Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-01-18
To Tie Public.

HI avs oipapers have been 50 long n4g-
.,oJ Justice viii never be done un-
&c. themselves assert their rights and
o rI; The most rigid rules, which IN ta0
enJ w;ll he found alike salutary TO theFu-
N tic and beneficial to those engaged IN nc
Dress. publishere papers have been ~
onr imposed upon by the community az
LARGE, that they are considered to some
N extent degraded cIaEs Of beings, wheh
N in fnct there in no vocation in ME SO non
N orable, deserving Of 10 high consideration,
productive Of SO much good, a class that
exerts so powerful an influence. =
n known TO be proverbial for the debtors 70
newspaper publishers to consider their de-
mands as the last 70 be paid--deDts 10
which there il attached no moral oblIga-
4 ton, and which they can refuse 70 pay
with Justice and honor; hence il Is incum-
bent upon the conductors Of the press 20
assert their own rights, and resolve, sew
orally and jointly, IL bring all patrons Of
newspapers under the same obligations
shat attach to other contracts, or always
remain in poverty and want, with thous-
ands due them from the most solvent mon
in the country.
We call upon all editors aad publishers
Of papers who approve Of the following
rules, to endorse them by their signatures
---pIace them at the head Of their papers.
and strictly adhere TO them.
lst No subscription received without
payment in adrGnce.
Cd. 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 adj
vance payment often dollars.
9Th. Political circulars charged az adj
vertisements and payment required AL
adraRre.
9th. All advertisements of persona
alteration will be charged double, and
payment requiredin advance.
9TH. Election tickets will not be print
ed without order, nor delivered to any per
SON without payment
6th All subscribers, without respect To-
persons, who are deliRquents on the lst Of
October, will be stricken from The list and
their accounts put in suit.
The above rules, we, the undersigned, |
pledge ourselves toabide BY.
The above has been signed BY nearlyl
All the editorsand publishers in the state,
and we hesitate not 70 say, will'be enfor-
ced rigidly.
We did not sign the trades" sooner, bit
experience has taught Us that We should
have done 80. The LIST Of October was
the time fixed on, and our year ends MOI
tin Fgbrdrry, after which we shall be g.
verned by them; FOR, we are convinced,
nothing else will do
TOTHlLL g. ElSELY,
Publishers of the Piney Woods Planter.
The subjonod, from the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, expresses our sentiments
on this subject:
MEANNESS.--Some newspapers are
cternallv harping on that foolish theme
"Do, good patrons, pay US our money, ana
permit us 10 cnt. Dear, KIND, honest,
Good natured. benevolent, charitable pat
rons. paw your subscriptions; we cannot
get along without money; we Know your
disposition ID encourage the press; dont
FORGET your poor, slayish, beggarly print
arp &c. &C. Now, as the saving ls, inc
world owes every man living; 70 OBTAIN
Il he may work, beg, pick pockets, make
shinplasters, according TO the directions o.
his taste and talents. But one OF these
branches Of business is enough; i he cho-
ses TO work, let him work, and It ne pre-
fers begging, let him beg butt ls curious
indeed. if man must work and beg, Doth
The pitiful tone Of supplication used By
certain papers, confesses want Of worth
tbov appeal to the wrong principle--they
address themselves to the compassion 2
,he;rsubscribers, when they have demanc
an their Justice. Ifthey ask payment to
N equivalent rendered, let them speal
ont like mer, and not whlmPer, whne an
.no lke mendicants. If they ask for mo
NV when they have no claims tounde'
n law and Justice, they are heggars u
fact. and may act accordingly. U III
we are certain, that any business wilici
we va = ms, he eked out with beggary,
not worth following; and five have COZ
roct view Of tho subject, hoelnng potatoes
cleaning sinks, Or any other KIND q nol
est employment, is much more resP p sIa