Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-06-24
Our Clubbing Terms.

receive clubs OF subscribers to the number Of twenty
and upwards, at dollar each per year. as we had
done for some time previous to last winter and which
at that time we announced we should discontinue II
is proper that should explain the of these
changes TO justify ourselves for the apparent vacla
ton.
When the "Indiana Democrat was revived, it re-
presented that our opposition 10 it occasioned by
selfish desire monopolize the democratic pat
ronage at this point, &c. As all men are
less selfish, most might very naturally think there
was some truth in the imputaon. Professions TO the
contrary, part, would amount to but little, for
sometimes very selfish imagine themselves TO be
altogether clear Of the vice. We therefore felt i'm
PEELED to give practical proof that the charge against
US was unfounded In fact, and the best means of
doing reduced the price of our paper to what at
that time not than its to US, not count
ing anything for our own time or services. Our list
increased very rapidly-to average of about fifty
per week during the continuance Of the system. And
here another incident presented itself which will be
appreciated by those conversaut with the printing
business. Our list so large, especially in the
winter, when tri-weekly quadrupled in
Der, that it hardly practicable to print it upon
hand presses. One workmen after another was bro
ken down by constant labor night and day, and we
often feared, though the press was doubly manned,
that we should be unable to print editions with
the required promptitude,-an evil we could not con-
template with any degree of patience. The aterna-
tive which presented itself the purchase of
power press, at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars.
With such machine. the extended and increasing
list might become profitable even at the low price
fixed. This we thought to berather inexpedient I'M
WI pef ne for
printing which we failed to obtain. At this stage of
the matter other operated 10 induce us
to withdraw the dollar proposition. First, MIR. De-
FREES the Editor of the State Journal strongly urged
to do So the ground of its interference with his
terms and secondly, we feared that other editors in
the State might regard the reduced price of paper
as detrimental to their prosperity, though they had
made no such complaint. Besides, looking the
whole ground knew that two thousand subscribers
at two dollars much more profitable than four
thousand at dollar the difference would be be-
tween the increased cost of paper and press-work.
The two first mentioned reasons, just stated, were
however, of the most immediate effect; and in that
spirit of esprit da corps which has always led to
yield true and willing assent 10 every general regu
lation proposed and supposed to be for the common
good of all engaged in the business, readily
agreed TO the suggestion of Mr. Defees, at with
drew the proposition for clubs Of twenty from
terms and refused TO receive many lists which were
subsequently made up under it. We supposed that in
this least the editor of the Journal would keep
his faith. To be had witnessed IapseS enough
previously in that concern, TO shake confidence
for within few years three four different ''bs
of prices" have been made, and 'pedges of honor
given adhere to them, and yet those pledges have
not been kept 1t that the agreement relative
to clubs has been little regarded. We have heard
at intervals ever since was made that the Journal
receiving subscribers at the rate in question but
putting the most favorable construction could on
the matter, we supposed they peculiar cases
that some friend had voluntarily made up a club,
which it was hard to refuse &c. But last week we
learned from less than four different quarterssihat
the "agsrIs' the Journal were soliciting clubs of
subscribers dollar each, and complaints were
made We did not do the same We therefore
could no longer doubt that the Journal was dealing
unfairly by the public well by ourselves and de-
termined to re-estabish old terms for clubbing.
If the Journal desires to furnish papers at that rate
we have no objection we can s'sand the racket as
well as i can. But would advise it to deal Justly
with its iends In this matter of business and let
them all have fair chance to get papers the
rates. Perhaps it will be harder for them to forgive
Its derelicons in these respects than il will be for us
to do so; and we think they almost unworthy of
forgiveness even should they be sincerely repented
Of
Having thus been impelled to offer for
clubs Of twenty and upwards, we invite our friends
to send them in. This is all that will be necessary
to induce regiment two to "yoluneer for year,
even If they will not ssenlist during the war
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nrThe steamer Chesapeake and schooner Porter