The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-02-24
PROSPECTUS FOR 1864.
THE WORLD.
d" Independent Democratic Duly, SEMI
Weekly and Weekly Newspaper. q
UNION OF THE WORLD AND
e.. ARGUS. aa

THE WORLD, to which the New YorL
Weekly Argus has been united has to-ia,
hve times the aggregate circulation of an,
Democratic or conservative news paper II
addresses weakly alone to more than lu0 0OC
subscribers and constant purchasers. anG
reaches at least half million readers. Will.
the steady increase in circulation which il
now enjoy, these numbers will soon be don
bled. Nothing less than this should satisf.
these who believe that the ouly hope Of re
storing the Union and the authority of tn,
Constitution over distracted and dividod
country, lies in wrestling power from the.
hands of those whose fanaticism has helped
to provoke, invite, and prolong the war, ana
that to accomplish this end, no means is so
effective as the diffusion, through able and
ente'prislng newspapers, of sonud political
knowledge among the working men, the
thinklng men, and the voting men of the
North. .-... -. ..- 81
Enterprise industry and money will be lib.
eral y expended the world the best newspa-
| per in America. Its news from every part OF
the world will he early and authentic
| Wherever the telegraph extends railroad.
run, or steamboats, ply, it will gather he la
test Intelligence. 1t has laIge stiff of ac-
complished correspondents with all the fed
eral armies, who will telegraph and write Ia
us the latest Dtws from he various seats 81
war. 1t has correspondents and reporters il
every political ana commercial centre il
America and Europe, whose letters and dis
p 'ches will leave nothiug worthy OF not,
lurtnown to its readers
The war in which the nation is engaged
against armed and infatuated Rebels, an.
thu radical policy of the administration whicl
brolonqs it have conspired to bring toeethe
npOn "n platform all conservatIve Union
loving and Constitution loving men. of what
ever 'nrmrr :. me ard creed. Man, OF t7os
who. within the limits OF the Cons itu tiul
fought the battle IF lhe ballot box und-
the leadership of those patriotic statesmc,
of 9TH: and better dass, Henry clay all
and Dauiel " ebsters together with the masse
whose principles We're thuses OF sucll lai. cot
as Andrew Jackson and William l.. Marc
SiIas Wright and Sf-phrn A. \ Juglas, me-
stand shoulder to shoulder npon th' sSrr
platform and -un'ier the same banner Tli
tpiatfOrm is a plain one. 1t is TO restore II.
Union. maintain the Consti' ntion, and ell
force the laws. Whatever makes for this enc
the ,N-rciSt of Fc -ce or the l'niicNo on. liz;
ton, THE WORLD will advocate; VIII atev
makes against IL the WORLD viii oppose
1t will OPT osc every eneln. to the Uriol
Il VIII fearlessly exercise tn. Freedom
the Press; it will con, family uphold AMI d
ferd Freedom of Speech and freedom of Il
Ballot.
To the lawless acts If the Administratio
its arbitrary and unjust arrests and expatri
tions. its denial of the right to the writ
haheas corpus, its Illegal prnclamations, j
abrogation of State ard Fedora, avs, 1t, de
putic Recommendations OF ungIaI ted powe l.. al
its subyeisions of tie safeguards of civil Al
personal liberty, it will constantly orro
The letter and the spirit of our supreme ls
and the advocacy of sound doctrine, an
American freenon shall lie reused TO .he T
covery ef their rights. their liberties, tn,
laws, and tlleir limited aui we'll balanced 90
ernh.ehI. b. the iesistless ,.so.siUL vi |
ailot.