The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-07-11
TO THE PATRONS OF THE HER
AID.

~ LII IA1hONS Ut lie 1Eh-
AID.
In issuing the first No. of the HER
AID the publishers commence an en-
terprise which they hope win COM
mend itself to the favor of every cit
izen of Mahaska and surrounding
counties,
We are fully aware that the publ
cation of newspaper in a newly set
tied country, with comparatively
sparse population, is necessarily at
tended with many disadvantages,
and not unfrequently fails to receive
th~t liberal support which is actually
necessary to carry on the business of
an office; but knowing the enter
prising spirit displayed by the citi-
zens of our Town and County, which
is rapidly growing into Importance;
and viewing the rapidity with which
our vast and beautiful prairies have
been converted from the wandering
place of the Savage, Ito the waving
grain fields of a civilized nation, and
their puny Wigwams of rushes and
bark changed for the stately man
sions of happy and prosperous peo-
pie; and looking forward to the fast
approaching period when our al
ready thriving town will be filled
with the noise and hustle of rapidly
increasing business, and perhaps
with the hum and din of machinery;
and while the country around us is
so rich in Agriculture and Manufac-
turing advantages not known to
many of the older states, we can but
believe that our citizens will willing
ly and freely advance their own and
our interests by lending us their lib
eral support, thereby enabling us in
return to give them paper worthy
of theirlpatronage.
We shall, by the dissemination of
such knowledge as is calculated to
PROMOTE VIRTUE, MAINTAIN JUSTICE,
and advance the prosperity of our
country, expect to make the HERALD
a useful sheet; and one which will
be heartily welcomed in every fam.
lily.
Believing in the doctrine that the
happiness and prosperity of peo-
pie depend, to very great extent,
on their virtue and intelligence, we
shall feel bound to advocate the in.
terests of common schools, colleges
and other institutions, which, have
for the object, the promotion of sci
ence and morality.
Without being sectarian, we shall
ever be the friends of morality and
religion mot for a moment doubt
ing, that rectitude of conduct, which
is absolutely necessary to our well
fare as people, depends upon our
faith in the precepts of the Bible.
AS citizens aud freemen, we shall,
when called upon, freely and boldly
advocate our own sentiments, not in
a spirit of contentious strife, but by
giving in all kindness, the reasons
and grounds upon which we found
our belief.
The principles of.the WING party,
being, in our opinion, better calcu-
lated to promote the welfare and ad-
vance the interests of our country
than those of any other, we shall,
without quarreliug with any man
for opinions sake, and by avoiding
the bitterness of faction, !" freely and
fearlessly, advocate the doctrine and
measures of the Wing party, and use
honorable means to forward it's in b
terests and elevate its members to
the offices of the county.
Personalities and invective shall be
studiously avoided, nor shall we con-
descend to enter the list of combat
ants who deal in vulgar epithets, as
weapons of warfare, rather than in
arguments based on reason and good i
sense. A contest OF railing, rather
than of principle, we look upon as
being beneath the dignity of intelli-
gent beings.
Political trickery and the abuse of
character, can never change our mo- I
tons Of the manner in which govern
ment should be administered; and
we think, we too will know the vir-
tue and patriotism OF our readers, to
harbor for moment, thought SO
foolish, as to suppose them capable
of being influenced favorably by such
4 course.
The HERALD goes forth free from
the dictation Of any and all sects,
classes or cliques. 1t win at all times
AXE a decided stand In favor OF the
rights Of the masses against the ag-
yression OF the few. L
Although BROADLY and pM6o fito-
nsINGLY WING, we shall exnec 20
advocate our political views fstkcpt
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