Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-01-29

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ces are political. not personal. as charged
in the above petition. About one year ago
we took occasion in the Plaindealer to
te,can the attention of the Press through
cat the west to the fact, that by the "no
party'' plea of the n Y Tribuae, and its
multiplicity of guises as reform paper, it
had induced the active agency of pos.mas-
tiers throughout the country in its behalf,
not only in procuring subscribers, but actu-
ally writing their names opon said papers.
thereby saving to the Tribune publishers
some thirty thousand dollars per year, In
the single item Of clerk hire. This enabled
the publishers to put their terms one dol
lar for the Weekly;a price with which the
Western publisers could not compete and
consequently could not live.
We labored to impress the fact that upon
the destruction of our local Western press,
these huge Eastern moHopolies wonld have
the field to themselves, and like the Lon
don press to England, dictate laws and
opinions to this whole Western realm.
We made our appeal to the Democratic
postmasters especially, to do no such ex-
elusive and gra.ui.ous service for man
the Union and had fayorably reported on
It's dissolution; who had abused their conf
deuce, and who was doing all in his power
against them and the Democratic party; 70
treat him just as they would ourself or any
other publisher. ''sead back all such pa
pers as come to their offices without names
for the proper direction according to the
laws and regulation of the Department in
such case made, and provided.
It is for offe aces like these that we are
arraigred to re spond in damages before a
court of Justice No damage to his reputa-
ton or to his persen. but damage - his
purse, growing out ola legitimate defense
of Western interests. our rights as pub
Usher, aud the cause of Democracy and
the Union.
The results of a change of policy in
Democrat; Post Masters towards the N.
Y. Tribune begun to be sonsiisely if not
sensibly felt by the publishers; hence this
suit. We are ready for the fight. Al
though In county where nought but fu-
sion Judges, fusion Juries fusion Clerks
and SheriTs abound. we shall stand our tri-
al and plead the truth for our defense.
With such advantages as these in court,
Il circulation Of 240, 600 and purse that
boasts lis 100000 annual replenishment,
we of course have got to war some as Da-
sid with his Philstine opponent, but we
are bound not to be intimidatei nor our
press muzzled 50 long as We can WELD a
sling or write paragraph
We are not alone on trial j. his c,se
Although the only person named in the
WIN, the prosecution is aimed at-the whole
Western Press. If successful agains. us,
ahe denomination of the Tribune ind other
Eastern Monopoly Papers over Western
publishers, and Western opinions, is com
plete. 1t is not enough to employ Priests
and Pos:masters in gra.uitous service
against us, cutting under in pric. and cut
ting down our circulation to starvation
point. but like other mammoth r,onopolies,
assumes to silence our complaints by re-
sorting to the iron riggors of the law
We will try the. question, and see how far
courts and juries, fusion though theyb be are
going to interfere in newspaper rivalries
and editorial confabs.
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