The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-17

We observe that Father Fv,
Milton Chrontcl. attributes Tn ms
success Of Southern Journal. ~. 4'7
that there are too many Of them
thai ne biz ones Try t. root II ar
ones BY undsrbldilng. half rate -
blanket Size, etc. So far a
peculiarly profit, there may be- - ~
this but we desire 10 emit .a
protest agal.st the allegation tia, II.
are too many papers. Ini...I
are not halt enough. The sore NJ :
the South, sand North taralfp,
least Is more ne~spaye.>. The
Is to-day t'c@afy years bstaui me N
. Angiani, France, aud Garn.,
ny Because oIr people ar. -
seTVatlve. housekeeping. people
rarely travel abroad 10 set the w,af..
ful advances that have been a.a5.
other parts OF the world ani &. nv
about one IN thirty Of our tanl.a, -.,
ahy paper, II Is no wonder We ar,
up with the times. We have d; ~,g-
Al educated aud Travelled class. hg, 81.
are a. a drop to the bucket. The ST.
will not truly expand and flourish g..
she gets more population. AMI mn.
people will not come 10 Ia cultI,.ra .,-
waste places, cut down our forests .af
dig up our minerals, until they Iaa~e
that We have oom for them. and -.
sources for them to develope. And nov
can such Information be made know,
without an active, wide awake pfes.p
vi the 90 counties III North Car,.e.
more than TWO thirds have 10 la..l
papers, or means Of advertising ,b.t-
capacities. The result Is manifa.t In
many ways, Counties which have the
most newspaper reader, >t,ui ur,t ts.
all respects. Wake. Mecklcnbur.
Granville, Orange. Guilford, Buncsmi-,
aud Others, are recognised A. IcAi1r
counties III political, material. and cl3-
catlonal Importance aud Ter one hun
dred years they have had the bcnci. n
newspaper advertising.
Yes, the South needs more ncwsa.-
pers. The North has twenty to our
one and by means Of them ha, out
stripped us by - years. What made
the North rally as one man 10 hours
after Fall the of Sumpter2 The united
voice OF her 5000 newspapers What
has kept the Republican party ia power
for twenty years. The influence of The
leading newspaper, What hl, epa
bled New York City to dictate the H.
nanceS, aud the commercial poiity ufthe
continent Her powerful Daily Press
Yes, and what will ncncetorth be
the best weapon OF deieLce oi the South
Her newspapers. 1t there ha G-euthe
same press in the land in 1851. that
exists Iii 1881, there would have been
war. W. W. Holden, +. J. lIle,and
other old editors. will tell yon that the
press of to day Is not what it was 20
years ago. Railroads and teIcgraphIy
wires, have, changed It's character. No
can at this day WELD the influence
IF the old Stanlart}, the Did Nrtto1lJ
LuteiLgencer, or Horace Grcetcy Iri-
but the educating influence Of the
press is much greater. Editors nova
lays furnish the ftcts, and let people
think for themselves. II the Southern
press before the war had given tcle
grams from all parts Of the South, show
ing our grand capacities, and advantages,
and needs, and demands, instead Of the
politicaliessays that at that day filled the
papers, the world would have under
stood us better: and there would have
been no war.
And when the Southern people fully
themselves to take their right
full position in the Union, they will
by ~endcavoring to sustain the
Southern press.