The Placer herald., 1873-04-05
TIE NEWSPAPER.

excels all other powers combined in the civil
ized world, and especially in America, in
shaping public opinion and directing public
sentiment. Corrupt it and the corruption of
the world follows. This, kings, monarchs
and emperors have known and practised
| since the invention of the art preservatve;
hence, the court Journals and the censor of
| the public press in all despotic governments.
In our own country the censorship and sup
preston of the public voice through the
newspapers was only resored to once and
that during the late rebellion, but the court
journal is now found everywhere that affords
II ring or clique of town, county, State or
National officers with patronage. These are
the pimp press papers that answer the same
purpose in apologizing for the crimes and
evil deeds of its ring as does the pimp of the
harlot The history of the newspaper in the
| United States is that of the statesmen of the
dav and time We have read them from
1928 down to to-day. We had the GLOBE,
National Iatelligscer, New Orleans Plea
Wtne, Baltimore Patriot Cincinnati Gazette
and Missouri Republican, all peerless papers
all the soul of honor and the haming sword
that stood between the people and the enc
mics of their rights. AT the same time we
had as statesmen, Jackson, Kendall, Clay
Adams, Webster, Calhoun, Benton and
| Ewing, whose motives no man dare doubt
and hope for credcnce from the public. Step
by step we have passed down in the grade
Of statesmen and the public press. Cowup-
ton has undermined both uutil now both the
statesman and the newspaper ia for sale
has been sold, so far as the majority is con-
cerned. Has not public morals, public vr-
tue and corruptibiliiy kept pace with the
statesmen and press on this down grade :?
is question which to answer in the afrma
tive makes all the future of the republic look
gloomy, down to the very vortex of anarchy
tyranny, slavery and blood. We have not
answered this question of the corruptibility
of the people in the affirmative, because we
believe tie great mass of them are yet pure,
yet uncontaminated by the chickadee press
the drapery Of the great harlot monopoly.
The newspaper that deserves public support
and patronage should be clear and ndepend
ent Of all rings, cliques and monopolies, free
to discuss the errors and nirigues of all
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public officers and monied associations, and
display the nerve to do it. The real news
paper is the sentinel on the watch-tower OF
the peoples army; active, alert and read y
to warn the people of the approach of dam
ger from any quarter When the paper
that fulfls this character is found, then the
interrupted masses should yield it boun.
tiful support, and enlarge its circulation b,
every power possible The chickadee paper
whose editor or proprietor is always found a
the tail or head of ring or monopoly, lead
Il ing like ackal or following like the vuture
ready to point out the prey or devour the
carron, is the spy on the people, the vulture
J. that gloats on the stealings and should die
; the death of the spy by the hand of the peo-
I pie whom it only lives to betray. Such pa
pers we have hele, at the capital in the me-
tropois, all over the country. While impu
dence has its reward and the spy his pay, the
j people and institutions of our country are ii
danger. The press is the great putlic teacher
and the aren't should guard as vlgi
lantly against the inroads of the monopol,
clique organs in his family and neighborhooo
" as the lcentious lbertine to the head of the
school. The bane of the country is the sub
=, orned press, and there is no hope for the peo-
pie until it is reformed or driven out of circu-
lation. Who doubts but if the entire press
of the United States would speak with one
voice for the resignation or decapitation OF
every unworthy official in the country, from
the path-master to the President, that the
. monopolies would be suppliant creatures OF
, the law, that the people would at once en-
force the demand Until the people in thel
majesty determine that the suborned press
= shall die of starvation we cannot look fol
y much elevation in the press and statesman
o ship of the country, and hope in he future
! all looks dark. While the fountain is bite
sweet water will not fill the political channel,
= of the United States.
OUR neighbor has commenced guessing
q who is the author of articles in the HERALD
t He is as good as was Paddy at catching