Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-04-10

our SECOND YEARi

i ington that ii had already been fully demon
strated that such paper could not live here,
and that ours could not exist three months !;
while cautious men of business assured us that
If we should succeed in sustaining it, then they
would give us their support The predictions
of the former have proved baseless--the wish
that was father to the thought has not been re-
allied; and the promises of the latter have not
been redeemed
| Cut off from all hopes of the kind of patronage
on which other papers of this city fatten-en-
countering the overwhelming competition ofW
ington papers. supported by the government pa
tronage, and the newspapers of Baltimore, that
derive their support from a commercial and man
ufacturing population of one hundred and eighty
thousand persons--proscribod in official places
avoided by timid men in office-opposed by the
concerted influence of portion of respect
able religious communion, upon pretext en-
tirely baseIess--without the influence in the
| community Of connexions and friends to defend
US from the adroit opposition of interested com
petitors we have yet maintained our position,
and to-day stand before our fellow-ctizens pre-
pared to serve them faithfully, fearessly, and
independently.
| We have no favors to ask. We have respect
and goodwill toward the people of this commu-
nifty and intend to merit theirs in return But
we shall not do this by fattering their follies, or
appealing to their sympathies. When such
course as this becomes necessary to insure sue
cess, we shall not be ashamed to fail But until
it does, our path shall lie onward and upward.
We will neither fail nor falter.
Now for few familiar words. Why do we not
sell our paper as cheap as the Baltimore papers
are sold? is the frequent question We reply,
Because we are not in Batimore-because a COM
mercial city of one hundred and eighty thousand
people can yield amount Of advertising Gus
tom not to be obtained in a community of forty
| thousand people ,cho do their shopping Il, Ball.
more!
Do their shopping in Baltimore Yes, by
wilful and unreasonable opposition to the only
cheap paper of their own that ever could survive
their sights the business men of Washington give
all the aid in their power to promote the interests
of Baltimore merchants here. The Baltimore
papers contain Baltimore advertisements; and the
people of Washington compile their memoranda
Baldmorc, obtain their goods there, and thus
make our own storekeepers pay well-merited
penalty
Would VIC prescribe the papers Of Baltimore
BY no means. We regard the morning as fat and
duh that does not bring them to us. We are
willing to encourage their circulation here. They
should bring light and knowledge to every home
Al rbala ia
Every one should rejoice in the facilities
they afford. But the extensive circulation
of a Washington afternoon paper, with the
advertisements of Washington business peo
pie, should preserve us from the temptation of
sending to Baltimore for those commodities which
can as well be obtained in Washington. 1t was
with special reference to this that commenced
an afternoon paper. We knew the advantages
offered by the penny press of Baltimore-wc ap-
precated them fully; we did not wish to come
in conflict with them We intended not to cross
the path Of those journals; and we believed our
purposes would be approved by our own people.
By many they have; but not by all. So far
from this we seriously doubt (call it egotism if
you will y that there is another man in Washing
ton who would have chung to an enterprise as
the writer Of this has adhered to that upon which
he Fad misunderstanding without present re-
compense, and with but feeble hope for the fu-
ture; aud even, from bitter necessity, submitting
to transitory public misapprehension Of his
true position in particulars of the most serious
moment
But away with the past The present around
US, and the prospect BEFORE arc what now con-
Germ US. We have no revengcs-no regrets. We
have no enemies that We know of, and care not
dime for any that are unknown. We intend to
labor on, to improve with increasing means, to
stand by our friends, to make them many, to
stife no sentiment, to sacrifice no opinion, to
conciliatc no bgot, to latter no money-worship-
per, to bow before official upstart, to sanction
no public private wrong, and in general to live
honestly, sobcrly, Theoretically, and peaccably,
and die only when our time shall have come
If, therefore, any Of our fellow-citizens shall
feel inclined to give as kind words of encourage
ment, and to render ns kindly aid, at the com
mencement Of this our second year, we cordially
invite them to our Office We will greet them at
the threshold with friendly welcome, endeavor
to make a good return for all the benefits we
shall receive at their bands, and preserve them
from all future regrets that such has been their
course.
MARCH "a, 1852
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