Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-04-21

L occurs 10 VI that Nj Blgelow goes TOO .ar
when he contends thst al this con vsliuu and eau
Gus advertising j. mere news and ought not 10 be
paid FOR. The truth j. that al such tnin.s as
calls notices o. committee meetings. and the inser-
tlo of the cktf the head OF &c itoriA columns
aye O. Ea,s paid Coy II the cities Isn't burlington
q CITY, and SIT Jo , Hatch the Msyor Hereto
fore Il has lot been customary 70 pay Tor them II
the country. because polIti ans have been peuur-
Gus and publishers generous but every editor
knows how be has be-ruo@ec the space when in
p0rtant news OF prohlable advertisements pressed
upon him. snd by and by shall expect t. see
campaign comm tees So generous, or rather 50
lust. manly ana decent, that they will not expect
I'd Tor o. make free announcements o. political
business any more than c, any otbsr business. and
WI IL more think o. asking him . give his space
for csmpA gnins OF glorhcstion tnzn they would
the LIE reliant d : bunting, fireworks OF powder
When NJ. 81 sse4oW rakes over the Goals
he seems 10 forget that ne has been an editor him
sell aud may be again, l. quite Obvious o. such
political possibilities a might make hin poet
mast or also and never once se.ms Il have tuuu -ht
tnai he nas some DAY become beued CO and need
Al the liille per4uisi-- mat iall = those who
serve when others re. n tie, generous sou
who loves his c.ua.rg better Than his
eyes ano wouli gladly have ded Tor il
had u been possible Tor the rebels 10 hit him il
morally inca pable o. measuring apportloung
gifts o. Others. But Mr.. Benedict VINO has printers
to pay therefore constrained to be calculA-
tor, contends that j he paid one-twentleth o. all
that was contr outec N the wealthy city o. Bur
lIngton he gave his share. He KNOWS that Il costs
enormously 10 8 newspaper; that II Is = busi-
which susts.ns such intimate relations 10 the
public that is conductor Is constantly devoted to
unselhsh service ard cannot even economic re and
adapt MS paper the times without mourning seu-
sure lor inviting competition that his type, ma
chlnery and Midnight o., his talent, neney and
health thrown without into the political
encounter and that when Others divide the trophies
rest after the campaign, engage II the profit
sble arts o. peace. the editor cannot lay aside his
shield and buckler- quit his sentry beat he
knows that country journalists do not and cannot
acquire large means, and that there other
class physicians alone excepted, which sacrifices
Duch II a thousand unseen ways iOr the public.
IL this he knows And 4 he had said it, instead Of
inviting comparison OF contributions in money, not
even Mir. blgelon . remOrseless research and pur-
suit could have disturbed his equan nifty OF led Us
make use O. an unworthy local quarrel 10 say q
few PLAIN truths that deserve more general applica
llon.-Sf. llbGisg MeSsengcr.
We accept with due meekness the Messeq-
gers mild rebuke, and would copy more of
his comments on what he calls our tempest
in a teapot" if we had not already given
more space than We ought to matters about
which the public care nothing and in which
they have no concern.
We have RETAINED from saying good deal
more. both defensive and offensive, than we
have said, on these personal matters yet,
better way than even that the Messenger
would have been to say nothing.
But we beg the Messenger to understand
that our "equanimity'' has been rers slight
", if at all, disturbed