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JP i » A £ \ee Cok P s : \\ - iz + b > « & ? , , , , . mor ghus h - i > © » 1 i - I - « 44 4. 20 omflmmam LEADER, 5mm Ny A h Cin mam ma Lima Wmlgty by the mon 4 j , f L 31. Lal am\; It‘llmim, N. \5!”-w {ops * t THUSTEES: \- Vh. gas a; THU} gen, 0C is: A. B 0 - 3&le DELh mm; D; E. swash ‘ 8 VAN DU . « r6. i A ctvefrtfhbmnmé Started aweusnnnhie rates: . B _ PRINTINU\ of every . variety . {fig-best? stylo of the fizz-t, nud on short notice, ° TRhirits-$2,00 dblivereif In the Clty t cartiet, and | . §1,50 to mal} subs 11mm f U ¥ o Letters on mmEeas or! to the' Mlltnm should 170 ad- a> dressed to \L EK } AS S THUBSTON Pm‘t, \ B o vis caitock. 7 h A, moulds, Beoy. e FIIE LEADER] K L February 28, 1874 We send this issue of the LrapEr to a . number of persons who are not subscribers, trasting that they will be pleased with the paper and become our patrons. We have o rediced terms for clubs, and no offers Sf chromos, supplements, or other gifts to subscribers, to- make. We,expoct that the ~ paper will be worth the subscription phice, and a, great deal more ; and we behave that it is the mdgmenfiof latge numbérs of thinking and patriotie men in the Sonthorn Tier; that just such a paper as ' the is needed. We fps to receive from them pxgotioql encourngement, BZ5\ The terms are, Cash in advance, % when {Medea-q; of subsgri’ptzon axing-es We 8 will Send fhvfiprxfimfifoi' six orthres fabnthy, mgr)? of .; a? o fleose' who . ewe 313m? 3851 d fre b 10; \ A+ eable. éfeépaflch! from. Landon. an- flounces that?) riay Breaks, the Jjournal~ ; flab the novelist, *fxid J’dmfiaflfc guthor, is MW a A mater job ,( Jfinmmg one need never egire to nee fihan *NMasontc Pirectory. r Chemung County, N. Y.,\ bearing the pfint of \H. 'A. Brooks 'Printer and lisher.\ Every Mason in the county reagon to fe gel proud. fif ; this, beautif &oual. Mr. Brooks is now connecte ''The Sunthern Tier Publishing As- ation,\ nthhgs spéciat charge' of th printing done by fhat Association gan be fo grid at the OP place, . 31 Lak I 65, at whch place is 'also the office of rx. * No phina wil} be:spared t customers, and Mr. Brooks pride iftlé niger work tha eeuredzeléewfier’e in Thi %, as aforatzma, will be moderate, | {fi‘ roposee‘l Athended eonstltuhon ”if all! gan forbids sclioqol money to be pa vate schools. ~The Freeman's Jo quim Catholic, opposemi‘zhis chm 6 em. are fqmte contradicto «\By some, they are com- keeping out of politics, and issolution.: The Sk Louls Rs- thinks that they should serve as: . powerbetween the two great ting first the- queen then Leade Assactatmn, ft dong in the | # and (the pqper promptly discontinued} rection. tentmm. g. | cent and ki. jgnenmaofl,\ th-\ meaderhfgedfi , 4111111011 G put’m gur ng almmmugh «: will not sustain any the party in power, palm! he gaze of the peo cial deedsthe' demn eve such auspices; , tends that its guesses Christian .community. We sh Our hand y} 5811113 To such a recora we the Lmaper will bo an example of truthful, 'self-respeciful, intelligdnt and high-toned journalism. i The first business of 'a newspayer is to furnish the news.; And slithough we issue, at present, only a weekly sheet, we shall spare neither l&bor nor expense in this di- all give a complete sum- . | mary, cach week, of domestic aud forsign news ; and the readers of the Lmavner, who {read no other paper, will of every matter of any mpg in this land,, or in otl Our several departments will attract at- jpecond page contains lite- rary matter and family reading ; the third we'devote to education, scientific facts and discoveries and-:art notes; the sixth is \ \*reformatory\ and \religious\ ; the sev- enth belongs to the \ Farm and Shop\ and | domestic and miscellaneous.reading. 