Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-02

ana have With rare exceptions. With al tAsF powers
1 sustained the csuse OF our country. -,
BLOT out the newspapers Of the country, and you VIII
have no general policy among the people There WI
~ a. mspy opinions as there are individuals, and
mapy leaders 81 there are communities. Rumors wiz
~ yifa all over the land and in the sbsence OF reliable
information nov obtained, the people will be sub
iected TO imposition and will slWsys be depressed BY
dangers real or imaginary. Newspapers form kind Of
/ bond Of unions common medium Of the interchange
Of ideas and next TO organized armies the mot
powerful engiUes within country for the atanm Mt
Of s ndepend noe by holding up the duty Of the citi
TIE one hand, the rights Of the Government on
the ohsE the grounds for encouragement on the ole
hand, and the necessity for endurance on the other
From the President the humblest citizen-from the
general TO the prVste-the high and the low the rsh
aud the poor, would al feel th0 need Of this common
source Of information aud Of comfort. Woe be 70 our
country when it Is destroyed"
The Augusta OoNStiiutionaliSt says:
The Press has had great struggle for existence
since he Inauguration Of this war Hundreds Of tbiI 60
unknown 10 the public, have oonsprsd to pull down
this great lever in the hands Of Teemen. IL has been
compelled to submit TO many unjust and unRenerous
thIpGs-WhSch are treasured up in the dngy editorial
sanotums throughout the land, 10 come tortn IN more
quiet times with force which will be irresistible IL
Is useless 20 make threats ooWlIdy TO 10 20, but the
psrsecutors Of the Peas had better fory themselves
now. The Telegraph company must DO just
must not become cns OF the extortoners nd specua'
Iors of the country. The newspapers while everything
has advanced fro twenty 10 forty times lite value 10
GOLD ooltnrs si TO send forth their oaiy ana weekly
sues at an advance Of only four to six above the pesos
prices AZ they OILY ask some spirit Of accommodation
fr N these. Who necessarily become connected with
them In Q business way.
Ia this connection it viii not be foreign to the snbjset
70 say that In the letter Of Senator Hl of this Sae,
uDou the subject Of general registration, regretted
90 zee hs charge that newspapers had taken advantage
Of h0 privileges accorded them By law, OIL sXempTngS
sufficient force TO carry Their business, to abuse t.
Senator Hill owes iI 70 himself a. well Is the Press,
and We call upon the Press 20 demand IL OF him, 70
,ats the gully man, Who has % far forgotten What
,rus manhood il a. 20 IojEs himself to shield unns
csssAry men from the VI consumption. Gsnuemen
Of the PrCsa, Senator b. b. Ail cnGgts that some
among rs jTTs5 men-We are certAiLy not oil 90
even should T.els Do single one which We double
hin there or be called upon, nOs only BY the Press Of
GsorEia but b. the Press generally 10 specify, Ano
,dsnuiy iG he can, she men Of the Press, Who
have abused the privilege granted them BY Law.
The Montgomery KGiI, referring 70 the condennA-
ton Of newspap re By certain Olsss Of people, asks
"DI you insinuatS that thCsS Independent, GU spoken
echoes Of the popplAr voice more dAmAgu 70 the
cause than your dNk specuIAuOns upon the ntce-
Sities Of your oountrymen-mors diSdsArsnng TO the
rear than your sX oEtionsi u the family journal
making its morning visits and dispensing good cheer
and mental sinulauts wherever EoSS halt ~ depeSs
nE A the pEeseacs and predecessor yoTr financial goE
that q EosspinE about every where, win OOnceAso
dASEsri Is ire sturdy machine press, dAshrg On liz
thousand shess By the hour, to carry comfort and gAd
tdnRs 10 the harCy defenders Of the 'front.' more sIind
M IN lie operations than the gradual bat inevitable
Of your psGuA ions upon the cOnmsrcs OF the
c,unIyH Tue TGpers DO ham, do Ihsy' Is liz
This RlorIous TO winch No Are all married india
solubly forever would sunk long, long ego, bu
FOR the unAsrGbe devotion Of the pIess AID the ret'
dem OF sXpEtSsoo which hAs chSrAoEsrz'd Il from ths
beginning. Toe newspapers nave been OF more com
fort 70 the soldiers in Id more aAchtu OF his IN
asFOsts at home, aeVoGed 10 the south aud bel
Gauss, Than any Othsr feature Of the vars history
The proprietor Of the NOBLE Army Argus Gnd Crt'i',
N bis last lssue announces tha JaSsS 1scKsE 00cuPe
be editorial chair. The Judge editor OIL Ihs Army
AEgUs aud also editor OF the Southern Girls o. success
sOF 80 the army ArgS-publishod IN Jackson, Mia
We regret 70 learn thAs Bows RsOsp has not re-
OeVed sufficient patronage from tue Pa0e 70 warrant
the publishers in continuing iis issue