The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
THE EXCHANGE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1879.
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Inc EACHANGE mas proven ltselI
trusty craft through, half decade,
and is presented the reader with sails
trimmed, newly rugged and nearly
double its former size. Graded in
the lap of adversely, with financial
panic hanging like a pail upon the
country, and the soil yielding not its
wonted harvest, its young lie was
almost stifed with its earliest breath.
The fates were more generous, howev-
er, and during Eve fears of unparAl>
lelled hardships, It has grown vIgo>
rous with its ripper years. The paper
has never been upon a sounder basis
than at present, nor has it ever pos,
sessed anpler facilities for usefulness
We therefore call upon our friends to
rally to our support, and no expendi-
ture of enterprise ard energy shall be
spared in making the EXCHANGE one
of the Invest and newsiest weekly pa
pers in the state. 1t IS our ambition
to publish a journal fully apace with
the times, and to record the march Of
evenls as they transpire.
As Heretofore, /. shall be the duty
of the editors to expose and tear the
mask from vice in high and low places,
and to uphold the right, though the
heavens fall" No sense of fear, nor
favor nor sordid policy shall ever
drive us to the support of measure,
inexpedientand detrimentaltot the pub
lie wiel. This is the golden age of ras-
cAlity, and it remains with the press
to stem the ctittent of corruption and
purity and place upon q higher plain
tne social political systems of the
country.
In politics we shall continue in har
mony with the fundamental tenets OF
the Democratic party, believing this
course the shortest and surest method
of escaping the Head of woes threat
ening the welfare of the body polite
The dofiinent party is responsible to
the country for many acts the enforce
ment of which have stopped the
wheels of prosperity, and thrctIled tie
nations progress. All the arts and in
dustries have been paralyzed by ill,ad-
vised and ruinous legislation, until the
burden of the people is CHESTER than
they can bear. The South partlcu-
larly has been viliiied and maligned
by contemplate politicastcrsj whose
glory it vas tc distort facts for the
pleasure in it. Nature has been Law
ish in her blessings to the southern
people and it remains for rs to devel>
Cd those resources. a southern sun
Is not fatal to enterprise, and the re-
operative power of our people after
four years of ;ntenecine strife drives
home the fact, and leaves it no longer
a question. Our climate is slIdbrious
and healthy, DUR lands are fertile, our
pfdlicts varied, veal h Of mineral
ores sleep in our hills, excellent water
power for manufacturing purposes can
be found almost everywhere, and what
more can people ask? tet us then
apply ourselves TO building up our fall
len fortunes, invite immigration TO
our section, and prosperity will stfile
upon Our beautiful southland just as
of old.
The F&GIANGE through the ensu
ing year willfurnish all the local news,
Ind this shall be one of the leading
Eeattfe. of the paper. Full and ac-
ehfate reports IF public meetings, H.
tefesting and vaitaBie market reports,
marriages, deaths, the selling price of
country produce, revised weekly,
shall find place in our columns. Ev-
cry issne will contain the news of the
city, county, state, nation, and for
cign aFafrs, together with the pro-
ceedings Of the state and national leg
islatures. we are determined, in con-
clusion, to SUPPLY the people with
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