Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-22


Cd our paper without paying fos il. We Ave 10
Gently eaussd a thorough exaNinatz<o b made
OF all tee books aud secosn's ~ our eikee the
result eiscloses enonnoas io.asties. iron
which &c appeal TO the sober taoa<ho u our
fs,snjs. While we are indsbsed between ga aud
| SIS 900 to the Binks. that can no longer sdSsd
indulgence We fad therc Is due 10 W, for subscsp-
| tons and advertising. moss than t~s've times the
larger sum named. This ought no; 10 bsi We
earnestly entreat You to correct ths oppressive Ia
justice. The debts which most soseiy psey upon
us, were not contracted by ourselves We have
educated a very large family. ia the best way We
/ could command. We had 10 the course 81 n
long lif-, los, much by unfortunate purchaser We
had still accumulated some valuable property.
We have more thar enough at tho common rates
to pay all eur debts-and TO Leave n surplus.
But 10 cell Il Mt this time, at the present low pr-
ees, would he TO sacrifice 1. We have given oil
of our time, and most Of means 20 this paper
have lived ftugaliy, an yet ws have been tainted
ny the most indecent Of our oppeaents. with keep
ing ourselves always in difficulties, TO preserve q
show Of fashion aud style. Th. charge IN
true in every sense; but ought our hends, who
have hsd the whole benefit OF our labor, and who
owe US teu-iold the amount o. oar indebted
ness, to avail themselves &C further indal
| ecace, untii at least tho tytbe oi tbeir debts
| to us ore psid1 No one 10 more sensible than
ourselves Of the support, the eousdence. the kind
ness, VIC have received from huntseds and thou
sands OF our eountrymen. No ons can feel greater
pride and d. eper gr.t tudo for the nnplo i,berahiy
| with which they have stood by VI. and With which
| they stand by uS still-not u>srely with their
purses, but with what ia moro tourhas 70 public
OF any sort OF spirit. with the eoEhdenes they
havs reposed N our principles, aad the epprobA.
ton they have extended TO our course. Nor cen
refuse to several OF our poliieui opponents the
sincere tribute, which We owe 70 Them, for the ibe-
rality which they have shown TO IA. Our subscrip-
ton list IS furnishing as ever-but N IS not suf-
gently available. Mary are in arrears to us.--
Have we right TO appeal TO Them for ius:icef
IL each would even pay %. oar relst would be
immediate. The members Of QUE Leg islature will
leave homo Zoe this city, and pressn safe OPP
portuntes for remittances. TIE Fcstnaaste,s be
sides would. at all times, render Is the usual fsc
li,ies when desired by their neishbfss. We propose
hereafter To pay moro attention y >f,rsistueDss -
our paper, TO devote more OF u to agricultural
ard commercial intelligence, and to make it more
acceptable TO a larger portion OF the communi, y.
But we must call upon our friends to pay portion,
at least, OF their arrearascs, and We would thank
those WHO are rot III cars TO assis, us IN making
collections 10 their neighhorhooi In order to keep
our editorial course fec from the suspicion OF
improper influence, We have been, perhaps, over
fastidIous in declining advantageous ofsrs-we can
now make no cnhage in the course prescribed to
ourselves. We ask no office from IN power ut
Washington. We neither ssk, nor expect, nor
would receive any from any OF the csnddaics who
may succeed TO the Presidential Chair in 1874
Some Of our friends have already spoken TO about
AN ONCE, which the next Legislature might place
IN our hands. We hereby uneqnvccally declarr,
that we neither ask, nor would q accept IL. Our
sole dependence is the people, and our friends
will therefore perceive tha, their pay men,s are the
more indispensable.
IL this address produces no adequate efTse,-if a
more energetic system OF collections shall afford
very early relief, we must turn TO something else
our debts must be paid, even if We associate two
Of our sons in office, ond turn portion Of our
time and our energies in another direction -
The sands Of our lite have not run out. The
spark which gracious Providence originally in =
fused into our composition, Is not yet extnguish
ed-and our spirits ore yet unbroken-our ener
sies are still bouyant nd indo.nitabe. We de-
stined still TO our bread with the sweat Of our
brow, and we shall not murmur that such should be
our lot 10 the last day Of our life. We have spirits aud
energies enough left us 10 devote portion OF them
TO another vocation-and We have every confidence,
that with the assistance others, whose cooper
alton We have o right To draw, VIC should soon
be relieved from cur difficulties, and We will un.
hesiialingly resort 10 II, sooner than remain
are. The last thing that we will consent 10 par;
with, or whose energies we would impir, Is the
Enquirer. We have too long Tough, with II, "a il
were Ike an ancient soldier, side by side-we are
under too deep obligations TO II for the services II
has rendered TO US, for the lutte OF fame that we
may have earned, or for the little OF benef. that
We may have contributed TO our party or oGr prin-
ciples. to abandon To others, or TO depreciate its
value. These are not the times for any Rspubli-
can to desert his post. When oil tho principles
and Tor which we have borne go long the bsunt and
battle OF the day, are now ut stske-when a tai
enied party are threatening 10 PROSTATE tue Re
publican cause, the good old cause OF 80 80 -
when our own friends have right TO call upon us
for every eTeItion can make against ou- pOiti-
cal opponents, and for every council and oil the
discretion we may possess for keeping our own
friends together we say again we shall not give NJ
the ship, but will attempt 10 arm her quarter deck
with more guns, and impirt new yigoT to her bat
icy:
We have forborne to make this arp'al, ill the
in the kude,t spirit, and we trus, ii will be so re
REnARKA-There is a retriburiosi for crime al.
most a, unering in tbs vorld as in the next; and
Heavan permits no mar 10 do mischief through his
whole life, without its falling, at last on himself
and crushing him.
For some 30 years, the Editor OF the Eng uirer
has toiled to disseminate principles that were to
rpen into the existing corruption, confusion and
subYerson. II Society il totally unsettled; IL the
Gosernment under which we live has become n
shame for i,s iniqui,ies and curse for its loes
public life has grown almost hateful to the good
and aClei AID # even the privacy of the household
ah1rds no longer refuge from political ills, that
are dragging down wreIchedness AMI distress upon
ALL how is it, at least with the T. itor's individual,
f1riune1 Could he claim. could he expect exemp.
ton from the wide and overwhelming calamties TO
Freedom, to Morals, and TO whatever makes indi-
vduaI or national happiness, which such as no have
brought abouI7
God fo:bd thet we should ever become so un
manly as 10 look with any tine but sympathy upon
the unmeri,ed misfonunes OF even an adversary
worthy one has always ceased TO be such to us.
the instant he was down. We have never, in the
strife Of politics. welded any Lu, honest arms, str
king fair blows. and presenting our body TO such
Instead OF dshonouring the tody of brave enc.
my, We would bury him in the colours hs had de
Tended and with his nrms by his side. But the corse
Of the Craven or the Knave, wo should never hest
tate 10 spurn, without an instnnrs pity.
When, therefore, the Enquirer tells US, as il did
the other day, tho, It's Editor, the ar,heer of every
i'll which he has ever been abe to help, for his own
benefit, shares in the extreme distress which his coun.
sells and his practices have pulled down on every
body else, we salute to fact, as We should the
fate Of eai.'G on ship board. who had bored
holes in the bottom Of the vessel, and was one Of
the first TO bs dfo~ncJ, in esca ping from her.
From tho plank or the hen coop on which we
ride we shall certainly see him 60 down with no
very extreme regret
The Editor who upheld that man, Compassion .
ate Of others woel who pronounced that "fuin "