, 1857-11-27

commencement OF Vol. W.
We this week turn over a new leaf in th,
history Of the Pioneer aud Democrat, ant
introduce to its readers the lst number o
tho sixth volume Of the existence Of th
paper.
The senior, little dreamed one year ago
whilst summing up brief Of few of the
events Of the year that had preceded It
connected with the history and progress o.
our Territory, that the duty would devolv,
upon him Of marking the expiration Of vol
", in public acknowledgment to its read
ers, and again reminding them that still
another twelve-month Of time has rolled in
to the ocean Of eternity. But
There is a destiny that shapes our ends,
Roughhugh them as we will"
Hence, be the time long or short that we
shall be compelled to work in public tread
mill. we will endeavor to bear the inflction
with all the Difference and submission ol
which we are capable. As we have often
before observed, the task Of conducting and
editing newspaper, is q thankless one
nevertheless it must be performed by some
one, but in the performance thereof, be as
sured, whoever the victim may be-
BE he as pure as snow, as chaste as iccIe, yet he
will not escape calumny."
Yes, the conductor Of public political
journal, no matter how honest be may be
in the advocacy Of the doctrines of the par
ty to which be is attached, or however
honorable, in the legitimate discharge ol
his duty, must expect to meet the SCOTS and
jeers Of bis opponents on every hand. He
is looked upon as public property and
those who are opposed to bis political creed
esteem It to be their privilege to search dill
igently through his past record, in order,
| II possible, to detect some expression oi
faith at variance with bis present avowed
creed. They love the work Of the s,aven-
ger too well, not to search through all the
'slums aud alleys Of private existance, to
drag exultingly to light, errors Of the head,
actions performed in the impetuosity Of
youth, or obstinacy Of early manhood where
with to brand with disgrace an individual,
whom. had he 10 be reviewed solely on per-
sOnal grounds, naught perhaps, but the ex-
cellsut traits Of his eharaeter or the pat
riotic endeavors Of his life could be dlscov-
cred. Truly
"Let Hercules, himself, do what be may,
The cat will NEW, the dog will have his day."
Well, We are now in our sixth volume
and should it be so decreed that another
than ourself will be called upon to take
the chair" aud address you upon the expi-
ration of the year Just commenced, yet we
deem il our duty to say few words to
the democracy of the territory, and the
people generally, of business character
We will address ourself to the friends Of
the party first. by claiming, that we have
been publishing strictly democratic pa
per and that many members of the party
have literally and promptly contributed to-
wards sustaining the enterprise, we are duly
conscious; that many others have been rery
remiss in this respect, we have been made
to feel pretty severely. IT, you would have
paper do efficient service for the party,
in disseminating the great principles Of
democratic truth, you must not permit it to
languish for the want Of on adequate sup
port. Many, rsry many Of the weak imbe-
cile, and inefficient papers Of the States at
this day, are made so by the parsimony, the
llliberality and intolerance Of members ol
the rery party to which they belong. Start
not, kind reader, at this declaration, for
Il is true; and we only assert that which
hundreds Of publishers know, when we
state that nothing contributes more to-
wards rendering paper inefficient in po-
litical contest than meagre support.
Then let no true democrat falter iu his
support to the Pioneer, which has thus far,
wethered the abolition storm in this Terri
tory, and bid an open defiance to every
species Of opposition, in the shape of fanat-
icism and know-nothing intolerance and
prescription. We speak not for the past,
but for the time to eOnR Everything of a
political nature demands that the dsmocra.