Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-11-26
VALEDICTORY,

The undersigned cannot take final leave Of
the patrons of the Free Press (of which he has
been the acting editor for more than year past,)
wllhouta few Parlingwords. heedilorof apoliti.
cal sheet, underany circumstances, has hard and,
truth compes me 10 say, thankess duty to per.
form; but where the parties are nearly balanced,
and elections warmly contested, this duty be.
comes more arduous. For years past,-in fact,
ever since the organization of parties within its
borders, Carroll county has always been one of tho
most fercely contested counties in the Sate,-it
has been the field of action in every campaign.
1t is not my object, in making this ausion, to
say aught Of the results Of the several campaigns
in this county; that is a matter with which now
have nothing to do. but mention the fact TO
give The reader faint idea Of the perpIexities
which frequently beset an editors path. Many
persons are of the opinion that an editors labors
are light,-that his duties are but pleasurable
recreation. Such persons are probably so we'd
ded to their opinions that il were useless to attempt
10 convince them Of their error. Oilers, more
liberia! in their views, are willing 10 admit the in.
tensity of his abors, but, nevertheless frequent
Iy attempt to burthen him with more than his ap.
propriute share.
It's an editors duty TO furnish his readers with
the fastest news, and, however guarded he may
be, it frequently happens that articles appear in
his columns which are entirely erroneous. For
this deviation from truth he is always held respon.
sible. This should not be. Where an editor
states matter as truth which he knows TO be ab.
solutely false, he is not only guilty of misrepre.
sentation, but brings into disrepute the profession
of which he is an unworthy member; but where
the fluctuations Of news, or the representations Of
others, leads an editor into error, and induces
him to state as truth circumstances which ulli.
malely prove erroneous, he ought 10 be acquitted
10 any intention TO deceive.
In conducting the Free Press my labors have
been extremely arduous. In addition 10 the du.
ties Of editor have had TO perform large part
Of the mechanical business in The establishment.
In fact, have been so closely confined to the lat
ter task, that but few hours in the evening" and
those not nlrequenty at time when oherPcope
were sumberng upon their pillows, could bo
spared to the former. In consequence Of this
the editorial department Of the paper has not
been conducted with that care which, under other
circumstances, it would have been nv pleasure
to bestow upon it. The editorial articles were
mostly set up from the case, without having been
previously written, and contained many naccu.
racics whicha careful revision would have correct.
ed. have, however, always TO con-
duct the paper fairly and TO the best of my humble
ability, and in reviewing the field of :nysopera-
tions during The past year,l must say, that though
| leave no memorial 10 feel proud Of, have very
little 10 regret.
have always eudeavored 10 advocate Wing
principles, because | believed those principles
more conducive to the public veal than those sup
ported by The opponents of the Whg parry
All thing. calculated TO thwar those principles, o.