The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-01-04
1879. TINE WORLD. 1879

A new political era Il opening before the
country.
The negro-cyele Of our politics has rounded
TO its conclusion through civil war, social yio-
lence, industrial disorder, and has ended in
giving freedom TO four millions Of the negro
race, and the ballot to its adult males. "Ihe
old order changeth, yielding place TO new
The politics Of this new era will come home
TO every mans business and bosom as never
before, being vital TO private prosperity and
the maintenance offs Democratic Republic.
For not only are the manifold eneroach-
ments of Federal upon State powers and OF
both upon the large liberty Of American free
men now as always TO be repealed with cease
less vigilance; not only is home rule or local
self-goyernment now as always TO be main
tanned for the best guarantee Of civil liberty
and Of national greatness, but besides, the
victories of peace which are to give splendor
to the new political era must be won against
every advantage which even enemies OF free
institutions could desire or possess.
A gigantic Debt, which the honor Of the
country is pledged to pay, encumbers all our
industries with its oppressive burden. Never
theless our systems of Municipal and State
Taxation are crude, unequal, and defraud the
poor 10 release the rich. Nevertheless our
h1Hltil VI Itutldl lANdllbH Is SUCH lIlti0-
Gus masterpiece of ignorance and incapacity
put 10 the vile uses of monopolists and favor
ties and thieves, as never anywhere has dis
graced modern civilization since Louis XIV,
with his methods of taxation rather than its
amount, paralyzed the industries of France
And along with the Tariff, which prohibits the
export OF our manufactures, abridges the mum
Der of our industries, cuts down the profit
upon the exports from all our farms, planta-
tons, and mines; abolishes our shipping from
off the high seas, and flches So from the peo-
pies pockets every time it puts : | into the u.
5. Treasury, along with this engine of OPP
preston, stupidity, and fraud goes a Currency
Of fluctuating value as the measure of values
in every act of domestic exchange.
Whatever parties may arise or fall whatever
their defeats or triumphs and whatever their
names, The WORLD now and always will re-
main the uniiinching champion ola
LIBERAL RoGRESSIyE DEMOCRACY,
whereof Freedom defined by Justice, is the
polar star.
As pehicleQf Ne,rs, THE WORLD will spare
no expense, no energy, to maintain and adj
vance its place in the first rank Of metropoli.
tan Journals. Its fresh, abundant, various
and accurate news, comprising the whole cir
Gle of current intelligence and literature, will
be discussed as becomes Trustworthy Or
gan Of Opinion, with candor, with steady de-
votion to sound public and private morals,
with special knowledge for special themes, and
with various and wide-reaching apprehension
of the manifold interests of men and women
in their homes, their market-places, then
workshops, and their farms.
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General Produce ofevery kind, and of Money
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doings of the Farmers Club of the American
Institute, letters from practical Farmers, and
scientific discussions of profitable farming
8. A Paper for the Family circle, of lively ant
pure reading. 4. All the news in coucise
summary.