St. Landry democrat., 1878-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Sara for. 1870.

| The Sun will be printed every day during the
year To come. ITS purpose and method will it
| Tile same as i'll the past: 10 present all the
news i'll Il rcLtlle Stlaue anu to tell the truth
| Thought the heavens tail.
| The sun has been. is. and wi continue TO be
| lndelendt Ut OF every body and everything save
| the Truth and its own convictions OF duty.
| That Is the only policy which all honest new
| paper need have. Tnat is the pOlicy which has
won for this newspaper the confidence and
| friendship OF Il wider constituency than w;,s
| ever enjoyed hy any American JOURNAL
| The sun Is the newspaper for the people. IT
Is not for THE rich man against tile poor man OF
for the poor man against the ricn man. but ii
seeks to do equal Justice to al interests in com.
Ilunlty 1t Is not the 0rSSu OF auy IersOli, ci;.se
sect or party. There need be no lnysery about
| IFS loves anu hates. 1t Is for tho honest man
against the roSues every time 1t is for the honest
Democrat ns against tie dishonest Republican,
| and for Ilt; '.'".st Republican as against the
| dishonest Democrat. 1t does not take it's cue
| from the utterallcts of any p,litirtn pultl-
cal org, s,tiifzatl" 1t gives its support unreserv-
elly WHEN lltn or MEASURES Are i'll agreement {
with the Constitution and with the principles
| upon which this Republic was founded for the
people. Whenever the Constitution and con
stltutlOn principles are VlOatett-iis in the out
raSe"us conspiracy of 1873, hy which ii man not
elected WAS placed in the Presidents office,
where ne still Iemaills-lt speaks out for the
right. That is The Suns ie:, of independence.
In this respect there Will he no chang, Ill its
programme for 1879.
The Sun has fairly earned the hearty hatred
vi ftScHlS IfaUuS. ana nlllDuSS, nf al! sorts ana
size 1t hopes to deserve that hatred not less
III the year 1879, than in 1873. 1877, or amy year
gone hy En'' sun will CONT nue. to shin on the
WIeked with unmitigated brightness.
Whle the lessons of the PAST should he con-
staltly kept before tho people. The Sun does
not propose to make itself in 1879 "a magazine
OF ancient history. IT is printed for the men
women of tn-tay. whose concern is chiefly with
the affairs "f t''tlay. It hrs botn tine dis n,4-
ton and the ability to aft ,rds its readers the
pr"mptrst, fullest, and most accurate inte-
gcnre OF whateVerin tile wide word is worth at
tentlon. I" this en- the rescnl,r't, helon-ing to
we'll established prosperity will be literally EN-
plnved.
TIE present drsjninted condition of parties II,
this country and the uncertainty of the furturc,
lend an extraordinary siSnIti"ance iothr events
of the canning year. To discussion of the press,
the debates and acts of nsrtss. and tine Move
ments of the leaders III Every section of the Re-
public will have Ii direct nearing IN the iresi-
dental election If 18s0-An event which must
Ne regarded with the most ANXIOUS interest by
every patriotic American, whatever his political
IDEAS or allegiance. The these elements of i'll
terest may he added the probability that the
Democrats will control hath houses of Congress.
the increasing feebene>s of the fraudulent Adj
minstration. and the s'rea and at engthening
everywhere of Il healthy adherence of fraud
In any form. To present with accuracy and
clearness the exact situation each of its
varying phases. and to expOund. according to
it's we-known methods the principles that
should guide us thrnngh the labyrinth, will he
an important part of The Suns work for 1879.
We have the means of making The sun. as
political, literary and a general newspaper.
more enterta ming and more useful than ever
before and we mean to apply them freely.
Our rates of subscription remain unchanged. |
For the Daily Sun, Il four page sheet of tive, ty-
eight columns, the price by mail. postpaid. is 55
cents month. or go so year or including the
Sunday paper, an eight-page sheet of fifty-six
columns the prlce is G5 cents month, or $40 |
q pear. postage pa d.
The Sunday edition of The Sun is furnished |
separately ut $1.2O year, postage paid.
The price Of the Weekly Sun. eight pages, ,
ffty-six columns, is 81 . Eerr, postage paid !
For clubs of ten sending $40 we will send an ex
ira copy free Addres.
I. W. ENGLAND,
Publisher Of The Sun, New York City.
Nov. 1e-6t |