Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-30
The .7dminisira,ioa and he Prt,,.

We had designed commenting upon the impu-
dent and calumnious statement made by MIR Ty.
ler's organ with regard to the Prcss-but the task
Is so much better done TO Our hand, by the u. s.
G9zeIte, than could do il, that we adopt its
structures. The "usng up" is complete as any
thing we could imagine. This Administration
which not one paper on the continent supports-un-
less it is paid to do it-ialking about subsidized
press But the Gazette hos said enough on that
head. Ii has only omitted to bsstow that praise up.
on the Wing Press, which il richly merits, for IL.
noble and Independent course. or the hundreds OF
Wing papers, which fought the battle Of 1870
Captain Tyler he's not bought one that we know Of,
with ell his patronage, his paper and twine con-
II ets-his advertisements and douceurs A fact
more honorable 10 the conductors of that press or
more conclusive oftheir honesty and disinterested.
ness. could not he adduced. The Wing party are
blessed in having advocates thus proof gainst tenn
tation.
MR.. TYLER AND THE PRESS.
But Let US look these presses and Charles foil in
the face The presses that ring the oudest in favor
Of Mr. Cay, and against Mr. Tyler IRE those in the
large cities. Do they express 'the will of The men
plei" Let us see. Some two hundred and hfty
wealthy merchants, by subscriptions and Advertise,
ments, contribute one hundred dollars each IN the
support e 9 ay Wig paper. This is S25, OOO,-
Three or four Backs contribute $1,000 each and
some $4,000 OF $4,000 obtained nom casual fub
scubers and adveussus. Thus between $50 600 and
$40 600 are raised, and large daily Clay w hig pa
per Is sustained. Does such a journal reflect the
sentiments Of the peop'el Is the dictum OF two or
lhree hundred or5iocrats to he taken for the "w !
of the pcopel" Are the those overgtovn
merchants and Bank officers identified with those
Of the farmers snd mcchnn's7 Add yet the poorest
abofer has as much right 10 dictate, by his vote and
his voice, rs the arisocra1 And they will never
submit 20 be Dictated. MIR Clay has chosen the
lev with their fIches-giys us the many, though
poor, with honenst heartsl SO much Tor the city
arisIocrals and their Bank presses .HsdisOnian.
A grosser insult, or a more palpsble falsehood,
hos not been uttered in a paper for some time than
Is to be found in the above quotation; and the wri.
ter Of II could have known very ilte Of the press Of
the country, or no would never have vsnturcd upon
such ridiculous eh1rge, exposed himself TO the
severity Of deserved censure.
"Tho presses that ring The oudes,, are those Of
large cities" This Is not true. The presses Of the
interior Of the west are loud in their denu ncatons
OF Mr. Tyler. Look at those OF Kentucky, Tennes-
SEE, North Carolins, &c.
But To the charge that the Clsy presses Of the
city are established by wealthy merchants.
In the courss Of our repentance with tho city
pltahta AuiOHLNpuA NNt ONVUf W. hUON OF only TWO
large papeu established ard sustained by Others
hln The csteosbe proprietors; and neither Of these
are considered Clay papers, both are recipients Of
Mo Tylefs bounty, and are reckoned amoog his DO
lenders. The Clay men kno- very well, that press
IN the city which cannot sustain ITSELF 10 not worth
sustaining.
No Wing paper, within our knovitdge, in any
city received dollar beyond its subscription and
advertising; while tho ADMINISTRATION cannot sho~
SINGLE paper 10 is cause that IS not fed With the
money Of tho people-ani the silence Of some hes
been purchased by patronage.
The mefchaois, Traders, business men, and me-
eh'nies OF our city, who sustain the Clay press are
set down by tho organ Of The administfaton %
rognes, while the thirty or forty sxoecsnts Of Off e,
or holders Of patronage, are The precious num6cr Of
lelcct ihft e'o 10 save the ely.
| Bot the Madsoninn speaks of tho "coOntry press'
rs eminent for pufity, and attachment 70, end Do
fence Of, Mr. Tyler
LIT Os take, for example, the great s,ete Of Penn
syIyania, with her Two HUNDRED and mty Thousand