Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-19
THE PRESS.


We beg leave TO recall the attention os tho puhI
Printer to the following quotations from the, sneer
of SIR. Hamilton of S. Carolina, delivered nend,,
the late Presidential Canvass in aid of the general
effort to convict Dir. Adams Administration Of "sub
sidiNng" the Press, and which if we are not ecrcrf
ousiy deceived, wns swothered with praises from Mr.
Rtcbie, ut the time. "Thc liberty of the Prose
(snys Mr.. Halnilion is liable TO abuse by coronation
OF It's purity when bad public men and had pubrc
measures are praised; and irhen The Government be-
comes tie PTymdster for their scypiees, tie esit :,
'nUHhefy augmented." The remarks wero propbe,fc
The corruption described has cnsued-The Govern.
meut rms become the payraser Of more than 81 90 GOO
annually to proprietors of the Press, and these pro,
prctors in return Unfortunately praise all that I'm,
Administration does. 1t is marvellous how circum-
stances alter cases. When sIr. Hamilton spokethis
he bad in bis eye and the whole denuncia,ion was
directed against some half dozen of Printers of
tue Laws compensation from $50 TO SO per amum)
removed by Mr. Clay for outrageous abuse Of his
person and that OF the President. Tho jackson
Press groaned under the loads of ccDsrre and reyi
mgs spewcd out upon Mr.. Clay, for this exercise Of
the authority Of his office II was thought deserving
Of Congressional examination, and the party in Con-
gress' and their presses Throughout The q. States
scruplcd not to exaggerntc the harmless act and ia
niar Practice OF exchanging one Printer of the
Laws for another, into corruption palpabe open and
dangcrons The case has since altered F'he ,o,f,,
are in power, and not satisfied with taking the print
Ing of the laws from hostile Presses, the Chief ins
pensioned four and twenty Of his Editors DOT Of tn
Public Cohrs to the tune of sI1O 900 per anuurn q,
n, bnor -
Are the public apprehensons my longer alarmed
from that quarter, for the purity of the Palladium Of
Public Liberty Docs the cry Of corruption" Of
"baTgain," of "subsidzing and pcnsionpg Editors"
my longer issue from the brazcn lungs of verte ns
Peur7 Not nurmnr-not word--not syllable |,
All IS hushed into breathlcss slencci iJypocrites!
Shallow, tortuous hypocrites! Either confess your
SANDERS upon the renowned name Of Henry Civ
IN prcsuming to accuse him, Of tampernq with tho
hborty OF the Pressor confess, that swayed by the
seTvilc fear Of the majority yon arc afraid to excr
else the glc-ious independence Of ffecmen. Confess
either your former SANDERS, or your present abase
uent Tor to these straits you driven by your own
tiInc-serving conduct!
we request the readers attention to the extracts
from and comments upon, Mr. Hamilton's speech. bv
the NntiOnal journal.
The I1''On tho fourth day Of fc diernss1n NJ tho ,o
lotion Of Geueal Saunders, the House of
respecting the publication of tho laws OF the m state bsS
MONDAY the SIN OF February 1877, Mr. hamilton Of south
Carolina, expressed his full concurrence in tho v,vs ~ dc
nloycr He then attempted 20 show that bribery ana oonon
% Editors must DC received rs evidence the wcsspes sf Hn
Admp stmon-a Administration which Gays that n c,rno,
bear Up against public sentiment ' ~ = N'''''
"If lid bel an Administration thus circrrsccd has snv
PATRONAGE Incident 10 The Press. it viii be sure 10 Iss in
manner A calculated 10 render the powfT nj ih;s rrt,b
engHe si,sc'ycnt 10 their pceuiiar and teb., o,s,s
Dssonns ,he condition ~ which such an Adunis,,atjon
"og 9Tg Plaoo Editors Dir IIaraiou proceeds
"Ihe sturdy and independent world liz ,,,rnc ~ o, - Ell
onss hs'ry might be able 70 pick up Unit, thc whole
notc," SC. "''"s ~ o"e s''%"V"
IoI mus tnowns The process ty which the rrrp may no
yotsp w favor oi AN Administration, Mr. Hamilton pro-
9eeas with some narks ON the cbarnctor Of ov7rrnen
frcss,a Press W the pay Of Government
"Nl our Administrations which caro and contu,Ed IN
gw~ by majority, 10 have paid lulc sentioa n a
1nvflnment ficrs They might wei allow that chartered
'uc'une as has teen called, take is way. free
on Dodcmg on icentopsuoss, for they had A. little tlts
H" I's consumes ne 70 expect from us dscnpemd aud veual
P'ee r me not c UNDERWOOD assryng ibai an Admins