Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-09-24
COLUMBUS GAZETTE.

TN soliciting the public patronage, the SUBJ
sA scribers do not deem it necessary to des-
cant at length on the general utility of we'll
conducted Journal, or to sN ell their Prospectus
with tedious exposition of their political
creed, and long enumeration OF their duties
which it may never be in their power to dis
charge. a newspaper in which the proceed
ngs of our General Assembly should be
promptly and accurately reported, has long
been DEsIDERATuM at the Scat of Govern
ment; and the new era now opening upon the
destinies of our state, renders publication of
this kind still more emphaticaiy necessary.
BY making use Of large sheet and small, but
neat type, II IS expected that sufficient room
will be found in the como STATE JouRNAL
AND Columns GAZETTE" for as ample de-
tail OF the proceedings OF the Legislature as
may be desirable; and as II is intended that
one of the proprietors shall attend in each
House for this purpose, during the continuance
OF each session, it is hoped that the proceed
inss viii be noted down with promptness and
Regularity. The plan OF reporting, SO far as
may be compatible with existing circumstances.
viii be similar to that pursued by the Editors
OF the NATIONAL lNrELIGENcER. A regular
notice viii be taken Of all the Bills, Resolu-
tons, &c. submitted to the consideration of cir
ther House, and OF their progress until finally
dis osed Ola brief sketch of the arguments
used in favor OF, or against any measure OF
general interest, will be given, and when room
will ,.ermit, or after the close Of the session,
the debates on the most interesting questions
will be published at length.
Being irmly persuaded, that 10 provide
permanent market for our surplus products,
afford an adequate stimulus to the industry and
enterprise OF our population, and place the
means OF instruction within the reach of eve.
ry family, are indispensaby necessary to the
present prosperity and future welfare OF this
commonwealth-to promote the success of the
canal policy, and the Common School System,
will always be one OF the leading objects OF
our JOURNAL" But although the immediate
concerns of our own State, will more partic,s~
arly cngross our attention, those OF the Union
will not be overlooked. The proceedings Of
the Executive and of Congress, will be duly
noticed as well as those measures of the Sc
veral States which may be deemed of general
interest. Foreign .Ne1os-Literary dad .fftsceLr
taneons Poefry-n fine, every kind
of intelligence which generally enters into the
composition of a Newspaper, will obtain q
place in our columns and having been pro-
missed the assistance Of number of literary
gentlemen, we hulnbiy hope TO be able to rem
der the contemplated publication worthy of
! an extensive patronage
| A few words more in explanation of the
conditions" will bring our Prospectus to a
close. The Editor OF the COLUMBUs GAZETTE,
having become interested in the new estab
llshment, the paper will, after the expiration
| of the present volume, be discontinued, and
| the subscribers thereto furnished with the
| JOURNAL AND GAZETTE" in lieu thereof UNI
F.! der the persuasion that they will generally
concur with our views. Should any of thems
however, feel dissatisfied in the change, they
| will be at liberty to withdraw upon giving inn
mediate notice of their intention TO that effect.
One of the most formidable obstacle to the
publication of good paper, being the want of
punctaalty on the part of its patrons, the pub
fishers have come to the determination of ex-
acting payment IN ADVANCE, except from those
who reside in Franklin county. The long ex-
perience they have had in the business has sat
| SIZED them that those subscribers who are not
Fable TO pay at the commencement, find it still
more difficult 20 discharge their accounts at
| the expiration Of one, two, three, or more
years and that the practice of giving credit
Tor newspapers, by compelling Editors to de-
vote TO the collection of debts that time which
oughtto be exclusively employed in their edi-
lorial labors, is productive of nothing but evil
on all sides. They will therefore endeavor 10
| dispense with it in the contemplated publica-
ton; and they cannot but hope that the pub
| lie spirit of the community will crown their
undertaking with complete success.
GEORGE NASHFE,
JOHN BAlLHACHE,
Z. IL. OLMSTED.