The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-02-20

traveller or visitor It would seem can leave
the Rice House dissatisfied, unless it may |
be with the necessity Of business which
may compel him to leave. But before
leaving town let every one who hungcrs
or thirsts for mental nourishment call at
THE NEWS OFFICE,
which he will find few doors up street,
and on the opposite side, near the Post
Office. Here he will find the Messrs.
Barns industriously engaged in catering
for the mental wants of not only the city,
but the country; and not merely the city
and its immediate surroundings, but the
whole State and the Union. Theirs is
an arduous task, and well do they realize
it; but they shrink not from it, neither
will they suffer themselves to grow weary
in well-doing. They are set for the de-
fence of the Union, and though, as a GER
tain writer has said on another important
subject, "Lions roar, and rocks and dan
gers fill the way" they are determined to
pcrsoyere. democracy and the Union"
is their motto, and for these they labor
by night as well as by day, with a full
determination to mark thehrpsth through
life in such manner that their efforts
shall tell favorably on the history of our
nation. They are issuing the Grand Ha-
ven NeOs, weekly, on beautiful sheet,
as every one of its readers well know, at
a low price, and its columns have done
much for the principles of pure democra-
cy and the cultivation of sound morali-
ty and virtue among the people, but not
withstanding all this, it can not be said
they are
| FULLY REWARDED
for their assiduous labors for the right and
the true. Under this view of the case,
should not every democrat in the county
especially feel it his duty to do what is
in his power to extend the circulation and
usefulness of the NeOss A paper of the
kind is much needed in the county, but
how can the publishers succeed unless
their efforts are seconded by the people ?
The NeaDs, being democratic in its poll
tics, in these days of political excitement,
it is not to be expected chat those hold
ing opposite sentiments will sustain it.
But it must be supported by those who
would SEQ democracy triumph and our
national difficulties amicably adjusted.
Democrats should not allow themselves
TO think that since the political campaign
is ended they have no more to do. True,
the voting day is past and the new Pres
ident is soon to be inaugurated, but a
great and important
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
is now opened and it must be prosecuted
with vigor and perseverance in order to
save our free institutions from going to
shivers, and secure the final triumph Of
our political sentiments, by the prevalence
of which alone our nations glory can be
preserved. Yes! by oar principles the
Union can be preserved, and without
them the Union is lost! But how can
these high and purely patriotic principles
prevail without the aid of the press to
give them circulation? BY what means
can they be carried to the masses of the
people if the press is not sustained? Who
can read without books and papers
How can they be had without Printers
How can Printers live and work without
pays Who can pay them without means
How can publisher obtain means with
out circulation7 The foregoing sug-
gestioEs are not the. productions Of the
thought that the News is declining. 1t
presents an improving aspect. But it is
clearly the duty of democrats in Ottawa
County to do moro than they ever have
done to extend its circulation and in
crease its usefulness. Let those whose
means will admit of it pay for few OK
ira copies to circulate gratuitously among
those who are not democrats, and let ev-
cry democrat who possesses the means
pay for a copy for himself and family, and
a great change will mark the progress Of
our political principles in the county du-
ring the next four years. J. II. S.
HAD TO RETURN.-The propeller Quin.
cy sailed for Grand Haven on Saturday,
but, not being able to push her way thro'
the floating ice which had accumulated at