Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-05-09
PRO8PECTTJ@
3 CRISIS,
For 1857.


TuE Seventh Volume and the Seventh
Year Of the publication OF THE CRISIS is
about 10 begin, and, in accordance with Gus
tom. we issue our Annual Prospectus. We
need not rec~apitulate its history during the
stormy years Of its existence, nor remind
those who have read it, Of its services ia 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 ac-
kpowledped 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 yicissitudes of the past six yeafs-the
failure of some, the apostacy Of others, and
the unguarded weakness of many, opponents
of Democracy, TIE CRISIS has never denia'
ted from the straight path Of principle, nor
ben allured by temporary cxpediente, in
Inundated by threats, nor disheartened 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-
~terests and ideas, q reliable journal of the
times, a valuable companion of the farmer,
the mechanic, the business man, aud the
family circle. 1t is our aim to fill the large
sheet with matter of real interest and per-
manent value-to discuss questions of prin-
ciple that are of real significance, to inform,
improve, and instruct, as well as amuse-
and to this end we discard the idle twaddle
which goes SO far to ill up the daily papers,
the obscene advertisements and the sensa-
tional folly Of the day. We could publish
hundreds Of letters from the best men of the
country approving of the course of The
CRISIS in this respect, and to this course we
propose to rigldly adhere. The reliable
market reports and the great amount Of
statistical, agricultural, financial, and po-
litical information we publish, is of i'm
p~crtance and value to business men,, farm"
ers, mechanics, and politicians ; while the
carefully selected page Of literary miscella-
ny which each number contains, c0mmends
it 10 the home circle Of all.
The political views Of The CRISIS ocarcely
REQUIRE definition. 1t is in favor Of Demo-
cratic principles in all their breadth and
uurity, 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 Adolf
ton despotism which now controls the Fed
eral Government, in all its shapes and un-
der whatever device it may appear. II is
opposed to the entire Abolition theory of
politics, and all the monstrosities, humb ngs,
and decisions which grow out OF 1t. 1t 10
opposed to the thieving lascality, the ty-
~rannical assumptions, the stupid and bar
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 Cypress them with odious
taxes, and tyrannical, insane, and corrupt
legislation. And in advocating the correct
principles and opposing the evils we have
named, We shall continue TO do IT without
fear or favor.
In order to successfully conduct such q
paper as The Crisis, it must have a large
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the aggregate will enable us to furnish them
with q paper fully equal in size, superior in
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Western Democrats. Friends, shall we call
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ask, and in a cause of such magnitude and
value? Nov is the time TO send in sub
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Address, WILLIAM TREVITT,
Publisher and Pioprietors.
Columbus, 1867. '.