The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-18

WIZ "Nout Sc-c my icttlptS gJz
and though the outgoes steadily, ine-
vitably increased, the income increased
in a still larger ratio, till it nearly
balanced the former. But | was not
made for IA publisher indeed, no man
was ever qualified at once to edit and
to publish daily paper such as it
must be to live in these times ;and it
was not until Mr.. Thomas McEllath
whom | had barely known as a
member of the publishing firm over
whose store | first set type in this
city, but who was now lawyer in
good standing and practice-made me
a voluntary and wholly unexpected
protler Of partnership in my still strug-
CLING but hopeful enterprise, that it
might be considered fairly on its feet.
He offered to invest $4,000 as an
equivalent to whatever | had in the
business, and to devote his time and
energies to its management, on the
basis Of perfect equality in ownership
and in sharing the proceeds. This |
very gladly accepted and from that
hour my load was palpably lightencd.
During the ten years or over that The
Tribune was issued by Greeley & Nc
Elrath, my partner never once even
indicated that my anti-Slavery, anti
Hanging, Socialist, and other frequent
alterations from the straight and mar
row path of Wing partisanship, were
injurious to our common interest,
though he must often have sorcly felt
that they were so; and never, except
when | (rarcly) drew from the common
treasury more money than could well
be spared, in order to help p some needy
friend whom he judged beyond help,
did he even look grieved at anything
| did. On the other hand, his bust
ness management of the concern,
though never brilliant nor specially
energetic, was so safe and judicious
that it gave me no trouble, and scarce
ly required Of me a thought during
that long era of all but unclouded
prosperity. The transition from my
four preceding year of incessant pecu-
mary anxiety if not absolute embar-
rassmcnt, was like escaping from the
dungeon and the rack to freedom and
sympathy, Hcnceforth, such rare pc
cuniary troubles us encountered were
the just penalties ofmy own folly in
notes for persons who, in the
nature Of things, could not nationally
be expected TO pay them. Bat these
penalties are not to be cvaded by those
who, soon after entering responsible
life, $50 into business" as the phrase
is, when it is inevitable that they must
thereby he involved in debt. He
who starts on the basis of dependence
on his own proper resources, resolved
to extend his business no further and
no faster than his means will Justify,
may fairly refuse to lend what he
needs in his own operations, Or to en-
lorse for others when he asis no one
to endorse for him. But you cannot
lsll favors, and then churlishly refuse
to grant any-borrow, and then trown
upon whoever asks You to lend-scck |
but decline to give any
md so the idle, the prodgal, the dis
'olute, with the thousands iorcdoomed |
by their own defects ofcapacity, off
or of management, to chronic
bankruptcy, live upon the earnings of
he capable, thrifty and provident.
lietter wait five years to 90 into bust
ness upon adequate means which are
properly your own, than to rush in
prematurely, trusting to loans, en-
lorsemcnts, and the forbearance of
'reditors, to help you through. | |
nave squandered much hard-carnel
money in trying to help others who
we're already past help, when | not
'nly might but should have saved
most OF 1t If l had never, needing help,
sought and received it. As it is, | |
rust that my general obligation has
been fully discharged.
The Tribune, as it first appeared, was
out the germ of what | sought to
make it. No journal sold FOR cent
'ould ever be much more than dry
of the most important Or the
most stinteresting occurrences of the day;
md such is not newspaper, in the
higher sense Of the term. We need
lot know, not only what is done, but
what is purposed and said, by those
who sway the destinies of states and
'ealms and, to this end, the prompt
,erusal Of the manifestoe: of monarchs,
ministers, legislators, etc,
5 indispensable. No man is even
o'erably informed in Our day who
locs not regularly ''keep the run" OF
vents and opinions, through the daily
'erusal of at least one good journal !;
md the ready cavil that "no one can
cad" all that great molern Journal
contains, only proves the ignorance or
houghtlessncss of the cavilcr. No
me person is expected to take such an
interest in the rise and fall of stocks,
he markets for cotton, cattle, grain,
md goods, the proceedings of Europe
nd the ever-shifting phases of Spanish
American anarchy, etc., etc., as would
ncite him to daily perusal of the
nLire contents of a metropolitan city
ourIal of the first rank. The idea is
ather TO cmbody in u single sheet the
Information daily required by allthose
vho aim to keep "posted" on all i'm
'ortant occurrences so that the
lwyer, the merchant, the banker, the
orwarder, the economist, the author,
he politician, etc, may find here