The weekly union record., 1864-01-23
sALUTATORY.

Icsfc t4tC 4pi -l4It lt--laA 'i t-i- i+-l lt - ~
: due 70 our old patrons 10 state to them,
assuming control Of this paper, as brief!
clearly as possible, the principles ard
FEY By which we desire 20 lie governed il
publication.
rhe questions Involved ia ths pre=eu: var
lpose the great paramount issue Of the dag.
.lI the shareholders Of tie C9aaa States
ieve the indepenI nee Of Tie soatAl.a G u
Eracy. vita constitution i1sad-l upon The
itulion Of slayery-lhe assumed right ol
petty in man-or shall the National Cos.
nent succeed il maintaining the Federal
on Of 5ta,es-an Uuion gith i constitution
II upon the Declaration that ''4.l men are
ted equal that they are endowed By their
ator with certain in4Iieuable rights, am0ug
ch are life, LIBERTY and the pursuit Of hap
S.? Ha~ng thus FAR taken eur posit;oa
the loyal masses, who haze discarded al,
y names in the present crisis aul placed
iselges on the great platform Of Union we
Id prove false TO our convictions Of da =
we not continue to assist. to the utmost Of
power, in holding up the hands Of those
are conducting the ah4ils Of tie Govern
with such signal success, taking into
liberation the almost inslrm9unla5ie obsia
they have encountered It bas already
clearly demoastra ed, during this war,
the American people viii sustain Do party
is not capable of making o sacrifice Of It's
iticn OF the altar Of lis country; that, al
gh a party may have ulyer SO much Of
ige and traditional mart, j. it be lacking
le one yiriae of loyalty 10 the Union, a. It's
advau'ages Will prove uuavai.ilg. This
fliciently proven BY the unqualified reouke
b the people have administered 70 be two
Is Zone in spisi) Of lie eIrls-o. D-noegl ic
y. Party nlme5 are ob'rerateI a.1m 'he
s and hearts Of tie people when 'he life
e nation is IN peril
the great seyola i-a oL;cl Is gpou us. we
ind in the past hi-fo y os nations no pre-
It by which to be governed. It's not to
ce and Rome, nor yet to more modern
ms, that we must look for gailaace. 70
the language Of an eminent American
sman, oar Declaration Of ludepeadence
bur Constitution spraug from the germs Of
ernal truth long crashed to The earth, bat
rising with inyiocible power-the funda-
al principles of liberty laid down By Moses
dictation of God. Passing, it IS true
gh long baptism of blood and carnage
are moving on in certain triumph, and
r or later the world shall be free. As f5s
Ives, our path Of duty is p!aiu-.ascg.5ed
aracters as legible as The milky way that
the drmament-we mast love Liberty
the Union, and integpose ne obstacle 10
Heaven ordained progress The Union
knowing that tae noolest objects @
DuaI life mast perish il lhat l.fe Itself shall
It. has accepted the Issue rendered bg the
holders Of lhe South asd, tabia Up the
UNION, which olh-.s are SO wiling to
nee, and combining il with thar other
'us thought L.8aefr, j, Is moving iraly
fd, with iaa ml.t3 as-i5al 90 is banner
DN and I..geegy, uov and forever. oae aal
lrable7 And wrh bis q n given palcg
carried our, he uaal.s.I Structure. for
safety 0e base feared So aa1i9lsr =, u1v
firmly dxel tlaa ever, viii stand
owed. enduring and 'mm-gab'e
liie We yccogui1- Che advocacy q radical
ires for tie prcs-.7at1a Of oa. glorious
as Of tae frs, Importance, aud shall ever
and doing all that our hamb,e ability viii
us for the good cause, We shall not for-
lat country newspaper is chiefly yaila
) faithful! record OF the history Of tAe
and county Ia which il Is located \
~ Journal ihat fails % chroaiels tha cur
vents q It's ewu lac4,ify.t lis shoe. ia It's
important value. Ne shall therefore
TO make car par-. %, esqaci.. .-,a7ss. II
aspec. to every resident o.. lhe county.
9 no eaor, to faithfully collec, ard record
.tters Of local Importance.
ii these remarks in explanation of The
We have marked ont for ourselves, we
: initial number OF the UNION RscoaD
our readers, wiki The hope that it may
eful as medium Of sound doctriles and
ole Information to ,bc people.
coin AND JouNSoN.-With iAis. lie fast