Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-08-14
A CARD
which Is Not q Salutat0ry NOf q
Valedict0ry.

which Is Not salutatory Nor ,
GaledictOry.
there have been number Of left
handed compliments paid the edito
I, aud publisher Of this paper recent.
over the shoulders Of innocent parties
iu regard to the course We saw fit t
pursue during the late canvass OF
some Of the Neutrality-suspicious. involved
prominent among which was that Q
shc Capital Law.
We are not one of those who set I've
hind tree to fight, nor do we intcnt
10 &c abused or whipped over tn
shoulders Of others.
The AyANT COURIER was estab
l:s!.c.l by us nearly three years ago
1t is the offspring Of lifelong pro
1esslon, and the means Of our support
We have laborc,t carly and late, under
disadvantages known to but few, t
keep it alive and at the same time livl
ourselves. The publication of this
paper is our legitimate business, Z
business We have followed for more
than twenty years, and in directing its
course on matters Il public and pri
yatc interests, We rlzim the right that
is conceded to persons in all Other
pursuit., OF life, to consult our own in
telrst as we'll as that Of the public
and it any patFoM Of the paper is az
grieycd at the line Of policy adopted
by us there is no compulsion about
t e matter Of his patronage. It is
question Of his own free will-tO bt
continued or discontinued at his dicta
.tiax. But above all things we do like
t. see some show Of rcasOnahleness
and Judgment in the matter Of con
s,-mning newspaper because it does
not happen to drop into the old groove,
wMm thread bare by old foggy ideas,
pref .diccs and partizan jealousjeA
A-hen We started this paper, tire
principle Of '.indclendcnce in all
t 'lings-neutrality il alOtlling" was
prominently announced, and we haxe
on every occasion reiterated the motto.
1t has not been our aim or intention
to please all, but we have ell,lcav0ral
to do our duty, to ourselves and our
patrons, and the success which has
attic nlcd our Efforts, the placing of
this paper upon a permanent and solid
financial basis is all the Evidence We
desire in the matter.
This article was not Intended as an
apology for the course Of the COURIER
on any questions it has discussed.
Their relative merits and bearings
were fully weighed by us before taking
j. position, and, although in some in
stances public opinion has given its
verdict against us, We still feel cen
WINGED that we we're right, and are
willing to await more pesent decision
than that rendered at the polls in this
county Oh the day Of election-FACTs
srkicA time rW shortly demonstrate AS
to the policy Of our course On the
Capital Law. But it is our desire to let
the people know that the person whose
Eamc heads this column is the editor
sad puifishr Of this paper, and lie
alone; and the responsibility Of every
thing that appeared in its columns at
taclaes to hiW. II
As stated in the outset of this ar
ficle, we have been Indirectly abused
over the shoulders Of Major Bruce and
Colonel Black 1t has been stated
that they owned this paper and con-
trolled it's actions, which We pronounce
false. 1t is true Major Bruce was en-
easyed ty as during the past year, IN
I'll the opening Of the late canvass, to
sxite for the paper and he was paid
6w his services. To that extent and
no further was he interested. Colonel
Black has done much to assist us in
keeping up the paper, and to his
credit he it said, has shown the same |
generous, liberal spirit toward every |
public enterprise ever inaugurated in
the Territory, and particularly to those
located in BOzenan. He is man OF |
enlarged and liberal ideas, and fully
the benefits Of local
newspaper to a community. Being,
as every one knows, more extensively
interested in tue prosperity Of Dozc-
man than any other man in the county,
it was through his influence that we
started the COURIER, and he has ever
shown himself u staunch and sub
stantial friend, but we can truthfulIy
say that he has never asked us to use
it's columns t. further his private i'll.
tcrcsts, although We have never hest.
tatel in doing 50 aud shall colltilne SO