Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-30
Ehe essex County 8frald.
POND, VT, JANUARY so, 1885.
A NEW VOLUME.
A word to cur Friends and Readers.

With this issue the HERALD COM
mences its 18th volume. On look
ing back to the commencement of
our connection with it, We cheerful
ly acknowledge that we have much
reason for satisfaction as well as
gratitude to our many friends and
the reading public of Essex county
and vicinity for the numerous to-
kens of good will they have mani
Tested and the liberal patronage they
have extended to it throughout.
This pleasant experience has proved
very encouraging to us, more espec-
tally during the early stages of our
connection with the paper. We
have, from the first, striven to real
ize the high and worthy professional
ideal of the province Of journalism,
including the furnishing of useful
and trustworthy intelligence to the
public on all subjects of moment
manly discussions of political, bust
ness and social problems affecting
the entire community and the advo-
cacY of such measures as appear to
us honorable in themselves and best
fitted 10 promote the public veal.
We desire to continue in this course
not only striving theoretically to
spread before the people the most
serviceable intelligence on all mat
tiers of general interest, but our hon
est and well meaning views with re-
gard to problems concerning the
rights and welfare of the people.
We do not desire, in the capacity of
a critic, to do any party injustice,
and shall always be glad to retract
any error or make amends for such
wrong as we may at any time COM
NIT. Our main object is the enter
tainment and instruction Of the read
er, with the discovery and procla-
nation of the truth on all subjects
of debate that are usually dealt with
by the press. Nor have we any in
tention of playing the role of politi-
cal partisans. The country is large
enough for two or any number of
parties honestly differing in opinion,
and waging war with decent weap-
ons, by honorable rules. Honest
differences Of opinion are entitled to
respect and talent, on whatever
side, unsullied by wrong doing, is
worthy Of admiring acknowledge
ment. But while this should be
cheerfully admitted, it is no less the
duty of respectable journalism to
visit with the sharpest discipline
violations Of personal honor, acts of
political corruption, and the sacrifice
of the public interest to individual
or party advantage, by even the
ablest and most popular Of our party
men. Such offences, we hope, may
be rare in the future, and the best
security in this direction will be All
active, vigorous press, vigilant and
impartial in the salntary work Of
censorship work which cannot be
neglected with safety to the people
One of our chief objects viii be il
the future, as it has been in the past
the encouragement of every under
taking and project having in view
the advancement and prosperity Of
Essex County, as well as the advo
cacy of such policy as we believe
most likely to benefit the country
With full appreciation of the res
possibility resting upon us, we com
mence another year of labor will
profound gratitude to our friends
correspondents and patrons for al
past favors which are many, anc
" with malice toward none, anc
charity to all" we shall go forward
with the renewed determination t.
devote the paper to the interests o
our county, which are general ant
not special except in the true sense
OF the word. What it has been il
the past it will be in the future
with such improvements as our ex
perience suggests and the patronage
accorded us warrants. That tn
HERALD may in a measure contrib
ute to all the material interests O
this section Of the State, is our mos
earnest desire.
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