The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-03-31

Ncrtisrucuts rr nuticrs tor publication must I've
'hndc'l in previous tr . PM Saturdays, to sccil -
i"s,riiou NJ We are obliged TO 20 to press ut an
early hour On MONDAYS.
For more than thirty.two years the
Middlebnry register has made its weekly
visits to the family circles of Addison
County Whatever Of success it may
have lia,b is, in II great measure, due 10
the liberal support anl patronage of the
people. livery business man, and indeed
every live ciiiz n lccle, ani rightly too,
that no public institution in any commu-
hty do.s more to build UP business and
promoie the public interests than the local
paper, if iuGiciously managed and prop
rriy sustained The reasonable people
cf this community have long ago ceased
TO expect, if they ever expected, that
their local paper would or could, com
rtc with its city contemporaries. The
Register mas ever been emphalically local
paper, AMI devoted to she interests OF this
community. As such the people cncour
Hgcd and sustained it If, perchaoce, by
some m+hnp, ut TINES, the mechanical
execution has not been all that could be
desired, tie people have patiently endured
the iu!lictiOn, and trusted that all reason
able efforts would bo made to remedy the
evil Thanking the people of Addison
county and all our other friends, for past
favors and Performances, we enter upon
oar Thiity-Third year with assurances
ard prospects Of sacccs such rs we have
not Before had.
In the future MS in the past, our ain
will DC to make the Register valuable rs
Il family newspaper, AS medium for bu-i
ness men and as correct exponent Of To-
cal opaion and feeling. In our discus
sors on all subjects, AMI in our prcscn,a,
ton of news, we shall always cndcavor to
be- firm in the defense of right and un.
tlnching in the denuncat.on of wrong.
On political, religious and social ques>
tons our aim will be wise conservatism,
intelligent ra lie Ills an IN lest inlepen-
dencc. While we would not cling to any
of the ancient customs and beliefs, simply
because our fathers held them before US,
neither would We reject them for the same
reasons. We would adopt. modify or re-
jet as they stand upon upon their own
merits in the light Of intelligent reason
AMI the progress Of the age Concurrng
most heartily, a1 we do, with the noble
principles of the Republican party, VIZ
shall still reserve the right at any time, to
differ from it, both AS to details and in
the main, Whenever our judgment dictates
such difference to criticisc all or any
public measure by whomsocvcr proposed;
to approve Or disapprovc the off ial acts
Of the servants Of the people, AMI to ad.
vocate the continuance or change Of par
ty policy as conditions con inue the same
Or are changed. In other words, we
shall seek the public veal rather than
seeming consistency.
Our facilities for serving the people, in
our line, have been lately materially in
creased, ut an expense of several thou-
sand dollars, in the reGtting of our Office,
putting in new power press and attach
ing water power. We now call upon
our friends 10 manifest their appreciation
OF our efforts, by speaking good word
for us, by giving us their patronage and
by suggesting TO their delinquent neiglbor
that the prompt payment OF the printers
little bills is Of the utmost Importance to
lin.