Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-07-02
SATURDAY july q, 1903.
PROSPECTUS OF A PAPER
70 BE PRINTED IN AIrxdNDR1A,
ENT1rLED,
The COLUMBIAN.


Il Paper whose contents and principles
Ash be satisfactory to tile moderate OF both
s,arties, presents TO his friends and the liberal
pubic in general, the following outlines OF
MS plar, hoping that they may be consonaRt
70 feelings warm in the defence Of liberty
md the true interests Of the country.
live work viii at al times be open to the
discussion of political matters, destitute o.
rallcor on the one hand, or OF toverween'ng
partiaHtyon the ether. The Editor': sclec-
lions shall be made with care and attention,
never sacrificing for any purpose the real =. IN
terest of the community, or wandering iola
the established standard OF truth
3 In the natural course OF affairs, it viii
sometimes be necessary, from want OF Pc
iitical matter, that the columns OF paper
should be supplied Nth moral disquisiilshs,
practically Useful embarrassing, and lnstrac-
tive anecdotes from historic research. Nor
can this course be well objected TO by those
whose feelings arc alive to the cause OF ge-
nuine morality and religion. lie Edltor
calculates with, confidence upon receiving
from those whose EDUCATION ard means OF IN
formation WI authorize it. a cCplous supply
OF materials OH these subjects. Ills paper
will be- all .anes open to receive the refec-
tons Of the man OF science, or the deep re-
search OF the critical scholar.
Communications upon all matters, touch
ing Agriculture, Commerce ard Manulttae-
lures, together with plans iersatae senefai
improvement in Canals, public Ro2ds, and
the various discoveries ID any bratsth55i earn
ing or the mechanic arts, viii re particularly
sought after, and punctu:ily Inserted.
Tire editor, earnestly DESTROYS 70 consulate
parties, will use his most streiilous caae.yofs
to effectxo desirable an obItcty-ana IN tie
town of Alexandra, where he is attached iy
the strongest ties Of nature, and oil lnteres;,
he will ever consider it as q primary cb5eet,
TO destroy those seeds Of dissenuon Ehlch
have had the tendency to retard the are"th
ard prosperity of the town. u IS obvious TO
the mos, superficial observer, that the minus
tia Of politics cause a difference otsehtlfnent,
and not those general aad UNIVERSAL ~ aufnlr-
ed rnaxims in governmental institutions.
5 The principles OF the great and illustrious
Washington, together with his services, rliall
ever be retered.
The editor is far from desiring to impose
on the minds Of those who may favor Jim
with their patronage, tst his mind has as
slned 10 stand on the important subject Of
politics, no! on the contrary, be uneqilyo-
cally de- larcs, that his sentiments are aecid-
edly republican.
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