Claiborne guardian., 1881-02-16
Splte in Journalism.


law Ried, editor of the Tribune, bitterly
hates Mr.. Dana, the editor of the Sun.
II il also said that almost every paper in
Now York has its prescribed list Of names
that are never to he hnnnrrd 10y a mention
in their columns. If this bo true it is
really ptiablc, the more 50 IA New York
City is the Metropolis Of tho new world,
and leads all other cities in wealth, popu-
la,ion aud business enterprise. Its jonr-
nal-, great, wealthy and widely circulated,
should be far above any exhibitions Of
petty malice or spite
There is nothing ~ contemptblo ~ for
a newspaper TO be so iahuman as to cher
ish rcsentments. Nothing 80 dctracts from
its influence for good ~ IN indulgence in
those mean passions peculiar to men.
Those who have the management and
control Of n newspaper may find it hard TO
separate themselves and their private af-
fairs from the paper they contrGl They
will have TO exercise "a wonderful amount
n self-control if they do not in their col
nuns make difference between their
personal friends atfd -tirBties. But it will
be found that unless they totally ignore
private animosities aud treat all alike,
they viii degrade the Journal they. man
aye, impair it's efficiency for good. and fl
naIly iniure themselves financially.
1hr private quarrel of m editor with
au individual is no good reason why cdi-
torial mention should not be made of that
individual, if necessary. II he perform
some notorious decd. or if he be 20 situ-
atrd that it is necessary to appeal to him
publicly 20 take certain action, or having
done so, If it is due him that he be COM
plmented on that action, the fact that the
party controlling the paper don't like him
ia not good reason for the silence If
the journal.
A whole community, all patrons of Il
journal, may love and honor man, aud
NAV feel that his fame should be made
known to the world through their organ
srnaI dislike Of the party owning the jour
nal must not stand in the way of the pub
lie will. II il great mistake too often
made by journalists, tn interpret the cdi-
torinl "wc' to mean the editor alone, and
not the hundreds of men and women for
whom he speaks.
We L "A il l,tr IN, I lao, ~. 4
Adam that lives in every man, to rise
lboye likes and dislikrs. fruds. spitrs aud
jcalouscs, but until the Journalist does 20
he is not worthy to control those columns
by the proper use of which he would teach
tue people.
During the life of the average news
paper many things happen calculated TO
arouse the ire o. the editor and to draw
from him retaliation. Standing ~ lir does
on All elevated position lie b-comcs the
mark Fur greater number of offensive
shafts than does the ordinary uln. Con-
scious Of the fact that nc possesses the
means of severe retaliation. il il hard in
deed to keep from nsing this means and
making bis paper ihr weapon with wAirh
he revrngrs personal iusnIt But the
temptation must be resisted, The editor
must separate himself from the individual,
aud must leave outside hiS Nlnctum, ont at
his columns, all his personal quarrrls,
troubles, &c. Only by 81 doing may h.
hope Ia he great in his profession aud t"
make his Journal a power in the land.
We believe the Nrw York sun is the
best Weekly puhli,Lrt in the United
States. 1t is spublishcd at price that en-
ables all Ia read its able and fearless ed-
inrials il support nf true rePnblicanisHi.
Relieving as We do that it il true friend
to the people, and that it should be in
every house in the land we take pleasure
III publishing its Prospectus fur l3Sl.
We rarely give place in our columns 10
the advertisements of the political and
literary wrckiics of fhr North. They
usually want country paper to advertise
for them eight nr ten times the amount Of
their subscription price before they will
deign To exchange, and many papers are so
unjust 10 themselves and subscribers as to
I'LL up with matter of this sort when il
would he cheaper to pay the subscription
in money aud devote the space to valuable
reading matter. The Sun offers fair rc.
mnnsraton for the publication of its Pros
pcctu-, aud So secures friends where others
fail. We ask the attention of our readers