Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-20

carried Oh without some expense, YET
that expense will be but small Let The
Presidents Of the different Branches, col
lect from each member l2l GEMS, and
convey it to The treasurer OF the CpDven-
ton, which will be suflicien, to pay the
EXPENSE
This Convention recommends to lis
Branches and members, to encourage
the circulation Of periodical work, en- l.
tied the d" Genius Of Universal Enamel
PATTON" as means of promoting the
cause Of emancipation.
A which is submitted.
WIN. SNODDY, Chairman.
10Th day of Ssh Month, 1928.
From the Trenton (N.J.) Emporium.
=r-rrn- VILLAGE PRINTER.
"Who seeks to please all men each way,
And not himself offend;
He ma, begin his work to-day,
But God knows when twill end"
[oLD ErIsRIm.
A doctor, schoolmaster, and prin-
ter. are three as pronln nj essentials to
the establishment of village OF the Ii ST
class, as squire, tavern and black
smith, are to one of the fourth or fiiih.
The printer in the primatve tunes Of
our country was usually ieit out; but
ripper age and the general diffusion o.
light. brongh, him gradually into The
service, and increased his character and
estimation So mui h, that be has at least
become of as vital consequence as either
VI ,iro uttcrs. II time allowed Of com
nents of this sort, might be led 10 say
that | view this symptom of the genius
nnquestionable promise in polilcal
and moral poin, OF view. Bat with
these things have nothing 10 do, and
therefore leave the subject as found II.
In respectable village, which WIS
growing into notice, and which was To-
Gated not many miles from the Sn~que-
hanna, some years ago, the inhabitants.
being stricken with the prevailing senti-
menl, erected press, and procured
from the city a genuine graduate OF the
type, to take charge Of the concern.
THIS was the first introduction our hero,
VIII Sutton, had to the country. He
was young, and wilhal an honest and
ingenious youth, Of mid and gentle
temper, and but little skilled in the in
trigue and deception 81 current in the
world, aod which his basty transit from
the shac kies Of appren'iship to the post
OF a publisher and an editor, had allowed
bin no time to Shake hands. FIat,ered
BY the blaze Of wha, looked like The open
ing of splendid prospect, he soon after
he entered on his new duies, re ieved
the original proprietors of their burden,
and assumed the responsibility Of the
concern himself.
To become popular, in other words
to please every one, is, perhaps, the
first aim and the lreshes, hope Of every
inexperienced and viriuous mind. 1t
was so beautiful in theory, and The road
appeared al first so plain and easy, that
he never dreams Of difficulty in succeed
ing in the practice. Will determined
therefore to take every body's advice,
and, wherever advice clashed, to choose
the medium between the two extremes.
He commenced his paper by giving
the greatest variety possible, and prof
fering the most liberal terms, as much
as to say, pay me when and how you can !;
people were pleased with the first num-
bers, and many good folks took him at
his word, and sent in their names. He
Sc, this down as ample promise of future
success, and built abundant hopes upon
it; but sundry printed. written and verbal
lampoons soon reused him from his
dreaming; one Of his brother printers
not far distant, had lost Subscriber or
two through his agency, and, as his body
was ont Of reach, his equitable neighbor
contenied himself with desperate at.
temptto slip the moose round bis charac.
ter, and hang it up to infamy. This
was the first move that honest Will saw
through, which staggered his faith and
weakened his credulity.
He rubbed his eyes and looked at it a
moment, then concluded sagely, If Of.
fend but this fellow whose motives are
broad and palpable, and who cannot de.
ceive others, l may still accomplish my