Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

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For more than tiree-soore years ,rAUg.
TON SPECTAToR has been to an extensive pub
lie as familiar So household word" The
history OF the central section Of the great Val.
ley of Virginia IS its history. With IT excep-
ton of two other Jourp lis in til state it takes
It's rank In = lstence, and ~ oasting
view over ntry from sssryland to
Tennessee Blue Ridge ountains
1t is entitl; he nonors o. 20 in asso
citation ,ened conten poraries-
What and times II has chroni-
cled! life during the quiet and
pure ed OF Monroe, 1t has steadily
| moved e' the patl way Of true jour
nalism, a rs AFss.9.e u - a'9SF5le9,ce
and the cham ,feorrect and sound princi
ciples. Befor iormation OF the great po-
litlcal partiss vhich Henry Clay and An
drew jackson the opponents, it was an
active and e champion of the people and
the peoples :. Receiving inspiration d.
rectly from iunders OF our government. it
has maintai he true theories and the high
purposes established civil liberty and
| liberal rule the American Continent. 1t
HIS witness 10 rise and fail of great parties
it has pass through the scenes of trouble
which came on all the cop ntry, and now, as
| in the day $ birth and first active life. its
| supreme ION to right. to justice, to good
goyernnay I'D the advocacy of substantial
and liberia sress, guides It's sf.ms and con-
socrates It's ,otives.
The mis- of a newsps per is one of great
RESPONSE - ,. 1t exerts Jan almost supreme
control I'M family, insocial Ii fe, and in bus
mess af1ai' for good osysrs
The cul' alton Of prtNsr literary taste, the
J promotiCa Of agricultldTe commerce. and man
i ufactureis and the advocacy of measures of
| true PROCESS, are the chief cares in the labors
CT those Who conduct the columns of the
| Spectacle. Educe lion first and foremost Is
the groundwork o'}all advancement, and upon
this basis, the chief az we'll as the minor pur-
suits ano objects 81 mans existence are found
ed.
| Platforms ~ these times, considered the
proper mode I'M. when to present claims for
public recognition and support. The SPEcTA-
TOR retains II old and tin1e-honored princi-
pies and p fysses- Under the benign infiu-
ences of q n II national adm nistration, which
win recogrs e the equality OF ali sections Of
this great co,a.t ~.a. ,.lnvrIng toIts e4r,4e4,
ated purpose the SPECTATOR will m aintain Its
place In the public arena, with high hopes of
presen. and future usefulness, which shall be
worthy of its past history.
In the details Of journalism are many inter-
esting features. 1t is question in this day
which engrosses the minds of editors most, the
chart under which the; work, Or the attractive
and entertaining subjects which cen be gath
cred by effort and industry in the daily round
of toll. Correspondence, news, reviews of
books md standard publications, thorough
market reports, are some OF the details, but
not the east, in making up readable and
lively pa,er. Then the local department, If
not frat Importance, Is the frs read, and
still continues to claim that constant and dis
crimina!ng attention SO essential /, the influ-
ence which it exercises on all minds, especial
ly the5oung. The fact of the prominence Civ
81 l., makes 1t Of first i'm portance, and in pro-
gresl,e Journalism i. has already taken that
ram;
Tie SPECTATOR will labor + ~ it enlarged
pato1age Ia lis subseri ptioas,., ana in its ad-
sing AID job printing departments. 1t
feels thSt there is no more TO do than to invite
| q co dial cooperation OF old and new and
4 you're friends to its aid. Now is q most desi-
rabs, time to commence with Its regular week.
~ vislts. and to realize how efficiently and
faithfully it can serve the purposes Of entertain
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