Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-11-11
CINCINNATI
W eekly Gazette
For 1876.

to the constant current of events. the
peculiarly interesting political situation
of the National House of Representatives
at war with the Senate and the Exeeu-
tive Administration, and the great quad
rennial contest for the Presidency, with
the vast power and patronage which it
controls. A political party which, after
long control of the government, left it
with the Union broken up, and which,
Us party organization, stood alOof dur
ing the gigantic struggle of restoration,
and gave the aid and comfort of its SYM
pathy and votes to the secession confed-
eracy, now hopes to cover up its long
record of unfaithfulness to the country,
and its responsibility for all the conse-
quent calamities and financial burdens,
by fallaciOus promise of paper mon
ey imitation, which means the unsettle-
ment of values, the continual depreeia-
tion of the currency, the destruction of
general confidence, and which can have
no outcome save in prostration and re-
pudiation.
In this contest, the GAZETTE will MAIN
tain the principles and course laid down
in its previous annual circulars, and
adhered to in its editorial columns.
The Democratic party brought all the
calamities and burdens upon the coun-
try. 1t has given no evidence of eapae-
ity to reform its own character, or to lay
out a policy of government. Even on
the questions of currency and finance,
which it attempts to set up as the sole
issue, the party is at war with itself. Its
restoration to the control of the Nation
al government would be national ca
lamity. Its present control of the
House of Representatives is a partial
anarchy and paralysis in the govern
ment. While perfect purity is not
claimed for the Republican party, yet it
has the never-dying glory of having
saved the Republic from Democratic
disunion it has dealt with the faults of
its public men with merciless hand it
is the only party that has character
which entities 1t to be intrusted with the
government, or that can lay out gov
ernment policy, and it will present to
the people Presidential candidate who
will deserve the confidence of the coun-
try, on platform of reform and pro-
gress
The general character OF the GAZETTE
is established by its life, and, there
fore, needs no promises for the future.
Itmaintains Republican principles, such
as it believes hest for the general well
fare, and it holds party organization as
simply an agency to carry them into eff
feet in the administration of govern
ment. The GAZETTE asks no fayors
from those in power. and is independent
in the course it takes, and is as free to
condemn abuses inside the Republican
party as in the opposition. This fear
less course has earned for it the recOg-
nized position of the leading Republican
journal of the central part of the ina
tiOn.
On the question of currency, the GA
ZETrE maintains the line of policy set
forth in its previous annual circulars.
While it holds that the eventual divorce
of the government from the banking
BUSINESS, and the restoration of the
currency to convertibility with coin, are
to be kept steadily in view, it also holds
that the situation growing out of the
prOstration of the public credit by the
war of secession, which left an enOr-
nous volume of irredeelnable and de-
preciated paper money, which has
become the measure of general val
ues and contracts, is one whose re-
form must be gradual and by cautious
and stable measures. Experience has
proved that, with the stoppage of further
issues, there is Il steady tendency of the
currency to appreciation. The first
step of reform, therefore, is to stop the
further increase of the volume of ire
deemable paper money. When we shall
have settled that, and thus have given
full course to the natural improvement
of the currency from that, it will be
time enough to deliberate measures to
close the remaining gap between paper
and coin.
As complete American newspaper,
the GAZETTE has no superior on the con-
tinent. As a commercial paper, it has
long been regarded us the standard, and
it will maintain this position. Its value
as an agricultural paper is seen in its
vOluminOus correspondence from praeti-
cal farmers, who make it their medium
for exchanging views and intelligence.
1t is not unmindfII of the literary wants
of the family-It contains more read
ing matter than any other paper pub
lished in this city, and the character of
its contents precludes any comparison of
It with the trashy cheap papers that are
springing up. Itis printed
rom stereotype plates, by the new ''Per-
fecting Press" which makes its ty-
Choice stories, poetry, and miscellany,
to young and old, have al
ways been prominent features pertain
ng to the WEEKLY and SEAII-WEEKLY
IAzErrl, and increased prominence will
De given to them during the coming
year.
The GAZETTE, in mechanical execIt-
ion, i'm the quantity and quality of its
-eading matter, and in all the questions
If the public welfare, will continue its
progress abreast with the times.
FERNS of Weekly Gazette for
1876.
,ingle subscription, inel'd'g pOstdge,$2 90
;lubs of copies and upward, in
cluding postage, each 81 90
Tubs of 40 copies and upward, in
ciuding postage, each --..-.-.--- 10
,lubs of so copies and upward, in
clnding posture, each ....-....-. | 4O
Tubs of 60 copies and upward, in
cludin1 pOstdqe, each -..---- 30
,Iubs of 70 copies and upward, in
cluding postage, each. h....--..-. ! 70
,erms of Semi-Weekly Gazette
for 1876.
ingle subscription, tncFd'g postdge,S4 w
lu6s of 8 copies and upward, IN
cIuding postdge. each -. ....... SO 25
lubs of Is copies and upward, IN
cl,tdiuo postage each 3 90
lubs of Is copies and upward, in
cludind postage, each h...2 2 30
Terms of the Daily Gazette.
nele copy year, inel'd'gp postage, $I2 90
mole COPY months, GO &c 6 90
nSle copy months, sc 8 25
ngle copy month, sc &c 1875
Specimen copies free. Every Post
nster is Agent for Gazette. Ad-
ess
CINCINNATI GAZETTE co.
Nov 4 1879