The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
INTRODUCTORY

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INTRODUCTORY
I, entering upon the .luiies nPper,ain-
ing to tie management 'cf ,lre's Pioneer
office, our friends and rstrons may look
for something ia the form of an in,ugu
ral. defining our position, and the line o.
policy by which we shalrbs governed in
the conduct of ahe paper. We presume
this arbitrary law. that culum has or
dained, and which soyerns the frst net Il
person takes when elected % office, ,wheth-
tr j, be TO preside ovtrsa District Meeting,
or to occupy tn. GubinatoriaI chair,er as
cendirg higher in the rounds in the lad
der Of f.me, to I'll the highest cffl: :e within
the gift ,of free people, must be Of bind
iny force upon ..'hr Knight Of the quill
when inducted TO the tripod. However,
We shall not tax the patience OF our read
ers il, a rrolix essay. in which tho 'hsgo'
will be most prominent, aSssh would nee.
cssarily be. were we to in this our FIRST is
sue at tempt TO define IN crteaso the line o
conduct by which we shall be governed
in the publication Of the Pioneer. And
then again, we might upon the spur Of
the moment, and d::under the first impulse
Of feeling, write and print something
which we might not wantto wei. until
called to die, 10 blot, but which in the
flight of time, SIX months mi sht hardly
pass before we would il We could. ex
punge from tie record, and eface from
the tablet of Memory. This
being the case. we would merely say that
1t shall be conr highest aim to do our
whole duty. fearlessly, honestly and in
depently.. The columns ofthe Pioneer,
as heretofore, shall advocate in a bold
and 6rm way, the Political doctrines e.
nunciated in the platform Of principles,
set forth by the Chicago convention. and
which was triumphantly endorsed by the
people at the ballot box last fall. In do
ing this, it shall be our objsct to discuss
the. points evolved in as high tone o.
experimentation as il is possible for US TO
do, always regarding the feelings II those
whose views Of government ana the poll,
cy by which that government should be
ad ministered differ from ours. Low per-
sonal abuse. and mean yulgarity will be
entirely ignored in cur columns. as We
do not want to shock the modesty Of any
of four readers. by sucl, pictures Of hui
man depravity.
1t shall be our aim to make the .Pio-
nser' welcome guest in every family,
who will extend TO it a friendly hand, by
laboring to fill its pages with useful ar
ticles bearing upen Politics. Agricul.
ture, Science and Literature. We wisf
TO make the Pioneer Grst class weckl,
journal, and in this aim Of ours, we hav,
been seconded by personal friruds. glftet
by nature with enIowments of no mcaI
order, and which have been cultivated b,
years Of study. They have promised tt
give us theira assistance in the wsy Of cor
responding for our columns.
In the present crisis We shall sustain
tho Federal Government in its efforts t
put down treason, whether found Nortl
or South Of Mason's and Dixon's line
We regard the perpctuation Of the liber
ties Of the people Of the Country boun
up in the preservation Of the Union Of th
States. and any attempt at vandalism Q
even its segregation should be sum m aril
suppressed. as dangerous to the stabilit,
of our free Institutions.
A crisis is now upon US; and sue h a
ono as We have never been called upon t
experience in our Whole history as ma
ton, and it becomes every patliot to sac
rifce every other feeling, to the commo
cause OF sustaining the Administration i
its efforts to pnt down rebellion and I
crush TO. death, and forever the hydr
headed monster cesession, which is aim
ing deadly blow at our republican in
ftitutions. Lstthe supremacy Of the law
be upheld-no compromises made wit
traitors-the Union preserved, and III
iawsfully enforced, against all, who hay
dared te violate them. Will. these salu
tat'ons we make our bow to The public ,an
hope, that in our weekly intercourse wit
them, we 81 all render ourselves usefr
Tnd agreeable, and that they will exten
20 US their patronage and support.
L. A. BRUNNER.
~ HON. STEPHAN A. DOUGLAS.
This distinguished gentleman. who f.