The southern press., 1852-01-27
To our Subscribers.

To Our Subscribers.
Although this paper has been in existence
only about nineteen months, the amount due us
on the subscription books already exceeds TWEEN
ty thousand dollars The greater part of this
money has been due over six months, and large
part from the beginning.
The delay that has occurred in the receipt of
mis- money, has, of course, subjected the pro-
prietor to much inconvenience and sacrifice.
We believe our subscribers to be of the most
wealthy and responsible class of men in the
United States, and we have no doubt that their
neglect to pay up their subscriptions, has pro-
ceeded chiefly from not rejecting that the sub
scriPion money, though trivial in amount as to
them individually, is great in the aggregate to
us. And we must request them to consider that
the most wealthy of them would probably be an
noyed by failure in receiving so large sum for
so long time. The mere interest on this money
is an important item-but the expense of collect
ing it through agents is still more important
Twenty per cent. is the usual charge made by
collectors, and this on the amount already out
standing would exceed four thousand dollars,
which is a good profit on the business, and a
much larger one than we would realize if the
whole money was paid up to-day But even
this is not the worst. 1t is impossible, unless
we had ten times the number of agents we now
have, for all of our subscribers who have not
paid to be called on in year. And we have
observed that since we announced the appoint
ment OF several agents, our receipts, including.
what they send us, are less than before evil
IDENTIFY showing that our subscribers are waiting
to be called on.
Now We trust they will see at once from this
statement that it is out of the question for US
to be subjected to the loss of interest, the
commissions, and the delay in collections we
are now laboring under. And we therefore
trust they will no longer wait to be called
on by agents, but that each subscriber will
forward US at once, by mail, the am punt of his
annual subscription which is unpaid Our terms
are payment IN advance. We know there is
some difficulty in making change for the amounts
which are two dollars per annum for the week.
ly, and five for the semi-weekly. But this can
be obviated by sending us FIVE or ten dollar
bill, and the excess will be credited on the ensu-
ing year. The Southern Press is no longer an
experiment. 1t has falsifed the predictions of
It's enemies, and remains the largest, or next the
largest in subscription, of any paper here at the
seat of government
There are peculiar reasons why, our subscri.
bers should be prompt in their payments This
paper receives no public printing. 1t is entitled
to the printing of the Executive departments
according to the law, as clearly as the law
can be made. But although we have made
formal application to them, and have submit
ted conclusive proof on the subject and have
the opinion of the Attorney General in our "a
vor-and although this proof was adduced in
the beginning of July last, the printing is still
withheld from us, and that by an Administration
that boasts its peculiar devotion to the faithful
execution of the laws. We shall publish shortly
full exposition of the facts of the case, to shoy
The country what is meant by such professions
we are now on the eve Of Presidential elcc.
ton, and ofimmense appropriations by Congress
In these, the South has an interest, which this
paper can alone be relied on here, to represent
and assert We are about to take either our
final leave of the Constitution, or to witness a
reaction in its favor. The events that are i'm.
pending, the actors and agents will all merit the
profound attention of the South. And we can
not allow ourselves to suppose for moment
that our subscribers will leave us subject to the
pressure of heavy pecuniary advances, when they
can, without an effort, enable the establishment
to proceed independently of all favor.