The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-18
sT0P MY PAPER


Tie following article expresses 7ar view
ssssly. We assure two or three individuals
vbo have issued this terrific command, that
we @al stop their paper when this volume
closes. That is not alive shall, by virtue Of
a-,In the name Of the State, &C., we sum
mon, &C., call them before the representative
Of the law, to PAY UP for the several years that
thew have read our paper without paying for
il. The sooner such patrons ? are off our books
the better.
STOPPING THE PAPER.-A contemporary re-
marks that Lord Byron said, that with all his
follies, he was never guilty Of stopping his
paper because its editor happened 10 d~isPlease
him.
There are thousands in the world who are
equally considerate and philosophical with
Lord Byron in this matter, but there are thou
sands more who deem an erroneous opinion in
an editor to be a crime which can only be ade-
q%uately punished by the withdrawal OF what
they are pleased to call patronage Such men
find in their paper an article which does not
meet their views. They are doubtless strong
advocates for free opinion in their own case,
but to tolerate it in another is quite a different
affair. tWhat business has an editor to disa-
gree with those upon whom he depends for
supper? The impotence Of such men is intOl-
cradle! They are running the party and the
country. This thing must be stopped.' And
SO, to signify his disapprObatiOn, and at the
same time 10 break DOM the recusant indiVidu-
al who has differed with him IN opinion, he
posts on and pronounces the awful sentence,
8 stop my paper,' with manner that gives it
the full force Of ~, command, Be ye annihi-
lateG!' .ana rm#
The effect Of these acts is frequently not
quite SO destructive as the mover appears to
suppose, The victim in most cases survives
the shock an there are cases on record where
the indignant gentleman has been the only
sufferer. To tell the truth, in general these
persons are heartily ashamed Of the prank as
soon as they get cool; but then the mischief
is done, the paper is stopped, the growler has
lost his right to CROWLEY becoming a non-sub-
sCriber, and that troubles him; a sense of his
own folly keeps alive his indignation, and the
transaction secures itself an uncomfortable
place in his memory. T.
But there is another class if possible more
uncomfortable than the shoppers of papers
These are those gentlemen who assume to
themselves the right to c%riticise, although they
never subscribe. They are too mean to take
the paper OF their party, and in order to excuse
themselves, it is necessary that they should
Witty and abuse it. When we hear Of a man
who is particularly outrageous at cur course,
we invariably take a look for his name in the
subscription book. In nine cases out Of ten he
is not subscriber in the remaining one he il
not q paying subscriber.
Not a year ago. gentleman, who looks upon
himself as n planet Of some magnitude in the
politics Of the State, became very much dis,
pleased with the course Of the Ohio State Jour,
nal, and, besides making his displeasurc some,
what public, lie took no slight pains to bring
il to benr upon ourselves. He thought they
ought to withdrGW their support from a pape
that agreed no better with his views, and 70
his part he was willing to give something IL
start an opposition paper to run us out. l
gave us some uneasiness to find ourselves il
such imminent danger Of so powerful a com
petition, and in order to get a definite idea o
the something which the individual wonl
donate to another paper, we concluded to lool
back and see what he had done for ours.
He never had BEEN a regular subscriber.
OHIO Stale Journal.