The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-16
THE W. TIMES.
FOR 1877.
Devoted to Republican Principles


And 10 Reform in Municipal, State, aud
Central Government.
The course Of The Tines during the presidential
campaign has secured for II hosts Of new friends,
and has placed beyond controversy its position as
the foremost Republican journal In the United
States. During the political struggle preceding
the election the ~fullness, accuracy, and fairness
Of It's news reports were as obvious as Its vigor
and breadth Of view as an organ Of public opinion.
The critical situation 10 which the country Is
placed by the disputed result Of the election has
been promptly recognized by The Times, but It
has found no reason to modify the claim which IL
vote Of the 7th Of November secured a majority
Of ELECTORAL votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
Readers Of The Times on the day following the
election were placed In possession Of returns which
were simply tho most complete and trustworthy
published In any part Of the Union. The more
thoroughly the facts Of the election are disentan-
gled from the mass Of Democratic falsehood and
p%retepse which has been thrown around them, the
more clearly Is the justice revealed Of the claims
made by The Times the morning after election.
Now that the election Of Hayes and Wheeler Is
perceiy red by impartial observers Of both parties
TO lie q certainty, The Times recognizes the fresh
responsihilit'e s which this renewal Of great
public trr ! impofcs upon the ropublican party.
The Times was among the foremost defenders Of
the principles of publication and reform within
the party which triumphed in the nomination of
Rutherford B.. Hayes at Cincinnati. 1t will be
as prominent and es incorporating in its de-
mand for the embodiment Of tho-e principles in
administrative and legislative action. The cleo
ton has given rise to cor stitutionnl controversies,
whose discussion may l7st for months to come,
and whose settlement may tax all the good sense,
forbearonoe, and law-abiding instincts Of the peo-
pie at large. II will be our constant endeavor to
correct excited feeling by dispassionate argument,
to urge the supreme necessity of moderation and
fair dealing. and TO place the responsibility for
stirring up strife where IL belongs. But We shall
do SO without abating one jot Of the just demands
of q party which stands securely on the right, and
Of q people the integrity Of whose institutions
depends on n scrunulous obedience to the demands
of law.
In the agitation of tho constitutional questions
which have been forced upon public attention by
the ~clossness of the late election, The Times will
nor ceaEe to insist upon the necessity Of some ap-
proach to uniformity Of method In the proceedings
taken by state and local boards TO ascertain the
vote legally cast for presidential electors and
members Of Congress. 1t will defend the right of
individual states to have the declaration Of their
will by the recognized authorities of such states
protected by all the safeguards which have been
thrown around it by the letter Of the Constitution
and the usage sanctioned by its authors. But 1t
will none the less insist on the duty Of Congress
to devise means, by constitutional amendment or
otherwise, whereby citizens Of the United States
may be protected gsinst virtual disfranohisement
through imperfections in the mechanism provided
by any state for securing an honest count Of their
votes. While carefully avoiding all that may tend
to promote sectional animosity among our people,
The Times will urge, with the utmos decision,
the national duty OF protecting the freedmen and
tho Northern Immigrants in the South In the pos
session of rights guaranteed them by tho Consti-
tuition. 1t will do all in its power to promote the
yoI;oy IF mama and onuciIiotion hetwean Nortb
and South, but will not lose sight Of the facvthat
Northern confidence and amnesty must find their
return in the enforcement Of even-handed justice
and scrupulous regard for the letter and spirit of
the law on the part of the South.
Its influence as q leading exponent Of political
opinion will DO strengthened by all that is need
full to enhance the value Of The Times as a daily
record Of news, The acknowledged excellence
Of its correspondence by mail and telegraph from
all parts Of the world will be fully maintained.
In the sphere Of literary and artistic criticism, of
scientific, social, and general discussion, it will
address itself, as heretofore, to the appreciation
Of the educated and Intelligent classes Of the
American people. 1t will be lively without being
sensational, aggressive without being coarse;
at oil times it will strive to be fearless and indie
pendent in the championship Of the right. No
theories subversiye Of the principles on which the
sacredncss of family ties and The existence Of
society alike repose will BIO promulgated in its
column
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Of quacks and MEDICAL pretenders, and Of all other
agencies by which tho insidious poison Of vice is
disseminated throughout society. It will be in
the future, as in the past, o newspaper specially
adapted for family reading.
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iutere-t nom tue coiunns Of tho daily issue, a.
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United States, No Republican newspaper ap-
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of its conductors to uze every means, not only to
maintain its well-earned supremacy, but to make
its popularity still more decided.
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