Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-03-30

arrears 70 US Will De prepareu W pay VI
when their accounts arc presented.
NICHE l. co.
Change Of PrOprietOrship.
It will be seen by the Salutatory of Mr..
Samuel NJ Yost, that the V1NDIcAroR has
changed hands, and from and after this is
sue will be under the sole conduct II Mr.
Yost.
The accounts of the paper for subscription
!, to the LIST of January, 1860, and for adver-
Using and job work to the LIST Of April,
1860, will be retained by u.s.
1t is proper for us to state to the Democ-
racy of Augusta, whose organ has been un-
der our control for the past two years and
a half, that the VINDIcAToR was never in
SO aourisbiug condition as at present-the
subscription list never so large, and the ad-
vertising columns never SO full.
We also take this opportunity to return
our sincere thanks to DIR patrons in and Out
of the county for the liberal and generous
patronage extended to us during our edito-
rial career as Editors of the VINDTcAToR.
4 NICHE & CO.
1t will be seen by the above announce
ment that the undersigned, from and after
the LIST proximo, becomes the sole editor
and proprietor Of the VIsDlcAroa newspa-
per. eE4
In resuming the relations to the readers
Of the INDICATOR which he reluctantly sew
cred nearly four years ago, it would be sheer
affectation we're the writer to confess to a
feeling of timidity, or aver an apprehension
of his qualifications to meet the demands of
the patrons of the paper. An intimate con-
nection with the press for many years would
necessarily. if merely obeying the law of
mechanics, acquaint him With the routine
of editorial life, and more or less, inspire
him at least, with small degree Of conf
dence in himself, without being amenablc
to the charge Of vanity or egotism. Hence.
the undersigned hopes, and expects, to pub
lish paper worthy of the patronage Of
generous people, with whom in years gone
by, both in the bright days of success and
the gloom of defeat, he has shared the for
tunes Of the Democratic party. An alb
sence from the State Of = few years has nei-
ther abated his zeal for the perfection of the
organization of the party, nor shaken his
convictions as to the healthiness and nation
atty of its principles. On the contrary, a
change of ATTITUDES has only served as a tan
gible demonstration of the great conserva-
two and catholic creed of the Democracy
and welded him to the belief that with its
success is intimately linked the prosperity
and perpetuity Of our system of government.
gq Entertaining. therefore, an honest and
conscientious belief that the Democratic
party is the only national organization
whose principles are the same East and
West, North and Southland that the ele-
ments which constitute the Opposition are
dangerous, heterogeneous and impracticable
Of good, the writer will address himself
with zeal and energy to the advancement of
the interests of the one and the defeat of
the other Yet III the discussion Of the po-
litical topic, Of the day, studied purpose
shall prevail to avoid unjust examinations,
aud to shrink from trespassing upon limits
forbidden by honorable and legitimate rules
ofpolitical augmentation. Men and meas
ures will be discussed and criticised freely,
as it has been the writer's wont heretofore,
! but he trusts with delicate regard to what
is due private and personal character.
With factions and cliques, if any there
be, the V1ND1cAroR will have no connection.
One paramount idea will govern the editor
IN his political eAorts-the publication Of a
paper which can be looked to by the De-
mocracy of Augusta and of the State as a
just and fair and fearless exponent and adj
vocate Of the principles Of the party seek
ing with Faithful ardor to uphold its great
interests, to cement it's osgsnization and sc-
Cure ITS success. That tie party has been
rent and torn ny the indiscreet and suicidal
course of the friends of particular individu-
ais is question beyond dispststion. The
undersigned will be no mans man, but with
q fee and untrammeled pen, he expects te
epposs and repudiate as faithless to the ira.
ditional policy of the party any man or SCI
men who, topromote selfish ends, may b.
willing to sacrifice ohe trae interests ef th,
organization. As its missfon is too grand
and its fundamental principles too eompre