The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-12-21

eYThis Special Offer is made to enable the
Southern people to see for themselves how good
a paper THE WORLD is and how worthy it is
of their SUPPORT.
On tho st of May, l-16, the ownership and
3ontrolc of THE WORLD passs,l into the hands
of the undersigned, under whose absolute and
untrammelled directions THE WORLD has
ever since remained and now remains.
During the whole of this time THE WORLD
has labore'l patiently and perseveringly for he
accomplishment of two objects in politics of
paramount interest to the Southern people.
J. The restoration of Local SelfGovernment
at the South.
II. A Real Reform of the Civil Service, in
such wise as to destroy the political machines
under the OpperatiOn of which it has come to
pass that the people are taxee to support politi.
cal parties, whereas political parties have no
other reason Of being except to lessen the bur.
den on the government.
The first Of these objects have been triumph.
antly accomplished Al intelligent Northen
| men now admit that all parts OF the country
were as deeply Interested as the South in seeing
| it won. a corrupt snl anti Democratic govern.
meut in the South was a permanent peril to the
| ascendancy OF true American principles in the
| Federal Government anu therefore to the peace
| and honor of the whole people.
The second political object for which THE
WORLD contents still remains to be fully ach-
| rvch. The actual Administration began its
| career with excellent promises in this dirtc.
| ton of which it is sufficient to say that they
| have been as yet only in part redeemed. THE
WORLD torit part will rcsolu,ely support any
| honest efforts to redeem these promises fully,
| by whatsoever made and will as resOutely dc.
| dOunce every Obstiral thrown in the way Of 10
deeming Them from whatever quarter
| 1t seems to the undersigned eminent V proper
| that he should ask the corporation of the best
men of the South with THE WORLD in its ef-
| forts to carry out the policy here outlined. He
believes THE WORLD to be paper which
Southern citizens and Democrats can recon-
mend to Southern readers as an Inturce worthy
| and important to be brought to bear with con
| silently increasing power upon our nationa! at
| airs, in the interest of TRUTH of justice aud Of
armonv among our people Of all sections.
| 1t is my desire to keep THE WORLD in a
| lively relation with the best thoughts OF the
| South, to the end that the best ideas. wishes
| and feelings of the southern people may be
| clearly anu fairly known to the North. the East
and the West. Alike in private and in public
| affairs the misunderstanding of men by one an
| other lies at the root Of 50 mncn evil that the
word itself has come to be synonym with
quarrel'ng and strife. 1t was ii wise saving of
| Lord Elgin, at the time of one of our sharpest
disputes with Great Britain that two intelli.
gent gentlemen alone on a raft in the Atlantic
with pltnary power cond adjust the whole mat
ter honorably in an hour.
THE WORLD simply asks its friends at tho
South to aid il III bringing about a complete
meeting Of minds on all public questions be-
tween the intelligent citlzn of ali part Of the
Union, WILLIAM HENRY HCKLBERT.