North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-28
To THE PATRONS OF THE y.
AMERICAN,
SOW INDEBTED TO THE LATE PnorhtEros
TT. ]. THOM AS.

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Dare more the subscribers OF this pa
Ne, who hare not paiS, are requested TO
,.y Immediately. Every paper for long
sim, ,ss, has carried with IL Dun, but
.ll to no purpose. and nav | appeal again
"a those whs have taken il and FORGOT
rEs to pay. Isay forgotten because !
supposs no person would subscribe Tor a
newspaper, especially such an one as the
F." North Amsrican," without the means o'
vsving, and having the MEANS any gen
ufmsn would pay without being dunned
90 often, unless he had forgotten 10 d" 90.
Willis had the management OF the paper,
INV lshours were incessant day and alght
n make il a vehicle Of interesting matter
n us readers. | am indebted to the
p.permaker for paper aud am also IN
deb, 10 many Others for the means neces-
s,ry tn enable me 10 carry on The business
and for provisions and neeessaries Tor my
family. and where the money is coming
from 20 pay all this no one knows, ana
.horll think no one cared. II talk and
rr.,ly compliments would support paper
or maintain a family we should live IN
grand style; bu, wan, NO more OF 'ha'
.tsll: we ask pay and PAY we MUST ana
VIII a.vs. those who are too POOR 70
nav cash can give something else. Let
no one suppose tina, am asking charity
m such thing arm only calling for what
i. nv homes, due, and If delinquent sub
wribes have the spirit Of honesty and
common humanity they would never wait
70 he again asked for what they owe me-
When this paper was frs, commenced II
was cheered by thousand good WISHES
and som. money since then the quant'y
of money has been decreasing, and u
was left 10 the Proprietor either to strug-
Gle alone through all his difficulties or let
,he paper and the cause in which It was
engaged die together. chose the first,
and struggled on until the debts ] owed had
become large enough to demand liqnIda-
ton, and then only did give II up. Since
tina, time I have been calling for my hard
earnings and seldom has the ginglc OF one
solitary dollar greeted my ears f; my family
feel the effects of this neglect too sensibly,
and so do my creditors. could not have
supposed from what | had heard, oi the
patriotism and generosity Of the Americans
that such marked dishonesty could ever
have been practised by any claiming TO be
Americans. | could not have imagined il
possible tina. an exile from his country
would under such circumstances he allow
ed bv his debtors to starve or be carried 10
init; and certainly il is well known that
both those who have been and those who
are now engaged in the paper were driven
from their home, their property and their
coun,ry pennyless to find ia this country
that sympathy and freedom OF conscience
which was denied them in poor enslaved
Canada. Bot hear one say 81 am Trend
10 the cause, 1 feel for the poor Patriots,
add mean to do something for the paper"
II they are friends to Liberty and TO Can
ada why don't they make il manifest MOI
10 the ear bu, to the eye'" If they lee
for the poor patriots why don't they shew
,ha, sympathy for them which every true
lover OF Liberty ough, to shew,asd II they
mean TO do something for the psper now
is the time to 10 il, and now 10 the time &c
come forward and shew themselves men
and men OF honor too. II the above cal
is no, Immediately attended TO, each and
every delinquent, subscriber. will hear iron
me. in a way and manner that will call th'
blush Of shame TO their cheek, aud teac'