Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-14

citation with ils esteemed contemporaries
What eventful years and times it has chroni-
cled Coming into life during the quiet and
pure administration of Monroe, it has steadily
moved evenly along the pathway of true jour-
naiism, representative organ of noble race
and the cham pfon of correct and sound princi.
ciples. Before the formation of the great DO
itical paroles of which Henry Clay and An
active and jealous champion of the people and
the peoples rights. Receiving inspiration di
rectly from the founders OF our government, it
has maintained the true theories and the high
purposes which established civil liberty and
liberal rule on the American Continent. 1t
has witnessed the rise and fall of great parties
it has passed through the scenes Of trouble
which came upon all the country, and now, as
in the day OF its birth and first active life, it's
supreme devotion to right, to Justice. TO good
government, and the advocacy of substantial
and liberal progress, guides its aims and con-
socrates It's motives.
The mission of q newspaper is one of great
responsibility. 1t exerts an almost supreme
control In the family, in social life, and in bus
mess affairs, for good or evil
The cultivation of proper literary taste, the
promotion of agriculture. commerce, and man.
ufactures, and the advocacy of measures Of
true progress, are the chief cares in the labnrs
EpEcTE ,ee,s..s: ton first and foremost is
the groundwork all advancement, and upon
this basis, the chief as we'll as the minor pur-
ed.
Platforms are, in these times, considered the
proper mode in which to present claims for
TOR retains its Old and time honored princi-
Piles and purposes. Under the benign inf1u-
ences of new national administration which
Will recognize the equality of all sections of
this great country, and. adhering to its enunci-
ated Purposes the SPECTATOR will maintain its
place ia the public arena, with high hopes of
presen. and future usefulness, which shall be
wo1thy fits past history.
In the details of journ alism are many inter-
esting features 1t is a question in this day
which engrosses the minds of editors most, the
| chart under which they work, or the attractive
and entertaining subjects which can be gath
cred by effort and industry in the daily round
of toll. Correspondence, news, reviews .ot
| books and standard publications. thorough
| market reports, are some of the details, but
lively paper. Then the local department, ii
not first in Importance. is the first read, and
| still continues to claim that constant and dis
eliminating attention so essential to the infiu-
| ence which it exercises on all minds, especial.
| ly the young. The fact of the prominence CIV
en- 1T, makes it of first Importance, and in pro.
| gressive Journalism it has already taken thai
rank.
The SPECTATOR will labor to merit enlarged
| patronage in it's subscriptions, and in its ad.
vertlslng and job. printing departments. II
feels that there is no more to do than to invite
cordial cooperation of old and new and
young friends to its aid. Now Is q most desi.
raoie Time to commence with its reg ular week.
| iy visits, and to realize how efficiently and
ialthfuliy it can serve the purpose of entertain
| ment and instruction.