Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-04-13
PROSPECTVS
For Publishing a Beekiy .Ae4oapaper
IN THE TUwN OF BELLEyiLLE, ILL.
BY FoRQUER FORD,
u. liz. rntItl-d lie
Independent Political Censor.

will be expected If the editors intend
ell to trudgc Ia the track which the generality
Of their brethren ot the l. pc find it convenient
to pursue. a hlnl of Their course would be I'M
pertinent, as thai would have already been as
certaned Bui as the present tune requires
I'm the opinion of the editors) material
change IN the friendly and docile habits ofthe
Press. and as thes anuclpate FOL Themselves
cOurst a. widely variant from hat winch gene
ralv prevails, as the necessity which creates
il IS, from common and tranquil occasions,
they feel JUS fled IN formally exposing their
views aud intentions to the public.
The editors. therefore, with sincerity de-
clare tha, the grand objects of their labors
viii 5e to disseminate useful information-to
encourage, prop, and assist industry, talents,
and vrvue, generally, whether eXerted in
privae life or in public, in agriculture. manu-
features, commerce, the arts and sciences, or
IL aay sphere where they may be found use
fully employed, to publish and deprecate the
feats of vice in every shape, coming under
newspaper cognzance; for this purpose the
EDITORS will extend their inqulstorial and CEN
serial offices into all the relations of public
life. Governors in the chair OF state--Judges
on the bench Ministers IN the sacred stand,
and all the public functlonares OF the nation
however elevated will be considered as law
tul subjects of iust animadterson.
Ii is the peculiar felicity of our countryme
that in this land Of liberty, no topic of public
moment is too sacred to grace the columns Of
"A newspaper The Press is or at least ought
to be. the constant and yigik,nt guardian OF
the peoples rights; and IN fact ii has ever
been considered BY the Americans, rs he pre-
server of their institutions, trumpet Of alarm
when those institutions are auacked arousing
I'll AZ iptr
to vigorous vindicaion Of their invaded
rights.
With much concern the editors contemplate
the necessity of personal tusions and fire.
qnent structures on individual conclnct.-1'hey
have no pleasure in the writings and distor-
ticet of a wounded mind. and lament that the
conduct of men is So blended with the prospe-
ritv or adversely of the public by the operation
OF government, that an abuse of the peoples
rights and confidence, cannot happen without
derliection OF duiy ON the part oftheir age rs,
who make or administer the laws yet, not
Withstandins the unpleasant sensations they
must experience from TINS source, they can
never conceive themselves justified in pur-
D0sely toleratng misplaced beoevolence.
oWever congrnial to their feelings, winch
would withhold the lash of censure from the
lniath f)l AID the abettors 81 corruption. Ina
goNrrnment Of the people the Importance Of
the diffusion of correct information and upon
appropriate aninta,ll crsions On the conduct Of
public servants, creates in the editors nigh
responsibility, paramount to all prudential con-
sideTations CT particular attachments, if any
exist, and obey take pleasure in disayowing
every attachment, either to parties or to men,
which may contrayene the accomplishment Of
their trust.
IN IF IL, do Oh mr.
perhaps manifested in tins as conspcuousy
as in any other circumstance, that the editors
build upon their own foundation, or upon
none. They have sought no influential
friend to puff their merits and bizon
their wa, before them, 10 whom they might
be under obligations Of reciprocal fayor.-on
the contrary, they expect a host of enemies at
the yer, commencement, and those too among
the most influential characters, being those
most interested in the prescription OF a paper,
the avoWed ob lect of which IS to expose the
muItituile of their deceptiors and intrigues
Most papers grow up under the fostering hand
of some powerful patron, whose interest il is
bound 10 advocate. The editors OF this paper
solicit the pair mage OF none bat the sOve-
reign people, and that without the Interference
Of any such mercenary engines. The ueces
sity Of Il paper OF this character, is apparent to
every man who is not Inyeiged in the entan.
clements Of political chicanery, and who claims
Ia himself the inheritance OF freeman. The
editors are therefore anxious that it be distinct
y understood, that they throw themselves
wholly upon the patronage OF the people tor
support, whose interest II is their peculiar
province to guard and protect. If any ind-
rilual, Therefore, obtains their appreciation,
lie VIII be indebted to his merits alone, and
~ NJ t,Nop VITA.
fully dsciaim the influence of men actuated
BY any kind of mercenary motives The,
are the tools OF no combination, and are under
no obligation to trudse III the filth OF party
amnesty.
II IS right in times Of tranquility that the
press should sleep.--But when patriotism is
absorbed in the passion Of self interest, or en-.
guiphed in the vortex OF factlon--when the
brazen voice OF dissentlon stuns our ears, then
s,umber is crminai--the voice of the lion
should be heard The un,aithfnl should be
dragged from their "high places" and the
people excited to iesume their abused prero-
gatives I'reachery. intrigue and conspira-
cles should be exposed. The rottenness
should be rooted out OF Denmark aud sne.
ciousness and sop'iistry should be disrobed OF
their faireppearu.ces.
The editors think that the present times
call Tor such labor, and they will think them
selves happy il they succeed in renovatmg and
calling forth the energies of the Press against
the multiplied disorders viii n pervade the
civil poli,y of illinois.
As to the great political questions which so
extensively interest our state and nation, the
editors avow themselves to be governed by
liberal and republican principles .-rhey will
take firm and unmovable stand against a New
fovvpNrtoy while t1,ssibilit. r..maipc Of the
admission Of slavery, for reasons too nume-
To he alllucel In lie limit. &c LIZ. prnc-