are
very absurd devices, but they are also
very amusing. On the other hand that en-
which keeps their eyes open to the course Of
the HERALD, and which teaches them in adopt
Ing our rcformatons Of the old newspaper
system TO claim them as their own, is likewise
a very interesting feature Of modern journal
ism. Thus between the pretenders to . superior
quality Of piety and patriotism who hang
behind, and those industrious imitators In jour-
nslistic enterprise who appropriate our iyi-
provcments as their own, In their efforts 10
keep up, the HERALD maintains, and, from lis
experience and resources, knows bow 70 main.
tain, It's commanding position as The pioneer of
the progressive American newspaper press Of
the nineteenth century. In this view, morn
ing paper on the sth Of July, as on any other
day, becomes, in this city with some halsng
old slow coach exceptions), one more 10 the
many innovations on the old newspaper sys-
TEN, which the example Of the HERALD has In
troduced into the new and established order Of
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