Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-01-29
Ght Essex County Gerald.
A NEW VOLUME.
A word 20 Our PATRON. and Readers.

Of our connection with it we cheer
fully acknowledge that we have
much reason for satisfaction as well
as 4hankfulncss to our many friends
and the reading public of Essex
County and vicinity for the numer-
GUS tokens of goodwill they have
and the liberal patron
age they have extended to it |
throughout. This pleasant expert
ence has proved very encouraging
TO us, more especially during the
early stages of our connection with
the paper. We have from the first
striyen TO realize the high and
worthy professional ideal of the
province of journalism, including
the furnishing of useful and trust
worthy intelligence to the public on
all subjects of moment, manly dis
cussions of political, business and
socisrrssblems affecting the entire
community, and the advocacy of
such measures as appear to us hon
orablc in themselves and best fitted
10 promote the public veal. We
Il 60 I, ~
only striving cnergetically to spread
before the people the most service
able intelligence on Ill matters Of
general interest, but our honest and
we'll meaning views with regard to
problems concerning the rights and
welfare of the people. At the same
time, in the capacity of critic, we
do not desire to do any party injus-
tice, and shall always be glad to re-
tract any error or make amends for
such wrong as We may at any time
commit. Our main object is the
entertainment and instruction Of
our readers, with the discovery and
proclamation of the truth on all
subjects Of debate that are usually
dealt with by the press. Politically
speaking, the HERALD will be what
it has been in the past, believer
and supporter of the principles of
the Republican party, The coun-
try is large enough for two or any
number of parties honestly differing
in opinion, and waging war with
decent weapons and by honorable
rules. Honest differences of opin-
ion are entitled to respect, and tai
ent, on whatever side, unsullied by
wrong doing, is worthy of admiring
acknowledgement. But while this
should be cheerfully admitted, it is
no less the duty of respectable jour
nalism to visit with the sharpest
discipline violations of personal
honor, acts of political corruption
and the sacrifice of the public inter
est to individual or party advantage
by even the ableSt and most popular
of our party men. Such offenses,
we hope, may be rare in the future.
And the best security in this direc-
ton will be an active, vigorous
press, vigilant and impartial in the
salutary work of censorship, a work
which cannot be neglected with
safety to the people. One of our
chief objects will be the encourage
ment of every undertaking and pro,
ject having in view the advance
ment and prosperity of Essex Coun-
ty, as well as the advocacy of such
policy as we believe most likely to
benefit the country. Generally
speaking the HERALD finds itself
confined to rather limited field,
but still field needing cultivation
and possessing the means capable
of producing excellence and insur-
ing success. For its news it must
confinc Itself to the events that are
transporting within the range of its
circulation. 1t should weekly con-
tain report of all matters of inter
est that have taken place in the
neighboring towns and villages.
And if many times these items APP
pear trivial, they are quite as inter
cstlng to the readers of the special
locality alluded to as paragraphs
often found in the city dailies de-
scrlblng a street fight or chronicling
the movements of some noted pugl.
list, and the like. For the greater
part of its news the local paper is
indebted to its friends, and the
newsiness of the paper, and there
fore, its chief merit with most of its
readers, Is in their hands. It has
no press association to rely upon,
and the doings of the people, their
comings and goings, their joys and
sorrows must be CLEANED by its cor