'The | “first fourth and fifth pages contain the. r iq | editqrint andnews col believes | is sat apart \Lor \Trade and Finance,\ iy; be- | MarkMBepom \ &0. |, We intend to give every week under the head of “Current Opiniqn,!' the most re- iment suggestions of public 1g joumals, Intelhgent ] fot only fohimir' the' facts Tni thE manna pubhnh today the first nnmbex of|; ix-Tranr , and. it is prop- it in fining so, wo should give 'the | o some intimation of its policy 'and. purposes. We have issued no \Prospec=! \nor in any way heralded our advent, We made no promises, and have uone . ire, We expecfirbc bajudged bywhat 40 as! ire, C 16, however, frankly to mam that whfla inblican in its convictions and. 33111hW this, the Lmapznis pntiroly independent | of; witman control, If holds to the cardinal] prifiniples of the Republican llefij ministration which i fgfalse t ciplés; and corrupt -fm its practices. regards partisan organizations as a means? not as an end. Khe party therefore, mhy be abandoned and destroyed for the io reason it was oreated-to promote the welfare of the peqple. over, must be plainly,and sharply oriticis. ed by the honest men, found in their ranks, it order to the maintgnance of their integ- ty and punty Especially is this trno of Ita vory domnanoy is | Its success aftracts dishonest and ickedly ambitions men to its standards,-- hese mon will sometimes reach positions f honor and responsibility. They will as- yire to leadership, and, if blindly follow. ¢d, will debauch the party, and ruin, it ay be, the Republic. earlossly Judged, and ruthlessly exposed. o matter who electad them, no matter hose friends they are, no. matter what latform they occupy, an honest and in- | ependant press will bold them up before 0, and pour on their fight 61 Teveal- ing truth., The pnrfisan journsls which approve everything on one side, and. con- hing on Qhe other side, can not snfely gmde the ppbho judgment, If the people know t‘he; whole truth they can judge for themsqlves, and: they are competent to judge wisely; but seldom indeed egn they learn the whole truth from the partisan press. During the recent exciting charter oleo- tion in Syrreuse, when the Republican party was floundering in a terrible slough, a correspondent of tho N, Y. Times wrote : It :s unfortunate that there is rot an, hotest, indo- peodant newspaper hare which wil espouse the cause of the peoplodn this ganvase. But both of the Repub- lican papers are so wedded tq their partisanship, and go feariint of being considered Irregular, that they dare not taky an outspoken, manly positfon, at this time, when stich a course would bg so honorable to them and so beneficial to tho pubflcl Interouts.' The result was as might have been ex- | peotad.: The party . which was first de- bauched was aftegward Aefeated ; and the xesult was regarded by the best members of the party as preferable to success under , Parties, more- They must be Rev, E. F. Hale, of Boston, who has grown up frord boyhood to manhood in the sanctum of the newspaper and magazine, said the othe: day at a printer's supper : ''The newspaper whichjnever insults any- body, never libels any, body, never pre- e true, never mter- views a public man, and never tells a lie, may. still become a leadkr of opinion in a We trust ve & good idea inportance, ier lands. , and the eighth: 'ntiorat firing the unti~ W Tmenhmfidflfim‘?