The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-04-02

"The editor who wills TO please,
Must humb!y crawl upon his knees,
And kiss the hand that beats him;
Or, il no datcs presume to walk,
Must too the mark that others chalk,
And cringe TO oil who meet him.
In our brief editorial career, we have had
abundant cause to be satisfied Of the truth
Of the above quotation. The situation of
an editor in country village, is even more
critical than those in the large towns In
the latter, there are abundant materials
from which to manufacture paragraphsand
The population being large, should an edi
torial shaft ruflle the feathers of dclin
quent he can skulk among the crowd, and
his huttering be not perceived; whilc in
the former, there is an absolute barren
ness of incident, and if we strike at folly
or vice as it every where abounds, some
Sir Oracle will start up and say he is
meant. and make terrible clap about it,
Fools will set up for political or miscel
laneous writer's, and if you refuse their
nonsense a place in your columns, vow Of
iend whole family, even If It consists Of
the iortieth remove. If you publish their
writings to avoid the awful consequences
of incurring their d;spleasures, you get
laughed at yourself as fellow Of no taste
You publish the marriage of Mr. John
Thomas Noodle to Miss Julia Maria Ma
tilda Poodle, and the next thing you hen
Is, that you have been imposed upon bl
some wicked wag. So far from Icing mar
ried, Mr. Noodle had only ogled the fais
lady few Sundays across the mceiirr
hnncn np1 rofloI ~ 10. f,,h,... 4,
discuss the merits Of the last premium OK
You omit to publish the marriage Of Juhu
Cesar Clodpole, Jr. Esq. to Miss Deborah
Dlddle, which has never been sent, and Nh,
young madam turns up her honorable nose
You are supposed to know every body thu
dies, and are culpsble for not noticing G.
vents which nobody has taken pains to ir
form you Of Your correspondents qua,
rel and abuse one another in your columns
and To reconcile the mlsunderstanding.t the,
shake hands and agree to lay all the blsn,,
10 tho editor. The manuscript of a CO
respondent accidentally gets exposed. az
although the writer had acknowledge
himself the author of it, confden.idlly, :,
half the town, he comes in "brim full
wrath and cabbage" and ~ithdraws h
subscription; and he does 1t too. in MAJ
ner, as II your very existence depended o.
his patronage. Every person suppose>
that in consequence Of paying dollar ara
a half Tor your paper, you are under suct
mighty obligations to him. as to be eterna i.
ly his humble servant, and to obey his beck
an6 nod in all things. A man advertise,
his wife, for which we ge, * cents. and it
Is no sooner in your pocket than whole
neighborhood are up IN arms against YOU
The would be great men Of the village.
expect your press to be subscrvient to their
interests, and that your influence will 90
to elevate them 10 Office. lfyou favor one
Of them, you offend all the rest,
These, with hundred and fifty thou.
sand other pcrplexties ofa like nature the
editor ofa country village paper is heir TO;
at least ice arc; and there is no other way
but to practice The advice contained in the
conclusion Of the song, from which our
caption is an extract
"And every editorial wight,
Has nought To do but what is right
And let the grumblers grumbls'