Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-21
From lhe Norlhamrion Conrier.

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NEWSPAPER SuBscRIBERs 1t is ever
an unpleasant duty Tor Publishers of News.
papers 10 make mention Of their pecuniary
Affairs They should never be required to I
DO this. lfpattons, as newspaper Subscrib.
ers are apt TO style III, Nsplves. would all act
like honest men. there would te no occasion
.ftefto intrude such matters into Newspa-
pers' But stern necessity compes it some
times, espec lily at seasons like the past dis
astrous year The erpeiuaIy.recurrin
demands of Paper Manufacturers, Type
Founders, Printers, lnk-make7s, and a vaIie-
~ OF minor drafts upon the Proprietor Of
Journtl, which has large circulation, make
proinrpaymeut of his numberless small
dues Imperative upon his Subscribers
The,e various branches Of business re.
quire prompt liquidation OF their bills. as
well as Printers accounts. Their reasona-
bic expectations should not be thwarted from
the excessive laeily of Newspaper Subscrib.
ers. Few Publishers are men of capital
sufficient TO Iun on for years without having
their OUTLAWS refunded; and although the
Wing press in this country has been charg-
ed with beng bank fed, few OF them, we
apprehend, have realized any thing be-
yond the shadow" Our experience, nm
fortunately y, knows nothing of any such prof
fercd boon Again. if prompt payments
were made when bills are due or presented,
the business Of publishing new spaper
would moi only be agreeable but lucrative
But the erasions and subleriuges sometimes
practised for the non-payment of paltry items
of subscription are enough, sometimes. 10
make philosopher indignant or 4 dog
laugh
Great injustice is done the. Press in this
country. Editors are expected 10 fight pc.
ILlcal battles, get up caucusses and diS,rib-
ute votes-advocaie morals Schools, Chur-
ctes, and good order-plrad for the farmer
and mechanic, aud denouncc iuiQuty in
high places--ins;rucl the young aud old
describe every big vegetable or mammoth
animal product-publish the death of friends
and marriages vice al the haz
ard of the malgnity of the vicious, and
defend the injured at the risk OF being the
victim of the fierce passions Of the injurer.-
What thanks for his personal services. ex.
cept the indignant aud averied looks of SUI
percllious and ,hin.shinned men, or the in
suits and personal ou,ragcs oil heailless yag-
abonds
The system of unlimited newspaper cred.
/ ii to any body. strangers abroad as well as
at home, is bad system. II is coufidine
too implicitly 10 the honor and integrity Of
unknown persons. same Of whom. every
newspaper has learned from bitter expert.
ence, possess no such features of character
| MANY individuals neglect these dues for
is"SSese'se NedTS,--uut fTUu an ;,.t, otion TO
de'rnnd, but from forgelfulnrss or procrasti.
nation and hence, whvn such persons are
IN distant parts, or remote from ZACH other
the Publisher has no means 10 collecl and
no other slaiTlo lean upon but their honor
How often this proves a shadow OF things
unseen
We have been led 10 think of this subject,
from the published statement of General
Greene, former Editor Of the L. S. Tele-
glaph, who says thar over Giy fire Thousand
dollars are now due him in this country foI
newspapers, with which he bias supplied
Subscribers What AN outrage on justice
What violation of the sense of right i
Wha poor compliment 10 the integrity Of
newspaper readers in America
1t is singular how sugar, like cotton ant
,nbn.,a Itha tu,n e rs, b,, ifttl, l,ro,r g.