Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-04-26
"A GOVERNMENT ORGAN

T. Herald ventures TO foretell what is 70 /. y.
action OF Congress with regard to the public mn.
ing. 1t says that both Houses will asrea " y,
change the present system of executing the VOL.
by the lowest bidder, and will rescnd the ev;.,
ing contracts, making indemnity for losses ;f,r',
be sustained. The House is then 10 elect n,
editors OF the new paper, the Republic, its print,
erS, and the Senate, the editors of the Union
The printing of the census tables lob M.
which Blair and Rives are reported to have clso.
ed 500, 900, is to be divided between thc Nm.
ers to the two Houses, though not equally An
this may be so-but we do not believe wora 1A n
the story. Gen. Taylcr, OF course, cannot ~ y
vent the establishment of paper BY his friiand,
at the seat Of Government. He NAV oo foaTN
natural interest in its success and be can co,
formally to existing laws, give it no incons;dera
bic amount OF patronage. The law requires thu,
the acts OF Congress, and all the advertisement
'emanating from the Departments, shall be NH.
lshed IN the two papers of the greatest circnI,-
ton, published at the seat Of Government and
also IN one other, to be selected bv the President
Whether the Republic is to be, what !, censr.
ally called the organ of the Administration ws
know not. There is already in existence in Wash.
lngton journal, not of mushroom growth or rem.
utaton, which enjoys the unlimited confidence
and respect Of all sections of the Wing partv
We are very sure its editors would not consent
TO make it the organ of the Administration. in
any other sense than it was the organ Of the All.
minlsratlonS of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
we are not less sure that the intelligent and pat
riotic portion fthe Wing party want TO see no
other kind OF relationship existing between me-
tropolltan journal and the Executive We re-
member 10 have seen letter rom Washington.
published in the Richmond Enquirer, in the
spring OF 1915, setting forth the relation the ed
Itor OF the Union was to bear tothe President and
Cabinet. The editor was to be quasi member
of the Council and to hold free converse with
the Secretaries, be furnished with hints and
briefs, and to omit no opportunity of advancing
the views and obeying the orders ofihe Admin.
lstratlon. The letter ELECTED comment at the
time. How far the design was carried into effect.
we are not prepared to Say. The country wants
no organ Of the Administration Of this character,
We are free to say that We DO not think The cause
Of the Administration viii be strengthened BY
making the Republic its organ after This fashion.
We suspect the great body of the conservative
Wing party of the Union will not think more
highly OF any men or measures that require a
more able and Jealous advocacy than they will
receive from the IntelIigencer, so long as they
are Wing men and Wing measures. The estat-
-lshment Of an ''organ'' would imply some dis
trust at least Of the good will, or the ability, Of
the National Intelligencer-and, we repeat, that
this distrust will not Be calculated to strengthen
the claims upon the Wing party Of those by
whom it is manifested. The National Intelligent
Ger is unanimously recognised as the able and
Jealous champion of Wing principles and the Or
gan of the Wing party of the whole Union and
Will continue to be thus recognised and honoted,
no matter what paper is sustained by Executive
and Congressional patronage, as the organ Of the
Administration.