Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-10-22

- - .lIsest bow for The f.vors they
hsse shown us. asking them to excuse
she aziursl vanity Of feeling proud Of our
fFst 5oufling.
That . town of the sire Of Plymouih.
possessing the business advantages il does,
aud the extensive trade il already has.
and surrounded as il is by an intelligent
and reading community, should have
oeen so long without newspaper, is a
matter of no little astonishment to us.
True, an attempt was once made, but the
failure certainly was not brought about
from want Of encouragement on The rart
oi tho people. We shall make another
attempt, feeling perfectly confden, that a
good paper can and will be sustained, es-
pecially as we are determined no, only to
make it useful, but actually necessary.
resting assured that BY spnring no efforts
to make orr sheet vehicle IF local, as
well as foreign interest, people will pat
ronize il. MI despsrandum is our MOI to-;
II we cannot command success, we shall
do our best to deserus it.
u must be at once evident to any one
acquainted with the wants Of the people
here, that paper is much needed. The
statistics Of our pos..office will show tI,a,
there nre but few, if any towns of the
same size in the State, to which more
reading matter Is sent, than to ours. But
IN this day Of progression, people are not
satisfied with importing their intelligence
from abroad /; they wish to have papers
in their immediate neighborhood, which
will keep them iniormcd of wha, trans
pires 10 their own section of country.
Until within short time, and we regret
1t is still too lameaaoly common. coun-
try newspapers were merely compend-
ums--and poor ones too, at that--of city
journals, apparently thinking it worth
their while to pay little or no attention to
what occurred in their locality; and to
shls cause, probably, more than any other,
may be ascribed the insignificant circula.
'ion and influence Of the country press,
generally, and the corresponding increase
Of country subscribers to city papers. In
this matter we shall endeavor to intro.
duce an improvement, making Our paper
as local in its character, as will compott
with its general usefulness.
Our object will be to make the Aduer-
tiscr suitable to all readers, consequently
1t will not espouse the cause of any part,
We can do This quite conscientiously, as
the purity and incorruptibili,y of the
present political parties may very we'll
be disputed. Time and experience have
demonstrated tina, the principal difference,
as we'll as the difference in principle, be-
tween them, is the "fye loaves and two
hshes,' and the strife is, who shall pe,
them. Were il not for spoils, the "dear
people" would not be bored annually with
patriotic appeals, from disinterested Office.
hunters, to come forward and save this
glorious Republic" before il is irredeem.
ably ruined by Whig isms, or Locofoco
nisrule. We are opposed to all dema.
gogu'sm, and it is high time tha. every
true lover Of his country should shu,
down on those who practise it. Blu,
whilst we eschew party politics, so do we
despise neutrality. We prefer to pursue
. middle course, aud therefore purpose
that the Advertiser shall be an independ
snt aheet. Having minds of our own
we are determined to speak them fearless
lessly and candidIy, on all topics which
may be of Importance to our readers
withou. being .rammeled by party ties, O
awed BY favor. This isan age Of pro
gress, and weshall allow ourselves the ex
pansiye platform Of speaking on politica
subjects, just what we conscienliously be
lieve 10 be righ. and proper.
To the I literary Department OF III,
4duertiser, we shall pay particular atten
ton. Its columns will be enriched week
ly, with selections Of prose and poelr,
from the best sources we may be able te
command. To this feature Of our paper
we commend the especial attention Of
our Lady readers, assuring them that moth
ing Of the least immoral tendency shal
sver be found in its pages.
For the Farmer, we shall devote 4 por
tion Of our paper to the subject Of Agri
culture, and such other subjects as may
be Of interest to him. The day is pas
when shook farming" is sneered at
agriculture is becoming q subject Of sci
eniiic investigation who wish
70 keep up with the progress of The day