“ o nation. °° orphhxbitoty acores < \TD 'of> the farmer: offlni, > and | men for office, econom ® tutu a genuine 'refo Fditorially, the mebtings rinxmblio expendi- , rm:! of the civil ner- Mani! 6, tha. non-Marimba fiflwholflm ' for [in elections and primagy tar “Moi , and the! arty, butit] fiepublicmx theso prin- |. It |« with | National - Bupremacy. We ‘gaardedpggafhw all seota 'anbmit to beverages form p W330? liqnor | able effor 065m wil?heartily concur, - such pmctxcesf wise ; ' a \hop » k must - faithfully «co-cporato in ordor to public press. not only as a ° algo as a demand at patriotism. | popualgr mindg-wilF 4 presence of his daughté in another column 91; public journal. m stone government would He sustained. tablished abuses, the increase, of the ballot, the promotion of adamant ftringent regulahon, and per cordance with Liberal ideas. ,, ple. mmestablmhmenbmlrehndhadahrm other; the educational system defined by schools in the hands .of the: Epmc pahanu, and this alienated the . groat body of dis. ible: Wmmzhmf ish population. -The | 4 a 7&wa 'rbpat,mnodnnbt, Finally, we call attenhon to an article *\ The Modern Press,\ as still further, mustmnvq of our views of the duties and muons of the The Conservative Triui‘gph in England, It isundeniable that the sympathy of the American people beeen with the Liberal: party in England, and that the general de- sire and expectation 'were that the Glad- The success of the Inberal ; party meant progress, the gradual nudist-Mining of est sthe more ultimate | suppression of the lignor traffic; and the détermination of all new questions i in so- Many things, however, combined to de- feat the government in its appeal tothe peo- the administration placed\the epntrol of | senters ; the more sinngengheanpe aw dia not satmfy if a temperance:amer w) o. de- manded a * Permissive,\ 01914 opium all monopnliat, an Motive,“ at i once, cf [the. rights 'of Iabor and capital ; and] in , favor; of local selt-government- and} State rights; so {ar as, they are comm-fig shall heartily sustain 'the public 'school 'system, and we hold, that it should 'be jealously | - n perversions. We agmwmfirfiovpmor Dix, that in- £35193QO ig tho. \ wdonbm source (if: - four-Aifths o: all the crime, pauperism sand | domestic mistry in the Stake,” and believe, literature? that: the~> Legislature should the electors of 'the flmgL the .quostion-\Shall the sale {of intoxiqating be prohibited Iiy Jaw?\ id the | posed by the Utica State Tem- nvention,. In the meantime, we urge the enforcement of existing onact- ments for the suppression of the Sunday fie, the unlicensed salo, and -[ to tninore and. habitual drunkards ; 'and-also for the infliction on the traficer of all aim! damages resulting from' his business, In covery legitimato and reason- topromote temperance, Sabbath ance and sound morality, the Lravo®s: We utterly denounce the uso of corrap- tion funds in elsctions, either for the pur- chase of \drinks\ or votes ; and wo will. sustain no man of any party, for any office | whatever, whom we baliove to be guilty of We'shall givo spéofal attention to agri- cultural mtereats, editorially and other- we have judged that the? well' as the \ Farm \ is en- titled to consideration. Thero is, in our opinion, no esseégxl antagonism between capitat and labor; on the contrary, they business- success. Hach bas its rights 6 duties and, néither|- can prospérArithount the-other. ~ThefSerip- | ture injunction, \Look not every man on: 'his owh things, butevery man also on,the fhings of ethers,\ would effectually: pre- vent oppression on the one hand, and \strikes \* and exactions on thoe other. Because, however, labor is more depen- dent thar capxtal ibis entitled, perhaps, to the mors watélifil :eymipathy of the Certainly, whatever is cal- culated to relieve the distressen, improve the condlbzonppnnfy the morals, add com- fort to 'the homgs gmfl exalt fhe character | of thetoiling magma of our land, will re- ceive the enmeafi'eupporb of this paper, ork~ of philanthropy, but The discnssionsin the Leaner will not \be confined topéhtmal subjects ; but so- | cial, reformatoryfifificahoml and religious topics-evéry thingy, which ' Interests 'the} siya. their ghare of, attention. -We trust «that no / mpuza .or; obscene word wil¥lever appear in our columns. 