Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-02
NUMBER 81.
RICHMOND wHIG.
From Correspondent Of the Home JourpaIl


The Editsr-in-ChieL
h' hdiiorn chie-thati is to say the Editor-is q man
VI many asqua'ntances IL c.use OF vot der bob N,
'e'N a"u uer'', how he can remember so msny nance
~ '. no u''s not remember them; but upon oil his
"'a '"ey i'oP IN at the rate Of one Q minuie-be
knu oil e''ity, which Is emphatic but general
"s"','ng 'honsn honeommit,sl II ha must know who
"'n H' ls says. Let me see, how do you spell you
h'ne' And this sort Of nanoeu enp ia .,,c,Iv
y For eonsider-a young gentleman WHO had ,;s.. ~
poe"y III the paper the before last comes IN tho .;,
aud calls upon the Editor. To thar von,,, ,,,, ~,
i"scruon al his Lines" an event AN era ma. seS
bounded within him when he sac th,m in n,;,t "a
sho~ed Them eaultingly to his mother sent ecnv A., A.
sweetheart aud handed them round on be ..s,ooS ~
village store and has thought better of himself .,
the Editor the printing Of boee lines was no even, a.
AT lie mas forgotten them and their author YET ,h.,
yorrg gentleman leaves tie Cfce under The fnn .o;
nat lie dear To the editorial ry-s and-wor.t ms,.L.
90, M Ne'eoms 10 the editorial sansnm This Is hrought
ABOUT 10y no hypocrisy the Editors mart r.
ahu general 0gity does the business aud dos n o;L
iy. - qu'eA-
h"onlng everybody, both helps ard binders the Edi
torS. keeps hmsupp'ed with facts and hlrss hn, !,
."Ps Tue nee expression Of his opinions Can an Edi
;, III qu,e Freely oi an author, artist or a politi
=, nnon he cordially shook haIds with yeste,dsy and
WI ~" nee. al dinner this evening Human nature IL hu
"a' nhu'e That the Editor Is utterly in,.uup,ible hx
money, ". know" but he is not proof against IN. pr.ss
Ponhcy OF friendly feeling, which il a ,i,v e'
The Editor looks upon all thing sui isc,s ex.r,.
oefsohs ~ The light Of materia" for articles c,.s
uopne which makes the town shudder is to him .s
ture lie says he "regrets learn" or b, IL ..n,; .
announce, but he is not-as All Edtor-n,rr, reu =, 70
least no more than an undertaken is panied IN hr,
man IN the highest style Of fashionable anguish H.
os'e'i Is with The grave, and is h business IN do !,
gravely. The Editor, anon il "reloiced to ha L, w u
state or has had the "exueme satisfaction Of
ing beyond doubt and in such assertions hs sncer;,v Il
pefec Tor the pride and Joy and glory OF the Edo,s
heart Is to be the "hrst tocomnuncste IN m. nnI;
important piece Of Intelligence Eagerly he sc,ps ,h -
sheee 70 see they have any inkng of the matter
nra ha IN laFl liz
last NUMBER We announced in advance of Mi ON,
poaries and with what ferocty of delight .aI opr
temporares are enabled authoativeIy to contradict ,,
statements which were SO osteptstouslv nssaSs VIC
morning paper" f AZ
The Editor rather stumbled into his profession than
Ghose H. NO man has been brought up to the business =
IL - taught at no school, No father saws IoI INV son
shall be an Editor. But the duck akes 40 ar
water as the Jew takes money lending AZ The game
cock kes 10 hghting, so the predesned Editor takes tn
types anu parsgraphing; and the impulses which hnra
nun into the profession to act STRONGLY
him He JuH Of his occupation and never asbs.ed Of
ii ne percsiVes the promise of paragraph from afar
on he sntis it IN the air. He sees it in a window :
lie catches IN the night, and prays heaven he NAV no.
forget It IN The morning II he takes dill he tbinka
f'i Taking in the United States would be .mapni6cent
Tu'Jeci; anu so II would. Ii he himself with ra-
Zor, suggests observations the Beard movement
And he prone ask whether YOU have any obiec,io,
10 nus g'g publicity TO that remarkable fact Yet the
uitor desperate a. he IL TO tell the public sometime N
dont KNOW always keeps back part Of his informs,ion
aid there an undercurent OF "hiehly interesting intel
sence una. seldom gets into print Editors Of the au-
dacious species have made their fortune nv tsnnip M
tutbid bus crtillzing stream rfe ~
The editor has his delusious well rs the Sub Edith,
thks he creates public opinion; whereas he only re-
ects H. The man who ahead of advancing hYops
seems to lead it, and does lead long ~ he runs xbe,
they want to 60; but let him turn corner vtirb 4, d.,
not want to tnri aud he finds himself running alone No
one converant with political history can be isnorsnt
tia IN influencing votes, papers are signay mno,ent
ahd particularly The papers which very ABLY condc
t'. AnOher deiuson Of the Editor is to suppose that
ia r.Nt
that the Ioudest thunder that deafened New Yo,k
ued away among the Jersey hills and was only heard of
among The Highlands The Editor too is subject TO de-
Isois With regard To his circulation lie hugs the in.h,
that ht' circulation is small it is select and thai h. oos
freely in the ftCenil~ard, and is read under chandelier
m" heS nn centre tables; which latter perhaps he does
oos sonaIy. 'e ''s'
Ia ihe uden time, when Kings were as demi.ao5s
hedged about With spendor, which once revealed ber
aud concealed their persons now
inu ihe, that peasant became the inmate OF .ourt
confronted majesty face face saw hm cat drink ,na
so i"rtt heard him talk swear snor snccze ct cetera
Extreme used TO he the asiou hIent the peasant alter
be hai overcome degree the awe us pircd by tho
august presence TO discover that the puissaut monarch
OF realm, in whose hands the issue of I'M. ami
dcath, whose smile was wealth, whose irown was ruin
whose Noto moved armies, and whose whm decided The
tate OF natons-Nas really alter all very much like neo
pie IN general. Not less is the amszement of The con-
staht reader when chance makes him intimate with King
o the modern kind-the responsible editor of eadin
newspaper
Learned he isnot The printing Office sends ten men
10 the editorial throne while the college sends one: and
there are editors in this county, osperous and renoyp
ed VINO kno" grammar only by instinct who owe their
spelling TO the compositor aud have nodea on what man
to look Tor hamischaka Nor is the Ei.or wiser than
the average Oi men, nor more given reflection nor
more likely TO be correct in opinion. IL he were ho
would he in constant danger Of turning that cor
ner just referred to- and finding himself without followers
lie would he ever tempted tell his readers what thew
oughtto be told whereas, the OF editing consists
solely III telling them what they want TO be toll
Hence there are but two Editors lLeI, IN
achieve a striking success. One Is the man Who IN
his opinions habits aud tendencies represents LARGE
class and the other is he who utterly spk the man IN
the Editor and devte his undivided attention to the atm
dy OF the public whose prejudices he aattes whoss d
sires he anticipates, whose opinions he echoes. Do
you blame him ho" long would you continue your
subscription to paper which neither spared your pre-
Jndiees nor anticipated desires nor echoed your
opinions upon the whole, the Editor is good fellow
tie has bis iaults, like other But
lie works bard and late, does thousand obging tb ing
comes as near telling tile truth his readers will et him
ahd above all lac produces what the world could OF
lst "thout-The Newspaper. Then refuse lin not his
iayoriIe adlecves which Gable" genial "publio
sDir;trd ~ and hoia.