Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-06

is made 10 say-Tyrants in all countries hive been
sits (thc Prcss's) encnics-Thc friends of Liberty
''luvc been its advocates. Tho elder Adams cndea.
"vorcd to suppress it, by sodtion law. The youn-
"er Adams aud his associates endeavorcd to DESTROY
sits influence, b. placing the most ycnal under pay
"rhe C2aition would now encc, It's overthrow By
prosecuting it,
It would have neatly rounded eff the paragraph
and been quite true as most of the above charges
had Duff completed the catalogue by adding" And
General Jackson Is now seeking to corrupt ITS virtue
aud purchase rs influence, by rerarding its editors
proprictors and conductorsuo less than 40 of whom
have in twelve months, experienced his bounty"
This truth is SO much the best established and most
striking OF tho WHOLE thot wonder al its escaping
Duff's sagncious observation.
ln the Same article Duff snys-"Bnt we are told
that Messts. Ill., Kendall, and Noah, were editors
by profession; and that therefore, they ought not to
be appointed to office? Was not Benjamin Franklin
printer, ana what pablo servant was more worthy
of; Office than Franlin:"
High respect Is paid to the memory of Franklin
by this comparison! Butlo make Die example peril
ncnt, Duff ought to provo that Dr.. Franklin was put
into Office because be was printer, and not the
wisest man of his ugo--us Noah, I'LL and Kendall,
have certainly been put into Office because they wcro
editors. Now will he deny either of these fcts--
that DR.. Franklin was trusted by his country with
tho highest Offices, from the confidence Inspired by
his alnIost divine wisdom, and patriotism, unnflu
cnced by his accidental professionalism thai, Noah,
Hill aud Kendall, have been advanced for partizan
services retcafdei as mere tools Of individual sue
cesA Wcre they known but as editors, or had their
lives given them the slightest claim national con-
fdonce or gratitude, Claim did we say? Arc not
two of them, Kendall and Hill, Infamous bv general
cDncession-and is not the third bufi1on; who
sports with sacred things, and makes Jest of TRUTH
Duffagain peaks: II is the duty OF all editor to
Study public measures. lie reads and ref cts more
on passing evca,s, than other men, and all other
things being equal ho is in that respect better quail
flied for public trust. We live in n land of equal
rights. The highest Offices arc open to the hum
hlcst citizens. We have pririleged orders and
we should have no prescribed class. But OF all o.
Tiers the Press should be len most free and ndepen
dent"
We subscribe TO the truth of those observations.
though wemay differ with Dufn his differences from
them. II has never been contended that the Press
or its conductors ought TO be prescribed. What has
been, and is contcnded for is that It's efforts TO elect
particular individual President, should not be sys
tcma.icay REGARDED. The conduc,1rs of the Press,
ought to stand on the same level with all other ct-
zens and have the same equal and fair chance, for
the honors and Offices of the Republic. To deprive
them Of this equal chance, would be tyranny give
them more, is making them privileged class These
postulata in which all men are of one opinion,
and now let us apply them to the practice of the
Jackson Administration. The editorial corps may
form about ten thousandth part of the population OF
The U. States-supposing it to contain 85o-yet this
IOOooh part have received is offices at the hands of
the Presiden-probaby in fifteen, out of oil the
offices he has filed! Does this look like proscrip-
Gon or does bear the undeniabc stamp of design
rsvard its services in making the rewarder, Pres
idcn,! Answer us Duff, upon your voir dire? Come,
to the point, and say does this does it not look
like rewarding'