Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-03-09

ell tn trudxrc Ia the TRACK which th.. ,,anral;t,
other b,qthr,.n nj the +, NJ, Ana IL conyen;ent
IN n,,rs,,e n him nf ,be,r co,r,., ,Yould h. I'm,
nertnent. n, ,l,,, would have already heen as
certained. hui AS the present lime REQUIRES
lin the opinion of the edtors) A mater al
change in the Friendly and docile habits OF the
p1f.ss and ~ thev an.icinate for themselves,
course as widely variant from that which f,ebe
rail-, prevails. ~ the necessity which creat es
il is. from common and ttano,ul occasions.
they feel justified in formally exposing their
views and tent;nns IN The nuhl;c
The editors. therafnre Win sincerity de-
clare that the ,,rand ob;ccte oP tne;/ inbors
vii, he To disseminat. usee,l Internationally
encourage. nron. and assist ;ndustr. talents
and v;rt1,e. penerallv. whether 6xerted in
nr;va,e life or in nubiic in agrcyAure. manu-
PICTURES commerce the arts AMI sciences, or
IN am, s',I,,.,.,. hero they ,na,be found use
fully emnloyf.d IN publish aud deprecaie the
faafs nf vice in ey,-, sha,<, coming under
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Ts, f.a,ar,,rs a the ehail. of state-Judges
On the h.och-,1 mister, in the sacred stand,
and all the rtl,lic tlnctionaries of the nation,
be,vevar ,.Y,yatea viii he considered AS law
FIJI SUBJECTS of lust animadverson
his The peculiar fel,c.o of our countrymen
tbat in this lard OF liberty, no topic Of public
moment IS too sacred to grace the columns OF
h reysnaner. The Press is, or at least omgh,
to he. the constant and vigilant guardian OF
4br neonlr,s RIGHTS: and, in fact il has ever
abeen considered y the Americans, as the pre-
iseryer of their institutions. a trumpet Of alarm
when those institutions are attack ed, aronsing
the unsusoectinp victims of political mt que
to a vigorous yindica,ion of their invaded
r;ghts
WI, ,nueh concern tho. editors contenI,l late
,ba nacasa,t, ,t ,,erson.l ,1I,sinos and fre-
49,, .t.;,,,;,.s on ind;,iI,,oI ccndnct they
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ne Inn an abnse nf the neonle's
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fd,f, on tha n,.t oftbe;r ,oe,ts
Nh -, Nv ,,i,,,;,;ster he lave. ve, not.
rifhsfa,l,lii,9 the unpleasant seu,atiotis they
nuist .xnrrienct from this source. the can
never conceive themselves justified in pnr.
noealv tolaratino a rnisnhced heue olcnce
h,oeyer can.sei,ial to their faelinrs. which
would withhold the lash Of g. ns,re from the
.uni.iihful and the ,bettors OF corr,ntion. Ina
m,yernment of the neo lie the ;mnortance Of
tte 1ilJnsion of correct Attenuation. and uDon
appropriate apimadvers'ons on the conduct Of
public servants, creates in the editors high
responsibility, paramount to all prudential con
siderations or particular attachments, 1t any
exist, and they take a pleasure in dlsavowins
every attachment. either TO parties or to men
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,.r,,ans n;festaJ in ,b;s 40 cnnsnicnons,y
as in any other circumstance, that the editors
bni|d upon their own foundation, or upon
! noas they have sought no Influential
/ trend to pilff their merit b, ana ID fZon