Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-21
MIsERIEs OF EDITORS.


One OF the first poets of antiquity has delivered
moral strain upon the feeling OF discomfort with
winch each class views its own lot in life The
idea might be extended into picture OF the al
DdHtdgeS and n'lsGTes attendant upon each pro-
( iession and pursuit in socicty.-IIorace did not
embrace the occupation of the voares os our pro
fcsson-or the art Of printing, with all its bIes-
Sings ana It's curses, did not burst upon the world
unlli many centuries afterwards.
If we could devclope ''ihe secrets of orr prison
house," we could ga tale unfold" which Inigbt
arouse and astonsh the uninitiated. We could in
many chapter with the miseries OF orr calling
But we will venture 70 say, that Of all these the
circumstance OF our space being in such G.tcr dis
proportion to our matter is not the least anno ing
We scarcely know what stone 20 select from me
mountain before What shall yge insert? what
snail we omit? hundred things "deinand The
light at the moment One ecutlern an ends
( us MS. essay of sixty-odd pages, and is modest
enough TO press its immediate publication. Auo-
| ther insists upon our publishing speech OF some
or columns in solid, unbroken mass
| Inc proceedings OF some twenty counties arc
laying upon our shelves loudly calling upon Ms
I Tor pubicd;ion.-The sgncrs are ntirlntirinp II
our delay-and some few Inutering something
about stopping their papers.--O Other citizens are
complaining that their critical notices of the pub
iished proceedings OF other counties, have been so
| long kept back.--Then. there are public docu-
ments, both state and national; the accumuatinp
debates OF both Congress and State Bcgslaturcs--
! the contents Of fourteen foreign packets, which
| nave arrived, or the eve of arTiyal---pssays
| upon every variety Of subject crowding upon us
rom 80 many quarters which way shall we turn
/ Tor relief from the miseres which haunt every
J hourf How shall dispose Of those every
day, but very profitable produc tons called adver
tiscincnts which every papcr thinks itself priv
legged to prefer 70 the exclusion Of every dna else?
| We surrender our own Editorial Head TO
our correspondents We draw ourselves with
IN the smallest possible shci-and arc scarcely
able to edge IN single word Of comment
upon the Signs of the Tjmcs.-Undcr such
annoying circumstances, we have no o,her re-
source than 10 throw ourselves upon tie ratience
OF readers and Correspondents. The prorecdiue.
OF Congress and Of our Legislature arc Claims off,c
very first dignity--We cannot give them the 60.
by. We must give sofue Of 10 most GENERALLY
called-iOr Speeches Of the day. We arc hasicnina
on with the Debate on the Circuit Court Bill-and
shall take up, as soon possible tho Debate IN the
senate on the Convention. We sbalifnisli IL before
The Elections in April will coll the people 10 the
musings We are making extracts from the Debate
IN the III OF Repre- gcntliivcs on ReiTcachSaepf
We are warned that the food gates are about 10
be opened on the Tariff slso) We squoclc in a.
many Of our Correspondents as VIC can accomrno-
date with place. Our present sheet is Sslmple
Of our embarrassment. We ara compelled 20
break NT ksesctts Speech shor, In tie middle