Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-05
PaOyiDEncE, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 5.

PROylDEncE, WEDNESDAY, sEPTb 8.
Ms. JosrPx T. Bvex,xsmAs, the Editor
and proprietor Of tho Boston Coursr, has taken
info copartnership his son, Mr.. JOSEPH H.
BrcxINGHAn; and the Courier will hereaf-
Ger bs conducted by the father and son "ioint!y
and eeveraily."
When noticing tho annunciation Of the cir
cumstaace, we could not but admire the man.
n.v in which il was done-the mod ;sty. brevi-
~ and manlness that pervadedit. Mr.. Buck
ingham the older, thus briefly addressed himself
TO tho public:
.Notiee.--The subscriber respectfully informs
his friends and all others concerned, that his
son, Joseph H. Buckingham, is connected with
him ss Joint proprietor and editor Of the Bos-
ton Courier, and respectfully solicits for their
united laboys, a continuance Of the favors that
bave been lk. towsd on his individual exertions.
JOSEPH 7. BUCKINGHAM.
nv. Buckingham the younger, then made his
bow beinre the public, and thus made known
10 the world, that no had entered into copar-
nsrship with IFS talented and spirited father:
"In assuming portion Of the labor and re-
spousibility which devoive upon him in conse-
quencs Of tho arrangement mentioned in the
vtcoeding notice, The subscriber hopes that un-
wearied industry and attention to the interest
ot his friends and the public, will give him
claim TO thof support and confidence. Rely
ing on the candor Of professional cotemPora-
res, hs takes his place among them, asking
dnd erpeeiir,g from them no greater MEASURE
of respect and forbearanee, than shall cor
.rcspoad NTH his intentions and deporfmenf.
J. II. BUCKINGHAM"
Thus, in the one hundrcdth part Of the space
usually occupied by country Editor, to make
known the important fact, that he has taken
tho mana cement Of the Linkumfeed'e Herald
has q new arrangement been made, in one Of
,he most important newspaper establishments
in .lew-England, and the world told just as
much about the affair, as it wishes TO know.
This is the way that these Editorial changes
should be mana ged. and we hope that the craft
will generally follow tho example Of sour
cousin OF Buckingham" Heretofore. it has
heen the usual practice for Editors, when they
ASSUME their stations, to make long address
10 the public, in which, as if they were the ar
oiters Of the whole world, they declare, that
fhey are not insensible Of the arduous and re-
sponsibls duties which they have been called
upon to discharge; that they will honestly
support the Constitution Of the country, guard
the morals of the age; and then, with long
and ,nournful countenance, lament the hard
ness Of tho times. the existence Of political
corruption, the visiousness Of the age, the
dreadful ravages Of intemperanee, their anxiety
10 embrace every patron;--snd when all this
is done, they repair to some public Place--n0t
TO offer up their oblatons to tho God OF mer-
cies-but to the God Of wine - in cool dEaught
of6rdndy and Dater.
With an itching for ostentatious display, and
. desire to be considered something Beyond
"anyNing geing," Editors, on assuming the
Editorial chair, make an address as long as
the Presidents Message, and with their vanity
inflated to its extent, seeni to think that tho
eye OF the whole world is upon them, and like
: tho African Chief, ask those they meet, "what
say they Of mo in England"
After serving some two or three years, the
modest gentlemen decline officiating any long
er, and il is then that most mournful and pa
thciic ditty Is sung; the heavens are hung in
black, and whilst the modest Editor comes for
ward, with tears IN his Dyes and nut-gaiis in
heart, he, sighmg. says, that he Is sensible how
much he has been indebted 10 hs past patrons
for thei, indulgence and forbcarsnce. that he
has but Gscbiy discharged the eutics assigned
him fact that was known to, and acknovl-
edged by, the whole world, without his max
mo the confession--and in the bitterness Of
vnprrow, bursts asnnder the near and dear re-
lat;ens which formerly existed hetveen him
and kis pssreasi All this 10 said, 20 crafty
the vanity Of csnoeited coxcomb ofan Edit
ar. who Gncies himself something more than
mortal; and whist the patrons Of the pres
fsad il, they laugh at his egotism, and for the
ssse 4ime isarn from his own pen, that he is a
most astonishing iodividual!--they care moth
;n~ about bip, snd you'd not shed tear, or
refrain from . suilc. If hs were to go TO old
Nick.
We do most sincerely protest against the
paeade made by Editors. and it Is time tha
tbey learned that they were like any other in
dividusi, for it is very certain that they breathe
tho same an that Others do, suhsist upon th'
same food, ere warned BY the same summer
hest, chilled by the same winters blasts an'
.,m.t;ue, n. rloriousiy edited on the eam'