White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-01-10
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WEEKLY GAZETT E
Fer 1881.

The great Presidential battle having no~
closed With the triumph Of the Republicans in
the election Of LINCOLN and HAMLIN, q
new era will soon be iuaugurated in she polio,
Of our Government, and its energies be welded
within the recognized limits Of the Constitution
in favor of Freedom, and not of Slavery.
Consequences Of immediate and extraordina
~ magnitude hang upon this event. The rev.
olution in our Public Affairs Of Which 1t is the
precursor, has aroused 4 storm of fanaticism in
the Cotton States which bids fair to test tina
Union, the Constitution, and the Laws, to an
extent to which they have never before been
subjected.
The questions Of peaceful Or Revolutionary
Secession, Notification, and Resaliatory Leg.
islatiol, have now arisen, involving numerous
Others touching the theory Of our Institutions,
State and Federal relations, and possibly the
demand on the part of the extreme South for
new Concessions and Guarantees as q condition
ofthe continuance of the Federal Union. Al
the project of . Southern Cotton Confederacy
assumes shape, that of re0pening the African
Slave Trade also rears its hideous head. We
are at the turning po. Mt in the great conflict be-
tween Freedom and Slavery.
Amid the upheayiBs of the political and So
cial elements at home, crisis seems to be i'm
pending over Europe, and the probabilities dai
ly becoming more imminent of collision be-
tween tbs Great Powers, which may shake the
dynasties of The old world to their foundations.
Everywhere the forces of humanity are in mo-
ton, and Truth and Right are battling against
Error and Wrong in their mutiform shapes.
The signs Of the times, therefore, indicate q
year of startling changes and great events, and
he who would keep pace with the spirit and ill.,
telligence Of the age, must READ. An enter
prising newspaper is an epitomc Of this living
-orll ord l.,;n all mr.
phases, before the minds eve Of the poor man
in his cottage as well as the rich man in his
palace. 1t is the cheapest article of necessity
or luxury that the ingenuity Of man has yet de
vised, and he who ignores it buries his noblest
capacities, and 10 practically dead to the inter-
es,s and concerns Of his race. outside Of the
narrow sphere in which he mores.
Such an one we shall continue to strive to
make the GAZETTE, and to render it, for the
coming year, worthy of still more general favor
The pressure of that class of political matter
specially appeFtainns to the Campaign being
now over, We shall be able to give o much lar
ger quantity Of literary and miscellaneous read
ing, for the benefit of those who feel compara-
lively little concern in politics. We bestow
great pains upon the making up ofthe Gazette,
and believe We can safely say tina. in variety,
freshness and interest, il will not suffer by com
parison with any Eeastern paper, while an i'm
portsnt advantage in point of time, by its EARL
er arrival, is gained TO Western subscribers.
Our Printing and Mailing are also now done
with such dispatch as to enable US to have our
entire edition in the mail by twelve O'Clock on
the morning of publication. and subscribers
will thu. invariably receive them by the first
mails thereafter. The extra amount of read
ing matter which the Gazette furnishes its rea-
'ders, in consequence OF its large size, should
not be overlooked by those Who want the news
Of the day complete, and not in partial and i'm
perfect shape.