The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-07-12
Agricultural on fourth page.
%GRATUIToUS WORK,

for the Home Journal, and which We
arc asked to publish, We decline to
d. 80 on the grounds that said article
Is nothing more nor less than al GdDsr'
'.afmeT And 0 IA connection with
this matter W. wait to say . few
words for the diopassionate |Inrusal Of
thoNc who expect n printin? Office TODD
all its labor for MonES-thnt uncclWrcnt
coin that don't buy Us meat and broad
at all.
There is no business which docs as
much for nothing 10 newspaper Of
ticc, especially in Il country town.
Did it never occur 10 these drOncS up,
on u Press that the editor, and all hands
connected with the office must cat, and
be clad It scems as if many supposed
it Tr0n0 for us 10 ever charge for Hny.
thing, lfsomcthing j., to b. done, we
must call attention to il, praise it, and
thapkce' is not even given us, If any
little printing is to be done we must do
it, but make no charge, and if we did II
dozen hands would be raised in holy
horror a! the idea Of us charging Jnst
for that. Yet those same persons dare
not go into u store and ask for Il yard
Of domestic, or Il pattern olsiIk, or spool
Of thread for nolhiug. no indeed, Nor
would they ask u Physicians advice
without expecting to pay for that ad-
vice, which would be right, since the
physician Nas to make his living hy
advice and descriptions, and hHS quail
fled himscItt for his profession by years
Of assiduoua study So has it takcn
years for the PubIi,hcr to learn the
business that rany expect him to fol-
low without rnpu1y aud without price
His labor is what keeps HIM alive, and
t. ask hiln to drYvtc that labor, or the
influence Ola Paper, which he kcrpsnp,
to the advancement Of uy1'indiyiduaI or
party interest, is to ask that which de-.
mands poy from Won, in order that Ins
tee be- done.
Whose interest t., 4. stake ia the pub
]licatiou Of a paprrl Whose money
purchases the types, the paper and the
ink and the press whcrcwith to fulfill
the demands fora Job of printing or Il
little puff or a little advertisement?
Whose money roc4 on, at the rate Of
two dollars a day to pay compo>itorsy
Let the persons wh" as, ENors Of an
editorial column, remember this. Lei
them remember tina, the poor publi4h.
cr'a interest j, at stake. and ira fire
should burn M what he prints with,
his Lu.ip.ss j.. ruiurJ Womb those
who cxncc, him lo 2oL. lar 2,,A,oy
com, forward and set him nm in fine
world ooain, Not thee mo sjrs,
But the tuuit cam be- corrected hv ed.
i,ors Themselves. rhcy have brought
It about. and they must correct Tbcy.
have gotten into the habit Of allowing
some little Gift. or tawuin~ na,tary, or
momcntarv notice, to unset their indy-
mcut and work npou their kind nature,
ondthcu thcy do fo, nolhiu, iL. VERY
thine they ourht 10 bc paid for, lud
do they make ANYTHING hy it? Not n
bit ofit. Nnhodv tokcs fine trouhl, to
procure the poor dupcs any more sub
scribcrs, or any Doying lob Of work.
They may say the Publishers a Clever
fcllow'-a good fellow &c. But such
abominablc twaddlc disrusts ps. It
don't pay and we never saw Il good
clever fellow but what was Il poor fool
who always allowed everybody to ride
:oveh ahod over him. We don't want
to be such an one, and we amt. If We
b1rr been inst remember that hence.
forth we ignore any such contcmptiblc
mn,llation .rood fellow Yes
rood rs lone us his heart yields TO vour
i~mmoJcrotc JcmonJs-rood os I,n, 80
he ia NOT indepeudcu, epo,nb TO cease
hahn, ~fool-aood ~ lor.,s he .wo,,s
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