Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-05-20

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WARREN, SATURDAY NoRSiNo, MAY ~. \
Three months have. now elsPsed,
i nee the commencement Of the NoRrH.
rRu Srxx. The publishers return their
snfeigued thanks to those who have
kindly patronizsd sheis Aittls sbee'-l
they ieel deeply theis- obligations to-
md their tepsndepce upon the publ'ck
and they trust The confidence rsPOsed
in them will not be abused. iftbe SER
vices which they have rendered are
considered I ap equivalent for the price
ofiheir paper, they will he csstent.
It's impossible for newspaper to
exist in this coupty unless patrenized
by every part Of it. From the town
Of Bristol the Publishers have not re-
ceived that patronage which the wealth
of that place had led them TO expect
Whether il is caused by the inattentios
or inability Of its conductors tp please,
or whether il be the result Of an illib-
sral feeling towards the publication Of
newspaper in their own county. is not
known but, be it the one or tie otbor,
the publishers hope, by ~srict attention
and au upprejudiced and impartial course
to do away all sectional feelings, and Sc
cure that patronage which is new paid
to foreign papers.
Loueries.--The Legislature has al
length been wise enough to put a bri'
die upso this netarious system ofsPong
ing, and having once put forth Its ban'
in the good cause, we hope, in mere.
to the lsbouring community, il will
persevere. For the last five years tn
msney paid to brokers for Lottery Ticl;
cts has been enough to have supporte
6fty Free Schools for the space of TWEEN
ty years; it would have diggsd cans
from Providence to Worcester twice
it would have supported for century
ajudicial establishment worthy Of tn
state it would have liberated from ia
all the persons committed for debt du'
ing the last ten years il would hay
supported comfortably, all persons
the state now supported by towns or b
iudiviuual charities, for fifty years.
And what, let me ask, has become
this immense sum bas it gone to el
courage national industry? has it bee
appropriated to the erecting Of templ
to ovr Deity--to bulldog bridges.
TO other publick Improvements N
not one mil! for every dollar thus CO
lected is expended for the purpos
the legislature intended it should
expended. II goes out Of the state
goes into the strsng boxes Of the tic
ct vendors in Bostop, New. York. Phi
delphia. Baltimore, &c. Some slie
idea may be had Of the extent to wh'
this business is carried, by the simI
fact, that one broker, now doing bu
ness in the town ofProvidcnce, has p
to his printer. for work done dur
che lastsix months, twentysix hundl
dollars and this principally for bl'
tickets.
These are 90 exagerations, but s!'
born facts facts that require the C
and candid attention Of the people,
the speedy and efficient notice Of
Legislature. lflotteries must be end
ed at all, let them be- made u sourc,
revesue to the state they would {
the burthen oftaxation from the sh
q ders Of the farmer. Let certain
eentsge on all tickets emitted by m
gers or their agents. be paid into
treasury. This would lessen the
but, by far the cheapest plan voul
their entire prohibition.
Lib.ruli,y. "A gang Of footpad'