North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-05
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THE WORLD:
An Independent Democratic Daily, DamAs
Weekly sad Weekly Nswspapsr.
UNION or THE WORLD AND ARGUS.

UNION or THE WORLD AND ARGUS.
THE WORLD, to which the New York Wesksp
Argus has been united has day ave tmes the ae-
gregats circulation of any Democratic or consorya-
tive newspaper, Il addresses weekly alone more
than OO, 900 subscribers and constant purehae.
ers, and reaches at least half mitAo. readers
With the steady increase in circulation which ii now
enjoys these numbers will soon be doubled. Moth
ing less than this shoRld satisfy these who behsve
that the only hsps Of restoring the URieA and tAS
authority Of the Csnstitatisn o Bow disarasesa
and divided eosntry, lies in wrsstag pswsf Sa -
hands Of thsss hsss fsnstisisn has hsDsd % vsvA
vsks, invite and prsisHg the wsr and tkss - g.
e0mplsh this end, means is affective 10 sAe
diffusion through able and snterprising nswspsssra
of sound political knowledge among the working s sa
the thinking men, and the voting men Of the NsrtA
Enterprise, industry and money will bc liberallv
expended to make THE WORLD the BEST NEWS.
PAPER IN AMERICA Its news from every parS
of the world will bs early and Authentic Wiersvsv
the telegraph extends railroads run or sea boats
ply it will gather the latest intelligence IL hac a
large staf Of accomplished correspondents with nm
the federal armies, who will telegraph and write A~
US the latest news from the various seats Of war 6
has correspondents and reporters i'm every psatleaa
and mmercal centre in America and ERrope vheea
letters and dispatches will leave nothing worthy
note unknown to its readers
The MARKET REPORTS Of the WORLD are move
complete than those of any other newspaper Ths
Editors invite comparison in this respect and point 10
the Cattle Markets, the general and country Frodsss
Markets and the Money Market in its colusuns, a
proof of excellence in this respect The WORLD hes
also special department devoted to AgrIcultuss
filled with editorial rticles communications FROM
practical farmers and selected matter making O VAL
uabie and useful paper for Farmers and Mschanias
of the untry.
The war in which the nation Is engaged againsA
armed and infatuated Rebels and the radical policy
of the administration which prolongs it, have coa-
spired to bring together platform all conser~
ative, Unon-loyng and Constitution loving men, o&
whatever former name or creed Many ofthese who (.
within the limits Of the Constitution fought the baa-
ties OF the ballot box under the leadership of those
patriotic statesmen of other and better days Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster. together with the masses
whose principles we're those of such patriots as An
drew jackson and William L. Marcy, Silas Wright
and Stephen A. Douglas stand shoulder to Ehoul-
der upon the same platform and underline same banner
The platform is plain 1t is to restore the Un-
ion, maintain the Constitution, and enforce IL
LalcS Whatever makes for this end the exercise Of
force or the policy of conciliation, THE WORLD viii
advocate; whatever makes against it, THE WORLD
will oppose.
1t will oppose every enemy to THE UNION,
whether armed in rebellion the South insidieue
ly planting the seeds of disunion and esentiaI dis-
loyalty at the North.
1t will oppose every violation of THE CONSTITC-
TI0N, which is the only hope and bond of Union,
and only authority for exhorting or compelling
the allegiance of the South.
1t will oppose every infraction of THE LAW, I'm
plCeS Ut low, Dy rech less ana mlSgui
tzans, or by the administration which has been thsir
example.
1t will fearlessly exercise ths Freedom Of As
Press it will constantly uphold and defend Ffse-
dom Of Speech and Freedom ofme Ballot
To the lawless acts Of the Administration its arh1
trary arrests and expatriatons, its denial Of he
right to the writ of habeas corpus its illegal psaes
nations. It's abrogath of State and federal laws ita
desrotic accumulations If ungranted power and iss
suhvcrs ons of the safeguards of crI and personal
LlbeTfV will constantly uDhoid he att
spirit of supreme law and the advocacy Of seonA
doctrine. until American freemen shall be reused S~
the recovery of their rights their liberties their laws
and their limited and well-balanced government, by
the ressless decision of the ballot
Profoundly impressed with the desire to contribute
all that 1t may to the great work of this generation
namely TO restore our national unity and to place
the United States again foremost among the nations
of the earth and first in the peace, prosperity and
happiness of its people.-THE WORLD seeks from
those who desire such Things their sympathy acd
support, and, above all, tas favor Him who crowns
every good work.