The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-22
THE SUN FOR 1879.

THE SUN will be printed every day during the yeal
to come. Its purpose and method will be the same as
in the past 10 present all the news in readable
shape, and to tell the truth though the heavens fall
THE SUN has been, is, and will continue to be indie
pendent of everybody and everything the Truth
and its convictions of duty. That is the only po
cy an honest newspaper need have. That is the policy
which has won for this newspaper the confidence and
friendship of a wider constituency than was ever en-
jOyed by any other American Journal
THE SUN is the newspaper fol the people 1t is not
for the rich man against the poor man. the poor
against the rich man, but it seeks to do equal JUS
tice to all interests in the community. 1t is not the
organ of auy person. class, sect party There need
be mystery about its loves and hates 1t is for tLe
honest against the rogues every time 1t is the
honest Democrat as against the dishonest Republican
and for the honest Republican against the dishonest
Democrat 1t does not take its from the uiterances
of any politician political organization 1t gives it.
support unreservedly when men or measures in
agreement with the Constitution and the principles
upon which this Republic was founded for the people
whenever tho Constitution and constitutional princ.
pies violated-as in the outrageous conspiracy Of
1876, by which man not elected placed in the
Presidents Office where he still remainst speaks ont
Tor the right That is THE SUNS idea of independ.
ence. In this respect there will be no change in its
programme for 1879.
THE SUN has fairly earned the hearty hatred of ras.
calls frauds aud humbugs of all sorts and sizes. 1t
hopes to deserve that hatred not less in the year 1879
than in 1873, 1871, or any year gone by. THE SUN
will continue to shine on the wicked with unmitigated
brightness.
While the lessons of the past should be constantly
kept before the people, THE SUN does not propose in
is printed for the men and women Of to-day. 1t las
both the disr and ability to afford its readers
the prompest fullest ani most intelligence
whatever in the wide world is worth attention. To this
end the resources belonging to well-estabshed pros
perity will be literally employed.
The present .disointed condition of parties in this
country and the uncertainty of the future lend an ex
raOrdnary Significance to the events of the coming year
The discussions of tho press the debates and acts
Congress, and the movements of the leaders of every
section of the Republic will have direct bearing on the
Presidential election of lSS0-an event which must be
regarded with the most anxious interest by every par
otto American, whatever his political ideas allegiance
To these elements OF interest may be added the proba
blity that the Democrats will control both houses of
Congress- the increasing eebeness of the fraudulent
Administration, and tho spread and nghening eve
rywhere of healthy adherence of fraud in any form
To present with accuracy and cearness the sita
ton in each of its varying phases and to expound ac-
cording to its welknown methods the principles that
should guide through the labyrinth will be an i'm.
pOrtant part of TIE SUNS work for 1879.
We have the means of making THE SUN, as a politi-
CAL literary and general newspaper more entertain
ing and more useful than before and we mean to
apply them freely.
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The price of the WEEKLY SUN, eight pages, fifty
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ten sending $40 we will send an extra copy free.
Address I. W. ENGLAND,
oct25-6t Publisher of The Sun, New York City.