Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-12-18
The Railroads and Editors.

we find the following editorial IN the
Washington Organ of Friday last
VIRGINIA EDITORS NO LONGER DEAD.
HEADs.--1'he Convention o! Railroad
Presidents and Directors, lately held in
Richmond, have recommended 10 their
| respective companies TO restrict, III future,
the grant Of free tickets oYer their roads,
aud 10 eoniine it to few specified persons,
mostly State functiohat.es. Editors will,
therefore. we presume, be hereafter denied
courtesy in Virginia which has hereto
lore been universally estended 10 them
y. course. after such action, the companies
VIII no longer continue the practice of
asking lnrumere5Ie fayors Of newspaper
! proprietols, and will be prepared to pay
tor what they have hitherto gratuitotIsly
received. II editors will inAexibly de-
term'nr, IN future, to publish nothing adj
vantageous to the interest Of such compa-
MES, except when paid for, we are sure
they will, eventually, be gamers by this
rule. We presume, of course, that our
brethren Of the press in Virginia will take
The subject under consideration, and de-
termine upon some appropriate course Of
action.
CoMMENT.-We had already prepared
an article on this subject, when we were
induced to suppress it, By suggestion tina,
there was some mistake. In what that
mistake consists, we have yet TO learn. -
The editors of Virginia have, above all
other editors in the whole Union, made
the railroads of their State the eonsta nj
subject Of their comment. They have
published for them. gratuitously, an amour.
OF matter, at which, were /, all collected
i. one volume, the public would stare in
utter amazement. There has been no enc
to tue layors which they have begged, ant
which they have uniformly received
Too poor, in general. 10 own a cent o.
stock themselves, and having not one par.
ticle more Of interest in any of these work.
than nine-tenths of the people, like them
selves, are not stockholders, the editor,
have lent their columns without stint. anf
without murmur. For ever; column o
matter set up in paper hot larger thar
the Penny Post, the prop,ietors nav a
least two dollar. The return is ibs
whiie Mr. p. OF Mr.. B., gen,lema,
s,oekholocr, VINO owns probably single
snare of sock may ride when be pleases
p the expense Of the company, the editor
VINO has numbered his columns with rail
road articles and communications to thu
disgust, always, OF more than liss hi
readers, il he expect to ride at all, mus
come down With the cash.
We say we Learn there has been soms
mistake about this matter. We hope Their.
has. we would not, willingly, think SC
badly OF human nature, as we should BE-
compelled to do, weie we assured that the
view Of the Organ is supported by ,hs
facts-thal it was really the intention o
the railroad Presidents 10 exclude elias
TO which they are so deeply indebted. I
il be correct, we have one word to say to
these gentlemen. They may think very
lightly of the favors they Rave yeesived--.
they may think themselves entitled TO the
time, the labor, ana the money Qor theil
columns are money of edltors--they may
not entertain a particle Of grateful reusem-
brance for any thing sha, msy have been
done for them. But trey must surely be
aware that the editors Of the State consti,
tute very powerful body. They ali want
assistance occasionally from the Legisla.
.ure. Where then, is the wisdom oil In
curing. gra.uitously the hostility Of such q
body Penny Post.