The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-03-26
THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN.
In the Front Rank Of American Journals.
INDEPENDENCE, CaNDoR, CONSERVATISM
ENTERPRISE, VIaoR.
Reduction of Prices to Suit Times.

The election of 1877 over, to congress will
all eyes turn to witness the course of political
events in America. Questions of vital inter-
est are pressing for settlement, and the dis
cussion bids fair to be prolonged and absorb
ing. The subjects of Finance, Pacifeation,
Internal improvements, Civil Servic Reform.
and Mexican Border Troubles &C., are among
those which must largely occupy the public
mind The proper development of the re-
sources the West and South, by means of
an improved condition of river and railroad
transportation facilites--the tllization ofun-
employed labor in needed public works-the
| encouragement OF immigration to the fertile
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by whomsoever originated, aided or ndorsed,
giving to the Southern states full and free
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