Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-05
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A NEW YEAR FOR TIE WEEKLY CHRONICLE

With this number begins the second
year Of the WEEKLY, CHRoSIcLE.. We
leave our readers TO say whether or not
our first years work has been satisfactory
to theIh. We are pleasesito see in their
letters and i'm their renewing their subscrip-
tons for anotherlyear, that they endorse
our efforts and will continue to sustain us in
our good work. Wehave endeavored to give
them a reliable newspaper and to firmly but
fairly and honorably advocate the prin-
ciples which we hold to be best calculated
to insure usa faithful and honest govern
ment. If we have not been fearless and
outspoke in our slenuilciation ofwrong,
corruption and political crimes, and firm
i'm our advocacy OF true Republican, .prin-
ciples, it Is only because we have not been
able to do better. No man can read the
CHRONICLE, and not know just srhcre acc
stand on every important question of the
day. We are responsible to our readers for
the trust they have confided to u.s. and We
tried to do our duty, Independently and
honestly.
We have exposed fraud and CORRUPTION
rcherecer tce found it, and i'm doing so have
not acted for the benefit of any one man
Or set Of men, but solely for the good of
the peopte-Tthe Taxpayers of the country.
We have not filled our columns with vio-
lent and malicious abuse OF, our opponents
or of their measures, to the exclusion of
news and information, for that is not our
idea of the province of journalism. Our
readers want the news, faithfully and re-
liably compiled, and this we have tried to
give them, In addition to this, We have
discussed, fearlessly and fairly, political
questions, and if we have not gone far
enough i'm denunciation to suit some, it is
because we do not believe that the best way
to reason with the great mass Of our read
ers. We think men can be reasoned with,
and persuaded to do what they never can
be drires to de. We believe our readers
are too intelligent to prefer abuse and slang.
to reason and argument based on facts and
principles. gglFk y uHTkWaAT
/ We have not given up our entire space
to politics. but haze endeasered TO give
news of interest to all classes. We have
given the latest, fullest and most reliable
news, both foreign anddomestic; accurate
'niarket reports; appropriate agricultural
news and items for the home circle; home
ne,cs from every county and section; poet
Try, hun1or, scientific news, and weekly
story interesting to all classes. What wes
have done i'm the year just ended is some
guarantee of what we will do hereafter.
We, propose to make eachFyear am ini-
provement on the preceding. We have
slightly changed the dress of our paper,
and thereby added to its appearance. We
shall give more reading matter i'm the
coming year, and make the CHRONICLE i'm
every respect amore welcome visitor than
ever. <~rw ean-aE- =
Wesend this number to some eubserf-
bers who have not yet renewed for the
second year We do not want to lose a
single reader. There is not a man ON our
list who is not able to pay for a.paper, il he
thinks 40. The sum is small and can be
raised by every one of our readers. II they,
cannot and will report to US, we will try
and make some arrangement with them.
to let them have their paper Wewant to
place the CHRONICLE i'm every household,
for we do not believe. any family circle can
afford to do without good weekly paper.
Children ought 10 7be taught to read the
papers, and to take an interest i'm what is
going on in the world in which they are.
soon to play an active Part. SWSsay. there
fore, 20 every one OF our readers. renew
your subscription somelway, and keep up
with the progress OF the agessss, rst-xz
We wish TO express our thanks te our,
many friends who have aided Us I'm eircsl.
lating the CHRoNzCLE, and to assure then,
that we appreciate their efforts in our be-
half. We thank our readers for their pat
ronage, and hope 70 continue cur weekly.
| that we cannot afford to disagree orlto
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