The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-01-27
PROSPECTUS FOR 1864.
THE WORLU.
An Independent Den'oc,atic DAILY, Semi
Weekly and Weekly Newspaper
UNION OF THE WORLD AND
ARGUS.

THE WORLD, to which the New York
Weekly Argus has been united, mas to-"ay
five times the aggregate clrculanon OF any
Democratic or conservative newspaper. IL
addresses weekly alone to more than 1eu,uUo
snbscribers and constant purchasers, and
reach~s at least half million readers. With
the steady increase in circulation which it
now eniov, these numbers Will soon oe dou-
b1ed Nothing less than this should satisfy
those who believe that the only hope OF re-
st toripg the Union and the authority OF the
Constitution over a distracted ana diVldoo
eouhtry. lies in Wrestling power from the
hands of those whose fauaticism has helped
to provoke. invite, and prolong the war, and
that IN accomplish this end, no means is so
effactiye as the diffusion, through able and
enterprising newspapers, of sound political
knowledge among the working men, the
thinking men, aud the voti1 6 men OF the
North.
knterprise, industry and money will be lib
eral V expende d the world the best newspa-
Der in America. Its news fIom every part OF
the world will be early and authentic
W berever the telegraph extends or railroads
run. or steamboats, ply, it will gather the la
test intelligence. 1t has a large staff Of ac-
complished correspondents with all the fed
eral armies, who will Telegraph and write ia
us the latest news from the various seats oil
war; 1t has correspondents and reporters IN
every political and commercial centre In
America and Europe, whose letters and dis
patches will leave nothluS worthy OF ho'e
unknown to its readers.
The war in which the nation is engaged
against armed and infatuated Rebels, and
the radical policy of the admin stration which
brolopps it. have conspired to bring together
upon on platform all con servatlve, Union
loving and Constitution loving men, OF what
ever former name and creed. MANY OF T. oSe
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 ana
and Daniel Webster together with the masses
whose principles Were those of such patrlots
as Andrew Jackson and William L. Marcy
| Silas Wright and Stephen a. DJuglas, no"
stand shoulder to shoulder upon the ssme
platform and under the same banner The
platform is a plain one. 1t is TO restore the
Union, maintain the Constitution, and en-
| force the laws. Whatever makes for this endi
the exercise of force or the poll cyof con' IL a.
! tion. THE WORLD will advocate; VIII ateVe,
makes against it the WORLD will oppose,
| 1t will oppose every enemy to the Union
| 1t will fearlessly exercise the Freedom o.
the Press; it will constantly uphold ana de
! ferd Freedom of Speech and freedom of the
Ballot.
To the lawless acts of the Administration
its-arbitrary and unjust arrests and expatria
tions. its denial Of the right to the writ o
habeas corpus, its Illegal proclamatiOns, 1t:
abrogaton of State and Federal avs, its des
potjc accumulations of ungranted power, ano
its subversions of the safeguards of civil anf
personal liberty, it will constantly Oppose
the letter and the spirit of our supreme Law
and the advocacy of sound doctrine, unit
American freemen shall be reused to the re
covery of their rights, their liberties, thei
laws, and THEN limited and we'll balanced gov
ernment by the resistless decision of tn
| ballot.