Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-12-11

In years Of loyalty to its ideal The Republican has
proved the integrity, the usefulness and the popular
questions whether Of politics. social order and devel
opnent, religion, literature, it has sought Impair
TALLY Of intelligence, liberality Of sentiment, indie
pendence OF opinion, and courage OF utteraLee Not
pretending that these the exclusive offices Of jour
nalism,-that its own is the only way 1t has made
them its aims, and 1t may now say its attachments.
As a newspaper, fhe Republican is encyclopedia
and impartial seeking to cover the whole wide field
Of fact and progress with fullness, intelligence and
nromptness give ali news, local and General 40
its true order and relations and without verbal pad
ding or magnifying confusion.
As organ Of thought and opinion, It is eclectic,
welcoming truth from every quarter, and seeking to
beralize and elevate every organization and cAndi
dacy that appeals to popular favor and then eneour
age the choice Of the best 1t is positive without being
partisan, dogmatic without being bigoted, indepen-
dent without being neutral. The enemy Of shams in
politics, religion socety-of frauds in the public
service, Of corruption and incompetence everywhere
1t places truth and reform and progress above par
ties or sects or PERSONS and seeks the use OF az
cies for the bettermont Of government and the In
creased comfort and intelligence OF society.
That The Republican has succeeded in these under
takings is shown in local circulation and influence
beyond parallel in journalism, and national reading
and reputation never before attained by paper 50
provncially placed In its own immediate held, us
in proportion to population than that Of any paper in
the world; while outside, not only in New England,
but in the middle states, the West and the South II
has gained for itself, both as chronicle Of news and
representative Of advanced and liberal thought an
eclectic constituency Of subscribers and readers such
Journal outside Of New York, at least, can boast.
Its past is the prophet Of its future To be more
thorough and intelligent a news ehronicler and
more liberal and progressive, more impartial and
more Independent in judgment and appeal. are the
purposes Of The Republican. In News, In Politics. in
Social Reforms, in Education, in Literature, and In
Art aud Science, it has the nstrumentates and the
aims Of rst-class public journal. With the freedom
Of provincial location 1t has much Of the opportuni-
ties and undertakings Of metropolitan ambition, and
i seeks an enlarged public favor with confidence In
| its ability to merit 1t.
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