Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-24
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printer mas been so condescendng as to lake of ne
TOT inc hrst lime IN five years. he has ACTUALLY
directly acknowledged our existence, Am,,;,o.
condcsccnslon We have heard that cat mimi.
look at king, but that Tie learned editor or Tho
Richmond Enquirer should so far stoop firm, his; 60,
pcnorlty, as TO recognize our editorial existence
exceeds ali the imognings, and hopes of our sef,ovo
bnt, like one Of the ancient oracles, this effort !,
seems rs to be followed by eternal silence He is
determined to transgress no more in that wsv. Rs :,
S'-"e n"St endure as we may, the modification of
being esteemed by tie learned gentleman beneath
The value OF his notice. No, SO however. do wo
esteem him. The task IL dlsugrooabc nay frcauen,,v
dssusting-but shall continue 10 ,rae, hin,
through his devious paths, expose his ludcrous in,
constituencies to the dersio his bloatc arroganc. .,
the contempt and his jesu,ry to the scorn ne tho
public.
Asto the question who gets the most pay, he or
Maj Gibbon, 1t is so impcriincnt one that we sbo,n
never nave noticed 1t or nquireJ into it. but for tho
necessity oil vlndcat'ng the truth of what we hadu
tered imposed upon US by the editor oithe Enouirer
The bristng senSibIliy of the Public Printer on the
subject OF ms emoluments is remark able No tiorcss;
defence OF her cubs, mancsts more pngn,cious
desperation than doth the gentleman at the lane,
motion or aluson towards that subject; and what iq
most remarkable is, that whercns other nersons
wont generally to magnify their gains and to exnc.
gera,e their prosperity, the worthy gentleman j.,
question sinks his to insignGcancc Now prav IF,
they are really SO contemplate, utterly beneath
his dignity, why does not the learned and rom
sseehl editor enforce upon himself that admired
maxim oil rotation, which he highly common.
ded to the people last falP II the sacrifce is Ga
trilng, one would think that p,inc;ple md ran,
Sistency deserved to be maintained by incurrinc
1t. The Public Printer has utterly failed in GO
tabilshing his assertion that he received "G.,,
or FIRE times less than the Collector of this PORT o
the reverse appear from his own cxhibit-V, shall
not thereore'further investigate that subject 7, is
settled IN favor of original assertion that tho
office of Public Printer was most lucrative: and
settled IN such way, as TO cause the admiration
OF all at the hardhood of assertion or the csre-
essness of examination, that denicdit
But proceeds the veteran Editor of ;be Eno,i
rerl :" oouiitio" print (meaning this cositou prn,
we pres ume) hnoios that the Editor IT RI shares
out one third the profit (of public printing CO.
ai'tIon PRINT knew no such thing. He or il (which
is the gender') is not in the habit Of prvinn into
other folks matters, or thristing hs or ito enoon
INTO other peoples dishes. A coalition print neither
Knew nor cared how many partners "T. r." had.
He knew lie had one and SO said:
Proceeds the candid and consisten, publ;c p,;n,o,
And yet tins coalition print meanng ourselves) Gun
'n'nuate that the Office of Public Printer SIS vastly
more profitable than the Collaborating Yet il can
still insinuatc that he IT. r. would take the Col.
ectorshp IT lie did not receive more by his presen,
Office The worthy gentleman as is usual with him,
is msta ken inpoint offact. ga coalition print ITO
wit the Whig) has inssu4ted that the Office OF
puohc printer was vastly more profitable than that
Vi collector ~ coalition print" asserted the fact
unquahhedly, and what is more, proved it too ~,
are not IN the habit of it1nuGtng, or ;,,uentIoin,
either. We despisc too much that sneakinp and
cowardly mode of warfare ever 10 resort 10 il. No
man shall ever charge truly with insiruatne what
we dare not affirm, with violating the spirit, who
we observe the forms Of truth NE are not in tho
habit of seeking refuge from responsibility in eoui
vogue OF Suote'uge, or OF posponng the expression
Of our Opinions until II is safe and poIt;c TO express
them, or of inserting from other papors sentiments
which while we secretly approved, we protested to
condemn, or were afraid to advance IA our ovn.
Errors VIC may have committed without uumbor-
faults we have in abundance--but we value our
rights OF citizenship too highly, to sacrifice them
to the fear OF losing e4sie ia the majority or to
the ridiculous vanity of wishing to be thought
TO Influence the current Of public affairs. E2aste,y
from high Il designing mon, wheeling us with the Inn
aginaton Of ruling Virginia we pleased has never
tempted us to desert principles to stab our old
r'ends, or to walIow in tho miro of Inconsistencies,
from the filth and stencil of which, not all tho waters
OF the ocean coad swceteu If our course and
our public predictions have been wrong, we have at
least, openly avowed, and consistently maintained
them. No man point out an instances of our del
flying to-day, him to whom but yesterday we denied
ordinary capacity and moral honesty, adapting our
sentiments in either case, to the predominant popular
feeling OF the day; or charge us justly, with supper
ting rs indispensable to day, what yesterday we con-
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