Washington telegraph., 1849-12-12
READERS VS.. SUBSCRIBERS.

our paper, comprise indeed but a very
small portion of the community, yet we
venture to say that nine out of ten read
ing men in our town and neighborhood
read it either regularly or occasionally
10 these non-paying patrons we have a
few words to- say.
Have you never thought that while
! you are reading the paper at the expense
Of others. you are not acting altogether
honorably? If you never have just lay
! down this borrowed paper which you
are reading, and reflect little mOlO.-
| You know that it is an advantage to
| your town and neighborhood land o.
course to you,) to have a newspaper pub
lished in it, you know this, we say; or il
you don't you ought to, and little re.
Election will enable you to perceive it
| If you see or hear of anything in another
paper which you think would benefit your
| self, your party, your friends or your
town, you are anxious that it should ap-
pear in the paper at home; or if any pub
lie matter comes up. which you may
deem of importance to the place or your
self, you expect to find the paper strongly
pushing it forward and ifit does not, you
are perhaps the first to complain, although
you have been sponging the reading of
some neighbors paper, and have never
given cent to sustain that which you
expect to advance your interests. Now,
just think little-is this right? Prin
ters cannot afford to "work for nothing
and keep themselves and yet you are
practically asking them to do it. If you
had no paper in your place. you would
be the first TO feel the want of it, for you
are enjoying the benefits resulting from
it, without allowing your pocket to suffer
in the least thereby.
You may answer, "you needn't talk so
saucy about it, for if you don't publish a
paper here, some one else will" True,
enough, we admit; but that don't better
your conduct in the least. The paper as
noao going on, aud you are nor spOnglmg,
that which others more thoughtful, or
perhaps more honorable, are paying for
"Rut don't like the political course of
your paper" you may say. No matter
for that; you rezd it, whether you like it
or not; and duty to support your local
paper, even if it be not a perfect mirror,
rejecting precisely your own political
views. 1t is worth more than the sub
scription price, for the other matter which
it contains.
"But ! can't afford it-I'm too poor"
Are you sure of that! Just think, now:
have you not over and over again, paid
more than our subscription price for arti-
cles of much less value to you than
newspaper? We feel confident tha,
you have, but if you have not, as soon as
we get all to subscribe who should do so,
we will send yon copy for nothing.
"But | am getting city paper, and
can't afford TO take another We sup
pose you reason in this way:-"There $
no use in my paying for The Appalachian.
Some of my neighbors take it, and | can
borrow it from them, or pick it up in
their shops, and read it for nothing 1t
don't do any harm to read it after they
have got it; SO | Ii send for city paper,
and thus get reading two, while | pay
for one. It's almost throwing money
away to pay for The Appalachian, for L
can read it anyhow" This will all do
very we'll for men who are determined to
get all they can without regard to right
to reap where they have not sown-bnt
for honorable men (and we do not wish
to say that you are not such, although
the circumstances are strongly against
you,) it is certainly very strange talk, and
if you think little on the subject, you
will agree with us. We maintain that
you should support paper at home, FIRST,
aud afterwards take as many more as you
may see proper.
We wish you to understand, however,
that when we ask you to support or
Sustain" US, we do not ask it as gift OF
charity, for we consider the paper worth
all that is asked for it. Ii we didn't, we
| would not ask you to take it.
We have talked long enough to you,
for the present, and hope you will reflect
upon the subject. and come to the wise
conclusion that you will no longer be
dependant upon others for what you
should have yourself. Don't think, now,
that we are limiting at some person; it is
yoM we are speaking to-y0u, who are
now reading this paper which somebody
else has paid for. If you have family,
pay for the paper, and let them read it; il
you have not, take the paper at once, for
you cant expect any high minded girl
will have you, if she knows that You are
depending upon Others to pay Tor your
reading.
Thus eEdeth the first lesson.
We have taken rather much space for
this subject, but as many of our subscrl-
bers are much annoyed by this class Of
| readers, we trust they will not object to
our holding talk" with them occasion
ally.-Apalachian.
MARTYRDoM AT DIsooUNT.-Martyr do
not seem to stand very high IN the