Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-20
MONDAY, JuNE 20, 1903.
PROSPECTUS OF A PAPER,
70 BE PR1x1ED IN ALEXANDRIA,
ENTITLED,
The COLUMBIAN.

Il Paper whose contents and principles
shaft be satisfactory to the moderate of both
,,arties, presents 10 his friends and the liberal
public in general, the following outlines Of
lis plan, hoping that they may be consonant
20 feelings warm III the defence of liberty
and the true interests of the country.
The work will at all times be open to the
discussion of political matters, destitute of
rancor on the one hand, or of oyerweening
Partially on the ether. The Editors selcc-
tons shall be made with care and attention,
never sacrificing for any purpose the real i'll.
terest Of tie community, or wandering from
the established standard of truth,
In the natural course of affairs, it will
sometimes be necessary, from want of po-
litical matter, that the columns of a paper
should be supplied with moral disquisltions,
practically useful and interesting, and instruc-
tive anecdotes from historic research Nor
can this course be well objected to by those
whose feelings are alive to the cause OF &C.
nuine morality and religion. The Editor
calculates with confidence upon receiving
from those whose education and means OF IN
formation will authorize it, coplous supply
of materials on these subjects. His paper
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lions of The man of science, or the deep re-
search of the critical scholar.
Communications upon all matters, touch
Ing Agriculture, Commerce and Manufac-
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improvement in Canals, public Roads, End
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tie most superficial observer, that the minu-
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and not those general and universally adnllr-
ed rnaxims in governmental institutions.
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politics, no! on the contrary, he unequivo-
ce]'y declares, that his sentiments are decid-
edly republican.
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