Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-07-22
ADllRESS.

Address.
II has long appeared to the proposed edi-
tor THAI a work of this kind was mac,, wan
ted; and the general failure Of the many Pc
riodcal publications attempted TO be esti,;,-
lished III the y ntcd States has not been SUIT
fcient 70 shake his belief in its sinal success.
he foLIicat department is particularly oe-
sigl,eztWpromotc Present interest to tho
rsadeT,S and the whole calculated to form "a
record % useful things not TO be obtained in
any othefpu5Gcation nor, indeed, to be OBJ
tanned atsall, except by the most laborious
research and patient investigation for facts,
as they lie scattered through thousands of vo-
luunes.
The newspapers of the day, devoted to
thGrty and farti-ans, seldom dare to "teHfhe
truth, The 7ohoie truth, and nothing BIT the
truth" Every city, town and village has its
ittle-great men, whose interests and views
must be subserved and the dignity of the
press is Frustrated to the will of aspiring IN,
dividuals. There are some honorable excep-
lions to this general remark, which has not
been made without due investigation of its
import. alludeto publishers en- both sides
OF the neutrality-suspicious. and federalists.
The editor does not intend TO interfere in the
fletty disputes between the inns and outs; foE
as he hopes the Register will receive a.
eral support, he will endeayor to make it h
orally interesting, having in view as an as St.
ant gentleman of the FIRST rate literaiHac-
quirements. Its politics shall be .dmeri# b.
not passive and lukewarm, but active and vi
gilant--not to support individuals, but TO sub
serve the interest Of the fieofLe, so far as
he shall be able.to discern in what their in
terest lies. There are good and bad men in
both the great political parties which sever
the people Of the United States-there are
republicans whoare not federalists, and fed
eralists who are not republicans--there is a
difference between names and deeds.
The intended publisher is, in the common
language ofkhe day, " democratic repub-
ican"- a5Hl>tas duty he owes to his own
creed, W. EHprce it as we'll as he can at
the same Granting to others all the pri-
vileges he assumes to himself, that truth may
De discerned.
To prepare for the work a heavy expense
must be incurred lit will not be commenc-
ed unless there is every prospect of a strong
support The drudgery will be prodigious,
and the disbursements considerable.
~ AS there are many reasons very impor-
tant Ito the Editor) why the probable success
of this undertaking should be ascertained, he
solicits his friends, generally, and al others
DESTROYS of encouraging it, to send in their
names as speedily as possible. 1t is expect
cd he viii be enabled to commence it on or
before the first of September
H. NILES,
Late Editor ofthe Baltimore Evening Post.
rs The proposals for this work were first
issued on the 18th instant-since then, some
| opportunity has been afforded Of obtaining the
| public opinion upon it--and, so favorable does
that opinion appear, that the proposed editor
has no hesitation in believing the work viii
succeed-and isbcl;efisstfengthened by the
| liberal proffers of several gentlemen Of ack-
| nowled literary talents to aid him inhis under
| taking, alfordng him just reasons TO appre-
bend that, in point Of real utility, the WEEK
LYREeIsTER may rival any periodical work
in the world, if sufficiently encouraged.
Baltimore, June "a, 1911.
1Je Subscriptions for the Week. Register
are received by S. Peasants, Richmond