Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-06
EDITORS MESSAGE.


In obedience to the requirements of the
physical constitution, it Becomes the duty
of the President of newspaper to annual
~ lsy before his subscribers and patrons
such matters Of public and private impor-
lance as may have come, officially OF 9TH
srwise, within his notice, and to make
such suggestions as may tend to the in
crease of his subscription list and the ben
eft Of advertisers and others.
1t may be a matter of great importance
TO learn, that at present We are at peace
With all mankind! Having studiously
avoided entangling alliances, we stand up
on our own shores in the firm security OF
peace. No indefinite treaties or engage
ments with other powers, and no humilia-
ting grants or concessions for favor, and
no unequal franchises to the people. All
stand upon the same security, and all en-
joy the full benefits Of equality before the
law, in its most significant construction,
according to the Fifteenth Amendment
The rich and the poor, the high and the
low, the white and the black. the red and
the yellow, the republican and the demo
erat, all may now enjoy the great blessings
derived from subscription to the CHRoN-
icLE, for which the revenue charges are
only one dollar and fifty cents, if common
cling at the first of the new year but If
commenced at any other time it will be a
dollar and half
Many hundred of our patrons and sub
scribers who commenced with us at the
first are yet with US, and so often have we
seen, written, and printed their names and
transcribed them from book to book, that
they have become familiar by long &C
quaintance, that the very sight of them
produces glow of friendship that will al
ways be appreciated as the prompting of a
kindred spirit, and which ran never be
erased from the memory-no, never
And knowing, too, that those persons
themselves, have, under all circumstances,
supported us and sustained our efforts,
we gather such encouragement from the
thought, and from their smiles and appro-
baton, that our labors lose half their wea-
riness, and our desire to show proper
appreciation of such permanent kindness,
mingles with the immortal. Those names
so familiar, bring the persons near to us,
and when permitted to meet them face to
face, and grasp them by the hand, it is
with feeling that doubts not but we have
met o faithful, honest friend.
Such communion Of writer and reader,
such perfect reciprocity in sentiment
and action, is worth the most assiduous
labor of lifetime. 1t would require in
ducements super-human to cause US to
yield the privilege Of enjoying so many
hundred warm friendships as are nantes
ted on the pages of orr subscription books.
When the brain is weary and the fin
gers worn; when the lamp filckers dimly
and lassitude invites us to bed, yet, still
feeling we have work to do, and waiting
for the result of the conflict between ia
tigue and ambition, thousand eager, hap
py voices ring out from between the lids
Of the subscription book, in the desk be-
fore US, saying, Courage! ' "Avaunt |!
thou disturber of the great worlds prog
ress, and leave the editor in peace; for we
will, we must have the CHRONICLE, and
we cannot suffer human weakness to him
der or delay" Again with glowing in
spiration the pen is seized and ceases no
more until the period is rounded that clio
ses the last column, and the paper is sent
hurriedly, warm and damp from the press
20 greet the thousands who have invited it
and encouraged its production. In this
state of encouragement, after the work is
flushed, we retire to rest and pleasant
dreams, and the most pleasant of them all
Is when we dream that many are paying
their subscriptions and o, it appears to
furnish such sweet rest to be receiving
them