An Editorial Brutus

An editor out "West thua talks to hia non-paying subseribers and patrons: " Hear us for our debts, and get re:uly that yon may pay; trust us, we ure in need, and have regard for our need : as you have been long trustod, acknou your indebtodness, and diva into youi pookete, that you may promptly fork over. lf there bo any among you - ono singlo patrón - that don't own us sotncthing, then to bira we say step aside; consular yourself a gentleinan. It' the i-cst wish to know why we dun them, this is our acswer : not th:t we care about ourselvos, but our oreditora do. Would you rather that wc went to jail, and you gofree, than ]ivy your debfs to keep ua moving? As we agreed, we have worked i'or you, as wo oontraoted, we have ftirniahed our paper to you; but ;is you don't pay, we dun yon. Here are agreeiiiiuts, joli wolk, conlrurt:; for ïubsorip tinas, contracta ton long credit, and duns for deferred payraent. Who is thero so i greoa that ho don't take a paper ? If ' any, hc need not speak, for we don't mean ïim. Who is thoro so mean that he don't Ldrertue? lï any, let liim si ido ; lie lin't the elinp niether. Who is there so mean that ho don't pay the printer ? If uiv, let him shout, for Iih's the man ws're iftor. llis name is legión, and he's ovïng us for one, two, tluoe, four, five, six yuars - long enough to mako us ]oor and nni rieh at our expense."