The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-12-06
Prospectus for 1861.

PoLIr1cAL.-The great political campaien of 1860
is closed. The battle has been fought and won,
and the eagles OF victory perch on the Republican
banners. ABRAHAM LINCOLN has been triunnphantly
elected President of the United States for four
years from the Attn of March 1861.
We are entering upon year that will be memoir
able in the annals of American politics. The Fire
Eaters of the Cotton States have undertaken to
break up the American Union. The people have
decided against them at the ballot box, and they
refuse to submit to the verdict unless their de-
mands shall be complied with, which are as follows:
DEMANDS OF THE FIRE -EATERs.-lst. That the
Free States shall pay for all fugitives from labor
who may escape I'd. That all State laws against
kidnapping shall be repealed. Sd. That Slavery
shall be extended into all the Territories and pro-
tected by Federal Slave Code 4th. That the
Slave traffic shall be re-opened in the District Of
Columbia 5th. That law shall be passed granting
the right to Shareholders to travel and sojourn in
the Free States, accompanied by their slaves.
In case of Noncompliance with these proslavery
demands, the Fire-Eaters threaten to secede from
the Union, and set up Southern Confederacy, re-
open the African Slave Trade and attempt to found
great slaveholding empire by absorbing Mexico
Central America and the Islands of the Gulf Such
is the programme of the Disunionsts.
In this crisis it behooves every sound patriot and
friend of the Union and Constitution to stand by
Lincoln's Administration as the old Democrats
stood by Gen. Jackson when assailed by South
Carolina nullfers. The free North must not be
bullied nor frightened by the arrogant oligarchy
cherished principles. ~
OTHER QuEsr1oNs-And there are other impor-
tant matters to come before the new Administra-
ton. Among these are: Free Homesteads for the
Landless; improvements of Rivers and HarbOrs;
Construction of Railroad to the Pacific; En-
couragement of the Manufacturing and Farming
industry of the country Retrenchment and Reform
in the administration of Government; restoration,
in short of the earlier and purer days of the Re-
public On all these questions, the TRIBUNE will
ever be found an earnest champion on the side of
Freedom, Right and Patriotism.
GENERAL NEws.-Chcago is the Commercial
Emporium of large portion of the Northwest,
and by reason of her immense system of Railroads
and telegraph lines, she has become great news
centre; and we are confident that western readers
obtain their earliest information of passing
events from the columns of the Chicago TRIBUNE,
which is ice newspaper that keeps fully up with
the progress of the times. A good western paper
is certainly better calculated to promote the lnte
rests of the West, than:papers published 1000 miles
away which know little and care less for western
interests, sentiments and requirements.
CoRREsPoNDENCE.-Durin the coming winter
of the editors will correspond for the TRIBUNE
from Washington, giving full and graphic reports
of the proceedings Of an exciting session of Con-
gress
Another of the editors will attend at Springfield
and keep the people fully posted on what will be
done by the Illinois Legislature. Correspondents
will be employed at the Captos of Iowa, Minnesota
Wisconsin and Indiana.
foreign lands, derive our intelligence from the
multifarieus correspondents of the Associated
Press, from an immense exchange list and the
letters of numerous friends.
MARKETS.-The TRIBUNE has achieved a high
reputation as Commercial paper, and in this de-
partment it possesses the confidence and enjoys the
patronage of business men to a high degree. Its
market reports embrace every article that the far
mer or dealer can expect to find quoted in news
paper, whether western, eastern or foreign markets
The TRIBUNE also discusses very fully, in its ed-
torial and news columns, currency questions
Railroad Bank and State Stocks, agricultural pro-
ducts of America and Europe, and all other topics
connected with the material interests of our
country.
AGRIcULTURE.-Duringt the coming year shall
pay particular attention to Farming matters. In
each issue will appear a carefully prepared Agri
cultural article, containing large amount of fresh
and valuable information pertaining to the farm
and garden. Interesting letters from Rural,
and other able Agricultural and Horticultural
writer's will be published. No western newspaper
devotes much space to reports of fairs, crops,
1--we stock, improved implements and modes of
culture, and all other matters of interest to the
tilers of the soil.
EDUcATIoN.-The cause of Education will receive
due attention in our columns. And the Literary
and Miscellaneous matter will be prepared with a
view to making the paper awelcome family visitor,
combining the agreeable and useful. In short, the
purpose of the publishers is, to make the Chicago
TRIBUNE interesting and valuable that no well
regulated western family can AFFORD TO BE WITH
OUT 1T,
Now is the time to renew subscriptions and make
up clubs for the year. little effort in any
will procure list of names. People
can afford to subscribe, this is year of abund
ance
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