Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
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Many of our friends and patrons
 may not fully appreciate the difficult ties VIC have to contend with in the publication of our paper. Because of
 the principles we advocate as Demo-
 cratic paper we are denied the privi- lege of doing any of the legal advertis- ing and receiving pay for il. An ex- tremely partizan Legislature, without considering the interests or conven- fence of the people, III order to crush
 out the Democratic press of the State. passed law giving the Governor the
 power 10 appoint certain papers to do
 this work, which has in no instance
 been given 10 any other than Radical
 sheet. This was high-handed meas ure and directly contrary to the pro-
 visions of the State constitution,
 though this makes but little difference
 with that body. We believe the Re publican party is wrong. aud that wltlle it has tho aseeudancy in Arkansas Il
 will be blight and d curse upon the
 State. It is impossible for us to take any other position but that of opposi-
 ton to this .party. While. then, this
 party is in power we have to look to
 the people for a support. This eau be
 given by a majority of those living m
 Prairie county and the counties contiS-
 uous subscribing for copy each,
 thereby giving us subscription list
 thai will make the paper valuable as an
 advertising medium. and giving it a
 revenue that will support it. oWc know that the people of Arkansas arc Demo- cratic and that they want papers that will truly represent them. Inc Radi- cal press of the State boasts that all the opposition papers will soon be wiped
 out" That some of them have been forced to suspend is true, but we be- lievc the greater part of them will
 flourish in spite ot Radicalism until q
 change is made in the administration
 of the Stale government. Ought not
 our people to take their own home pa
 pers before sending their money to the
 North for n Democratic paper. We
 have no objection to many of these pa pers that are being taken here, lorthey
 are good papers and engaged in a good couse. but ii our people patronize them
 in preterence of home paper they
 canuot expec; to have a home paper to
 represent them in proper light. Ev- cry man that owns any kiad oi prop erty or is engaged in business Is di- recily interested in the paper of ms comm,,ui,y. Wherever the newspaper press goes immigration follows il. There is hardly q man who will read this article that would not rather sec paper from some new country he an- ticiptaed going to than ',ave Il dozea different men rom that section tell him about it. He could learn more of the country, its people and their man ners from one number than they could tell him in Il week. IT he saw n large and we'll printed paper. school iacili ties with cheap lands and ae- tive business towns, he would natural Iv form a.good opinion of the country. There is no use denying the fact peo- pie is judged, in a great measure by their newspaper. People at distance ] look upon it as Kind oi history of the country, and when | shows the business and wants Of it's | communit-. This being the case 1t Is plainly the interest of our people to | take their home papers in preference l to sending their money to Il distance { 70 build up the pspers of apo.har sec- !