The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-12-27


Rfsg o.t re o,S, Rsss ~ fhe se~
Another year with its sorrows and
Joys, it, temptations snd victories, Is
about to be Numbered with the thing.
Of the drcsmy past, and We shall soon
be ushered into new year, who's,
mysteries lie brfore rs to he slowly un'
folded by the steady march Of time,
Eminently this is a season Of sobeI
thought and retrospection, and wise d
that man who can, by the lessons Of
the past, add to his profit in the fu
ture. We have seen how poorly ou'
firm resolves and the bright new lea
that we intended and started to turn
Just year ago, have been kept, but I
is still left to us, to "resolve and re
resolve. and see that we do net di,
the same, by striving harder than
ever to keep the good intentions that
are sure to be made as regularly as
this season Of the year rolls around.
Though we have prospered as q ma.
ton and as 3 people have many things
for which 10 be thankful, the year
1878. has been . most remarkable one
and to thousands Of hearts and FIRE
sides, q sad one. In our bright and
sunny South, the dark pail Of pesti-
lence hung for many days--snd TWEEN.
ty thousand people fell the victims Of
the yellow scourge, desolating the
land, creating unuttersble woe and
CONSERVATION, and causing loss to
the country Of millions Of dollars, and
one that it will take years to regain.
The tempests and storms on land
have been severer and the number
greater than was ever known in any
previous year, and the casualties at
sea have been numerous and fatal in
the extreme. In portions of the Old
Void, famipes. the most horrible, have
swept the people from the earth by
the thousands, while the Turko- Rus
sian war hurled many an unprepared
soul in the presence of lie Maker.
On the other hand, however. the
people Of the United States have ma.
ny causes OF cougrstulation. The til
les OF the soil have been rewarded
with abundant yields aud the return
from crops was enough to bring pros.
perity to the country, but for ruin
Gus financial legislation that forced
thousands of business men into bank
ruptcy and ruin. But let us hope that
the crisis has passed and that the year
1879, will bring to the country a
peace, a prosperity, and brotherly
love, unknown in the history of the
past, and as permanent as great.
We have much to hope for in the
future. For the first time in eigh.
teen YEAR,, the glorious Democratic
party assumes control of both Houses
Of Congress, and the wise legislation
that is expected of il, whereby "equal
rights will be guaranteed to all, with
exclusive privileges to none" is des-
tined to restore this country to that
state that for sixty years made it the
most prosperous that the sun ever
shone upon. We hope To see on the
return of this season, reunited peo-
pie, all laboring for the common good
of the country, and that such scare
crows as q "Solid South, /" or a "Solid
North. will have vanished, to disturb
the body-politic no more, forever.
And now. dear readers. as we wish |
each of you a heartfelt happy New
Year, with many joyous returns of
the day. we thank you for the liberal
and increased patronage you have be-
slowed on US during the year, and
promise that We shall use our utmost
exertions to make the INTERIOR
JOURNAL. in every way, more worthy
Of your good ~ill, with each issue du-
ring 1879.