Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-22
Country Newspapers.

The leading men of our party are becom-
ing fully awakened to the influence welded
by the interior press, politically, and are
urging upon members of the organization
the advisability of increasing their circula-
ton by every means in their power. The
country newspaper reaches those who never
take the trouble to listen to speeches, and
whom documents never reach. Although
almost every one is anxious to read his coun-
ty paper, the solicitude, in many instances,
is not deep enough to reach the pocket.
How many there are who cheat the printer
besides those who subscribe and do not pays
those who borrow from their neighbor. we
mean. As general thing. country editors
are not troubled by "Income Tax" Collect
ors; not many of them are "rolling in
wealth." They are the hardes: working
members of party and reap the least re-
ward for their labors. If the party wins,
they are afforded the inestimable privilege of
throwing up their hats and hurrahing for
the successful nominees-"only this, and
nothing more" If the ticket is beaten, ten
chances to one the blame of defeat is laid at
the door of the 'paper." 1t is ''heads win,
tails you lose," all the time. In some in
stances, not even the county printing is Civ
en- to the organ of the party, when success
full; "loyal" Boards of Supervisors having
been known to give Copperhead papers the
preference, or send their work below. We
have received circular which the National
Union Republican Committee of this State
is distributing among Union men, in relation
to this matter, from which we extract the
following:
Wherever the fault exists, it should
be removed. There is an tasy and speedy
remedy which should be applied at once:
subscribe for your country party paper
give it your countenance ard encourage
ment. It will cost you almost Eothing.
Not Union man in California will miss the
price of years subscription to Country
Newspaper. 1t is nothing to the individual:
it is everything to the paper. 1t will double
its usefulness by allowing it to throw off
dead matter and carry more of interest to
the reader. With increased circulation will
come increased patronage, until in short
time the "dead and alive" paper, whose life
seemed almost as much q miracle as was the
feeding of the multitude. will become Wig
orous, sprightly, and thrifty teacher. capa-
BILE of being of real service to the party.
There is no subject that can engage the at
tention of the earnest. thoughtful men of the
party Of more importance than the one under
discussion. 1t is impossible for this Com
mittee to extend the aid to large number
of our party papers that seems to be imper-
itively demanded. Nor should the party
wish it. 1t is not the kind of aid that is of
permanent value. If we mean to win, not
merely this fight but a long succession of po-
litical battles, till the old Secession Demo-
cratic party is utterly dead and buried. we
must build up our country organs. We must
give them permanent prosperity and not q
mere temporary stimulant, the good effects
of which are gone the moment election is
over. Make them what they should be and
they viii be really the leaders and teachers
of the people. In every School District. in
every Club. in every neighborhood where
there il one earnest Union man, there an
effort should be made to get subscribers to
the party newspaper. All that it needs to
ensure success, is for some one to properly
present the matter to his friends and neigh
bors in every school district. Will not our
friends see that this thing is donea 1t is
the easiest and simplest thing in life to place
our party press in a position of Independence
and usefulness. Do this and you will have
aided materially in carrying this State for
Grant and Colfax, besides having done
something towards q victory in the '.nex,
war"