'We expééb to print nothing | which a father woultflylush to read in the ed the State Church at home, for| the logic | which demanded the one'demanded also the - bill; while it incensed the liquor dedgm and muted the dmfiumg anf | terest against Mr. Ghflatone,‘ the Radjgal '] members ofthe Liberal paxty, t of gll pati wop were ont of all patience witt the gov ment becan iii tts i6 it reformed so'al ovly, whife the Tones were dat ‘wf‘ things-— land. team ing classes, and for the ro \Ths Liberal defeat is, i |forktinate one. csedod, he would not, rintaph, lame been able | majority in the House, and how could ho rely ont and not yield to their .der rate Paxlisment on Colle in such a Parliament, the R would be in the ascentfle Protestantism would be at State rights to the Home Rulers who follo} \Mr. Gladstone, therefore,\ 'it is probable that we shon other dissolution in a ¥ery tide will be arrested, and improvement will be ameliorations will still be and the demands of Ohristi will still be prevailingand p of the most signal refo history of the English Cop been achieved under Co Conservatism, on the oth PC | -In the meapfime, the. m sharp (118011311116 of adversi some neeaedlessons- 'and 'w unity, singléfess 'of bimbo? besarance, and , competent the destines of a C natio will be undone which th Liberals have accomplished in the way of reform, 'The the march of eat]? its pace, but society will 'still advancg r side of the t gxgéssibn \bit ; aiflfiundar egiin reach seats of power, and control L1 J E‘ #4 Trage, for amnesty?” the yuan 001217103, ‘ for improving the condition. of the labor- | distribution . of seats in the House of Commons, ~, >> a womereapsm A: ‘ ftonehadsuo- with an ordinary \to command. a. without the aid of the Home Rulers in the Irish delegation ; m for support and fof a sopa . Greep? But: mish members | ney, aufi Trish, thgzr mercy. - England is pot 'yet prepared Ireland, abd this is pre- cisely the demand pf Mr Isaac Bu $ and his lords If | su figment} ad an- , {delivery of their loved ones) | from the: fear- d have hort tinie. ° Let not our readerasu pose, however, that a Conservative triumph in England means re-action, snd the arrest of al} progress. Itis not likely {hut anything slackened in accomphshed civilization werful. Somé s, in the\ past inwealth, have, ervative rule.. , -will mm fntudl for. amhlpnmll a! ad 02k 3 _‘ ,_..'__. a ance refoftmstion, begun by ; Ohio,, seems likely to sweep ¢ land It has some marked p |_ 1. It is religions, It beg peals to God. It starts from mrjé.’ Its enthusiasm, wherey enceessful, has mamfestly be 'Holy Ghost. 2. Ita weapogs aro prayer suasign, then pore Era} $5 suasion; and this on' - secured. 8. 'Its agents are devout}, spiritual women of the hzglf ' and of the largest measure Thesoare banded together in and cheered and supported i such an extent, by husban brothers, that they canno down, nor easily discouraged deavors. women, first, to make sn a liGuor seller to sign the ple the business. - If he assents, | prayer to Godm his saloon |if permitted, it not, then ont and these efforts are followed and reason conquer. tL. The druggmts especially ar sign apledge not to sell intoxi In many.instances, the drug men than the saloons, bearers of churches. - | . The ladies regwter the nam who are seen going to the sal that they may be malted and sign the pledge. > Large sums of money have in many places forthe. enfor laws against the i1l¢ drinks, of, all landlor to liquor dealers, and as t them to chinge their. tenants,. «ing in New York, it: was sta radolmltbntnona of that i mun, shall be - The Temperance Rivival The moyénient in the way {38} % Temper- 4. The order of the movement is for the he is visited by the praying band,who offer except on the prescription. of| vilest whiskey shops, and rin All classes are invited to si i beginning with the minister. who lease thei the. ladies visit them and 'try to persuade] thekrgestbeerggrdansmth oi | is no.hear a Christian church las - ] autumn-bi:lnz>8nmiz;1:sin-trumpsN ad. the pnetox of, which: As. reputed £ Ingmar-seller, u owned 1 .