Piney Woods planter., 1839-12-07
TO the Public.

ers oipapers have been so long neg
a lected. Justice will never be done nj
rless themselves assert their rights am
enforce the most rigid rules, which in The
end will be found alike salutary to the pu
lie and beneficial to those engaged in The
press. Publishers ofpapers have bcon Sc
long imposed upon by the community at
large, that they are considered to some
extent degraded class Of beings, when
IN fact there is no vocation in life so hon
orable, deserving ofso high consideration,
productive of so much good, class that
III exerts SO powerful an influence. 1t is
known to be proverbial for the debtors to
II newspaper publishers to consider their de-
mands as the last TO be paid--debts to
which there is attached no moral obIiga-
tion, and which they can refuse 10 pay
with justice and honor; hence it is incum-
bent upon the conductors Of the press TO
assert their own rights, and resolve, sew
orally and jointly, t. bring all patrons of
newspapers under the same obligations
that attach TO other contracts, or always
remain in poverty and want, with thous-
9ands due them from the most solvent men
tin the country.
We call upon all editors ard publishers
6of papers who approve of the following
'rules, to endorse them by their signatures
--place them at the head of their papers,
and strictly adhere to them.
lst. No subscription received without
payment in dduaace.
ID. No subscription received for less
than six months.
3D. Advance payment will be required
from all transient advertisers.
4th. To announce no man for any Office
either state or county, without the ad-
vance payment often dollars
t 5th. Political circulars charged as ad- |
verisements and payment required in
ddrGRce.
9th. All advertisements of personal
alteration will be charged double, and
payment required in advance.
7th. Election tickets will not be print
ed without order, nor delivered to any per.
son without payment.
Sth. Al subscribers, without respect TO
persons, who are delinqaents on the lst of
October, will be stricken from the list and
their accounts put in suit.
The above rules, we, the undersigned,I
pledge ourselves to abide by.
The above has been signed by nearly
all the editors and publishers in the state,
and we hesitate not to say, will be enfor-
ced rgidy.
We did not sign the ''rules" sooner, but
experience has taught us that we should
have done so. The 1st of October was
the time fixed on, ind our year ends not
till February, after which we sha! be 60.
verned by them; for. we are convinced,
nothing else will do
TOTHILL g. EySELY,
Publishers Of the Piney WOODS Planter !
The suhjoined, from the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, expresses our sentiments !
on this subject;
6IEANNESS-ASome newspapers are
eternaIIr harpng on that foolish theme
"Do. good patrons, pay us our money. and
permit us to eat. Dear, kind, honest
good paturcG. benevolent, charitable pat 5
rons, nav vonr subscriptions; VIC cannot q
net along without money; we know your =
disposition 10 encourage the press; don't P
forget your poor, slaVish, peggariy print Z
err" SC. &c Now, as thH saying Is, me b
world owes every man living; to obtain
il he may work, beg, pick pockets'. make
shinpIasters, according 10 the diroc'ions OF II
his taste and talents. But one Of these 6
branches Of business is enough; if he cho- tC
ses TO work, let him work, and ii he pre- II
fers begging, let him beg; bntit IS curious OF
indeed, If a man must work and beg, both. di
The pitful tone Of supplicaton used by
certain papers, confcsses want Of worth;
thew appeal to the wrong princiPle--they ht
address, themselves to the compassion Of D;
theirsubscrbers, when they have demands II
on their Justice Ifthey ask payment for h;
an couivalent rendered, let them speak o.
ont like niar, and not whimper, whine and il
enc like mcndlcants. If they ask for mo- ~
nev when they have no claims founded "
IN law and Justice, they are beggars in
fact and nav act accordingly. Of this th
vo oro certain, that any business which BIZ
reod. mnst be eked out with beggary, Is su
not worth following; and five have cor d.
rcct view Of the subject, hoeing potatoes, ~ -,
cleaning SINKS, or any other kind OF hon m ="
est employment, is much more resPec;ta- ~ =:
bic than that .'pay mo for the sake OF cha ~ ~
rity" System -, v"