Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-25
SATURDAY, JuNE rs, 1903.
PROSPECTUS OF A PAPER,
70 BE PRINTED IN AIaxdxDRgA,
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4 Paper whose contents and principles
snall be satisfactory to tie moderate OF both
,arties, presents TO bis friends and the hbera
| nuoIic i'll general, the following outlines O
| Ills plan, hoping that they may be con5onan
10 feelings warm in the defence OF liberty
and the true interests, Of the country.
The work will at all times be open to the
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| rancor on the one hand, or OF overweenia5
| Partially on the ether The EDITORS sc.ec.
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! never sacrificing for any purpose tie real III
terest Of the mmuniiy, or wandering trofia
!, the established standard Of truth.
In The natural course of affairs, il Wi
sometimes be necessary, from want OF DO
litical matter, that the columns OF paper
Eshou!d be supplied with moral dlsqalsis.ons,
practically useful andintercs.ing, end .nseEnc-
tive anecdotes from historic research. Nor
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whose feelings are alive to the cause OF ge-
nuine morality and religion. The Editor
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from those whose education and means OF IN
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cf materials on these subjects. His paper
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tons Of the man OF science, or tie deep re-
search Of the critical scholar.
Communications upon ali matters, touch.
ing Agriculture, commerce and Manuiac-
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improvement in Canals, public Roads, and
tie various discoveries in any branch OF earn-
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have had the tendency TO retard tic growth
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politics. no! On the contfT.rM he5uneluiyo-
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