St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-14
The New ST. Adams Paper.

The 81. -Iihons Dody -IIrcrtiS,,' i the
name of Il handsome. >rvcm-column
daily, which appeared Monday morning
OF this week l.. BiGcioW. editor. The
publishers names do NOT appear. Eve
rything is new. and the -ldrcrtj~ct pre-
semt> Il neat mechanical appearance.
and those VIII" were acquainted with
Editor Bi"clow when upon ,hc EHrIiRg-
ton Times. need no assurance that it will
Ice well edited. 1t matters not now
that we think the field was well uccu-
pied before. tie .Idrcrtj~c, is fully
launched. and we wish it Il successful
voyage. The N;iutatorN wastes no
words i'll defining the position of the
paper. simply stating that il will hr
Republican in national politics. will he
devoted To the material interests of thu.
State, and especially I" the local inter
est> of =. Adams, of Franklin County
and of tins district" 1t then goes ON
to hclah"r the ''iirrutiou> press" of the
present day. AlIhough Too >wcrping
as we think III some of its statements.
there is too much Truth in What ii SAYS
on this subject. We copy largely from
this article. and Trust the ,ldrcrtisc,.
will he a mighty helper in reforming
the ABUSES of which ii speaks:
We hclicv" that the press is justly
more di>tri>tcd and dr>pi~rd 10y the
,l.,t
ator Carpenter of Wisconsin never spoke
Il trucr word than when he said that
"thc freedom "t the press seems to he
the only freedom left in ili> country (:
1t seems ~ though the freedom of the
press WaS absolute dcSp0tiSm." With
moral responsibility greater than ihat
of the pulpit. even ~ their audience or
congregation L. vastly greater. many of
the great journals of the country are ut
terry without public conscience or de
ccnCN: the conductors run them H.
though they had a moral right To- man
utaCturr any wicked story they can find
sale for, Ia fan popular cNcitrmcnt>
and tumult>. 1" mauglc amy mans pri-
waite reputation, tn com his very hearts
blood into drachmaS." and the only an
swcr they make Is ''that'S business. the
truth of Il story l. nothin" to us: its
daily market value i what we look at
if true stories accold with the popular
prejudice. and can therefore he quickly
sold we want the truth. not otherwise"
And this l. the damnahlc dcSpoti>m
that We speak of The injury done by
dcpraN"d newspaper is irrcparahlc.
for while every body reads and rcmem-
beers the sensational SANDER. nobody
reads the simple paragraph of apology.
or only reads To hc reminded that there
Is a nasty story that has escaped him.
We say this with the greater shame he
cause journalism l. Il profession. to he
loNed Tor Its henclicemt opportunities
to place" Your abilities where. if nohly
used. they "can do the most good
his RIGHTEOUSNESS dives honorable.
educated men ont of journalism. or cor
rupt> them into intellectual mcrccna-
ric> it keeps able vet refined and sen
NltlNc men from doing their hinh dutv
IN politics t" the public : it i the cursed. !
hlIghtin% influence of the time that
many great newspapers should hc con-
tr"ll'd 10y those VIII" make them simply |
money making machines. They never |
instruct meyer restrain the people. they |
only iccd the worst appctitcS. and fos- |
Ter me haNcr passions of human nature. |
Is thcrc no remedy against such DIES |
potlSln Why should the freedom of
the press he greater than the freedom of
the citizen OF personal Enumeration. |
of small scandal. of mean Spitcs. we
have enough i'll private life without
nourlshing newspapers. the pole star
of whose editor is his piquc> and his AN