Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-02-09
From the Ohio Star.



the fires OF patriotism, and deem Il necessary Tor
tho good Of mankind themselves VI course incIun-
ed TO take the Affairs Of The world in general, anu
of one nation in particular upon their 'spec''i
shoulders. IT may become necessary 10 t'at enc, -
,art and parccl Of the .n.a-s for carrying nto CT
feel the desired OBJECT, IL start newspaper thf"
the medium OF which thcE can EJECT upon com
n,nitv their vicws. ctfIue OF the LOGO
f,co SORT thus situated, and hcin9 nus moved up
on by the Unborn impulses u an naacconh'aDie
patriotism, may IN the first place be supposed 10
mi forth the very opposite enquiry 'Wtiat Is II Dc
done? Having propounded this very htiaiai III
terrogatory several Things VIII readily be sde2e7i
cd First, some of the clique have Offices "h'on
H. is all important for them 10 retain, and sec"l'a
others want Offices which i, Is all important Tor
them to possess. Ii souts OF these asPf@tts are
shallow pated upstairs and new comers, IL Is all
the better In ORDER therefore, TO retain oe, ana
10 get new officers the people must be tntnbng-
pcd aud in order 10 do this, a Press ana pruning
materials must be procured tor the purpose u
starting ii newspaper which they, the asif%h'7'
can control, If there IS aiready 4 locnioco news
paper upon the ground, the hands Of n poor
man. who has to struggle hard for The support Of
himself and family bat who cannot be moulded TO
tho will Of the aspirants 50 much the bettcf-
The poor man must be broken down, al Whatever
hazard and showed off the course, siarVe though
he and his children may.
The preimnaries being thus fur agreed nP"h'
the office holders ana OilitG sGckfls, iiiiHt i1
themselves into an association, the former must
contribute a part Of the salaries oil which they
are in the receipt, and the latter must ADVANCE
out Of private ft.nds, III anticipation 81 us oo''E
refunded 10 them ont Of the salaries yet 10 DC 90
tanned An association thus composed Vi a1"u'
n bakers dozen III number, having made th'F
several contributions to the ASSOCIATION ilb"''iUs,
start off an agent to make purchase Oh ffeas ana
Type.
Thig all being so FAR happily arranged,i tt VIII
al once strike the parties interested, tiai "i' DIS
socatcd or company name will he necessary y n"-
der which to publish the new paper ana % INC
business of the Office Some one, therefore,
must be procured 10 stand forth az the senior
publisher, while all the othors are concealed I'm
der the very convenient phrase, ~ 20. 1 no
senior publisher should be, If possible, an ONCE /
holder, and If under the General Sote'hHieni'
as f instance a Post-m"s t VIII be all the "e'-
ter This all being satisfactorily arranged, thefe
is another appendage to a newspaper, Thought oY
some be Indispensable, TO vii, an ediof, "hio1i
it will be necessary 10 obtain. An Gator t"efo-
fore must DO hired and hired 10 work to ordeI.-
1t could hard, be deemed prudent To pay the hife
ling who is TO be iutrusted with the editofiai
conduct Of the paper moro than S3oo Tor me iifst
year. aud the salary may be increased thereafter
according to circumstances. But an cdi'of must
be obiaip cd and in order that he may be complete
" and entirely the tool OF his employers, an III
.,rument that each may use sort OF mask be
private animostics may dictate Inc en-
ployer must possess some singular ard peculiar
proprctles.
One should be procured who has neither pride
nor dignity oil character, who has no scfuPies OF
conscience and no moral senslbllitIcs. lie should
be whom no decehf man WIZ "u'n'
10 the sociality of his family his board,
and though his propensities should run IN the
same channel as those of The fat knight IN Shnks-
pcare's ssMerry wives of Windsor thai should DC
no objection. He should lie TT c"mn"n,"n tor
the lowest offscourings that can he found 10 the
filthiest stews of Biilngsgate. lie should be
shallow pated ignoramus, but vain and pued up
" iih an idea of his prodigous abilities, con
ceiving himself to be very Atlas, sustaining up
on his mighty shoulders the fate OF nations. lie
should he a hardened. unscrupuous and Inveter-
ate liar an open and SOOTHING blaspheincr, all the
charac terstics of a reckless and desperate william
with the cowardicc of dirty Potroon I
He should be great little scoundrel beneath the
notice or contempt of any who have the least re-
q ard for the charities sober decencies OF life
He should be destitute of every generous and man
y imrulse and fostering and rocking IN moral pol
luton his motto should DO like that adopted BY !
Satan when he. with hellish malenity overlook .
ed the fair fields of Paradise, with the fendish !
purpose of biChting the innocence that there
rcigned in primeva loneliness; 'EUtI be thor my .
podr' Having procured such character. no i.
should be invested with the editorial robes, and
placed upon the tripod. He then be regard
ed bv his employers their hlreftng, their tool,
bound, and willing, as his appropriate element, to
do any Dirty work to order. Or his employers
may, if they please. prepare their own illusions
Of personal spite and hatred, and use him as a !
convenient duet through which 10 eject their ven
nm he unlike. it may be, some of his employers,
having neither character nor responsibility at
stake All things being thus III order, the herring
TOOL NAV 90 on his vocation, scottlnT and snee-
ring at morality, and decry every thing that IS 4
calculated to elevate ennuble society. lie
should " eekiv pour forth tho viast and most I'M
founded ISLANDERS against the best and most wor-
Inv citizens in the community. lie should heap
upon that noble and chivairous trait IN
The character of man. which has obtained IN all
.pcs of the world. and has even been put forth by
harbarians for the protection OF the female sex
He should discard rather be groveiiing IN his
propepsities as TO be incapable of feeling or ap-
such manly impulses, and should al once
siqnalize himself, BY making the most rude and
yugar assault upon innocent. unoilending and de-
feuceIess females. The association should APP
plaud these master strokes, that community may
the more readily form exalted opinion OF the
abilities of their hIrellng. This
tool of the '.association should be finished an
instrument. Us to be incapable OF biushng al any
l. IL, IS 4