The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-02-15


yAceD SroTLxR, Secretary.
5nE JOURNAL
Two things have transpired which
seem opportune for saying few words
shout TaE JOURNAL. The first is the
; closs Of the first volume and the com
msncsment of tho new, and the second
the withdrawal OF our friend N. D.
Sampson as one of the editors OF the
paper.
The experience of the past year IL
true cause for self qualification and fol
thanks to the people Of our city and Of
the county and Western Kansas for their
generous support. In this they have
done we'll, proving that they fully ap'
prec,ate newspapers and their worth to
. community While We have labored
to merit their patronage, we have sought
to give an equivalent in = good, reada-
be, live newspaper. Where VIC have
failed in any particular-and We know
that our shortcomings number more
than singly-they can not be attributed
to any desire moi to perform our part,
bat rather to lack of facilities. Luck
liz, we felicitate ourself that tho misfor-
tunes of starting, with their attcndan. $,
which only u newspaper nan can really
understand, have been sarmOunted. For
the future We mari, out the saalc general
course pursued by the paper for the
past year. Fur our.clf We have acted
conscientiously AMI for the purpose of
subscribing the ends of The Right. We
do not pretend that VIC have not made
mistakes, but they have proven, we be-
lieve, q salutary lesson. Our principles
arc The People and their best good, as
We bsliev, . Republican government
conducive to the well-being of a free
people. Corruption stalks forth in our
land ia bodily array, and though we
held firmly to the principles of Republi-
caaian, We shall strive to expose oil
sAystera, villains and thieves, be they
nembers Of that or any other patty,
friends or faAs, e;s;.ens or men Of other
States. In fhe election of President
ct the next general canvass our sympa-
thies arc with the man who closed
proud war record at the elimination at
Appanattox; still, should he be found
guilty of any Of these charges of cor
raption ut present being placed to his
account, we hope that he shall not be re-
nominated at the National Republican
Convention, and if they are ascertained
TO be true, his opponent must be
. bad man TO induce US to sup
port him. But we have faith in the
mon who are to meet to select the
staadard-bearer Of the Republican par
", and if President Grant is the bad
man his enemies dcnominate him, or it
he u amenable to q tithc Of the charges
brosght against him, that they will
promptly set him aside for some worthier
man.
While q public mans acts arc open to
criticism, charity should be the control
ing element in that criticism, when the
public good is not injured thereby.
With this object always in view, we
shall seek to place the responsibility Of
mans mean acts upon himself; yet We
shall aim to be candid and to divest
oarself of any bias of personal likes.
Then, stating the case more clearly, we
hope TO measure q man by his motives,
and b governed accordingly.
From this outline, the reader may
discern some of tho purposes Of Tn
JoURHAL. But tho especial province Of
. country newspaper should be its home
department. In this we hope to excel
We want to mako THE JOURNAL such 9
paper that the reader abroad will find 9
reelection of the city and country from
week to week.
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