Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-29

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Partially on the ether. The Editors seiec-
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never sacrificing for any purpose the real liz
terest of the community, or wandering tronA
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 paper
should he supplied with moral disquIsltlons,
practically useful and interesting, and instruc-
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