The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
The Sun for 1879

TIE sun viii be printed every day during tho
year 10 come. Its purpose and method viii be tht
same as in the past: To present all me news N q
readable shape, and to tell the truth though the
heavens fall.
TIE sun has been, is, and viii continue to be
independent Of everybody and everything save tne
Truth and its own convictions Of cuty. That Is
the only policy which an honest newspaper need
have. That is the policy which has won Tor this
newspaper the confidence and friendship of o
wider constituency than was ever enjoyed Dy any
ther American JOurnal.
The sun is the newspaper for the people. It Is
not for the rich man against the poor man. or IOI
the poor man against the rich man, but It seeks tC
do cuual lustCe 90 all interests IN the community
ID Is not the organ Of any person. class sect OF
party. There need be no mystery about IT'S loves
and hates. To Is for the honest man against the
rOgues every time. it is for the honest Democrat
as against the dishonest Republican, and for tht
honest Republican as against the dishonest Dem
Ocrat. II does not take lis cue from the utter
anCes Of any politician or political organization
II gives its support uureservedly when men Ol
measures are in agreement With the Constitution
and with the principles upon which this Republic
was founded for the people. Whenever the Con
-titutOu aud constitutional principles are violated
AS In the outrageous conspiracy OF 1875, bl
which q man not elected was placed in the Presl
dents Office where he still remains-it speaks on
for the right That is THE SUNS idea Of indepen
dencP. In this respect there viii be no change Il
| its programme for 1879.
TIE sun has fairly earned the hearty hatred o
rascas, frauds, and humbugs Of all sorts an'
the year 1879 than in ISIS, 1877, or any year gon
/ bv The SUN will continue to shine on the wicket
with unlimited brightness.
While the lessons Of the past should be con
stautly Kept before the people, THE sun does no
/ propose 10 make itself iu 1879 magazine of an
cient history. Il is printed for the men and won
en- of :O-dav, whose concern is chiefly with the at
fairs Of to-day. It has both the disposition ant
the ability to afford its readers the prOmptest, full
est and most accurate intelligence Of whatever Il
/ the wide world is worth attention. To this EN-
the resources belonging to well-estaoIshed pros
! perity will be literally employed.
] The present disJ iuted condition OF parties y
this country, aud the uncertainty of the future
lend an extraordinary significance TO the events
/ the coming year. The discussions Of the pres'
/ the debates and acts of Congress, and the move
ments of the leaders in every section OF the hC
public will have q direct bearing on the iTesldeI
/ tial election Of lSSO-an event which must De re
! garded with the most anxious interest by ever
patriotic American, whatever lis political ideas
] sllegiauCe. To these elemcIts Of interest may .
| added the probability that the Democrats will cor
troll both houses of Congress, the increasing fe'
bIeDess of the fraudulent Administration, and th
/ spread and strengthening everywhere OF a health
lsbhorreuce Of fraud in any form. To present VII
accuracy and ClearneSs the exact 81 uaJlOn IN eac
of its varying phases, and TO eEpound, aCcOfolu
! to fits well known methods, the principles th'
| should guide MS through the labyrinth, VIII be 0
| important part of THE suns work for 1873.
We have the means of making The SUN, as
political, a literary and a general newspaPe
] more entertaining and more useful than ever D.
fore, and we mean to apply them freely.
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