The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-03-27
THE DEMOCRAT
CANAL DOVER. OHIO.
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1910.
THE VOICE OF THE COUNTRY.
For PRESIDENT or THE U. STATES,
aA aNTKN grAN '1U&EN
FoR VIex Pr EsDHNr,
RICHARD MJOHNSON.
tFOR GovERNoR,
WILSON SHANNON.
CANAL DOVER. OHIO.
FoR VleE Pr EsDHNr,
OURSELVES.

1
sons have circulated report in one or
two places, llIatthe Democrat had stop.
ped. or was about to stop, we deem i,
our duty 10 repel such charge, and state
our condition, az we'll as future pros
pects,in order that the public may know
what credit 10 give to any evil reports
which have been or may hereafter be
set aAoat by our enimies.
The publication Of The Democrat will
not be suspended, nor has it ever on.
tered our minds to suspend ito publica-
iion. Then what grounds the assassin
who got up the report, bad for go doing,
we are at loss TO conjecture; if no
done it Withlhe intention 10 injurs us,
he is wonderfully mistaken; if be done
it because he had not sufficient eour-
age 10 commence robbing tho mail, or
to commit murder on the highway, we
commend him TO persevere; "Rractice
makes perfect" and Jack Ketch will
soon overtake him.
The Democrat commenced under ma
ny disadyantageeus circumstances; be-
ginning al a time when there was a
slagnstion Of business throughou, the
country, the natural effects of tho ma
MIA every body had for getting rich with
out working for it. This was contra
ry 10 Nature, therefore could not al
ways exist; and when a reaction came,
as come il must, i, induced the suffer
ers 10 cu.tail their outlsys within tho
bounds of their incomes. To do this,
they had 10 abandon articles Of luxury,
and suPeIAuiles; and by a mistaken
notion ofthe mass in general, newspe-
pers are considered more as a superAu-
ity, than as an article of necessity, and
consequently tho poor Printer is the
first 10 suffer, and the Iast 10 be beni>
fitted. This is an erroneous idea, that
should have long since been secuted
from The public mind, ,inasmuch asia has
already sent many victims to o prems-
ture grave, that would have otherwise
been ornaments in society, and = beni-
I'll to mankind. Such is ono ofihe bar
rIers we have had 10 surmount
i Again: -Four different attempts bad
been made, (prior to Ours,) within tho
short space Of three years, TO establish
a second paper 10 this county, and each
one, after lingering on q few months,
E suspended; whether by mismanagement
. or want Of proper encouragement, We
cannot say. These recent failures, have
left the public mind in this county, DIS
I, gus,ed and very much prejudiced;which
prejudices We have had 10 contend with,
aud are happy TO cay, are fast being
' overcome, and will by the end of tn,
year be entirely obli,erateJ. E,gh
months have now elapsed, piuce oul
first number was issued, and our sue
cess has been equal to, il no, beyonf
our expectations. Although cur sub.
scriPi'on list is yet limited. ii will if the
r. Subscribers all come up to the scratch like
?. men. enable US 10 toe the mark, at the
end OF the year, and that 10 sufficient -
# All we want IS . frugal homes, living
), anything more we 90 not desi,e, |
q then, our patronage continues 10 in
=. crease, IN the saine ratio as il has fion
!, the commencement, i, will no, be lon!
Il ere we are enabled 10 enlarge our pape
thereby giving a creator amount ofrea,
"a ing matter 10 our subscribers, aud b,
n the aid Of new materials, much improv,
l. the mechanical appearance Of the paper
Ia The Press and greater part of tho types
. on which the Democrat is printed, hav
N been in use in various places for qua
h ter Of century; this may account 70
any deficiency in point Of appearance
to whrn compared with other papers. W
r we preferred starting in this way, an
n. wearing along for a while on a poe
but sound Foundation, rather than NAH
l. anv ofthose great Aourishes OF frs
no which nine times out Of ten ends in
~ ~ grand burst up.
n There is a great political contest ne,
n at hmd--one that affects The who
u people-the people must be enligh.en,
on the subjects affecting this con,ss
rd that they may the better Judge which
he the two parties ere the best entitled
30. their sufirages. To be enIigbtene
se. they must support the presses, and tn
ID two preSses can be supported in ii
county. we have practical demonslr
ing tion. Therefore if any of our rsade
will use their sndeavors to get mo
Of subscribers, they will be furnisbi
b' means whereby they will obtain gre,
es- or amount ofinfornaton; and any o
hio who will procure ten or fifteen 60
'ity subscribers, shall receive tho Dem
md crat ono year for their trouble. We
lis not call on them to pay in advance, OF
liss when convenient, and all kinda of nr