Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-10-29


For the first, we must give the pro-
prietors Of the radical press, from the
New York Tribune down to the Omaha
Republican, due praise for the persis-
tance with which they have forced
their newspapers on the public; and
to the masses of the radical party
credit for the willingness with which
they support their partiZan literature.
In that respect they do well. Yet, in
doing so, an amount of bigOtry and
intolerance is manifested that is absO-
lutely surprising. By means Of can
vassers sent out without regard 70
expense, by attractive premium lists,
by clubs, campaign rates, and all the
artful lodges known in advertising,
the radical newspapers get great eiieu-
latiOns, and then by system Of the
most plausible, and therefore the most
wicked lying, get hold Of the popular
heart, and prevent, (by actual adVicel
the denials or refutatiOns Of the false
hood from being read by their readers.
Thousands of men have voted this
fall in favor of the radical theory Of
government, who blindly swear by
those mendaciOus sheet the Tri6Unes
of New York and Chicago, and VINO
have not read one word during the
whole season from a decent democratic
newspaper or a speech by a conserve
tive statesman. Such electors can
not cast a ballot UNDERSTANDABLE.
They know as much what they are
voting upon and about, as the follow
ers Of Buhdism know of right and
wrong, when never having read any
thing of christianity they chuck the
missionaries into the Ganges because
they preach about strange gods.
We may be told with some show OR
truth that for one-sided reading demo
Gratis are just as bad as their OppOnents.
1t is true, but in q much smaller and
different degree. The democrats do
not read, or at least do not supp5rt
their party press. We know that the
Press Of Nebraska City eirculates
nearly two thousand copies Of its
weekly edition, and that the Nsz1s
Office sends out about 500. The cOun-
try circulation Of the Omaha ReDubli-
can Is over five times that Of the Her
aid. The BrOwnviIle AdUertiser has
six or seven times, and the Journal
three or four times the weekly issue OF
the Democrat. A voting population
" 1DAAAC 0yD nEAAlIAhla III Af1tae EWLMEH
does not try to support a county paper:
while from the 750 radicals therein the
Herald proprietor makes q decent lfv-
ing. OHe.fO1rth Of the democrats IN
Lancaster county subscribe for tha
Statesman, while tbree-fOlErths Of the
radicals patrOniZe the Commonwealth.
If Democrats do not patrOnize their
own literature; and the majority OF
radicals pay exclusive devotion to their
own, we do not see how it is possible
for the truth ever to reach those who
are in error. When democrats viii
support their own newspapers, and
when radicals viii read "bOth sides. %
think for themselves, and for them
selves pick out the kernels Of truth
from the skucks Of error, we shall
then be sure, that whatever wav non
ular elections may 60, honest eonvie-
tons by the people viii be at the bot-
tom Of their policy, and that leaders
chosen 70 carry out policies founded
upon honest convictions wfll not 20
far out Of the path of rectitude before
they will be checked in their course.
.-Nsb. Statesman.