New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-09
SUSTAINING THE REPUBLICAN PRESS.

SUSTAINING THE REPUBLICAN, PRESS.
Itis an established principle in national
and State administrations that official pat
Fonage should be directed into the col
umns Of papers representing the dominant
party. The result of this is that State,
municipal, and judicial advertisements are
by law published only in certain papers
representing the political views of the ma
jority. In all the Northern States this
principle is recognized, and it not unfre.
quently happens that the journals selected
fer the publication of official advertise
ments and official proceedings have COM
paratively limited circulation. For in
stance the Sherif7s advertisements in New
York city and county are, or have been,
published in journal that has exceedingly
few readers.
Believing in the justice of their cause
and the correctness of their principles, the
dominant party does right in comforting
public patronage upon the public Journal
representing and advocating these priDci-
pies. In the Southern States Wing and
Democratic administrations bestowed Off
cial and public patronage upon journals in
the interest of these respective administra-
tons. The people and the politicians saw
no wrong, and discovered no outraged law
in this. =
Tennessee enacted law requiring Off
cial and judicial advertisements to be pub
ished in papers designated by the Govern
or in each Congressional District. Thus a
Republican State administration gave pa
tronage to Republican papers. North Caro-
lima has sweeping law which directs all
Jtate, judicial, and municipal patronage
in one political channel. Tie Alabama
Legislature created law empowering the
Governor to select papers for the publica-
lion Of official advertisements. Unwisely,
Governor Smith did not discriminate in ia
'f Republican papers, and the result is,
here is no Republican press adequate to
The necessity of sustaining the Republican
party. The Georgia Legislature elected |
he proprietor of the atlanta Ne,, Era State |
printer and publisher Of the official pro.
,eedings of the Legislature.
In Louisiana pernicious, bitter, unscru-
,ulous press in many of the parishes has
been sustained by official and judicial pat
enage. The present Legislature, has, how
yer, wisely enacted that all this patronage
hall be taken from press that has done
Is best to poison the public mind and ere
tie an erroneous public sentiment, hostile.
s the Republicans think, to the real in.
erests of the State and national govern
lents, and of the majority of the people.
The Republican party can not be sus.
lined without The aid of the Republican
ress in any part of the South, and without
icial patronage no Republican paper can
Hist for any considerable period in the
1uth.
This paper, the New Orleans REpuB
CAN, is acknowledged TO be the leading
epublican paper in the South, even If it
ay not come up to the expectations of
'me of Its political friends, as it certainly
'es not reach the high standard its pro-
'ietor would rejoice to have it attain.
Our Republican friends at the North
we no idea Of the enormous expense at
nding the publication Of papers in the /,
'uth. Every item connected with the D
Iblication of a paper is heavier than in g
y other part of the country except Cali I
mia, and there the advantage is possessed
a currency thst is not deprecated. 7
The pay of printers here is larger than
y where on the Atlantic slope of the
Iited States, the bill for dispatches BY
egraph are higher, the salaries Of EN-. r
Dyes in every department are greater.
d there is this fact also to be considered,
at in the preiudiced state of the public
nd business patronage is almost entirely
thheld from Republican papers in the
nth.
The darkest day is over. Republican 3
pers are multiplying in the country par +
les of Louisiana, and their influence in :.
Omoting the cause of the Republican p
rty, by defending the right and assailing a
wrong, viii be felt in the approaching 6
election.