Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-04-04
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THE CRIS4 S,
4l ca .f For 1867. .Ds yeattA

TIE Seventh Volume and tie Seventh
Year Of the publication of THE CRISIS is
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tom. we issue our Annual PROSPECTUS. We
need not reeapitulate its historyduring the
stormy years Of its existence, Tor remind
those who have read it, of its services in be-
half of tAe great principles of the Democra-
cy, and what its conductors conceived, and
what time has shown, to be the bSstlinterests
of the country. Its merits have been as-
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that veteran and distinguished journalist,
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Of Democracy, The CRISIS has never denia-
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Columbus, 1861.