Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1876 — CLEAR THE BECKS FOR ACTION. [ARTICLE]

CLEAR THE BECKS FOR ACTION.

If any member of the independent democratic, or republican parties, now a patron of The Union, is opposed to a free, full and impartial discussion of men and measures during tho campaign of this centennial year—if any one is so prejudiced, so wedded to party, so bigoted or so illiberal as not to be willing to grant to others the privilege he claims for himself to speak, act and rote as he believes to be right or proper —let him call at once and settle np any account he may hare open with us, and if he so prefers, order his copy of the paper discontinued. The proprietors are in pecuiary circumstances, and need every dollar of patronage they can obtain in this county; but believing that the only true, honorable, and most effective policy for the public press is one based on absolute independence of party dictation or partizan considertion, they are not willing to be dependent upon such sources for the maintenance of their business. We renounce completely all party alligiance and trust to the liberality of an intelligent, free-think-ing and justice-loving people us. Claiming for oUrsclves perfect freedom of thought and action, we grant to the fullest extent that privilege to all others, white or black, north or south; and no man shall be abnsed or misrepresented wilfully in these columns because he differs from The Union on political or auy other subjects. We are not willing to obtain patronage under false pretenses and hence make this public and final announcement to abrogate .-any and all previous pledges, implied or otheVwise, to the community of individuals. Neither Tilden nor hu money, Hayes nor his patronage, Cooper nor his promises, - prejudice or pride, shall influence or sway us in the free exercise of conscientious conviction, guaranted by the eenstitution of the United States to every American citizen.