Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

Tho natural rlpcning of great causes into great
events marhs the past year as an era in potn hme,
can Politics and In American JOURNALISM WIN te
aouaI Abandonment and extinction OF all opposluuh
~ Tho nrincinlqs Of Freedom aud Equal Rights pass
away the political divisions oil inc iast qrtsv ", a
century. There is no more southern par! anu u
Northern party negro party and an anti-hesro party
no more In the sense Of the past, rcpuoioah PaIy
and a democratic party. In Journalism, ~ ae
time the Independence MhiSn nas Witch was de
nounced as Irrosponsibility are now seen h lheiI
higher and broader character and thei hI lug
and cleyatng Influences are fast growing III Puo
cognition Party Journalism has been ueuayihb shSe
Thurow Weed retired and Win tne ue" .i Va a. ~
nett and Greeley, Personal JOURNALISM "A's "s W.
In this Political Revolution and in this CROWN OF
Higher Journalism, The SPBtSoFlElD LPunLiSA AZ
may honorably claim position as pioneer anu pope.
n nae sought LONG and earnestly for the rtsulls now
so happily promised in our pohtles,n a.
of secUnalism, the protection OF an IL. ~, sa,,i
rights and the reform Of the administrative sutNlci
and it has given token that, in seeking th'se
Il was independent both of parties ana meni t nv
cared more Tor the ends than Tor malhtAlnins W ~
power any party organization or IN ohivt ay s,' ~
men. So, too, IL has long held ltseil Huo'u 'o ~
sonay Of any man II began before any Ua' boyond
tho bounds of any present lives. What II Is noH' its
past has made it,-what 1t will be, It's present Is ue
lermining Its notices are Independence and linper.
sonaty-s logic Progress and improvement, H 1
only for ITSELF but for all who Will accept II as an m
sructor and leader. go.
Public Journal, THE RFPuBLicAF is TOO Wen Know
to require much description or promise me SANE
spirit that has animated II for generaton ~ ~
sti,-the management Of thirty years reinaihs ~
dlrecton,-'he encouraged aud deepeh..sua - -
faith in Human Progress that has oeen yusYiSI wi
the vast advance in personal liberty sHu LIN H.
mfort that the world has witnessed wlthu 'ns'
period,-and the other broadencd and culti'atu ~ ~
long active cxporicnceIn the details 81
The papers staff Of editors reporters ana &
cnts has been greatly enlarged WITHIN tne Ias. i
and never was so strong and varied IN CHARACTER
capnrity as now Their work tells their qualty' ihL
ID
names as putting its price at the lowest iuf w,
Gle offered, it has surplus from one SET OF SUE
hers to invest in pictures and books 10 invite
Tur RTrUpI1CAs believes in the CROWN OF ha'-
hind and in all the agencies Of its ciyilzation IN en-
largement of individual liberty and power; in the
equality Of woman and he welcome to larger respon-
abilities and wider opportunities; in universal suff-
rage equal rights and popular education in freedom
of Thought and its expression; in reducing govern
ment the f-west possible oihces ana the discharge
OF these with integrity ana economy IN separating
the details of government work from partisan politics
in encouraging independence of party in the citizens,
in the growth Of political freedom IN social culture
and comfort and in doing right as the best founda-
tion of religion, and worshippng right as the best
bond of reverence Whatever organizations seem in
and capable OF helping IN these things WI re-
ceive its encouragement whoever shows the dispose
tion and the power to advance these results will
have its praise and assistance.
As A Newspaper, THE REPUBLICAN, claims prefer
ence for the pronptness fidelity, intelligence and i'm
paralty with which 1t sets out the daily history Of
The world and especially for the thoroughness of its
local reports an compilations of New England news.
II aims pecunrly to strip the of its shell and
surplusage and to give its kernel and meaning Its
editorial discussions its correspondence, its criticisms
and its affections the wide field Of human life
notifies or government have but share in itH atten-
lion and space social questions, home work and life
science and invention, religious changes and cpin.
| ions money and commerce, literature and art,-al
these and kindred topics receive generous attention
and full illustration. No journal In America, it is be-
lieNed cultvates wider held, or CLEANS more care
fully for the choice grains Of TACT ana thonght that
| Yields