Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-04-25
PRO5PECTU9
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THE CRISIS,
Eor 1867.

Year of the publication OF The CRIsIs iS
about to begin, and, in accordance with Gus
tom. we issue our Annual Prospectus. We
need not recapltulate its history during the
stormy years Of its existence, nor remind
those who have read it, Of its services In be-
half OF the great principles of the Democra-
CIV, and what its conductors conceived, and
what time has shown, to be the best interests
of the country. Its merits have been aO-
knowledeed from the time it was started by
that veteran and distinguished journalist
Gov MEDARY. and its present conductors
simply claim for it the credit Of an earnest
and undertaking adherence to the plan and
principles Of its founder. In all the politi-
cal vicissitudes of the past six years-the
failure of some, the apostacy OF others, and
the unguarded weakness Of many, opponents
of Democracy, The CRISIS has never denia+
ted from the straight path of principle, nor
b.en allured by temporary expediente, in
Inundated by threats, nor dishearlened by
defeat and disaster.
On the score of principle we claim for it
the merit of fidelity, honesty, and consist
ency. AS O newspaper we claim for it the
merit of being an exponent of Western in-
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times, q valuable companion of the farmer,
the mechanic, the business man, and the
family circle. It is our aim to fill the large
sheet with matter Of real interest and per-
manent value to discuss questions Of prin-
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improve, and instruct as we'll as amuse-
and TO this end we discard the idle twaddle
which goes so far to fill up the daily papers,
the obscene advertisements and the sensa-
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CRISIS in this respect, and to this course we
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carefully selected page Of literary miscella-
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it 70 the home circle Of all.
The political views of THE CRISIS ecarcely
require definition. 1t is in favor of Demo-
cratic principles in all their breadth and
purity, as expounded by THOMAS JEFFERSON,
and the other really great men and founders
of the Government, and upon which the
Government was successfully conducted for
seventy years. 1t is opposed to the AbOli-
tion despotism which now controls the Fed
eral Government, in all its shapes and un-
der whatever device it may appear. 1t is
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and delusions which grew out of it. It's
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barous policies and the lawless usurpations
of Congress, and to all the machinery that
the Jacobins have devised and put in opera
tiOn to overthrow Republican Government,
inaugurate anarchy and absolutism, enslave
the people, and oppress them with odious
taxes, and tyrannical ins ne, and corrupt
legislation. And in advocating the correct
principles and opposing the evils we have
named, we shall continue to do it without
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Publisher and Pioprietors. A
Columbus, 1867.