Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-23

0aArrrrpe.--Fs- two or three years pest the
papers in this place have been doing considera
BILE amount Of gratuitsns writing and putting in
the vain eudeavor to make something more than q
one-horse affair out of the Washington county Ag
ricultural Society. 1t has at length made anal
raies; and feels able to indulge in the expense Of
q bill Of printing. One would have reasonably
supposed that, as the Society was ostensiby got
ten nm for the encouragement Of home industry,
the printing would have been given to home pri"
sers. But not 50. They had their printing done
in Knoxville Tcnn.-one hundred and thirty
miles Of! 1t may be that our Offices here would
not have gotten up flaming ashow-bill as was
done there but the bill would at least, have been
"a good as the Fair is likely to be. Either tho
Democrat or Virginian offices could have done tho
work In good style. We care very little about the
pros& Of the job: but the principle of the thing
is decidedly objectionable.
We COW the above article from the Abin gdon
Democrat for the purpose Of making it the text of
few comments.
But, first, we desire to express our admiration
Of the spirit in which this singular conduct Of the
Washington county Agricultural Society has been
reviewed. by both the Dm,crat and the frginidn
1t exhibits an Independence and a frarlcssness in
the press which we are always glad to Observe
II serves to disproyc, what great many of the
public arc too apt to believe. and what tho con-
duct Of some editors. unf Irtunately. tends to es-
tablish-tbat there is no independence or manl-
ness in the public press hut thai its Oh oct is only
to do bIndy the bidding Of those who assume the
POWER to use it, We are glad TO tina, the dig
nifty Of the profession is properly appreciated by
our brethren of Abingdon.
The circumstance indeed, give extraordinary
significance to this proeee ling of the Washing
ton County Agricultural S'cicty. The press of
Abingdon had been used for the advancement Of
the interests of the Society when ii was in astrug
Cling condition. The columns Of their papers had
been freely used without fee or reward. But, the
moment that the Society had occasion for the Gun
ployment Of the press for the purpose OF ndNer-
Using by hand-bills, they send the work off one
hundred and thirty miles. and to different State.
Can any possible excuse lie offered for cxtraor-
binary a proceeding. and so wide adeparture from
the principles Of right and JUSTICE
By every considerat Oh Of fairness and justice
and reciprocity the work should have been given
to the press Of Abingdon. If it lie answered That
they have not facilities for executing eolorrd print
ing. tho apology only makes the matter the worse.
There are n plenty of Offices in the State whcrc
this sort Of printing lc dunc in the very best
Style e6 the Topographic art. Admitting the suf.
ficiency Of their excuse fr sending the work awny
from Abingdon which we do for the sake Of mr.
gulnent on we ark what justification they have
for sending il oW II Me HgtcP Why send i, to
Tennessee, when there ARE plenty If offices in
Virginia tia, voui have done ,hc work equally
cl,eapi, AMI equally wcll2 Why pass
the ofkc.-- Of Wy hestlie. Iynchlurg. Petersburg
and Richmond, for the purpose Of giving the Pit
ronage of the Society to an establishment in II diff
fcrapt State?
The truth j., great many Of eur people are
guilty M the folly Of believing that nothing can lie
good which is produced mt home 1t is time this
absurd aud destructive belief were rooted up and
discarded. We "nec knew g, n notable instance
in which this feeling rcbukcd. \ gen,lcman
in Fredericksburg. Virginia, where they make ns
fine Flour as anywhere in the world, wrotc to
Commission Merchant, in Baltimore. To send HIM
barrel Of the best Flour he could procure in the
Baltimore market. Tie rlour made at home lac
evidently did no, consider good enough for hun.
The Commission Merchant sent him back a bar-
rel Of Fredericksburg How' telling him that it
was the best he could find in Baltimore If eycrvI
body were treated in this way we would soon sec
n stop put to the practice of sending of for such
things As We can procure equally as well at our
own doors.
1t il such things this which induce belle !
in the sentiment that Corporations have II !
souls" 1t is time that the obligations Of corpora ,
tons and public institutions generally to the press
were more generally appreciated and acknowl !
edged. There arc instances Of railroad corpora
ticHs which have maie use If the press year afte
year TO protect their interests and advance thc
work-which, afterwards, have repudiuted ever,
obligation Of courtesy ami reciprocity. The press
should not be mealy -mouthcd in asserting i,
rights and its dignity in all such cases :: and we
therefore. record with pleasure the manly prules
which She Abingdon papers have uttered agains
the ar5sst and offensive discrimination which TIL
Washington County Agricultural Society has
made against the interests of their own town.
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