The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-01-12

The Citizen will positively be issued on Friday
the 5th inst, and regularly each week thereafter
Weinvite our friends to call and get specimen cop
les. II is the official paper of Giles county-con-
tanning each week. besides the commercial and mar
ket reports, Congressional Legislative and miscea-
neous news from all parts of the cOuntry-a concise
and reliable report of all local, County and State
news, together with the proceedings Of Courts and
public meetings held in the county.
In sending out prospectus for the Pulaski oHi-
zen, we deem it useless to iniet upon the people Of
Giles county, who know well, lengthy and
unnecessary address, detailing its political status.
You are all familiar with its career before the war,
and are we'll acquainted with our ideas of govern
ment and political economy, as announced from
week to week before the war. The Ctizsn will be
the some paper that it was then far it can be
consistent with the new order of things. ofcourse
twill recognize the death of slavery, and accord to
the late slaves all the rights and immunities which
their new situation entities them to. Believing 1t
to the interest Of the white well as the black
for friendly relations to exist between the two,
would exort the former to be generous and liberal,
and the latter to be patient, moral industriousand
provident-to raise themselves by industry and ed
usation to a higher standard morally, socially and
intellectually. Let the white men of the South
prove themselves the truest best friend the negro
has, ard then let the negro prove himself true to
the wi ite man. We would not raise the negro to
a socil4lcvel with the white We believe so
cial equality humbug and impossibility. Nor
would We take from them the means of education
and reform. Let them be edueatedif they can be,
and they at once know their true relation to the
other race. We will oppose negro Suffrage, but TN
der all the circumstances they exist in Tennessee,
we believe it best that N be admitted the civil
Courts to sue and be sued plead and be impleaded.
We of course will not become the organ of any
party, sect or individual, but win take high, indie
pendent ground-~advoeatng that which seems to
us best for cur country, lashing parties and parti
zans whenever they come in the way. We were
not partizan before the war, and our friends may
rest assured We arc much less partizan now. Our
object will be to print paper well filed with lite
nature, market and financial reports, interesting
miscellany and news from all parts Of the world
eschewing party and doing everything we can for
the Interest of our town. county, State and country
So far as President Johnson's administration has
developed his policy toward the seeded States and
towards the late rebels, we viii give him our cor
dial approval If he pursues to the end the course
indicated by his recent acts and sayings, as we un
derstand them, his administration viii have been
lust generous and statesmanlke, and the people Of
America win accord to him the honor Of bringing
order out ofchaos, restoring civil and religious lib
orty to the country, crushing out the germs Of an
archv and confusion which had well nigh ruined US
ana Of restoring the government to its original pu
rity. In contradstinetion to the radical party wh
seek to rule his administration for base party Purpo
ses tie President has shown himself wise and good
We commence the Citizen with a very small sub
seripton list and trust the future for inereas
of patronage. We request every friend Of the en-
terpriso 70 aid in getting up large list at once
We hope no one viii consider his services unneces
sary, but let every true friend take prospectus
shOwit to the country people and the town people
andlet every man subscribe. Receive no nam
without the money.
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