The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-17
THE ORGAN OF THE PEOPLE,

lie " Gu L ORR LTtUUJt6 III GlclI
lands and from pages which glowed
with the inspiration of HORACE GREE
great soul, found comfort and
nope. Appealing to the hearts of
masses his glowing thoughts sent
words of emotion across a continent.
Men believed in GREELEY because ev-
cry heart throb of his was in the in I
terest of the toiling millions. 1t was
his broad humanity which placed
his name at the mast head in a mo-
mentous campaign. Even then the
great money changers were assail-
ing his sturdy honesty. Shoddy
was uppermost, and men who then
read the Cincinnati Enquirer, did so
knowing that it was under ban.
How time and sentiments change?
No, we will not say that. How true
to the right after all, the great warm
heart of humanity responds to the
people? HORACE GREELEY died, and
the old Tribune of the people passed
into the hands of heartless specula-
tors. 1t double shotted it's columns
against the masses. 1t soon disap-
peared from the friends of the labor
ing classes. In humble cabins
where it was read by the wood fires
blaze, in the days of our boyhood, it
became an alien. From q tirst-class
journal it suddenly sank to a fourth
or fifth rate paper
The Tribune as an organ of the
people died, when HORACE GREELEY's
great warm heart ceased to beat.
The Cincinnlti Enquirer espoused
the cause Of the laboring classes and
the Tribune that of the Shylocks.
What is the result? The peoples
organ is now located west ofthe Allie
ghanies. We venture to say, that
to-day it enters more homes and eX-
erts more influence upon the ques-
tons of the present, than any paper
between the Alleghauies and the Pa
ciic. 1t fearlessly advocates what
it believes to be right. There is no
trucking subsergiencv about it. 1t
sways parties-it moulds policies-it
shapes opinions, simply because it
has comprehendedth the essential prin-
ciple of success: "To thy self be
true" and it follows as night does
the day.
Take our own town. It's ~circula-
ton has increased, and ever political
opponents seek it and read it, why?
Because it speaks out with fearless
independence. Because the inspi-
ration of success sparkles in every
column. Because it never fails to
assail any policy it believes to be
wrong or commend what it believes
to be right. Because it has the in
dependence to refuse to allow itself
to be placed in the wrong by any
mistaken notions of present policy.
Because, by the manifestations of
such a spirit it makes itself a posi-
tive force, and not a secondary infu-
ence. For all these reasons we are
glad to see it prosper. 1t does more
than command success by deserving
it, and so long as it continues true
to the people, we hope the country
press Of our own and other States
will endorse it. 1t is q mistaken
notion that a great N etropolitan jour
nal hurts us. If we have brains to
edit a paper it helps us, and if we
have not, we ought not to succeed
anyhow. We have our mission, and
at the continent points of civilization,
where great streams of humanity
meet and mingle, the metropolitan
journal has its mission. The En-
Quirer will not interfere with our
circulation, and we wish more Of the
Democrats and Independents of our
county would take it and continue
to read it, so long as it pleads SO elo
quently for the great party of the
people. We are proud of its achieve
ments, we glory in it's success, and
we hope 1t will long continue to he
the voice of the honest working men
of our land, and a standing protest
against the rapacity of those who
believe that capital should absorb
all rights and all privileges.