The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-13
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w. j. SLATER.
"pledged to no partys arbitrary sway,
We follow truth where'er she leads the way"

We find the above III an exchange,
and it contains 80 much truth, that we
are compelled to make some COM
mehts. Printers means, we suppose,
newspaper publishers, and "wors,'
should read uJustly, Then we will
have it this way:
Publishers OF newspapers and Post
Masters are the most unjustly abused
people in the world.
First, we'll notice the Post Master.
For a pitilul pittance he must be at
his post every day-Sunday not ex-
cepted. If 4 letter is expected, and
fails to come in due time, the Post
Master and not the negligent writer,
is generally blamed. A man goes to
the office for a letter, and although
the post master knows there is nothing
for him, yet he must go and Took in Or
der to satisfy the unprincipled incrc-
dulity of the inquirer. If the post
master is not forever at his post, how
many are ready to cry out against him!
Ia fact, we regard the position of the
post master as one by no means to be
desired, unless its lucrative attrac-
tions were greater. We care not how
accommodating the post master may
be, he makes more enemies than
friends. There are very few who are
willing to render him the praise just
ly due.
And next, but still more unjualy
abused is the publisher of a newspa-
per. Day after day he struggles to
please his readers, and yet, while some
are delighted, others are ready to
quarrel. This piece may "just suit
the ideas of A., yet be in dcadly con-
dict with the views Of B. The pub
Usher is allowed no opinion Of his own.
A. thinks that his 80 entitle him to the
control Of all the publishers thoughts,
while B. thinks they are due to him.
A likes long political articles, speech
es, &c, and thinks because he sub
scribcs, the paper should be filled with
nothing else. B. goes for funny
things" such as little anecdotes, puns,
and the like, and unless the publisher
furnishes him altogether with such,
Immediately he grumblcs, and may,
perhaps, have it discontinued. During
our short connection with newspaper
publishing, our eyes have been opened
to things we could not have believed
before. Often we have had persons
to complain because long love tales
and accounts of murders, &C., were
not more frequently inserted, while
others were highly pleased that we re-
Trained from such publications. In
short, a. wants political articles, B.
wants light reading, c. wants funny
things, d. wants agricultural matter,
E. abhors prosy articles upon agricul'
ture, F. wants everything in the paper
devoted to horticulture, G. wants po-
etry, H. wants commercial news, l..
wants anything else but that, and 50
on through the whole alphabet.
Kind reader, you do not know how
very hard it is to please erc'ybody. -
And what would you think, or how
would you feel, if q subscriber had
been reading your paper for twelve
months, and was generally pleased,
when, perhaps, he comes across some
little paragraph that he dislikcs, and
| forthwith he discontinues and abuses
you for publishing piece intended to
hurt no ones feelings? Such has been
the case. But We'll look forward to
the time when some persons will learn
that SO cannot buy the publishers
opinions-that for 50 he cannot ex-
pect to control where hundreds Of 9TH
ers have equal right to make the same
} demands.
Verify, post masters and newspaper
publishers and editors are the most
unjustly abused people in the world.
D The Troy papers state that the
amount of counterfeit money afioat il
.Lot o;ty 10 t,nnrocedpnt Those xvh,