§ tobanpedfozmohvflep p . Trinity charch oof : q; the women. of bver the whole peculiarities,; - fins with ap-} t the sanctu- ér it has beeh en? that of the a af and“ perstia- | ' sion,. | Its order is first, flair, then 'per-{ t ‘Tfilanthqopzd, R, st character, | of influence.. th numbers, theirlabors to fathers) and . be sneerdd in their ep- peal to every e, and quit well ; if not, br bar-room, he pavement; th np, till loye requested to ating drinks, & physician, tores are the s of all those‘ ons, in order rsuaded to been raised ‘ment of the ir property t as learned Af & meet- that one of grant. is \the havé‘ lr‘ ten mmoreper-|, | enemy 13 . mtxzen of Elmu'a. who has pos 1, Vote; - 2. not vote for . cause he belon; party, ward, mg or' fail to- yote for A candidate, thou 231 33 these'pa h | ahd fools who's er when the vo r partisan pro-. $1101]! ballots ' ex¢lixsweiy £9ka and : if: ready followed this movément. ° of frit éxgn the pip is the preciitgor of a. revolution., |- joot; fen erancé associations are awak | \army ne movement has to be edxtormlly (managed in every le ed fing the abs thing theme Jf. conversation - on the cars in the social clrcle, ~aud i in the -} marts of tride ;, the Crangés & of the: ent Stateslare avowing their sympathy with the movemen® 'find aficludxng liquor dealers from membership in their order ; 'and multitudes: of fainting, almost hearte- bxpken wives and mothers are catching tho \Inspiration of now faith and! hope to; 'the. ad ruin of mtenéperance We A mo prayer has been offered ful curse a pelieve that to Almighty nce in the last thuty days than dunng 32h? whole pr teceding year. - | 6, What will the end be? How long 'will the thing last ? Will not a fearful re» acumen folio this enthusiasm? These are pne can gwp a very definite answer. The var enthngfm ~lagted | till the war was 'pver, and would -if lib-\had taken forty years mate 11011. ;, Christian e thgsmsm is ad old as the an mafia: glowea with ss much splendqr “A power mun, this , yea; of our {Lord 1,974 \ Thore : 1s no great question .. é pow beigyge the Amencan people, 131,11: this gempemnc? 1103131011, and it W111 demand. gowideratmzégang pgpduce mgauon, it is settled,. and seitled hampuy 'the principle pin Chmtmn gmhzatmg. Mozzaoygar; our duty is with the grew mine” It, sic; mes ug, 848. Chrisyzgn lpbpregu and r forme make 13136 mo fig)?’ ‘evqry oppormnzty ard. enter mt? giv ity great: movemeg‘t, which 18 ,- of gag? motives gnd capable 'of being.. Was; 2 ,efio<;pt eyds, and guard it ugafizsfi abuse; direct its energies and con- Secrate 11:5 forees to the work of God. What lessons, time and experience may _ teach, we do qpt know, but 'we do know | that a great curse is on the Amgrican peo- 'plé, which 119465 to he removed, and that Avery effluent? agency is required to give us success, , 'Let the Lord send by whom. He m1; fiend y} 4 1 4 .* Outa ig the geed-time; »: ~ Discernsl the end of what js go» ; Beyond dar vigion, weak and dim, man-$35: time is ind mg; him; * «04 t)\ {L. The lfiharter Meghan. +0 The charter electmn in this exty is to ha. held’ nexb’ Tuesday A- Mayor is to be and other city ofiicefs It is of more im- portance to us as 'a community who is Mayor of Elmira than it is who is President - of the United States, and we have rfore in- volved in the election of Aldermen than in the election of| members of Cofigrefls K€ meglected or 'sgerificed, to promote their selfish ambition. IL dishonest and corrupt men are chosen to these places of power and influence, \we shall have mbear the '| consequences (xi their peculations and mal- ' feasanceé