Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-06
wORCEs TER:
vALEDICTORY.

1t is now more than thirty-fve years, since
the undersigned became connected with the
Spy, and during that period, he has, till recent
", been either sole or joint proprietor, and has
had the chief Editorial charge and control of
the establishments The relation which has so
long and so pleasantly subsisted between him
and the readers of the Spy, is now changed,
and, though he still remains, connected with
the Editorial department, the proprietorship
has passed into other hands-the hands Of those
who are younger than himself, and whose Wig
or, enterprise, experience, and capital, will be
an accession to the establishment, that cannot
fail to enhance its value, to its readers and the
public. The arrangement is one, in which he
has taken particular interest, in the belief,
that it will result in making the Spy, what it
ought to be- from its age, as the oldest paper
in Massachusetts, from its location in one of
the most enterprising, beautiful, and flourish
ing cities in the land, and in the heart of the
largest and most fertile county Of the State,
studded, too, with its various manufacturing es-
Establishments what it ought To be, from the
large patronage it has enjoyed, the prominent
position it has held, and the sound conservative
principles, political moral, and social, it has
advocated and defended. Should this belief be
realized and he has no misgivings about it,
one of the most earnest wishes of his heart will
be gratifed. He wishes, therefore, most cor
daily and earnestly, to commend the new
publishers to the favor and good will of the
public
In making this annunciation, mingled mem
cries come thronging upon the mind, and
emotions are excited, to which it would be vain
to attempt to give utterance. The control ola
leading and influential journal, having a wide
spread circulation, in a community distinguish
ed for its general intelligence and high moral
tone, is one that involves great responsibilities,
under the weight of which, however much he
may have faltered, he is not conscious of ever
having Intentionally violated or abused the
trust In anything wherein he has failed, it
has been the fault of the head and not of the
heart-of the Judgment, and not of the will.
In so long period, and in so many political
contests as have been passed through, it
would be strange-marvellously strange-ifhe
had not, many times and oft, given cause of
offence to those from whom he differed in
opinion. If he has improperly done so, he re-
grets it profoundly, and would ask forgiveness
of any whom he may thus unintentionally have
injured On the other hand, it is equally to
be supposed that others, under the heat and
excitement of the occasion, may have said
things of him, which he should deem ungener-
GUS and unkind, and perhaps unjust If at
any such time, he has felt wronge@ and injured,
the injury was written in the sand, and is al
ready obliterated, and, if remembered, is re-
membered only to be forgiven it has left no
trace of i'll will behind, and, he does not know
a human being on earth, to whom, it would not
be pleasure to him. to do a kindness.
For the future, during whatever period of
labor may be allotted him by the Good Being,
in whose hand all our destinies are centred, he
intends to labor, as he has labored, sincerely,
faithfully, earnestly, for the support of correct
principles and sound morality and while he
feels reioiced in being relieved from the re-
sponsibility which has hitherto rested upon
him. for the character of the Spy, yet he will
endeayor, none the less, to contribute whatey-
er he can toward making it, whatthe proprie-
tors intend it shall be, paper which the peo-
pie will love to sustain, and one which shall
rank with the best in New England.
JOHN MILTON EARLE.