Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-03-20
To the People Of Orleans County

A little more than seven years ag
on the issue of the first number
the Standard, we gave our first e,
itorial the above heading In thu
editorial we asked for the generou
support of the people Of the count
in the hazardous attempt to publis
paper in Irasburgh; we say hai
ardous because ten successive admin
iStrations in just ten years had pre-
coded us in the same business, ever
one of which had proved either dc
cided failures, financially speaking
or disappointment to the patron
Of each. That generous supper
which we asked for has in no manner
been withheld; on the contrary i
has at times been layished upon III
with a hand and a heart we coulC
not have anticipated, and fear We
may not have deserved--thc result
Of which has been to place the Stan
dard upon living basis, and given
to its editor fair competence. All,
and more than we asked, has been
given us; for which we are CRATE
full.
In that same first issue we also in
dicated our intention to publish a
paper which should meet the wants
OF the citizens of the county whose
good opinion we sought to win, and
stand by the interests Of the county,
uphold and upbuild her institutions,
and also to pursue that course in
national affairs as would result in
" the greatest good To the greatest.
number" @No more compromise
with slavery" was our motto, as it
has been since, as we vow it ever
shall be. 1t now remains for us to
ask our kind patrons: have we per-
formed our promise ? have we in a
single instance proved recreant to
the principles we at first espoused p
We plead "not guilty" and such we
are sure will be the verdict of every
respectable man who has watched
our course from the first. Temper
ance and general morals, virtue in
public and in private life, pleading
for an oppressed race, have been our
themes from week to week, from
month to month, and from year to
year--when not the emanations of
our own pen selected with care from
he storehouse of other and better
minds. Such has been our course, 5
md now after more than seven wears !
If steady labor upon our paper, we {
gain issue our address "To the peo- {
lie of Orleans County,"-this time
nder circumstances quite different,
hough we look with entire conf l
ence for the same result as before.
There is to be an opposition paper
tarted in Irasburgh, the first num-
er of which will make its appear.
nee with the beginning of May
he only object sought, as has been
and boldly expressed, on !
lie part of those instrumental in
citing it up, is to "break down the :
tandard." This is the declared :
lrpose-the basis on which rests =,
lie whole enterprise. This is the .
ork in which the people of Orleans :
'unty are invited to assist. 1t is =
e base appeal of vindictive men -
no have lost Office, or those who
we failed to obtain one, in conse-
renee of the influence of the Stand.
d. Revenge is their only motive -
II ruin their only aim.
Had we never stood up fearlessly =
d manfully for the cause of tenn H.
rance, and thrown such destruc- wi
e projectiles into the camp of the SUI
vocates of free rum, we should VIC
YER have heard SO much as a whis. 'hl
oil an opposition to US at this ~
le' But we have stood up to de- ON
d our principles-the principles try
all good men-the principles we
re early taught to love and rever. no
'e' and thus have brought upon us t tle
rusade waged by opponents who pal
uple not at the means to accom-. the
III their ends. Very well; so be ing
We accept the issue. We have inc
disposition to shrink from the a. a.
test; we have repeatedly whip the