The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-21
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I j,g 5itais s5 OursSivss.
Ssyen years ago, to-day, the PHOENIX
imads itaidsbM Into the eircfe'oi journal.
ism. We may be pardoned. then, we
trust, upon our anniversary. for devoting
. po16n of our space to ''our enter
prise though it be no longer an infant
one. In response to q public need, and
ere the embers amid the orumbling and
unsightly ruins of our once beautiful
city might we'll be said TO have grown
cold. the PHGNx sprang into existence.
The city was burned on the 17tl, ofsFe-
bruary. 1865; on the 21st Of March
thereafter. we made our arst appearance.
Considering the condition OF the ooun-
try at the time, the general prostration
Of business Of every kind, and the
Wholesale ruin that stared us in the face,
it required no little nerve to launch out
20 suddenly into the sea Of journalism,
that is filled with the wrecks Of many
oanny craft. commencing their voyage
under the encouragement OF the most
inviting winds and weather.
0nr rrcnpsness aud enterprise met
with signal favor. Comparatively weak
at frat, we have grown In strength with
time. aud what was once doubtful zen.
ture,. we may now, with truth and with
pride, pronounce an assured success.
Not once, through this lengthy period
Of seven years, have We failed to furnish
our subscribers with our morning issue
which is no small feather in the cap of
an inland daily paper, at least. Year
by, year, as postal arrangements have
been improved and our enterprise grown
In favor and the public confidence, our
subscription list has increased, and our
circulation extended into every nook
and corner of the State. AS our circu-
lation, so has our advertising patronage,
rs is always the case, been increased.
Advertisers, like all other people. de-
mand simply guild pro quo. Our large
circulation and liberal terms satisfy that
demand.
Theprobationary period, the firstyears
OF struggle for existence to which all
newspaper enterprises are subjected.
with us is passed successfully passed
years since-and we feel justly gratifed
to know that We are no longer on trial.
nor considered so. While, however,
freed from the hankering anxieties that
attend the infancy Of newspapers, as Of
natural life. We shall not allow our conf
~dence to abate our energy; but, con-
soious that merit will command addi-
tional rewards, we shall earnestly endea-
vor always TO make our columns pleas
ing medium OF information upon all the
industrial and political topics of the day.
We shall. furthermore, grant prece-
dence to none in an honest and patriotic
endeavor to subserve in our political
course the true interests of our common
State and country. with respect to all
colors and conditions Of our people.
True patriotism. in our judgment. be-
gins at home. Like the circular wave
that the casting of pebble npon a
placid lake oauses, patriotism, with its
germ at our own fire.sides, widens and
extends the circle ofaits duties, till it en-
braces neighbors, County, section,
State, country, and finally the universal
brotherhood of man. Thus we deem
our first duty, % between South Carolina
and the General Government, as due the
State in which we live and to which we
are the more nearly connected. To her
redemption and welfare we shall first
direct our efforts, content to lay aside
our political preferences which regard
simply national issues, if we can thereby
secure more healthful governmental
atmosphere in South Carolina.
ONE EXPLOIT OF SHERMAN's BUMMEns.
A Kansas exchange has seen Bible with
the following inscription, in which one