The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-09-22
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.

We have made arrangements with Mr..
Levi Loring, Of our place, 10 visit the sew
eral towns in our county To solicit subscriP-
lions ior the Union and Journal. He is au-
ihorized to take names. and give receipts
for payments, and To transact any business
connected with our Office.
Several years have elapsed since We
made any general eaOr, 10 extend our cir.
cula,ion, and in renewing our laboEs, We
trust lha, we may NEE, with good success.
We have now circulation somewhat lar
ger than County papers generally have,
bu, larger list, and extended patronage,
would enable Us 10 make some improve
mcn:s in the size and mechanical execu-
lion oil our paper, which we have had in
contemplation for some time. While We
have no reason 10 complain OF the support
which has been afforded US, and can feel a
degree Of pride in the fact, iha, Y, no lime
since we commenced the publication OF our
paper, now near ten years ago, havs we
been called upon 10 suffer any elimination
Of public patronage; or the withdrawal Of
that sympathy, which, after all, is The rich
est reward that the publisher OF pager
can have, still the augmented prices for
stock, office help, and family expenses,
render al enlarged patronage desirable,
and we are led TO believe tina, now is the
golden moment 10 obtain II.
The course which we have pursued in
the management OF our paper, and its uni.
form advocacy Of those principles Of tenn
perance, and sound political honesty, which
are so essential 10 the we'll being Of our
community, j, gives US pleasure 10 say,
seems 10 have been met with cordial re.
spouse, and been satisfactory 10 our Pa,rpns.
II is this which has strengthened our hands,
and cheercd Us through the difficulties AMI
obstacles naturally attendant upon the es'
Enlistment, OH a firm foundation, Of a
newspaper enterprise. l, is this which has
sustained US under Providen,ial losses,
which have borne heavily pecpniarily upon
W., and sometimes appeared diilicnll TO get
over; and would have been we'll nigh in
surmouniable, had not Kind friends come
to our help in the hour Of business trouble.
|, has been our ann 10 make our paper val.
liable 10 the people Of the county, vchi-
Gle carrying useful information 10 them rel.
alive 10 their wants and prosperity, and a
welcome CUES, into every family circle,
where the social virtues arc priced, and The
obligations Of the man and the citizen are
no, forgotten. We have endangered to DIS
charge our duties as conductor OF pa
per conscien,iously, and alike regardless
of the clamor Of opponents and the ,imidi.
,y Of friends, have spoken on, firmly and
independently the sentiments we entertain
ed upon great questions connected with the
moral and political welfare OF the State or
Nation, Our convictions oil the importance
Of temperance, and The necessity Of well
devised prohibi.ory law, have no, been s'i-
fed, nor have we been silen, when ,be. die
ia,es Of humanity AID regard for the con-
sli,u,ional rights Of the Tree States, and the
principles Of fee institutions, called upon
us TO speak. With no desire 10 be in,oley-
ant, or declaring am from the enioymen,
OF jus, rights, we have supported, and shall
continue to support, American principles,
American measures, aud Ameriean men, and
in SC doing shall be bu, following the path
upon which we entered when our paper
was established.
We hespeak for Mr.. Loring the kindness
Of our friends in the towns he may visit,
and Tor any aid they may afford him in
widening our circulation, we shall return
willing thanks,