The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-12-09
Another Editor eoing--Not Gone.

route from the city Of its publication
Springfield, in the free State Of L'v-
ingstop, and we are sorry indeed to SEQ
that its editor and publisher RroH-
moNp w. Read, is ont with valedic
tory. One moro issue Of that influ-
entail. staunch and substantial Demo
cratic sheet, and the present editor re-
tires into the shades Of private life
He says:
"Our reasons for giving up the
publication Of this paper, are 10 nu.
merous and varied, as 10 preclude the
possibility Of giving them in the prss
ent article. Let It, therefore, suffice
10 say, that We ave in possession M
many reasons, which prove to our
mind. that it is best, both for our own
interest and for The interests Of the
parish, that we should abandon the
"Chair Editorial, and seek relief
from political cares. in some more
tranquil, and less assuming engage
meDt.
How, pray, is tho Free State to
loose anything from the drying up Of
source from which so much good
politically and otherwise, has flown ?
What "Richmond" il TO take the field.
when the stiff stool, so ably snd so
learnedly welded by the present Rich,
mond, shall be transferred to some
ether, and some untried hand? We
pause in breathless suspense for tipe---
the great solver Of ipigmss and rid
dies, 10 answer this question. What,
pray. does our friend Read, mean
when he says--speaking Of the polhi-
cal influence Of the "Piuy,' in tbs
past election, he talks thus:
FOR had We done more or hess
than We did, i! would have resulted in
evil to the party IN whose favor We
were laboripg."
This savors very much, Of some Of
the "Veritable Old Doctor Jacobs"
puffs Of himself. Il Is ike the genu-
inc Sarsaparilla---that. that does not
burst tho bottles; If n man has taken
dozen, and il does bin no good.
there is n consolation in knowing, IT
has done him no harm, for the medi
cine is nothing but molasses and
water. Read, candidly confosses that
ut may DO supposed BY some, that
we have loft this paper with the pros
pect Of entering tho service Ct the
other party"
II there is any ground work for such
a suppositiop. we hope for Reads sake,
more than for our own. that he will
not act in so suicidal manner, as to
publish journal in the Free State,
opposed TO tho fundamental as well as
the head principles Of the Democratic
party, there ; he should migrate to do
It. Democracy in Livingston, has its
root in the very soil itself; it is indig-
inous; and We would as soon expect
the pine trees TO yield maple sugar, as
look for the people in Livingston to
grow up in their boots. anything else
than democrats.
Each one, and severally, tho above
extracts from Reads valedictory are
good Sin point Of tact," gerry good
but VIC, as staunch and unfinching
member Of the great democratic fami.
ly, protest against such disclosures, Or
rather exposures, as the following. 1t
furnishes the key note for the Woods
mans music in the past. and furnishes
a better reason than any other, that
Read, in the honest simplicity Of his
heart, has furnished US. Listen to
Read, all you gentlemen who furnish
the needful to make music during cleo
ton time, and beware into. whose
hands you place material aid. Read
says--read him and reflect:
"Before taking leave Of the Piny-
woodsman, we wish to pay some trib-
ute to those who have contributed TO-
wards its support. As the chiefs among