Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1856-01-01
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TUESDAY, JANUARY ., 1850.

TUESDAY. JANUARY i, 1855. "
The ssTimss'' Past and Future.
Tam paper viii cousinue IL advecs.
~ " democratic pripciplss sed will be-
found acting ia unison With ihst psfty
ycions ssit d tFus 70 IL wen known
tsps,s. That psssy has,sin times past.
msintsinsd its sscendsney through ths
cohesive power of correct pinciplss.
or, lSts. shs parry has been wssksncdby
: detection On the ipsH of its LEADERS
from .bs wishes and idsss Of the people.
Personal ambition smoos par.y iesdsrs
has distracted and broken DOR ranks
The masses wilInot pay tho! homage 10
men which 10 due to TRvTs alons.--,
Since The re.openins Of the slavery ss.
i,a,ion by the passage Of the Nsbrssks
Act, tho T,MEs has maintained an atti.
tude OF hostility TO that feature in the
policy Of the presen. Administration.
and the people have sustained its sclion.
The TInEs maintains not only that
the majority must 10 oil cases govern,
bu. it will strive to be governed by that
higher moral axiom, that tho majority
must SO govs IN as to preserve inviolats
the equal rights Of all, without regard TO
their place Of nativity.
Ia this sense. democracy includes the
principles Of political economy. that
science which is noiselessly q, work un'
dermining the partition walls that have
heretofore made different nations regard
each other as enemies. This science is
fast changing the sentiments Of mankind
from strife and enmity 10 those OF friendly
emulation, in the prsctice Of The arts
Of peace, and the duties Of humanity.
Democracy and political economy are
both the natural allies Of the rights Of
man, and will go hand in hand in break.
ing down the artificial dams and EN-.
bankments which impede the onward
progress Of the race in the realization OF
that equality towards whichman every
where seems to be tending.
This paper will continue to act on
the principle. thai no subject that con-
Germs the general interests Of the nation,
or that in sny degree affects the rights ol
| free labor is inhibited from investiga.
ton and discussion. Therefore, whilst
it will insist upon the preservation Of
good faith between the Free and the
Slaveholding States, by strictly guarding
each in their rights, and will cultivate
ltAst fra,ernal feeling between the people
LOT different sections Of the country in
which the Union originated, ond which
is the best security for It's duration, it will
continue to oppose that pernicious dog.
ma which asserts that Slavery can exist
beyond the borders Of States.
We believe the preservation Of correct
principles to be of much more imPor'
tance than the advancement Of the inter
ests OF individuals. Reforms seldom
begin with party leaders; they generally
originate with the people, who alone can
reduce them to practice.
! Yet representative men are necessary
in every government; and all such as
are faithful 10 their trusts. will find in
this journal shield.
We believe that the only end Of gov
ernmen.is is to protect the rights Of persons
and Of property, that when il does this
it accomplishes its purpose, and should
leave men otherwise free 10 follow theil
own pursuits that the tariff on imported
! merchandise should b. 60 reduced a:
only to cover the necessary expenses o.
the government, economically admins,
tered that the money earned by the peo
pie has no place in the public treasury
: and thatits only legitimate depository il
in the pockets Of the masses.
| The TINES will continue TO agitate il
favor Of land reform, currency reform
and industrial reform, and It will oppose
all devices and schemes for stalking
i from the mouth of labor the bread i
has earned" Ii relies upon its fidelity
to the great cause Of equal rights for it
{. support.
! There are those to whom we are unde
lasting obligations, for standing BY AM
, sustaining us in perilous times. 50 lon,
} as we are true to our own standard, W,
confidently rely upon the support Of ,h
Y masses. e'~ s.
Thus may our readers know the prin
i ciples by which we intend to be governed
50 that il any ono is dissatisfied with on
politics, be can discontinue bis paper.
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