St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-07-31
Salutatory.

tentively, and possibly you will crltl- d
else it closely. Faultless it is not, but v
such as it is we offer it to the pulic, Q
and solicit for it generous patron G
age. Every one, at all familiar with
the mechanical as well as editorial de- |
partment of a printing establishment {
knows something Of the disadvantage
es under which the first number Of a s
newspaper must be issued. The Or I
ganization of the printing room, the
arrangement of all the types and fix
lures, the want Of exchange newspa-
pers from which to rlaan- Al--~-~""
the day and other intelligence, are all
unpleasant matters that cannot be adj
iusted in moment We had antici-
pated an earlier issue of our paper,
but our Office building was not COM
pleted, and it was only till within the
last few days that we were enabled
to occupy it and commence business.
We are now fairly launched upon
the experimental tide of publishing a
newspaper in St. Charles. We do not
expect the enterprise, for the present,
will rebound very much to our pecuni-
airy advantage, but should our friends
bestow upon us their patronage with
that liberality of which we have eve
cry assurance that they will do, we
will industriously and perseveringly
labor for the promotion Of their well
fare.
It is far from our intention or wish
to stir up discord and strife among
the people of this community, but on
the contrary we desire to inculcate
spirit of harmony and good will, one
towards another. We do not there
fore propose to engage in political
party warfare, filling our sheet with
gross personalities and opprobrious
epithets. All men, under our consti-
tuition, have an equal right to their re-
ligious and political opinions and in
whatever we may have to say upon
these subjects, we shall appeal to the
understanding using with due defer
ence calm reasoning and persuasive
a rnG;;is;ment " sathsr. than elimination and
alive, to certain extent, in our polit.
cal views and yet there is enough Of
the young America about us to en-
courage progress and improvement
The incalculable resources of our
country need to be developed, and the
spirit of progress that is abroad in the
land should only be guided in the
right direction-it should be encour
aged, not checked. The construction
of the great Pacific railway and the
improvement of the navigable rivers
of the West, would do more in few
years to open up the avenues of wealth
now hidden or unimproved, than the
work of generations without them
We have therefore been surprised anC
aggrieved tina the Government, merely
to crafty the piques and prejudice'
of miserable oligarchy of taskmas
tiers, who are always opposed to prog
ress, should so forget it's duty to tn
yAole people as to throw it's infuenc,
against measures SO popular with tn
masses and so beneficial to the natiol
and the world. We are aware tina
unconstitutionality" is the plea, blu
when was the constitution not foun
plastic enough to cover measure
whether right Of wrong, if the dom
nant party willed it?
The reader has already discerne
that we are no friends to that "pecul
ar institution" which sits like an il
ing an is e shssFas
action. And yet we would fulfil
the letter the federal compacts of ou
fathers iterfering not with the right
guaranteed to others, yet resisting
with indomitable firmness any aggret
sions upon our own. Let those VIII
wish, cherish the blight and milde,
Of slavery F; but, for ourselves, wei
none of it. Were we placed in pos
tions of high trust and power, wher
resistance to the slave influence wa
required, in the language Of the nobl
Chatham, we would never succumb
never, never, never I"
But truce to politics.
The senior editor has seen som,
twenty years Of editorial life, and il
that time has learned something in tn,
school Of experience. Especially ha,
he learned the folly Of endeavorine
to please every body. We shall there