The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-03-02
PROSPECTUS FOE 1854
THE WORLD.
A. Independent Democ, atic Daily, Semi
Weekly and Heehy Newspaper.
UNION OF TIE WORLD AND
ARGUS.

THE WORLD, to which the New York
Weekly Argus has been united, has TO-DAY
i've times the aggregate circulation of any
Democratic or conservative newspaper II |
addresses weekly alone to more than loo. 900
subscribers and constant purchasers, and
reaches at least half million readers. With
the steady increase in circulation which II
now enjoy, these numbers will soon be dou-
bled. Nothing less than this should satisfy
those who believe that the only hope of re-
storing the Union and the authority of the
Constitution over distracted and divided
country, lies in wrestling power from the
hands OF those whose fanaticism has helped
to provoke, invite, and prolong the war, and
that to accomplish this end, no means is so
effective as the diffusion, through able and
enterp rising newspapers, of sound political
knowledge among the working men, the
thinking men, and the voting men of the
North.
Enterprise, industry and money will be lib
| eral y expended the world the best newspa-
| perrin America. It's news from every part of
the world will be early and authentic
| Wherever the telegraph extends. or railroads
run, or steamboats, ply, it will gather the la
| test Intelligence. 1t has large staff of ac-
| compiished correspondents with all the fed.
eral armies, who will telegraph and write to
1 us the latest news from the various seats OF
war. 1t has corr espondents and repoi t.rs in
| every political ana commercial centre in
America and Europe, whose letters and dis
patches will leave nothing worthy of note
unknown to its readers
The war in which the nation is enga ged
against armed and infatuated Rebels, and
the radical policy of the administration which
| hrolongs it have censrired to bring together
upon ons Platform all conservative, Union
owing and Cons stitution loving men, OF what
ev foIAer name aud creed. May RI t. O.
who, within the limits of the Constitution
fought the battles of the ballot box under
the leadership of those patriotic statesmen
OF other and better days, Henry Clay anC
aud Daniel Webster together with the masse 81
whose principles were those of such patriot
aS Andrew Jackson and William l.. Marcy
HlaS Wright and Ste h-n A DJuglas. nov
stand shoulder shnul1e upon +he IN,
p arm and urcer the save banner Th
platfor n is plain one 1t is 10 restore tn
Union, maintaIn the Ccnsti' ution, and ell
force the laws. Whatever makes for this end
the exercise of force or the poll cy OF ,on,il
lion, THE WORLD will advocate; VIII ateve
makes against it the WORLD will oppose.
1t viii oppose every enemy to the Unior
1t will fearlessly exercise the Freedom ,
the Press; it will constantly uphold and d,
ferd Freedom of Speech and freedom of III
Ballot. fG
To the lawless acts Of the Administration
its arbitrary and unjust arrests and exratri
tlons. its denial of The right to the wit
ialeas corpus, its Illegal procl; nations, i
ahrogation Of State and Federal laws. its de
potic accunulations of ungranted power, ar
Is subversions of the safeguards of civil ar
I'ersonal liberty, it will constantly oppo
he letter and the spirit of our supreme la
nd the advocacy of sound doctrine, un
Smerican freemen shall be reused to the r
, coyery of their rights, their liberties, the
laws, and theii limited and we'll baarced &C
eminent. by The resistless decision of l.
.allot.