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Show THE " HERALD " A3 A NEW3PAPEE. Ti.e I f tfiAi.u iiAu an ;tiiiUt;ou to be. a live iH-w.-pai er 1n evi ry ?mst. 1 During it.H eti.-tciiee it 1 man:-1 L.inird the r- puUlii.li ::'.'. cl.ieH or the , i.mnii.uitv. of l- ;:.:; ti.e' leading journal ol ti.e T. rrilory. So far as ni-w-i ii lonet rti d, it ha beaten in bigh-llying and b.-.i:-tmg contemporaries at eery tnrn. It b;Ls never been the victim of ;i e. niribu-tion niribu-tion or a nub-sidy, as Mime of its enn-tempor enn-tempor iriefl have been and tiHl are; it has been earri.d on yi-ur alter ytur upon btisir.e.-a principles and liber illy il-ly ausudnal by the general public. It has never catered to tin- lowest t.ist.?s of the lowest portion ot the community, communi-ty, nor has il sought to arr;iy one clius agaiirt another, with a vi. w to keep up contention and st:i!e. Its mission has been that of a p"ace-imiker, p"ace-imiker, endeavoriiij; when blows iie-came iie-came a necessity, to let tl.em .'all alone upon thottc officials and biirV-bodics, biirV-bodics, mostly carpe -bugg'-rs. who by their illegal and hypocritical course of conduct have kept the Territory and iU people continually n agitation agita-tion and tumult, and who h ive soiigut by the vilest in isrepresentat ions to embitter the people of the nation against the most industrious, peaceable peace-able and law-abiding population that exists within thebord; rs ol the United States. The Uekai.d is lighting tho battio of free government and eu.il rights for all. It favors no sects or creeds. It recognizes tiie legitimate rights of non-Mormons as well as Mormons, and advocates fair play and justice in all cases. It a free independent uo6paj er. Its proprietoi's are tu rc, ail its interests aro here, and I'n-vi-(!i-ni'o nprniii tinf it will continue 10 battle for that justice and right wh-ij are dear to tiie American heart. This is our platform and our practice. prac-tice. We aro sometimes urged by friends to vary from our strict junrnab istic habits in view of the daily aggravating aggra-vating slanders which "diit-slingins' sheets scatter among the people. "Give 'em h writes a correspondent; correspon-dent; "mate it hot tor the dirty dog?!" But whs'.t would il avail', Blackguardism is not news; it is nol argument; it is not goerl senae. W't do not propose to descend to the 'eve. of the gutter to bandy svurriWis epithets with tho.-e. who know nc other language. A legitimate journa bases its eommtuts upon the DeWso: the day and upon the current acts o. ..flieial personages or other ind vi-duals, vi-duals, not upon some theoretic view J of persona! character, or the standing spite of an enemy. The Herald i; first of ali a newspaper; it aims to be a respectable one. It is Usucd ;"oi the benefit of its publishers at.d those of the public who chose to support it, and it cannot suffer its columns to degenerate into puctiees that might interfere with these primary objects. |