Litchfield enquirer., 1876-01-06
N. '. TRIBUNE.
s'THE LEADING AMERICAN NEWSPAPER

The year 1876 promises to be crowded vita more imp0rtant and interesting oc- easTenees than any since Che close Of the war WsshalI celebrate the one handredth @nnIversarY of our national birth with the @osk Ee@zxkable display of our arts and industries, and tl1s greatest concourse of vsSltoD ever seen on the continent. We ahAM easck new President under circum- uAMneea which threaten to make the politis cal campaign peculiarly exciting. Ths House of Representatives for the first time Hince the close cf Mr. Buchanan's term is under the control of the Democratic party, and ik proposes to lay bare the secrets of tAs Administration now drawing to close. -IRsc course daring the next six months will de6ne the policy by which the Democratic p&kky hopes ke rule the country; while the aesi0n of the Republicans is likely to de- tsrnine whether the organization which sawed the Union and freed the slave isi to tAll to pieces or enter upon a new career of usefulness In the practical work of government there are great abuses to be swept away. and many promises to be puf to tH<& In the settlement of the national GnAnoes the year may mark the crisis of car a1fzirxl In religion it promises to mark great revival, and there are many slgns thz8 the relations of the Church to the Stale. and particularly to the State saAooas. will provoke sharp discussion, and enter largely into politics. In trade, com nerce and productive industry there are hopes that 1t will witness the long defer red revival.
 In snch stirring and .crosded period. THR ERzsrxR confidently appeals to Iits P@st record and it's present perfOrmance, &s constituting its claim for the continued regard of all it's old readers, and the acces- ion of many new ones. No intelligent. citizen can afford during such 2 year as 1876 to dispense with an independent .swzpaper. upon which he can rely for an impartial record of events, undlstorted by partisan necessities or personal hates or am6stSons.
 fsTv0r the old Republican principles of American c0nhict, and 1t will rejoice when ever those principles are victorious under the old banners. But it can never be the servant of caaeuses or conventions; it must approve what it finds good in the acts and professions of either party, and apologize for the wrongdoings of neither. In giving the news it endeavors to set toTtA the truth, the whole truth, and Bu4hing bak the truth: in politics its great o63ec4 n to elect honest men, whom the c0ankFy kaows and can trust: to secure hard money. Administrative reform, such economy in public affairs as the hard times c0sapel from private citizens, and, as a co1seque0ce, lower taxes. Thus it found itself Last Fail, rallying the forces for the sp1snaid hard money triumphs won by the Replblieans and their allies in Ohio and Re11sy1vania, and as earnestly striving to hold Ip the hands of an administration in New York. which was busy fighting the O~nal Ring. stopping leaks in the treasury, and lowering taxes. In each case it found the pu0pie sustaining its positions, and it hopes t0 be 90 clearly right m it's political coarse through all the storms of 1876 as to uin eqnAl sncCess. and command yet gEea1sr ePpruval. IJ 'cI44E9
 One result of this policy of struggling for the triumph of honest men and sound principles, without being too much con- trOlIed hy mere party names, has been that both parties find themselves forced tO'aband6n some of the worst practices of of the old caucus system, to put forward their best men, and to practice some of the reforms they preach. It may be fairly claimed thaf conscientious and independ- eaf voters have thus within two or three years gradually forced both parties up to sOmeGhst higher plane, and we may hope that the Centennial year will witness stiii greater improvement.
 Ina TRIBUNE will continue to labor for this end with the methods which have al- ready commanded it to popular favor. It Sltl endeavor to combine the utmost can- dor with judicial fairness; will keep It's columns free from personal wrangling;will waste no time in replying to the incessant attacks its success provokes from envious rivals. and as hithertofore will reserve all it's space for its readers interests. T
 From those wlio believe such journal desirable visitor in their families, THE TRIBUNE sOlicits a continuance of the favor 1t has so conspicuously enjoyed in the past. During the years 1874 and 1875 the position assigned it long ago by foreign critics, as ''the leading American newspa per- has come to be generally recognized, and its circulation has been greater than at any previous period in it's history. It has won this position by the closest watch fulness and the most lavish expenditure to procure the freshest intelligence, the most complete reports, the most interest ing letters and essays, and the ablest work in every department Its staff includes the most accomplished men in the profes- sion. and among its outside contributors it numbers many of the most enihent men in the country. "
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