The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-04-25
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Grand Haven, the Clarion has been
much discounted, and put TO its trumps
to " CLUBB" up new supply of thunder,
which il seems to have manufactured from
nm article in our last issue, and roars this
week good and strong about the News,
Postmaster, JAMES BUCHANAN, and the
"corrupt democratic party" We are
happy at any time to furnish theme for
nm editorial in the Clarion, but we did not
suppose we should disturb the equilibri-
um of its rotund editor so alarmingly rs
to have entirely lost sight of the idea of
truth which he processes so fervcntly to
adore. Let us see:
"After the developments which have been
made in Washington, there is good reasons to in
quire where the money comes from by which
the press and material of the Grand Haven
Ne,os were purchased? How much did the
Ners get from the corruption fund of Buchan-
an & Coz"
Yes, there IS good reasons to inquire
something about this News matter, and
we are glad to have an opportunity of nm
swering.
l. We earned the money to purchase
the press and material for the NeDs,
long ago, by the sweat of our brow.
2. We "get from the corruption fund
of Buchanan & Co" less than sixty-two
cents month for advertising letters.
This enables us to publish the Me,cs
once week, but compels us to practice
rigid economy, and charge moderately for
Job work. We are not yet able TO visit
the principal cities of the United States,
and part Of England, 10 secure advertise
mcnts, but hopo TO be able to as soon as
the corruption fund Of Buchanan IL Co."
increases. We work in small, plain
building, and print medium size paper,
but intend TO have better building, and
enlarge our paper when we get the tax
list, or the corruption fund" increases.
Our foreign correspondence, special cor
respondence, special contributors, and
many other things, depend upon this
"corruption fund.-" Sixty-two cents n
month will not sanction great enlarge
ment, but might do to make buster
1t is fair now for us TO ask, where did
the money come from by which the press
and material of the Grand Haven Clar-
ION were purchased How much did it
get from the corruption fund" of the
Republican party? We do not propose
TO answer this directly, but the reminis-
ccnce Of a few short years is full Of interest
Only last spring the Clarion was COM
PEELED to enlarge in consequence of its in
creased patronage, &c, and predicted at
least one thousand Republican MAORI
ty in short time in Ottawa county.
One year from that prediction the county
is largely democratic; and Grand Haven
the home of the Clarion, is changed
from l26 Republican to an average of l s
Democratic. We have always upheld the
existence Of two political parties as the
correctors of public opinion, and as re.
sLraints in various forms upon a repre-.
sentative government; and if another en-
largement should he followed with such
disastrous effects TO the Republican party,
we should deplore such calamity.
How much does il get from the cor
rupton fund of the Republican party y
We said in our last issue the Eastman
vile Times Office was going to Holland,
and the first number is to he issued this
month to secure the tax list, which the
Clarion does not deny. This is n stroke Of
policy we had not looked for: dccapita.
ting the Clarion, the only Republican
paper in the county, which has fought
and bled for the party in good faith, suf-
fered all things, endured all things, to
gain reputation and a name; has erect
cd an elegant building, an ornament 10
the village and a monument of its enter
prise, upon which our national flag flut-
tiers in the breeze, or hangs gracefully halt
concealed; now taking from it the "corrup-
ton fund.- to the amount of about $1,000.
Is this the homage duo TO genius9 Is
this the reverence TURNER e. Co., State