New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-13


genuine dispatches. "Pray," said Martin Chuz-
zlewt to the editor of the New-Iork Rowdy
Journal, "may | venture to ask whether the
Popular Instructor often deals in-I am at a
Gloss to express it without giving you oifense-
:" in forgery2 In forged letters, for instance r
"Well, Sir" replied the Colonel, ait does, now
"and then" "And the popular instructed,
what do they ~ "Buy 'em."
We need hardly say that the MOuntebank
theory and the Dummy theory
THE TRIBUNE has always held in equal aver
sion We do not believe that the public need
to be startled into buying a newspaper, pro-
vided the paper is q good one, or that any
paper can be a good one whose chief purpose
is to attract notice. Editors, like other people,
must live by their calling; but making money
ought not to be the sole aim of their exist
ence, and they will not continue to make money
very long if their newspapers are like the
peddler'5 razOrs-made not TO cut but TO SELL
Neither will prosperity reward the Journalist
who puts his trust in humbug and treats the
public like children who cannot tell the genu-
inc from the sham. Men in general are not
FOOLS they learn in time all the secrets OF
Goals and soda, empty bottles, secondhand
leeches, and drawers that dc MT open, and they
pin their faith to tho conscientious and enter
prisng journals with whom telling the exact
truth is the first principle of action, and tell
ing it so that people can understand 1t Is the
second. Newspaper enterprise in these days is
shown. BY sparing neither ingenuity nor
money in getting the freshest interesting intel
lgence; and 2. BY employing the best avail
Al. Il nj N
journalism. Let us remind our readers of two
or three conspicuous instances which have re-
Gently illustrated our idea of making news
paper Mr.. Seward has just made remark
able Journey through Mexico, as the guest OF
the nation. Here was our most distinguished
statesman accepting the Inequalities OF the
country with which our relations are most IN
innate the tour was certain to be interesting
and might become important. We engaged an
accomplished and experienced correspond
ent to accompany the ex-Secretary and his
letters have supplied the only information
which has reached the public concerning
the incidents of the journey. When all
America was interested in the boat race on
the Thames, we had the three best men in
England TO write us an account of 1t, namely,
NUuIlcS htdutt i IOlildo liuShSot UNIV pNN'HN
w. Smalley. When Sainte Beuve died,
graphic correspondent in Paris sketched for US
his history described the remarkable scene ut
his funeral. and told us the curious particulars
of his eccentric life, while one of the most
accomplished of American critics clearly re-
viewed his place in literary history. In this
THE TRIBUNE stood entirely alone The his
tory of the Powell Expedition through the
Colorado Canon, which may be said TO have
solved the last problem of American geography
was first made public in our pages; we were
the first to announce the discovery of the
stone giant of Cardiff, and to describe its
appearance we have given within the
last few months an elaborate series OF
letters by a keen observer describing the con-
dition and prospects of the South and West;
and this morning our ~ broad columns contain
fresh evidence of our care in procuring con-
tributons 10y the very best writers and experts
on all tho attractive topics of the day These
hrc not isolated instances, nor do we refer to
them in Wanting spirit They are cited
merely as recent and ready examples of the
kind Of enterprise which people now demand
from every frst-c class newspaper and no paper
which does not manifest such enterprise can
expect TO hold a place in the front rank OF
journalism.