Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-21
NEWSPAPER OPINION.

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speedy relief to the suffering is either
sadly misguided or wickedly insincere.
Neither OF the great parties propose any
measures which hold any such hope to
the people. The fields and workshops
ore full. and yet there are idle men by
thousands. How will the election of
any President change this, especially |
on platforms that do not recognize the
necessity Of extending the fields for
laborers.
As charity covers multitude Of
slns," 80 does the above from the Vir-
giniA Enterprise, cover q multitude OF
partisan defects in that journal, that so
often mistake personality for argument
and silly aud unknown abuse for iourna-
listic retort. We quote 1t simply to
show, how even the papers, who after
tho straightest sect OF their political
creed, endorse one-sided doctrines, are
compelled to admit that neither party Is
wholly right. The Enterprise speaks in
lofty and 'postio vein Of editorial re-
quirement and journalistic essentialities,
but mostly fails to see wherein correct
ness OF sentiment in the abstract can be
ahrogated by mental strabismus Of po-
litical vision in detail. And talking Of
this reminds us how extrav8gant and by
periodical are the ideas entertained by
many partisan journalists in reference to
the newspaper OF the day. One class Of
critics sneer at it; an other GLASS denounce
it as a social ulcer. Like all other hu-
man institutions. it is a tangled skein Of
good and evil, in which sometimes the
threads that seem good lead to mischief,
and those that are condemned as i'll
ultimatel, lead TO happy ends. The ideal
newspaper Is daily cyclopeda. Like a
oyclopedia it should aim to reflect with
the utmost accuracy. all facts. opinions.
transactions and doings, uncolored by
personal prejudice or theory. Tais is
what the cyclopedia does for the general
knowledge Of the world; this is what the
DALI paper should aim to do for the
events and doings Of the hour. How
many realize how important this func
ton is. Is it often considered how diff
cult 1t is to learn accurately of passing
events, and how more than difficult t
learn accurately Of current opinion
Is it not certain that in all opposing fac
lions. on whatever issue, the most pro
found misconceptions exist on each sid
as to the attitude assumed by the other
and IL it not equally certain that the vAri
GUS newspaper organs of these faction
serve rather to couiound and make wors
this misconception, rather than to clea
it upp When is political issue fairl
ard clearly statedp Who knows. will
out error or misconcsption, exactly VIII
his opponent thinks on any pubic di
pute? 1t may be asserted, confidsntl
that there is scarcely political theory.
religious belief, social difference,
foreign custom, in which there is not
great and absurd misapprehensio
the ranks OF the partisans on each sit
OF the issue raised. Enthusiasts mi
imagine that the creation of public OPT
ion is a higher function. but the truth
that the instructor Of public opinion, Il
cold, encyclopedias analysis, is infinite
more serviceable; is in fact serviceat
for good; while leadership, which Is
opt to he right as wrong. might be b
viceable for evil In the current hot r
litical discussions, no one seems oleal
to comprehend the position taken by I
side he opposes. There are an immen
number of partisan speeches and leadi
articles, but nowhere the exact encyc
pedic statement. The Journal that 81
the conflicting statements. and ELECTS
= II facts is more needed than he "
rashss in with his own passionate ~
patty to add more confusion to exist
chaos. The judge who sits and
scots the evidence renders better pub
service than he who appears as adj
cate. To know rightly is absolutely
great need of society. Opinion is
often mere passion: it is always charg
With more or less prejudice. 1t is,
fact, psrcolated through the affiniti
tastes and notions OF the individu
Just so long as human nature is wha
is, a newspaper that attempts to cont
opinion will obtain weight and power
the side of the passionate prejudices
the people rather than on the side
justice and reason. Opinion Is,
should be. a result Of slow deliberate
of wsishty balancing OF causes, OF Ca
dispsssionats analysis of premis