The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-04-19
End of Volume Two.

End OF Volume Two.
With this number of the REPUBLI-
CAN we close the voIumc-shut the
book. Another year of the REPUBLI-
CAMS existence has passed away
whether that existence has been profit
able to our readers we leave for them
to determine. 1t has been our chief
end aud aim to make it such, and from
the interest manifested by subscribers
generally we feel satisfied that our eff
forts have not altogether proved fail
ure. AT all events we have labored
hard to do our duty-to fill orr con-
tract with our readers faithfully; and
with a consciousness of having per-
formed our part of the contract to the
very letter, we shall commence Volume
Three with the determination, to make
it as good as its support will warrant.
What the REPUBLICAN will be in fu-
ture depends very much upon the pat
ronage it receives, as we shall do all
we can with the means in our hands
to make it good and reliable paper.
In view Of the fact that q Republican
newspaper is much needed in this coun-
ty and as its publication depends up
on the support it receives, we invite all
to lend-u such aid as their business
and interests will warrant. Our sub
scription price is low and within the
reach of every one. We have made it
such for your accommodation and al
though that alone would furnish but
1.-THE of the means necessary to keep
the paper in circulation, yet its aid is
none the less needed.
But there is another view of this
subject to which We refer, believing
that our interest in the result makes
it none the less important that we al
Iude to it.. Werefer to the advantages
that must be derived from supporting
u home paper. Foreign Journals may
be much better as means of convey
ing general news, bnt they never can
supply the place of the home paper.
They do nothing for the locality in
which the home Journal circulates be-
yond the benefits derived from the free
circulation of general intelligence.
While the publisher of your county
paper labors day and night to promote
the interests of the section of country
around him, spends his means, time
and energies in aiding the full dcvel-
opment of all its resources, induces
emigrants to settle around you, labors
for the rapid Improvement of your
thoroughfares, in short, keeps aneye
on all the business of the county
and seeks TO make that business n
thriving one, what are foreign journals
doing for you? Literally nothing.
They have support, and the advantage
of good locations and hence give you
more general news than is possible for
your county paper, with its meagre
support to do. But which labors most
for your interest, which really benefits
you most, and which deserves most
your support ?
We leave it for you to decide, and
hope you will do it like sensible man..
We ask you to look at this subject and
if consistent with your views and
circumstances, aid an enterprise in
which you are more or less interested.
To those of our subscribers who have
taken our paper the past two years,
and have paid us nothing we make
this Offer those who owe for two
years and will send us $500 we will
give them credit for one year in adj
vance, and to those who owe us for one
year,w will give them one years credit
upon the receipt of $500. This offer
will stand open until our next issue,
when we shall, according to our pre-
yious notice, cut the name of every
man indebted to us from our subscrip-
ton book, and hand their accounts to a
justice for collection.
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In conclusion, we ask a little active
effort on the part of our friends. 1t
will increase our ability to do all we
desire to do for their instruction and