The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-21
The Newspaper.

W. have over valued the well conduc-
ted newspaper as a great educator OF the
people, and have often wondered how
anybody living at the present time could
be without it, We have noticed in our
travels, especially among the farmers,
that those who do not take newspaper
have but little idea Of the improvements
made to facilitate farm labor, or what
is going on in the world outside Of their
immediate neighborhood, and are con-
Siderably astonished at the knowledge
displayed by their neighbors. More es-
pecially have we marked the difference
Of intelligence in families that take news
papers and those who do not The man
who refuses to patrOnize the newspaper
is the man Of morbid disposition, Of
small ideas and no business talent. His
light, il he Las any, is 80 completely
concealed beneath the bushel Of sell
that it will never burn to any practical
purpose, and may be extinguished with
out a single sigh from the world around.
Such u person is known by his works
A spirit Of liberalty and benevolence
never auimates him, but be lives on,
wondering at the success OF others. and
bewailing his own hard lot. a."
The newspaper is to the individual
what hearing is tothe blind. 1t teaches
him better than anything else what is
going on around, puts him in commu-
nicatiOn with neighboring countries and
nations, gives the earliest details OF com.
merciAl and political news, and tends in
the greatest degree TO true intellectual
development. 1t has a spirit Of univer,
salty found nowhere else; self is forgot
ten in the more important events daily
chronicled, ard we are shortly led to
consider ourselves only as parts Of the
great whole which go to make up the
grand result.
Take from us the press, and we should
Immediately fall back to q level with
those who lived in the age OF ignorance
and d~espotism. It's only through this
agency that we are better than they and
enjoy liberties and privileges Of which
they mover dreamed. Books have their
value and merits, both of the first order
and Of undeniable Importance, yet, us
a power, the newspaper surpasses them
oil. 1t goes everywhere, is readily every
one, and makes up the public opinion
of the day. Without it we should be
lost. Business would come to n stand.
still, markets be unsteady, stocks unob
tainable at any fixed value, and every
thing else uncertain and 1uctuating.-
To say nothing OF its importance in in
shutting and sustaining a correct literary
taste and heathlul sentiment, commerce,
is dependent in II great measure entirely
upon these publications. They Civ,
m impetus to trade, steadiness tt
the markets, and an Increased activity
to all business transactions. We dali,
examine the columns oil the mornin.
paper for the prices current if we have
anything to buy or sell. carefully perus,
the various commercial reports, and nc
upon the facts thus obtained. Nor il
this all, we look here for somethin,
more. We expect to find, besides all th,
matter above enumerated, intelligence,
which shall direct us where to make on
purchases and whom to buy OF. Indeed
Mt the present day, this Inst idea ha
been reduced to such o system that n,
man, be he ever so shrewd and intelli
gent. can hope to succeed in any avoc,.
ton without thoroughly and energeti
cally advertising his business througl
the newspaper. Only thus, car he plac
himself and his firm before the public il
right light, and only thus can he be sur
OF even moderate success. By such
course an acquaintance is formed and
name established, customers are founG
and business made on the surest an,
safest foundation possible to build upor