Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-19
TO oUr FnIExDs AND READERS.


the people of Jackson and Madison
County, and also with large circle
of readers in West Tennessee anc
in other portions Of the country
We base this assertion upon its cir
culation, and upon the strenuous
and pains-taking efforts we have
made, are making, and will contin'
ne to make, to render 1t the recog'
nized organ Of a healthy political
and public sentiment in our portion
of the State. We fully recognize
the great fact that the secret Of sue
cess in any department of human
employment is work, constant, ex-
at,ting, unaagging work, and in pro-
PORTION to the judicious toll expend-
cd upon our paper we expect remu-
neration and character as journal
lists, and no further.
AS political pamphlcteers at this
critical iunctuTe in the life OF an
imneriled Reptile, when the Rad
zeal cyclone is straining the cables
of constitutional government, we
realize the delIcacy and difficulty OF
our duties, and shall endeavor with
all the available lights before us, to
warn our cOuntrymen OF the dan
gers confronting them in their fed
cral, state or municipal affairs. we
do not Weld to the despair of those
who believe our political expert
ment in the New World failure,
we have faith in the ultimate future
of mankind, and as the clouds be-
gin to break, we wish to see the
people of Tennessee just TO them
selves, and shall protest against any
measures that we think are suicid-
al, unnecessary, and tending to rivet
the fctters that an INSCRIPTIONS
faction would fasten upon US. To
be plain and unmistakable, we nail
to our masthead the banner thrown
to the breeze at Nashville on the
10Th OF August, containing essen
TALLY the following tenets of our
political faith. The just reward of
honest labor - the equalization OF
the burden Of government on all
property-the restriction of FEEDER
al authority to powers delegated or
clearly implied in the Constitution
the destruction of monopolies OPP
pressive to the people-the aboli-
ton of all useless offices and the re-
duction of all exorbitant salaries
rigid economy in the State govern
meut-reforms in the law so as TO
render its execution speedy and GER
tain--a close accountability by rev.
enue oflicers-a restriction of taxa
ton to the inevitable necessities of
the State government and the maiu-
tainance of its credit-the abolition
OF the National Banking system as
now existiDg-the regulation of the
currency so that the people may
have cheap and good money, based
upon the credit of the government
the repeal of the grinding mo-
nopoly known as the present Fed
eral Tariff and the enactment of one
for revenue alone, and unaiterable
opposition to all legislation like the
proposed Civil Rights Bill, OH the
ground that it is unconstitutional,
and intended only to harrass and de-
grade the people.
1t will be the object of the WING
AND TRIBUNE to harmonic, in
stead of antagonizing races and
classes. AS to the recently enfran
chised people in our midst, we will
ever recognize by word and deed,
to the fullest extent their essential
rights of citizenship, while at the
same time we will denounce and
oppose to the bitter end all
the factious and unprincipled leg
islation, that seeks TO violate the
immutable laws of nature, to
outrage the social prophecies of
life, and which will arrest the
generous tendency on the part of
the white race of the South to edu-
cate, to humanonize and christianize
the blacks. To the honest and hon
orable stranger, no matter whether
he come to us from the North or
from beyond the seas, who is here
to share our fortunes and develop
our industries, we have words of
welcome and encouragement. For
the knayes and political vagabonds,
who salamander-like, live only in
the fire of race animosities we have
neither truce nor liberation.
Apart from the political discus
sions in which the WING AND TRI-
BUNB will necessarily be involved,
the task of getting up a readable
newspaper, will be met as we think
its importance demands. We will
endeavor to make our paper a full
and fair resume of general, foreign
and State news. Our telegraphic
summary will embrace in a terse,
abbreviated shape the most impor-
tant dispatches OF the preceding
week. We will endeavor to make
our local columns full and varied, so
that they may be faithful chroni-
Gle of events transporting in the city
and county, and constituting a his
tory of the noteworthy incidents
that enter into the life and memory
of a people. Our miscellany of
prose and poetry will DO carefully
and critically selected, with view
to interest and amuse the many
minded readers who look into the
newspaper as into mirror reflect
ing the thoughts and deeds of the
world. The markets in which our
people are interested will always be
accurately reported. At all times
In the general conduct of the paper
the sanctities and courtesies of life
will be observed in dealing with
the facts that we shall be called to
record, and our object will be to
publish paper 1T to be read by the
most fastidious, and in any pres
ence.
To advertisers it is well known
tSaJ the chief recommendation of a
paper is the scope OF its circulation
and the number and character of its
readers. As to these the WING
AND TRIBUNE can give perfect sat
isfaction by the most reliable evil
dence. slts circulation is double
that of all the other papers in the
city combined. 1t is the only one
that is wholly printed and edited at
home. Knowing as we do that a
resort to "the patent outside" is al
ways the result of necessity, we sell
dom say anything in regard to its
use, but we have a right to allude
to this marked difference between
the WING AND TRIBUNE and all its
Jackson contemporaries. They are
''patent outsiders" and patronage
extended to such papers goes to the
support of printers who live in dis
tant cities, and all things being
equal or nearly so, the preference
should be given to the newspaper
that is printed nearest home, and
that contributes most to the sun
port of our own people. Our object
has been less to make money than
TO make a good paper, and in order
TO do this we employ force of edi-
tors, compositors and clerks larger
han the combined force of all the
other offices in Jackson.
AS directors of a public journal
we expect neither to lead popular
opinion absolutely, nor TO follow it
implicitly. We shall aim to inter
oret the needs, the aspirations and
the sentiments of TeHnesseeans, 10 !
effect their history, and as far as
'ur influence extends, to shape the 4
policy Of our State, county and city |
governments, so that the greatest |