National Republican., 1873-12-08
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.

IHE NATIONAL hEPuDL1CAN II sent 10
iu readers this morning from Its new home,
enlarged In form, in an entirely new dress,
printed from stercotypcd plates upon the
largest press used by a daily or weekly jour
nal In the District of Columbia. AT no
period in Its history has Its circulation been
larger. its business better and It's equipment
moro complete.
Thirteen years ago the REPUBLICAN was
issued from small Office In the old Rcpub.
lican Wigwam. II was the first daily Re-
publican journalprintcd at the National Cap
itai, and Of all Its cotcmpomries at that time,
daily and weekly only one, the Esening Star,
IL In existence to-day. The Constitution
edited by Beverly Tucker, and the organ of
Mr.. Buchanan's administration, suspended
Publication shortly after the REruDLicAS
was started; the States and Union, edited
by Roger A. Pryor and by Mr.. Hoiss,
wNs discontinued some months before,
and the old Intelligeneer, coming down
70 us from the Madisonian era, passed
away in 1869. Thirteen years is q com.
parstivcly short period In the life Of o
country or in the life Of successful journal;
but In the thirteen years that the REPuBII.
CAN has lived the greatest changes have
taken place in the history Of the Republic.
Born in the closing months of Mr.. Buchan.
ans administration, when the country was
daily scanning the news from South Caro-.
lima; when Secession was preparing to strike
at the life of the republic, and men like
Stephen A. Douglass were talking about com.
promise and pcaccablc adjustment OF that
which only war could adjust, 1t saw Mr..
Lincoln inaugunted. surrounded by an
armed guard, and shortly afterwards more
than million Of men come down from the
North anJ West to fight the armed rebellion,
whose scntinels stood at the Virginia end OF
Long Bridge. Rcpublicanism at the time
was questionable at the National Capital.
The power of slavery in legislation had
passed away to assert itself in the field un..
der the name of State Rights; hut its inhu
encc was still felt in society, in business,
and in every department Of life. Within a
few years It saw the shacklcs fall from the
slave in this District, and the National Capi.
tal 'clcansed of the stain Of human bondage.
These were dark and gloomy days, and II
was only natural that journal which did
its part in this great work should have en-
countercd difficulty and opposition; that in
tho beginning It's enemies should be many
and It's friends few.
But while THE REPUBLICAN in the very
beginning of It's career mapped out for itself
0 political mission, II announced at the same
timc that It should always be found devoted
20 Washington interests. encouraging Wash
ington enterprise and cultiyating Washing.
Con pride. In the first number, when il
was hardly one half its present size, We de-
clarcd that "it is not our design TO make
TuE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, mere politi-
cal paper We intend that as medium of
general and local news It shall not be inlc-
rior to any other journal published in this
city. We shall pay particular attention to
questions of local policy, and advocate such
reforms rs we deem essential TO the pros
pcrity of the ci.y and To the advancement
of the moral and material welfare of its in
hibitan,s." The people of Washington
know how steadily we have adhered to the
% i.iurm then laid down. In living up TO
II we have encountered cnmitics, we have
been compelled time and again, In the in
tcrcsis of truth and justice, TO sharply criti'
else parties and individuals; but we have
the satisfaction of knowing that the public
Ins Always approved our course and vindi-
Gated the correctness of our opinions at the
ppiL To ihis devotion TO the real vital IN
Icrrgls Of he city VIC trace the abundant
suCc which Als attended The REPuGII-
as, .... neuII If which il today seen in
huii'la,t C,i,"i. Il an ornament TO the capi-
tll =i,l Ia :, newspaper office which, In
bcluly Of construction ana in the perfection
pf ril il facilities, mllsl be ranked with the
hail inzen great newspaper offices of the
country.
Whr Tue NATIONAL REPUBLICAN has
been in the pnSt Is tire earnest of what II
will hc IN ,hctuturc. With the newest and
most CJmplctc mechanical facilities that
gcnius has invented, and with the best ar
ranecmcnts that can be made for the collec-
ton of news, we shall be enabled to print
each day. us II comes To us, the story
of the world. In doing so VIC shall en-
dcavor 10 make THE REPUBLICAN power
for good instead Of for cvil-a journal that
no man need be afnid to send into his
family; that anything in its columns will be
fund calculated to corrupt or dcbauch.
To the thousands of friends in every walk
Of life who have so heartily supported
us in the past; TO the merchants and bust
ness men who have given us the generous
patronage that they have given, we return
our sinccrcst thanks this morning and bid
them welcome to the new and permanent
home Of TIE REPUBLICAN.