Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-01-19
1879
TIE WORLD

IN the year 1879 General Grants success
OF is to be chosen the FOrty third Congress to b.
elected.
The peoples votes. white and black. North an,
South. will thus decide the future destiny Of %,
Republic, select Its rulers, prescribe their course
How to influence the peoples votesr
BY the news paper-foT it includes every otL0
agency. IL makes known events and facts-amous
all Influences the chief. II assemblies the vaStel
outside audiences which cannot rather to the
state house, the Puldit or the stump. II is the
constant interpreter of mems affairs, and Of error
or truth is the daily sced-sOwer
Next November is political harvest time.
Az we SOW we shall reap.
THE WORLDS seed-sowing will be fruitful 10
the extent that its circulation is widely pushed by
those who approve its aim.
TIE WORLD will aim t. repr, sent and combine
the labors and the votes Of
I.-All those who znd best ins u rance Of the peo-
pies prosperity, peace and progress in a
government administered the principles
and in the pure practice Of Jefferson and
Jackson, and who descry the fount and origin
OF the present cOFTaptious, cXt-avlgauce,
Ei!ssOvernment, subveTsion Of public hbcr-
ties, and insecurity Of private rights IL or
rulers lawless usurpation Of interdictsd and
unde!egated pOwt Ts-us uTpatioR that to-day
marches deliberately on to the suhju tion
Unpopular rule and :he possession If dcta-
torial Power-for by acts of Congress Gene
raj Grant may even nov destroy the freedom
Of State elections. invade the States at his
pleasure, and declare martial law Of his
mere will.
lI.-All those who would maintain the honor Of
republics, and would preserve public credit
BY Punctnal payment cf puJ!ic debts.
lIi.-All those who would Gu down 20 fewer and
fl objects all appropriations OF the peoples
money to-day more than double, nearly
treble, the appropriations of a Democratic
Congress eleven years ago, not counting an
nuitirs to lEdians, pensions to soldier, and
interest on debt, and who would ublige all
spending Of the peoples money got by taxes
to be with honesty and thrift likewise all
those who would spare little the peoples
landed estate for the landless millions here
after and stop its squandering dominions in
day upon these who alreado own too much.
IV-All those who would reduce the number Of
commodities taxed by "ur tariff from Jhuus-
ands to a few dozens and empty our GUS
tom houses Of half their officials rid the
statute-books Of half tbe ir odious snares for
honesty or hTibes to fraud, ami unfetter
Of our native industries,
N.-All those who would lower the rates also
of ourrarif taxes 10 the point of most easily
yielding the ldrgcst revenue-who wauid
abandon the protPctiohist system or reduc-
Ing the public revenue viii 81 increasing the
eNtoriiouate profits of a few at the expense
of all other industries
Wall those who would abolish every unIaw-
ful tax, like that on incomes every unjust
tax like that which gives banks the peoples
profits on national currency every une-
quail and ind -terminate tax, like that levied
most cruelty upon the pOor-the tax OF our
irredeemable paper money.
The WORLD will aims the recognized and
leading organ Of the democratic party in the great
focus of national commerce and inteilisencr-to
fulfill this it, mission and duty with steadfist
bOldness and fidelity to inspire in the ranks Of
those who think the same things concerning the
Republic an united, organized, determined, and
persistent zeal to win new recruits from among
those who have been enemies TO the Democracy IN
the conflicts of dead past and to marsha an IN
broken phalanX to the triumph at the ballot box
true battle field of republies) of Liberty EquaIi-
ty, and Law.