The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-05

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Of ihe MOST yaluel correspondents ef lbe
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yea hasg conducted ue iprRNs 81. you
have probably found oit tbe htl that
The liiraolEtw -papcrmaa Is one 81 labor,
and ooustau, anxiety in trying 20 please
bis patrons, and al the same time spstau
a high tone ia the sentiments and morals
inculeated Ia editorials, communications
aud selections, aud sou must have also
learned by chi. timc, that the respousi.
bilities you thus incur are yery great.
That Yen have succeeded IN your new
enterprise is certified by the steady in-
crease Of your subscriber. aud the con
slant approval o, the readers ofthe Jotg-
Nn. Looking at the success Of your
paper thus iar, has led me to essay u
few words IN relation to newspapers 10
general. The power Of the newspaper
press !. universally admitted by all IN
ielligent persons, yet, we doubt very
much, i even they properly realize The
extent TO which a newspaper influences
the opinions OF its readers, changes thc
customs Of communities, dpens and
controls its politics, advances or relards
rs progress, There are also some III
every community who DO not hesitate 70
show their ignorance, BY decrying this
power, and snecriug at is influences
such, will generally be found TO be those
who have felt its threats or are enyious
of It's power, or may be afraid of the
time when their own meanness aud faults
will be reported through It's columns.
The man of money, on the great land
owner, swelled with sell-importancc Of
ten expresses such opinions, but at the
same time the editor of the little country
weekly, Is a greater power and exerls
a greater influence in the county than
all the rich men in it. Yet how quickly
is all changed, even with such, if any Of
them have an axe of their own to grind or
a pet project to be carried, they fly % the
nearest paper. It's columns are filed by
them, and the newspaper is the most
important instrument brought to bear
for their schemes or work. The truth Is,
no class Of men expend so much unre-
Quilted time in behalf Of educational and
public enterprises Of all kinds, and IN ad-
yanclng the pecuniary interests Of indi- |
yiduals, as the newspaper conductors.
Every community, and every business
man owes debt Of gratitude which can
never be fully appreciated or repaid. 1t Z.
is now the great educator Of tie masses.
To how many persons is the newspaper
the encyclopedia of knowledge to which |
they look for information. A newspaper
when conducted with intelligence and
candor, acquires the confidence OF its
readers, and exerts an influence hardly |
equaled by any other single educational
force. How binding then is the duty of
any community possessing such an engine
Of power for good or evil, to sustain it in /
Its every effort to civilize and educate its
many pupils, and to direct its power in
the right way, and for the good of the
where it is located. True,
we may not endorse all its editorials or
agree with the many ideas of its different
still we can sift the wheat
from the chah and get some good from
all. The independancy of a newspaper
is its strength, and as a friend of the peo-
pie il should keep before them, truth un-
associated with sect or party and in that
lays its highest power. A forcible illus. /
iration Of the power Of the press
Is shown in the course Of certain 4
New York journal, which has for many
months been engaged in a crusade
against the rogues and rulers OF that city,
IN spite Of all threats and
opposition, until the officials themselves
tremblc and begin to try to cover their
crimes, aud pundered city rises in her
strength to overthrow the most powerful
political and monied ring that ever cxis-
led in any country, her citizens demand
ng TO be righled and to have their legal
privileges restored to them. All this
has been done through the columns Of a
newspaper that had nothing pecuuiary
o gain in this struggle for free govern
nent and honest officials, It's only reward
being q feeling having performed It's du-
y as an independent journal, looking to
he well fare Of is constituency and pat
nd rejecting credit not only on itselfbut
lut the whole profession ofiournalismand
giving warning to rouges everywhere,
whether IN high or low estate, that while
he press Of the country Is true 10 itself
heir yillanics sooner or later must rocoil
lp0h themselves, II.
Timely.