The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-01-13
Milan EXCHANGE.
To The PUBLIC.


camsprvai yr. ii.ere sl'all be no rude dr.
pariurr fram tie anrirui canous aid
traditional landmarks Of the Demo
cratic ariy. IN political faith we ar
lDrmorrais. and pure Democracy a.
AWAY, allied to healthy conservatism
Radicalism, in SHY party means dcslr"r
tim, and that. too. 10 our conS'ru
tional form of Government. But
uphulling the did icncts of our father
we shall aim 10 le alike liberal, ioler
ant and progressive We rtcognlz
fully that time always has, that
always will, temper the aspcrilie' +"
pariics-ihat IL obiitcrates person q.
hnics. and. we trust, will soou eKlin
auish sectional animosiiies and weld "a
together ia the bonds Of federal
union that, whilst il may embrace Will
not npprcs. the humblrst citizen IN IT.
brnuds. The South. especially, IN our
nl,ininn. needs rather ncW lea'lers than
new pariics-noi 50 much new policies
a. the practical enforcement of those
which swung her forward as serii"n
in the earlier days Of The Republic aud
startled tie nations with her wonder
nii growth and development. Tie
South needs manufactures to give
employment aud just rewardsto labor.
- ne INST have appropriations to rem
DIR Lcr STRAINS more sub>errient I"
the liehe is "f commerce, and 10 .lrdie
her more aud more with grand lines OF
railway, and TO develop every latent
r,-ourtr that sleeps as yet uniouched
in her hills aud mountains To AID III
III regeneration of the South, and to
rebuild her waste places should he the
first aud most imperative mission oil
her pres, and that duty begins at
home: and to this cnl we shall address
ourselves ia The spirit Of the utmost
cantlor and fairnrss.
Ihe WIG shall not be the represen-
iniive of aily cabal nor the organ OF
any nun. Il il unmuZZled 10y that pal
TRY sul,ser, icnce that cripples the pure
" partisan press. Its convictions are
IL, own and cannot be made the mer-
chHndiSe of desperate schemers or
f.urlt, r tie ,oitical drunmerS. From
our standpoint we shall condemn the
wrong MS We see it. and uphold the
right Ms We may find it. We do no
intend TO belabor our readers with
long and vapid editorials, nnr try 10
hrguile item with set phrases or flow
crs of rhetoric. We shall catch the
news as il fiirs, condense and present IL
briefly and tersely, and shall rely upon
eur readers To form their own cOnclu-
sions. The press, in short, 20 be purely
representative should rather shadow
forth public opinion than mould and
lcud it, The MIG, then, will be q
mirror of the times in which it is pub
lish,d, and lis columns shall not be
surcharged with personal abuse non
spiled with the coarse ribaldry Of The
hustiGgs.
Political federation, without on onl
part the abandonment of a single prin-
ciple, shall be one of the leading tea-
t,reS of this paper. Locally, we Shall
DO all we can to advance Jackson.
Madison and other counties al jacent
No interest contering in our thriving
Young city shall be neglected. M
faithful public servant shall go un
noliced-and every measure which
may look To her material advancement
will find in the WHIG q Jealous advo-
cate and supporter. The old jackson
has passed away, and it is the ReU
jackson of to-day that will enlist our
active sympalhies and our earnest en-
deavors. Her past is secure. Her fu-
ture is IL the keeping of her own pro
grcssive citizenship, drawn here from
all parts of a common country, and we
shall feel il our duty 10 encourage aud
help forward not only those who found
eel Jackson, and watched over its in.
fancy, but also those neiG cOmers-thal
later element which has added SO much
to cur growth and enterprise.
Tie consolidation of the WEST TEN.
N-SsEE WING and Milan EXCHANGE
in>hros us large circulation, aud en-
abb us Ia enlarge the paper by in
crossing our newspaper facilities. A,
has been previously indicated We shall
print the two papers at Tie parent
Office in Jackson. but each journal will
b published aud distributed us herel O.
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Ne sundcr our immediate coanexion
with our Milan friends with unmixed
r'gret. The OH EXCHANGE had no
truer friends than her generous PEG le
and we take This occasion TO thank
them for their unsiimted suppuri and
Ssk in the future a continuation of the
same. We shall always speak good
Aurd for Milan and her people, and
shail continue 10 labor in our new field
to advance her several interests Our
is only a change OF base and not a
dimiDutiou of that kindly feeling which
has been oily intensified by our Iesi-
dence in Milan, and in parting to some
extent from them we eau only plead
in justification that, perhaps. selfish
sentiment which makes each individual
in this hard world follow his own inter-
esls rather than the better promptings
of his heart.
With this apology, winch We deem
il proper to make. and with this out
line of our future course, we launch
or consolidated paper on tho full tide
of popular favor and promise 10 make
t,c WIG and tie EXCHANGE, each,
the pride of its friends.
Louis ]. BROOKS.
w. a. WADE.
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