Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-08

mas tue IV!!OWIHg IShldihe upon suuJeSH
which We commend to the candid atten-
ton Of Readers a wei as Publishers
".R1soryED, That he E,re~oins be puJF,h-
ID IL thr caa4'v pGp,rs.' Ia these words, the
proceedings of public meetings, private as
>cmb.aurS parties. p.c-nICS, Il c.tera.tu The end
oi ,ug chapter. al" generally ended. People
imagine that lhey have only 10 meet and re-
solve, and The printer wall publish their pre-
antilles aut resolutions without remuneration
or objection. Il 4 companion dies be must
hr cm5amed in long set OF resolutions at
the expense Of the printer II a few Specula-
taI> meet Tor the purpose Of devlsing ways
aud means to Piuuder the public, the printer
/, expected 10 endorse their movement and
applaud the movers, oraluitou>ly. II an as
plraut for favor manages 10 get the endorse
InenJ OF few persona! friends, the printer IS
called on 10 spread the astounding fact as an
cbuiltion Of enthusiastic demand, and suck
his thumb tor pay. The fact IS, we are get
plans. Ne "a4'T are wtarS FSr Of '0ih his constant
draft on our Ime labor and resourceS-and II
is about time the publishers Of newspapers
understand their own interests and them
selves. We are always willing to second any
movement for the puJEc g00d but this con-
slant drain on our hberlllty merely TO benefit
and elevate iBLgdfgk, j. more than we are
able 70 submit 10. We must live. We have
mouths 10 feed and backs TO cover, and they
wIi! not he satisfied, as We have often been
compelled TO be, wi,h yromiSfS. OF all other
Wora.ng men in the country, the publishers OF
country ueWsgarerS nave InSupcrablc diff.
cullles to combat. Their ianor>, besides be-
ing poorly appreciated, are poorly paid. They
are expected To advocate local interests with
ont loCa. support or encouragement as many
of the men who are engaged IN home enter
prise trea, their local journals with neglect,
and cuHtempt Con genial with their vanity
and ingratItude. We ask for nothing but
what IS Just, and vii. >nbmlt to nothing but
what IS right. Wea>k only 20 be paid for
cur labor And 1t is labor, nav, a struggc OF
mlni and muscle, to keep a country newSpa-
Per al'al. Therefore, those vino wish TO use
our columns for their own benefit. must r.:
pay cash, rs they pay for their bread aid
butter, their ra!lneIt their pleasures, and their
preaching.
." Ia this connection, we can appropriately
a'!udc 10 the system Of advertising every nos
trum, every humbug, every filthy idlsehnod,
and imposition, which IS furnished 10 the
country press by agents. The evil which the
country press are unIulcutlunallv doing bv
- -, -
rI,. ''',,' hanI,i
and morals. and. To add 10 this heap Of
wrongs. in nine cases out of ten the country
publisher IS cheated ont Of his pay. Gentle
men 'I me country press We nave 'h'S mat
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filed with advertising. the reading Of which.
IN any other shape. would be iu,erIstcd in
every family IA the S'a'e. 1t is wrong, mor.
any "I.aI' because ne 4''ei,!'i'@ columns
~ ~" >"rg ,'',"' -, a. "'t ',' Y,st- @
dishonest advertising m arrnrs and rbcirIrccni''
AIRY cards must be rePndid,rd, SO far as we
are concerned, we want none Of them. as they
rmbi, , s' 10 VIZ - '' anu ' '"J''' 10 ''''
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Inc scene at the subscription to the
AFst city pass oSer raiifoad IN Baltimore
was more an'u5.ng and exciting than that
at ll''st1fI. 4here was no hsht, 1t Is
true Out some one stole the book OF sub
scFip'ioh, ana there was quItc hunt Tor .
1t peiote II was ooIained. be amount
subscribed .o;I was one hundred and MY
"''''ohs OF doI'arS' sum large enough to .
carry on Tue war with Austria and drive .
;ndiv;J,,I snL~a-,Iai .;r,, e,o ,tli ,,,;Ii;oa1
dollars ona suhscr,bod Gf,n u;I,;ams , naI