Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-04-07
A Proper Movement.

The publishers al D)s'esto""' VIZ P''
ceive. have entered into an agreement 10
discontinue all gratutous advertising. in
cludins the proceedings OF meetings, &c,
and have issued bill of charges Tor the
sh,ure. They very justly remark, that The
advertising which they have hitherto done
gra,uitousIy, somebody has 10 pay for, and
;hey think il no more Than common justice
that those for whom i, is done, and who
are generally Immediately benefited by 1t.
are the parties who should pay.
We are really pleased TO see this deter.
m;nafiop cn the part OF the publishers OF
Ducks county. and we hope TO find It
s,eediIv minated by all other country pub
i fishers IN The ate The country press
will never become properly independent
un,l such a regulation is generally intro
dn.ed aud r.s,dy adhered 10 II IS not
,.,lv, the revenue. which a moderate re1Iu-
uafstion for this species Of advertising VIII
4 ,roduce-'or we look Upon this as mEor
consjdera,ion-bui II is a refusal longer
10 surrender 10 any man. set OF men, asso'
Patton. party, sect, &C.. an unlimited
space IN the co.g;nns of paper al al
times. aad Frequently TO the great incon-
venieRce Of the editor, for the puhn' sloh
of every thing, however ob)eclIonabe,
snlmporrant, local, and special, whch
"a nf' 'p
xeyclusion of highly interesting matter TO
Nhe general reader.
The regulation of charging Tor inis
Il matter. somelhing like journeyman
wages for the labor Of putting 1t IN print,
will greatly and iudicioasIy curta'i the
amour, of such matter. so lhatihe material
paris, only, will be given and IN many
eases will exclude much that is totally IN
Interesting TO every body but the Ie" !ndI-
vduas directly concerned.
The principle couched upon above that
every editor should have the entire contro! /
Of his pa per, as exclusively his own prop
cr,v-the same as has the proprietor 10
every other busin.ss-is Of Param 1uRt
importance, and should be maintained TO
She last extremity. TO carry out this
kFec,uallv, an editor should publish
4orhing IN the shspe OF communication
b oLlfye a correspondent, unless at the
ame time he shall oblige himseJ and his
RAIDERS. No writer can have any clam
upon the columns of newspaper, wherein
10 utter his own peculiar views upon any
ohiect. which the editor may conceive not
y be Of sufficient interest to his readers, 10
warrant The space occupied and the editor
no suffers such an invasion OF his rights,
petperales an IN us,lce toward his readers,
for which he is doubtless held answerable,
as he should be, by diminished subscr'P
tor list. newspaper establishment is
as much the exclusive property oi the
proprietor as his house or his horse, and
no proper occasion should be omitted 20
impress this fact upon the ni1ds OF the
few who regard it as common prnperly,or
at leas, as special means for them 10 use
indlscrmina,ely al ul times and Tor all
purposes.
Ia connection with this subject, there is
one other item We mus, advert TO. That
is the applications that are constantly made
for gratutous advertising Tor what is claim
ed TO be charitable objects. This should
be uniformly iejecled--tor The door once
open, il will be impossible to shu, 1t. The
only remedy is 10 keep it shat and locked
With all, "business should be business'-
and CHARITY should be charity. Whatever
d man gives in the way o.! chari,y-and o..
all the Christian virtues, Charity is the
crowunu one, aud should be literally
exercised on every proper occaslon-Set a
Be don. outside of his business. lie is then
placed on the same footing with the rest ol
The community, and is not made the scape'
goat of others, for which he would receive
90 credit and jus, as many thanks. Any
de,ar,ure from this rule, on special occa'
sions. LIQUID be his own act, prompted by
motives of duty, according to his owr
vo'''iop and jpds s'nenf'
To, our b,e,he,u Of the country press
therefore, establish the Doylestown plat
form let them stric,lS ao"e'e ~ =" 'e
them also ponder upon the sScsses''ons w
have offered and we haze not 1'"'
bu, ,ha, their Interests will be senssib'y pro
\ NOTED, and their position greatly enha'.-e -eo
= ~ Germantown Telegraph.