The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-07-31
CHE DatIp 5pp.
WORCESTER:
THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1915.

The GAZETTE of yesterday, after noticing the APP
pearance OF the Daily Spy, says:
:" If allowed TO express opinion, we shou Id say
that, until Worcester sustain daily paper for each
political party, the interests OF the public would be bet
ter Sercedhy neutral paper"
The very next paragraph 10 the above in the Gazette
is a very Mandatory of the Daily Transcript Now.
fair play jewel, and, manly attack in the open
field, is more honorable than skulkng bush-fght. We
make preences to neutrality but, holding to what we
believe to be right, honestly opinions We
mean 10 do it, however. in spirit of candor and lber-
atty, and in such way TO give reasonable cause
OF offence to those who differ from us. And it does us
great pleasure say, that among patrons we count
considerable number, who though politically opposed
TO US, approve the general character Of our paper and
declare their unwingness to deprive themselves and
their families of the benefit of reading it.
We have disposition to call in question the merits
of the Transcript, and should not have alluded 10 il at
ALL but tor the nvdious character of the article above
mentioned which its friends have seen fit TO put forth
And we shall do now, only so far as is necessary to
place its true light the point which they have cho-
sen TO draw comparison dsparagmg 10 US.
We say, then that those who patronze the Transcript
as much sustain paper for of the political parties
as those do who patronze the Spy. An examination
OF the Transcript for the past week, and the Gazette
OF yesterday will at show that the Transcript is
merely tender TO the Gazette, to carry its wood and
water. Whether the Gazette could keep its steam IN
if the tender was cut adrft from it, is question we
shall not undertake to decide
The Gazette and Transcript are both printed al the
same office, and the printers of the Transcript are print
er, publishers, and poprietors of the Gazette The ex
animation we have spoken of will show that the Gazette
is, to very considerable extent made up of the matter
published in the Transcript, the type when set for the
latter paper, being merely transferred from its columns to
those Of the Gazette AL therefore that the publishers
able TO get for printing the Transcript, so far as the
matter is concerned that used in both papers is so
much deducted from the expenses of the Gazette, and
does so much towards sustaining and supporting IT,
One thing more. The publisher of the Transcript is
understood TO be the regularly accredited agent of the
third or miscaled Liberty party in this County lie has
kept an office in the Central Exchange stocked with the
various pamphlets circulars and other publications of the
party. aud his only apparent business, for a long time
preceding the commencement Of the publication Of the
Transcript has been, the circulation of those publca-
tons, and attending TO the eeconeering and 9th affairs
of the party. The Gazette readers well know is
the organ Of the party in this county. Those who
sustain the Transcript therefore help to sustain only
the newspaper Of the third party but ALSO the agent of
the party for carrying their political operations in this
County.
We do not state this as anything which is not in itself
perfectly right and proper; but only as something that
should be understood when the friends the Transcript
are urging the support Of that paper in preference to this
on account Of our political character.
lis a standing subject Of defamation with the Lber-
~ party orators at their conventions that the members
ofthe party should Withdraw then patronage from papers
that do not come out in favor Of their principles. We
advocate no such narrow and exclusive rule But when
wings and democrats invited by third party paper
to give their support 10 paper protesting to be neutral
but the support of which, in fact supports this same third
party paper and its party, preference to giving it to
paper which openly avows its political preferences it IS
but fair TO ask hem whether il is not bad rule that does
not work both ways; whether for goose not also
sauce for gander and whether those who live in glass
houses should not be careful how they throw stones