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WHEELING REPOSITORY.
(No 2.) THURSDAY, March 12, 1807. (Vol. I.)
TO THE PUBLIC. ,
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►3 EVERAL months ago, Proposals
wore issued for publishing a Newspaper
in this place, hy Mr. John Coi.f.rick
and the Subscriber, in partnership. Mr.
Colerick has since declined having any
part in the undertaking, and assigned
his interest to me ; and the proposed
establishment is now attempted hy my
self alone.
The Editor deems it expedient, at
the commencement of the Wheeling
Repository, explicitly to declare and
record the principles which will govern
him in conducting it-—principles on
•which only he* will look for the patron
age of an enlightened community.
I IE unequivocally declares, that the
object'd! his establishment is not to pro
mote the views of any partv. With re
spect to his political sentiments, he is
firmly attached to the Federal Coiv titu
tion in general, and in particul ir to the
representative principle, which he con
siders essential to u.e preset cation of
Ibberty. He believes that different
ojtinions will be formed by upright men,
relative to the beet measures to he pur
sued, under the Constitution, for the
regulation of pubhc c'iairs ; but he con
siders it unjust, and fatal to the peace
of society, as well as an invasion of the
right of private judgm ;it, on account
of that difference, to impute improper
motives to any man, c.> body of men,
and denounce th m as corrupt and un
worthy of conf Lnce. It is to ha re
gretted, that the benefits of a free press
have in some instances been ovt r-ba
lanccd by the mischief it lias promoted,
bv cire’,il.tiinr;, in the warmth o* nartv
zeal, unfair statements and I’al-c thar;p-s
respecting public men, and attacks on
private character, principally because of
p dill rente of opinion on political sub
jects: and what nvay have been i (tended
for information, upf>n a cool examina
tion seems wt'l calculated to deceive,
;tn 1 excite unjust prejudices against nvn
"hoses nue sand inte yr’nv uilitle them
to the confidence and est i m of their
; how-citizens. Titus tin community
is divided into sects, who accuse each
other with harboui ing dangerous views;
and that confidence which should exist
among those who are c nnected by the
regulations of society and government,
| is destroyed. Instances could he men
tioned, to prove that even in the solemn
public administration of justice, the de
cisions of magistrates, courts and juries
have been attributed to paily j rejudice.
Impressed with this view of the subject,
the Editor feels it his dut\ to guard a
gainst an evil so injurious to society.—
“ It were well,” says an amiable writer,
“ if instead of bitterness and contumely
of party contention, men would learn to
cultivate the amiable and endearing tics
of friendship. To suffer party poison
to pollute the sacred fountain of friend
ship, and extend its baleful breath into
the sweet comforts of socictv, is robbing
life of half its fleeting pleasures. To
soften that nsperhv which a difference
in political sentiments produces in the
heart, sho uld be the study of every man,
vvh.*a vr his situation. *. w absurd it
is, to clash the draught of life with the
nauseous dregs of jealousy, malice and
contention/ Let men conceive their
fellow men, like themselves, fallible, and
not attribute to depravity of heart that
which, if simply considered, is but an er
ror in judgment. Let them leave party
and personal invective for manly argu
ment, and endeavour to convince, rather
than to irritate each other. Let reason
prescribe bounds to enthusiasm;and dif
ference- of opinion cease to be consider
ed a. proof of base principles and sini
ster dc signs.”
nUT tnougn tnc ctiusions oi partv n
niinomy and private resentment will be
excluded, the Repository w ill be open
for the discussion rtf anv political su1>
ject; and 1 -;,sa\ s written with fairness and
deccncv, and calculated to illustrate anv
particular point, v. ill he readily inserted.
Tin. Repository will not he confin
ed to the diffusion of intelligence and
political knowledge. A variety of oth r
matter w ill occupy its columns. Many
things present th ms lws to an observ
ing mind, which may afford materials
for useful Essays on a great variety cf
subjects ; and the Editor hopes that li
terary gentlemen will employ some of
their leisure hours in furnishing him
with the productions of their talents and
reflection for publication. Their com
munications may afford many useful and
important hints, and much rational a
musement; and they will always he pe
culiarly acceptable. Selections will oc
casionally be made, ol pieces which may
recommend themselves by their tenden
cy to enu rtain the vacant hour, to re
form'the heart, or instruct the mind.
On these principles the Wheeling
Repository is commenced and will be
conducted ; and the Editor hopes that
it will receive the patronage of the can
did and well-disposed pa it of the com
munity in general, as well as of those
who consider the establishment of a
Press in this place as a gratification and
a benefit.
(0® Subscriptions and Advfr
tisements will be thankfully received
on the following
T E If M S.
Tri e Wheeling Repository is pub
lished every Thursday, and forwarded
to such places as may be directed, by
the public mails, or the earliest private
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A n v i. r t i s i <? e n t s not ex coed i n g a
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months, will be allow ed a deduction of
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by the year, a deduction of twenty per
cent, will be made : Advertisements
continued “ Oil forbid,” to be charged us
above. A. ARMSTRONG.
Wheeling, March 5, 180“