Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-03-31

The Spectator wants money so badly, that he
| is willing to make it in the worst of all ways,
| having gsssedo about his circulation until the
| whole thing has become ridiculous) by vlllfylng
| his neighbors- Valley Trginian March 10Th
Allin the above, with the exception of the af-
| firmation, contained in the first four words, that
'the Spectator wants money!" is false, and would
be sanderous if its author could SANDER any one.
| but he belongs to that class whose censure is
praise and whose commentator is reproach.
If it were not that the Virginia's is such poor
| advertising medium, we would feel obliged to it
for advertising the fact that th Spectator wants
| money! For it is true. and we would be pleased
to have the fact made known, that the Spectator
| would like to have more money than it has, for
it devotes that convenient article to the purchase
of materials, paying hands, rent, &c. 1t does
not, to use the elegant phrase of the Valley Vir-
gilman, 'gas about its circulation whilst borrow
ing material which it never returns, and for
which it never pays except by 'vilifying the
neighbours from whom it borrowed This mode
of doing business it leaves to the Valley Virgin
ian. The Spectator would want money less if
the Virginian Office would either return or pay
for the paper it borrowed from the Spectator of
lice. The VirgiaaiGn exposes to the public the
manner in which it repays the kindness and cour-
tesy shown it by the Spectator in lending it, from
time to time, paper with which to publish its is
sue, and prevent its suspension. In one month
the Spectator furnished in this way all the pa
per consumed by that office during the whole of
that month. 1t did not require great deal, how
ever, to do that-the issue being small i t.l y
1.-THE Spectator wants money" for it makes
of that article. So far as the transactions CO.
the Virgiaian Office with this are concerned, we
have never seen that 1t makes any use of money, ,
and it may be, therefore, that the Vwginian may
not want money"
Though the Spectator owes no debts and has on
hand sufficient paper to publish the issue of the
Valley Virginian for the greater part of year,
yet as it pays current expenses as they accrue, it
wants money that it may continue the custom,
which uniformly prevails in this Office, of paying
all demands promptly-not allowing itself to be-
come indebted for paper, rent, wages, &c.
Should this Office ever be conveyed in trust for
the benefit of others so that it would no longer be
liable for debts contracted for the purchase Of ma
terials and the services of employees, then, if
willing under such circumstances to contract
such debts, whilst failing, either from want of
Willingness Or ability to pay them, it might Knock
at the calamity of poor unpaid printers, who
certainly are laborers worthy of their hire and
publish the fact that another, simple enough to
do business in an honest manner, wants money"
However great may be the wants of the Spectator,
it will not engage in the futile effort 70 mage any
thing out of the Erlley pilcginsa,a, or its nominal
proprietor. No power less than 0mnipotenoe
could succeed in such an effort for &c ni7ito nj
hal Jit-out,of nothing, nothing can be made,