Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

ever strive to make the relation ex.
listing between reader and writer as
agreeable and instructive as posi-
bio, aver deeming readers To-
~terest of paramount importance
We were never very profoundly i'm.
pressed with the idea which obtains
among many brethren of the s"ess,
that it is the especial province Of a
country editor to set the political
world on fire or dictate a State
policy, SO at present GU may look
for no weighty political wrestling
on our part. Perhaps in the future
when we aspire to office, and per-
chance to Presidential donors, we
may astonish the natives with our
eloquence, and shake the political
world with the thunder Of cur
patriotism. Although we cannot
promise you anything very brilliant
10 politics, we tLink'it our duty TO
WELD our Influence 10 advocacy Of
what we think right in every public
question, and this we shall fearlessly
try to do.
Our political complexion WILL BE
DEMOCRATIC. Some of our friends
said "Make it Republican-Mexico
has no Republican paper, and you
will get ali their patronage; but
We could not conscientiously do that.
Some Say "Editors have no such
thing as conscience" Well You see
we have not got hardened yet
Others said "Make it Independent.
I think you will get some support
from both parties," but you see we
are not Independent. We don't like
to begin life by crawling upon the
feace. To have to set on the
ragged edge of the fence all our
life and be hooted at by al free
thinking, rejecting men merely to
gain, patronage lis more than we can
stand.
While we don't propose as We
stated above, TO be dogmatic in
politics, and abuse folks about whom
we know nothing, only because they
don't think as We do. yet we in
tend in our feeble way to support
the cause of Democracy, having for
our watchword reform, and DO all
we can for Tllden, the prince Of
reformers, and whose very name
sends a thrill to the heart of every
true American.
We shall devote most of our
space to matters of local interes .
BY local interes: we do not confne
1t to the city, but embrace he whole
county and surrounding counties,
and we solicit the aid of our readers
In matters of local importance
throughout the country. Give US
the facts. It matters not whether
they are "ship shape" OR not.
Give Us the main points Of interest
as they come under your notice in
respective spheres aud Sec
and we will shape them tor
the press with pleasure.
We are young-most too young
some think, to undertake this enter
pr,se-but a young man has to COM
mence life some time, and we think
with a fair share of your patronage I
and encouragement, and with I'M I
,iriEg energy on our part, (Which {
promise you); we will perhaps G
with some success. AS time I
oils on and we grow in experience,
We hope D improve and eventually t
give you a paper that shall be 40 r
,onor to the city, the pride of our '
and reflect credit ON the t
party whose standard We carry. p
We intend as far as possible to il
void all personalities and needless @
into u friends and neigh n
ors. rs we intimated it is not our Il
lesire to create any disturbance IN il
ne world by picking at this one and g
hat one just to have something to o
'ay, and try to get off something a
mart at the expense of others.
We shall give you all the local
Jews, culling out everything Of this