Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-16
rnr p11p1lc PRINTING.

| ais hc.c:e the public, and witn w
n.ee, mai i.nntaicn. srill We canno IL ]us'''e -
. ,r.c,vc. q, 10 The present General assemo,5' I
- ,sm.ly under the repeated as>ae'S "
| ,yh;, ,,,s. i. co.nceii,n with the lac II
:. pn',c P,iYief. A / " ex'raets1Bom me"
;;.,.i,,s w,u snow IN shallow sronnd up'"
.r,:,b .try base their o.je,tious. The l'heS
OF Wedne.d days. ~,
op,rmerly, as many q our feaue's WI, ';,.,s
,,enDer he cubic printing was. Tor long i r
mn - ,he .oruet cd;lor Of Inc Richmond En-
,.;Icr an; ,hs, arrangement, was he source VI
| increasing con en,ioa. Il was finally oe'elDineu,
comiucGt nen # opposite political views .ah'hs
the lead IN The maier that the printing >hou'u W
e,,rns,rh % som. PRACTICAL man, having ieeaiu
nIv ~ mis- Qualifications for doing Inc WorK
! .,il,tully. As we have SAL, Mr.. Saephef" us
charged The du iss OF his fce 10 10" t'lne - IN,
fe.ienafior n manrcf MAJ NV. "a s"a 'h;,
me putli, q, lbs wi>dcm al he change oY "hitn
~. - pprn,;n. u.. ken oul Of Inc hands OF pol-
zeal e,'iors . - oois,.-
But, Yesterday. The majority OF Inc Les'sia
| u,r almost wl.h nnaDimIy, took aoVan'aSe o.
| heir Temporary ROVER upset the precedent Which
| mad received the undoub'ec APPRECIATION oil me
pronlr. am, selected The Senior Editor OF Inc En-
quicer 10 supply the vacancy. o,;,,,
"Cons;de as measure OF general pples,
i The Gfna,tuIe IIpEi INT ldAS PIC - N's'.
/ ranreheDsible: bur when il is remembered lnal
| Mr.. Colin was the partner OF Mr. SHEPHERD 10
! ali The ou,lay and arrangements for completing
| Tho contract with him, there is not even parry
excuse for refusing 10 lei The business remain III
| his hands for The present year. we think 'he
people will teach their legislative rulers useiui
| lesson mex, April"
In reply 10 all this, we have TO say 'na'
he people Of Virginia have never regarded II
settled las precedent, that The public piin'ing
should be entrusted alone 10 praciical printers 10
me exclusion Of political Editors. On the
contrary, The law establishing The cfiire e2'
pres.!y provided that the Public Prih'ei
should 'pablish in his Grset;e, or DINER
wise if directed" certain notices ard adVei'
,semen;s. This was in the earlier days OF lhe
Republic, when men were regarded as al least as
honest and patriotic and jealousy sensitive
,o,he requirements Of public liberty and morality
rs a; the present day. For years and years ihe
public work was executed by The former EDITOR OF
The Enquirer in such manner as 10 command
universal satisfaction. No, breath OF dEcoh-
len. was heaid, until the Wings, having an ecci-
denial majority in tho Legislature, gfeeuiy
seized upcn The pe,cxt OF "a practical PRIMER 10
wIeak their yens, ance upon an editor VINO naa
rhwarted their "party schemes" through 'oo
jealous devotion 10 The principles oil Virginia.
Far be j; from US 10 recur 10 The scenes oil those
DAYS. Were they not sufficiently familiar 10 lhe
people OF Virginia Toe should have, we trust, loo
mnch de!icacp and proper feeling 10 recur 10 mem
under present Observation-Disclosures ", haUa
! Teen most unwaIranlaby lueged into the conlro-
versy Suffice il 10 say that the then edior OF
Inc Enquirer was hunted down BY fierce poll
tical prescription and driven from office. The case
was one Of 50 strong and nnrniiigated political
tyranny and prescription, that the next spring the
people turned out The political execuioners and
sen, 10 III Legislature decided Democratic ma
icrity. who, as an act of justice and high moral
right restored The old Public PrinleI-lh. cdi-
tor Of lbe Enquirer. He held The office iof one
year and them although the Legislature was De-
mocralic and he would doubtless, have been re-
elected he voluntarily resigned the office. What
motives actuacd him we shall not now recapilu-
late ndee! j! is no, necessary 10 enquire. Mr.
Shepherd was then elected and continued IN
office until The present moment, when the
; office was made vacant BY his resignation
He had been eleced, without opposition, from
year 10 year, and no disposition was ever mani
tested b. The Democratic party with whom he
differed 10 remove him, though il is known they
possessed the power 10 DO al any lime. Il became
the ,iuiy Of The present Legislature 10 fill The va
cancy occasioned by his resignation. That duty
ming. II is IIur,
another gentleman was put in nomination MIR.
Colin aud voted Tor by every member of his
party; but Of course nothing of party influenced
our Wing friends! while party feeling, and par
u feeling alone, controlled The action Of those
VINO voted for our humble sei!' This simple
statement of The lacis shows how preposerous is
he croaking Of The Wing press.
An efioit was made TO prejudice The claims o.
ourselves upou Inc ground that being connected
with The public press, il was improper 10 confer
such an appointment uron nc, lest We should
thereby become corrupted We can only say in az
swer 10 those VIII prefer such charge thal hey
do no! know rs. We are the Editors OF an indie
pendent press. Nothing which any body Of
citizens Can 10, will prevent US from expressing
our opinions wiIhou, reserve. We have solemn.
" hound ourselves to discharge the public rust
and we shall do our whole duly without fear, ia-
yer ol affection.
What the Times has thought proper 10 pu,
forth in regard TO MIR. Conway and our other
friends, We shall lake pride and pleasure in no
,cirg briefly hereafter. They, We { cl sure, can
suffer - Inconvenience he slightest injury in
&c coulse Tic, have pursued. Their motives are
above suspicion, and when the facts are known,
40 enlightened and patriotic people, will appre.
ciale and approve their action.
The greater portion OF what, we have above
said, will apply 10 la rabid and indecen, stric-
lures CT the Wing on the same subject That
| paper has, however gone farther, and calls for
notice al our hands.
| The Wing of Wednesday says:
| "By parry vote M. w. F. Richie was elect
ed. We regre 'his:-frst, because il violates
principle which We thought had been soiemnly
! agreed upon by bnt' pirtiss, that The press and
| State should be ktp --narate-and second, il
seems 10 argue IN ,nab,tify in our neghbors 10
Keep Indy and sfu! together, Without tie aid of
treasury pap"
The Wing Of Thursday, however, cuts The
;hroa! OF lis I'd reasou when at the close of long
malignant and impoent article, ii says:
"Ehis abuse, fsiving the public printing 10
''parnzan editors" with all its enormities, the
Legislature oil Virginia has thought proper 10 re-
store. IL has taken the bread out of The mouth
81 an honest mechanic and p1' il into that OF a |
nlan ph0 does MT stand in need of il. ard on
them be The sin, and 10 the pc pie OF Virginia We
leave the punishment"
TIE eis, of the Whic'S article of yesterday
may be gathered from the following:
"We have nothing 10 say against the apponee
OF The Legislature, except that he has no one qua.
LITIGATION Tor the office. His education has been !
widely different from tina, OF practical printer, |
and he is made, by The Legislature, the recipient |