Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-11-13

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recon ii some Of lie subscribers, and $3.50 rad
count Of IT. the balance due The maker is 1852 30, for
which he has commenced suil against
As DID not either contract with. or have ans thing
TO do with Mr. Hoe, the maker of the Press except
eNetnns ~ collecting subscriptions and pa ;,ug them
over ! shall OF course resist the na.. ,ent III,
appears 10 nc h", ms matter ourht mol 10 be sub
II'"e - 90 IA, s,gatioa IN CONT II Justice Mr..
e f"ould be paid Tor the Press and think the gem
emrh who pledged themselves 10 Mr.. Blair IN
honor bound Ia pay immediate attention 10 the subject
therefore suggest thai you meet for the purpose al
clock ~
Yours very respectfully. x
DANIEL JhCKSON.'
We do not to say tina, Mr.. Blair acted mProp
ery IN seeking pecnniay aid from his political friends
in order 10 enable him TO commence business in Wasll-
neion; that those friends were censnfable for afford
ing that aid. Far from it, Our object is, by contrasting
The present condition Of the wealthy Nabob, living in
sfendnr ON his "Sver Spring" estate, lately graph
cay described by his Ill the editorial chair a,
Washington, with that which he presented thirteen
years ago. as pennylcss advenurer to show the inu
thces which, during that period operated upon his mind
and controlled his course and which necessarily render
ed hn the mere eclo as he the siipendary ct the
Federal Executive. Nor should we deem ii necessary 10
do this, II he alane concerned But il is derive
from The past an instructive warning for the future and
to prevent II p sslbe (and if we cannot prevent
pose The use OF the public money for purposes
temPlaed by the trainers of the constitutions and in
mode calculated corrupt the press, which the Pal
ladiun Of or Liberty" only when it is free and sub
ccI II to the absolute control of the President whose acts
II cannot, iii would, copdemn, and must, even though
disappearing, defend.
Nleasrs Blair & Rives it is conceded, retired frnm
Their position Official Editors with jont fortune of
about nlllonof dollars accumulated upon a small ''bor-
rowed capital Ia the short space OF thirteen wears If
Tins Immense sum had been the legitimate profits of their
newspaper establishment, far npanlnp Of their
good orlune.w should rather have commended the ab
ny Industry \ economy. which in brief period had
enabled them To reap rich harvest. Bat so far from
This being The fact, be unquestioned that the
newspap er alone, instead OF being thus profitable actual
~ subjected the propetoS to annual loss Of thousands
ut dollars Bat their position the "organ" othe Ey-
ecntiye, which already couers upon hn who hold, il
the rank aud than the Influence ei member Of The
Cabinet In the deliberations and decisions of which body
he Is supposed 10 Participate his position we say AS
the organ OF the Executive and consequently OF The par
~, which when the Executive makes known his vim
toefaes no difference of opinion the part Of il, mem
bers, ensured him, while his loyalty conn,ied nnsuspec-
ted. nm amount OF patronage, which, when united with
that under the control Of the several Departments was
greater than that enjoyed by any other officer of the ge
neral govel nment. What was tie conseouenc.2 IA
The Globe ever breathe whisper Of complaint against
Gen. jackson or Mr. Van Buren2 Neyerl DID !, evor
tail to applaud those ind, iduas both for what they did
and lur what they omitted do7 Never, Was even
The Monitenr servo TO Napoleon-or the London
/ lines IN Ia I 4
that the editors heartily concured in all the measure,
they apPauded and heartily dsaproy,d Of all those
they condemned-ihoug there are conclusive reasons To
justify the belief that such was not the fact But the
question Is, not whether they were honest bu, is the
system rish, which avishly rewards from the edrr,
treasury, press, 10 do the Executive bidding? Is il
proper TO tempt men to defend The wrong and oppose
the right, by presenting such powerful appeals to their
cupdy or perhaps 10 their necessity? In other words
is right that the President shall have pensoneI pres
under his complete control As we once before remark
ed while treating on this subject, if Mr. Polk had IS
'aenshtd' WIN his own funds, paper at Washington
and employed an editor 10 deerd his course ON all ones
lions mat might arise during his Administration, the
public judgment would have been shocked a, the iude
caey Ut an act which all men must in their hearts have
condemned. How much more worthy of Condemnation
70 - ""'" u" ''H"ies editors already established there
to discontinue the publication of their paper and Ia ,b,n
don Inc editorial chair and then calls from distance an
other, To occupy their place, With full UNDERSTANDING
implied # not expressed all sides that the remupe,
ton of the new editor like that of those who have been
thus. at the bidding Of the Executive su perseded n y,
be derived, not from the newspaper ITSELF but from tho
Pob'c printing, to which he is 10 be deemed entitled in
virtue OF his relations towards the President 4 si,nnl.
stai ~ tIo
TO sho" not only the npniicy but the dancer of tho m
cedeni We are not surprised, indeed that the Fred
teHSo"rg h'c"rder, strong lis party attachments
and friendly as it is to The present editor Of The Wash
'he'"n onlon, should unite with the Wing presses in de-
peca'ing this novel idea Of sending in the train oc ever,
new President 10 Washington a press and an ,di,or IL
gloss over ms nsdeeds should he be guilty of them and
to magnify the proper performance of his daties into ats
of special merit,
bn,Ilihe practice no,c be broken M tho ,.on
onghi 10 be apprlzed OF this, Of the most
Souses mat has cTept into the practical adn of
ouI government We have heard good deal la civ in the
Washington Unioa Gas well as in ltsspreGecessor the
"o') about the enormous profits made hy the owners
ut The cotton factories Of tie North while their uoor Ia,
oorers, we have been told, though worked like slaves
have been put off upon very meagre waves. But we
"as"e 'na' me owner OF no cotton factory however
profitable ever accumulated large fortune. upon so
small capital. quite apidy the prnprelors or,he
Ereeahre Pttttas press in Washngton-anJ We