in office. But the vilest men manipulate caupuses, confrol partisan $3 chinery, form cbahtxons with leading poli- nt positions and responsi- (I then, when they have Bo- tion, no matter by what ble trusts. cured their no: - | agencies, it in dbemed, ofttimes, a cessity to élect them. . ' party n* ' But it is al wiys a mistake {ravage for in- competent and worthy candidates. It im. & kmd of: seed-50mg which brings a fear- r tnbuhOn In the present 3333‘s, there is no e say to ev a ballot to a“? Vote/for the best man. - Da 1111th candidate be- o your church;} lodge, clique; and, do not good, honest compsten® th he may differ from you- culars.\ It is only knaves - san: restraints; and fin“ ‘ s of, leadership - inevite- . debane! dasttmtifa party. :- We 4 \> : . | mst the Infinence ;of the independent ' w. York, | moral,. and- ‘Gtfld‘feahng men' of Elmire .J{mybe Tally felt in \this election, - Let me: ofthem temperancemen and Christians carry their ® “Erastu- principles to th po , if theydedreoolv sideration midweek. O= Pas wordywoknow ‘i;_vho ./ 4 than}; runny have al- * 5, {the most pa 311mm“ ing 151m Have been closed, sad . _ of persony hevebeen induced to - - goo An enthusiaem has been 'fawakened in the temperance canse, which . Effly\ histers are préaching on the gub- ding fewspaper ; \it is becom- 'chosen, members of the Common Council, _ 3‘ or the cause of temper- - to seize, eyerypegasion, - u this . r. .%. plotting, scheming politicians hold our : city offices, thq affairs .of the city will be: ticigns, and compel their regular noming- |. ; | tion for i mpo: '6d to now vigor ; the telegrams to the paw ' 'li¢ journals assume . the proportions of- Ye\ dams; file war;, the cause : is strength ned in 'every legislature; the the questmx; which are on moa's lips. Ne .‘ k pf four to conquer the rebé}, * & ¢ t Ner o rains ¢. E s & £ ”Mung partman dwhonest place-h Puma to flmm, an “Far The Elraira Far tion of farmers wh hees earnestly lal merit of agricult meetsmgs every we fare topics, and £ ,_ in i: daily paper e vor to lay Tr ly prepared abstra fimg always th and the practical A farmers wh sozbethmg more t] At the last me \Form Waste.\ < Planing county * annual erop of wh and, fifty thongs twelve thonsand a dugtion. Beveral ished areas of cnlt . and'tre other grai which they insiste would be kept to there would bo 2 ; age. or meadow in as finproved fertil of laborcx The est wheat, in this sm: not a leading int: bushelg, to result gure, and the rele (In-act profit to a 1 agtgefi that whate gite must.come of igbor, rather t} cause the present geal y.. We; loss on ha: ovéy'ripeness was dollar per fon or 1 theito unty, and ¢ e be saved wi Jose results 1 the farmers. 1:13:95! ~ it v as not possibl all in its season, k mants in tools an hayjng is accompl ';€or' withont an exit for the impl feaqy to finish fhe 11qu has cha Hinger along; and zgefqrally ‘knnfi 0111 hay contains \_ 'a torr of 'the later. i . ds po lack ofmtc ** Sfkerdy conservati , girining ; hence islo§w caution. ° One speaker, e , of waste, sai 1 farm waste in fig unnoticed losses, | . proximate the ze £ 1 Ge ipts are annus .. figures shown, t] - rath. Enough i ' cessity for greatc , clslnng himself i i he spoke of the y tam ers encounte sife labor, and w efions to achiev they donot alway H narrated his « that with thoro ingly small retur cepted, giving i wheat-an enor careful tillage or son with similar he gathered but §The next speal . 811011 failures-p tack of moistu growth and othe which provision 'And he insisted , npt rewarded by - éfally compensa to be shown in 1 i A large majo tendance declar H which the 6 111g fences migh tention was als qomplete the pratticable, 'be and to be pro plow, the seed ~-_ 'The next me Yfitionf of Barle i -Rev, Edws . late Dr. E. T ~Galifornia, Jan Rutgers Colleg konors of his c
