Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-04-18
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TIE MISSOURI DEMOCRAT is Western ournal devo-
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Louis, the center OF the valley of the MssiSsppi-the
focus of news politics, literature, commerce and manu-
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parnent is filed with talented and reliable conductors
its corps of correspondents in Washington City New
York. New Orleans Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico u
tab. number some of the abest writers in the country
Contributions relating 10 the antiquities the soils the
mineral wealth. the agricultural resources the business
and population of surrounding villages and towns, and
the local news of the neghboring States will always
found in its columns. The markets OF the chief cities of
the West the statistics of production and shipment the
marine interests of our great rivers and the trade of
railroads will each be carefully noted The latest nfor
nation b. telegraph from every quarter, will be furnish
ed the details OF foreign steamships will be given
full review pu LEGATIONS of interest wifi be sed
uously supplied and in brief. everything that af
ford entertainment to the reader, knowledge the
thinker wil1 be presented to its subscribers.
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nave n'ae arrangements to have the latest and re-
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All persons wiii be given ttr and impartial hearing
through our columns, and shall labor to present TIE
facts as they traRspire, without regard to whom they
10 kansss affairs, the politics. settlements mn grafton
and ali that concerns the progress of opinions in that
quarter can mud DO better OF obtaining the game
taan through the columns of this paper.
EOEfIECAI4 POSITION.
TIE MISSOURI DEMOCRAT is, as its imports, De
inceFac in principle conservative in sentiment opposed
10 tic violence ami ouraes that lsye disgraced the
Terrto les ard to the dvuagoguery that brought civil
upon eurcounlrs by the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise We for Kansas Free State, and oppo-
Ged 10 the extension OF Slavery into Territory where
il comes IN competition with the labor of free white
10 guard preserve the lights and interests of free
white abofng men of the country.
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se that The Democrat shall be the equal if the
rior of all its contemporaries of the press Heretofore its
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coped Tor they known TO be carefully collected from
actual Sales and TO be accurately printed In addition
10 this add that have recently improved and
re-organlIed our whole Commercial Depar ent, that
we shall not only give the markets OF St. Louis but the
latest market Tepo from all the chief neighhoring c
ties that affect prices we'll extended reports of
the grain and produce and stock markets of Europe
Our Geographic arrangements such will in future
ensh 10 present these the readers of the Democrat
well as the elect produced upon Change thereby IN
the Atlantic cities, tely after the arrival of oac
steamer Whenever occasion Demands we shall also
publish editorial commercial SUMMARIZE addition to
semi annual statements and this feature the De-
moera which viii be new. and trust beEegcal one
will doubtless DO fully appreciated by all commercial and
business men.
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genoc relative TO the naveabe condition rivers
and the daily arrival and departure of steamboats, Sc
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one Of the most experienced oliver Reporters il the
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