Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-29

renewed energies, and determination 10 employ
every resource to give the Palladium additional
claims 10 confidence and support; yet ii mast be
acknowledged, that III order 10 d. th=--io enable
Is do Justice 10 our pQsitioa.-ts sJs2orl il the
best manner the cause IA winch are engaged,
4 more extended subsuriptIna Is essential.
Ii - u" generally considered, rnat the l-htoFs
and publishers Of paper, those only who
principally profit by It's support. That the sub
scrip,ion money paid !, fui consideration for rs
value THIS view, we consider erroneous. NJ
man can habi,uaIly read Il we'll conducted period
zeal wlthou, finding such increase Of int3rma-
lion, as will make "a protiEal return. No mat
fer VIVA. his situation IN life may be, the respect
ability which increased intelligence confers upon
him viii be more than ample return Bat to those
having families. paper constitutes means "'
enjoyment, and improS emeni which none who
discharge their duty To their children, can avoid
employ ing. 1t comes IN It's quiet and nnobtru-
sye manner, and introduces itself into the very
hea-t of the domestic circle, welcomed no less by
the refinement Of its taste in general literature,
than for the deeper anu more useful lessons 1t I'M
parts In the history of our race and bringing TO
ali fresh intelligence OF the affairs of the country
in which the aged have long been interested nc
tors, and into which the younger branch are about
to enter. The heart Of the one Is solaced by the
recital Of scenes in which he was Il voluntary anu
enthusiastic participant; and the other cheered
by having the path marked out for his future ca
reer. Beacon lights hung on history's page TO Ii
Illuminate their pathway TO duty and TO fame
And while from the variety of style, and matter,
it furnishes admirable means of learning to
read II communicates to the young mind an am
pie store of the most fruitful intelligence. No
family in the present age of improv ement, nge
in which the standing of an individual IN society
is regulated by the culture Of his mind instead OF
HEREDITARY wealth titles, can with justice TO
itself decline taking some periodical newspa-
per Of the day.
But if in Il domestic view, from these private
considerations that affect the individual principal
~, the patronage of the press is SO important to
= The community, with what intense interest mus
: the question Of It's support be viewed by every
, lover of his country, from a regard to its polit
cal bearing. The most sagacious of modern oh
;. servers, has remarked, that education Is the
:, cheap defence of nations. OF all the means o
:, inpartng that knowledge to the community by
which their rights become known and appreciated
their first invasion detected and pointed out
l. and the most efficient means of protection nm
I preservation afforded, none rank with th'
d Press. 1t stands constant and untiring SCI!
tinol of the people. Hence in all free countsie
p 1t lourshes-in all desp"sic ones i, is vanshe
or tettered. Ana thus, IN lis of madnes
IS and oppression, pursued by ,yranncal admin
n istration, was the great body of the America
10 press prescribed. and charges Of corruption an
bribery
Ia with the people-that their great cause en-
Interests, BY siien, and covert approaches in a
a unguarded hour might become tho prey of On
20 surping and wantoniy experimenting executive
a In this crisis of national affairs, marked
10 such strong characters in the history of tho a
a few years, the Palladium has maintained with il
;, dependence and an open zeal (Which has made
ie offensive to the powers that be) the principle
to Of the revoution-of tho sages whose wsdo
ne moulded the fabric of government-,he pow
81 ers which the Constitution established, and tt
~ Just exercise of the functions of every depnr
ed ment it has prescribed. Against the usurpatior
p of a parizan Executive, in destroying the be
e, currency the world ever had and waging a ruiI
- less and designing upon Other institutions
our country,we have maintained a:l open and fir
resistance
To the crusade against the Banking systef
while lhat system associated with I!
- business Of the Country, aud after the former Ell
IN ployment and support that had been given to
he aud It's refusal to marshal in the ranks Of par
cd warfare-to the ruthless contest with the cree
-. system, the inseparable companion of ctviiizau
vat the reward which industry and integrity, a
he character have won, from the close and grp
his spirit that cramped the genius Of trade before
'F@ introduction we have hung aoft the lamp Of
- enlightened and fruitful experience. Ols whc
history condemn them, and expose the hollow e
ar hvpocritlcal profession Of being designed to 2
N mote the public welfare.
ID To the doctrine, the same with Brigan
,h- warrant ''that TO the vctors belong the spoil
H. doctrine designating and revoutionary,~ III
ret deihrones the sovereignty of the people, and
ich Up an unhaIlowed altar !he ruins Of eq
vas righls-which Jews the public offices mco
Oh - md not tod be e