Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-12

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epssfd. Gen. o. ~ DID, aide and spicy
writer, anl VII 10 VOL rhifonlicd, We
doubt not, by his old friends. In his salu-
latory he rays
"For moro than quarter Of cen
lury We have been IN this line of
business. During twenty seven
years We hayo driven the quill
Tor the printcr.man, and have de-
voted the best years Of our life to
the trcadmill of editorial duty. We
have in our day had some expert
oncc in the various departments of
the business from editor and pub
Usher downto the dcvih or rice rcrsd
as you may regard it, We have had
our pockets full Of rocks and then
again they have been cmpty-vcry
empty. We have been rich and felt
oursclf"full handed and again have
become suddenly poor through no
falt of our own. We have had our
rough and rugged roads to travel
and have experienced the ups and
downs of the publishers life. Time
and again, were it not for our being
christian, would we have sworn to
have nothing more to do with edit
orial life-and yet we have found
irresistible the maelstrom drawing
us into its busy whirl. There is
something enticing about it. 1t has
been said that he who has once had
the stain Of printer sink upon him
never can get rid Of it,, Like the
poisoned shirt of Nessus it sticks to
him because he is powerlcss to cast
the garment off. "To this complex
ion then have we come at last, and
here we find ourselves in Jefferson,
beginning life anew like a "prom-
ising young man rs we are, and
good looking withal, making pro-
found salam to the reading public,
who have heretofore patronized the
"BuIlctin" and to "the rest Of man
q, kind" and expecting that the liberal
and generous people in this locality
will sustain us in our efforts to give
them first class Independent journ-
al.
We would have published under
the name of the Commercial Bull
letin," but we have thought proper
to continue at Jefferson the "Intel-
ligencer." Many of our old sub
scribers who may receive this paper
will recollect that when we took
charge of the lntelligencer at Aus
tin, we avowed our determination
to publish it permanently-they
will remember the untoward circum
4 stances under which we talked to
them then, and the pressure. that
was brought to bear upon. us per-
sonally, compelling cessation OF
our issue-a hiatus Of years, yes,
of long, long ycars-of years fraught
with sorrow, grief and carc-with
blood and ruin and dcsolation to the
people, the entire peoplesof our be-
loved section. All Of this We would
most gladly have avertcd; our feeble
efforts were put forth to avert-but
proved as abortive as would the at
tempt to dam the rapidly rushing,
down falling, overlooking waters Of
Niagara cataract! TO such Of our
readers, we present our present is
sue, "New Series, Vol. 6, No. |, )"
and say, "here we left you and here
we find you" "Nortons Mon In
telligencer," will in sentiments be
found unchanged,
"No let the eagle change its plume,
The leaf its hue, the flower its bloom,
But ties around this. heart were spun,
That would not could not be undone ~
i We shall advocate Newfoundland
wholesome doctrine of.the fathers
and will do all in our power to main
tain and to perpetuate the govern,
ment which they framed-one of
civil and constitutional liberty. In
the darkest and gloomiest periods
of our country we never have
swerved from advocating the prin-
ciples delivered us by the fathers Of
our political and governmental
structure, and we have yet an abid-
ing faith in the capability Of the
people to maintain free govern
ment."