The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-02-10
PROSPECTUS FOR 1864.
THE WORLD.
An Independent Democratic DAILY, Sem 4
Weekly and Weekly Newspaper.
UNION OF THE WORLD AND
ARGUS.

THE WORLD, to which the New York
Weekly Argus has been unitcd has to-day
five times the aggregate circulation of any
Democratic or conservative newspaper. 1t
addresses weekly alone to more than 100000
subscribers and constant purchasers, ard
reaches at least half a million readers. With
the steady increase in circulation which it
now enjoy, these numbers will soon be dou-
bled. Nothing less than this should satisfy
those who believe that the only hope of Ie
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
ente.prising 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 expended the orld the best newspa-
per in America. Its 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 a large staff of ac-
complished correspondents with all the fed
eral armies, who will telegraph and write to
us the latest news from the various seats of
war. 1t has corr espondents and reporters in
every political and commercial centre in
America and Europe, whose letters and dis
patches will leave nothiug worthy of note
unknown to its readers.
The war in which the nation is engaged
against armed and infatuated Rebels, aud
the radical policy ofthe administration which
brolongs 1t have conspired to bring torethe,
npon on platform all conservative, 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 and
ahd Daniel Webster together with the masses
whose principles were those of such patriots
as Andrew Jackson AMI William l.. Marcy
Silas Wright and Stephen A. d ,uClas, now
stand shoulder to shoulder upon the same
platform and under the same baLher. The
PLATFORM is plain one. IT is 10 restore the
Union. maintain the Constitution, and en-
iorce the laws. w WhateveI IL axes tor this tndI
II .NcrCisr # force OF he p"i. go ,ol. il 1.
tion, TIE WORT D will advocate: VII atCve.
makes against it the WORLD will oppose.
1t will oppose every enely To the Union
~ will fraIlRssly rxercisr the Freedom OF
fthe Press: il will cons tantly uphold and de
terd Freedom OF Speech and freedom of tn.
| Ballot.
To the lawless acts Of the Administration
as albiuar1 and unjust Arrests and eApatila
tons. it, denial Of he ii bt to tke wit o.
haheas corpus. its Illegal rror)an, atiops, its
eI"gatloh OF state and Federal avs its des
otjc accIlnuiatiohs Uf ungianted pCwel, aht
IFS euhversions of the safeguards of civil an'
personal liberty, it will constantly oppose
he letter and the spilit of our supreme Law
aud the advocacy of sound doctrine, unti
American fretmen shall he reused to IRE re
covery Of their rights, their liberties, thei
laws, aid tLeiI limited anu we'll balanced gov
errment by the lesistless decision of III
allot.