Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-23
ABRAM r. NORTH.
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no Albany Argus, in defending The proc.cd;n,s
oil Tie General Government. saws with rnf.-.nca =.
the Post Office Department: '''e ~
no rue h,s been more seru!onalv observed than that r
,e Post once advertisements, without single sxcrn.o ,
we know Of, 10 THFIR party papers" P''" ''''
30 much Tor the statement fthe Argus. II NAV
be wei i0 nlcct It with a fact two
In New York. the Commercial Advc,t;sor cav
that the SOM monthly lists of letters in the p,
ohicc were given 10 Adams papers but fhr,e I'm J
"",I"I ~ me Wnoie OF Mr. a dams administration.
In Fm!adcipho, the United States Gazette sovs
mat la ckson Editor had the Post Office nrintin,,
..r hcaFiy the whole time of Mr.. Adams administra
~ ms cry, tho monthly lists were rvcp alternate
y t"thc lr;elICcnccr, the Journal & The Tnlcrar,
tiTh'y distributing them, without reference 10 mar
II the Albany Argus exhibit the s,,no ,,.,..,.. g.;
all his "'her stItcmauts, the world v,iu ,I, 10y 'l
ahcd 10 Judge "thc degree ofcrcdi, whi.h * J,c 49,
u In odd'i'n TO tho cascs above cited TO f,Is;c,
the statement Of ihe Argus, we viii add opo,bc-
In THIS town, tho Post Office Advertisements o,o,
n The days Of Tic Coalition" were NOT ,,i,o,
TINS paper the only "Coulition print in Ricbnrr1
though the p ". was also of the Coalition" cid,
Dn' to paper of neutral politics, tbourb tie Edi,nr
lthc very consistent Mr. Rnohie) was bimseIr -,
neutral. OF this We did not complain. and sor,,I,
no change. But it was a remarkable instance 80 .,
justice that who Mr.. Ritchc was rettin, tho ..r,n
Tor publishing the Post Office Advertisements .r.I
'ho'" Oh the Departments al Washington. no wo.
ever ana anon ilsinnat"g, ,e never had the e(Iror
tory TO say 1t out and his ccadlntors were pornco,
asserting, that this was 'by authuriiv" ,ro., =
selected TO publish the laws Of The IJntoJ s,o,o.
&c not only did not publish the laws, hut did NO,
"iSh ~ butwc were nevcrlhrf,ss every whore ,;,
tizcd with that newly invented rcproach WeaIw,rs
wondered little, that Mr.. Richie who held !, nm
30 we aud iuiamons thing to publish the laws "b
outh'fi'y, should have condcsccndcd 70 print ,I
Advertisements for the Departments al Wpshinotcr
LOT "m'h inc was paid three times MS much as tho
Publishers of the laws But The difficulty is explain
cd by The consistency Of thot Editor.
The late Administration dispensed its ADVERTISING
tavors without distinction of party, consulting on,,
or chiefly, The locality nnd circulation of tho n;
selected. But the pew Administration ,vo obsor,o
keep all the "pap' in the family the p. NJ g. bo,
ing III many cases issued express ordo,s - 81
advertisements from "Coulition' and c,-ry ,l,o,,
jackson Fr'Sscs' with not n third 90 much circulo
hon' The coalition were abused for donc v,bo
they d'd not do, and tho same cnndid nc,sons ms,
praise TIC new administration, for doing yb,, tho,
nhJ"'iiy blamed the Coalition" fur doinc-,bo,
%" ''''iA-'y patronagct 10 its H. nds. Nv. Rit.bi,
uhucr thc Coalition. rot much moro of liz nrin,ino
than VIC did, but all The tine he and his fionds ,ccr,
,cPI'f'h'ns us ok s'd 'o7 tho consideration Of pub
i'shing the laws which we never did publish Tba
gentleman is determined TO preserve his consistcrC
IN sn'oU ~ wo'i as grcnt things