Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-22
MONDAY, MAY %, 1926.
AMERICAN AUDITOR.

AMERICAN AUDITOR.
Under this title. it is proposed to publish
Weekly Newspaper, at This Metropolis, whieh
viii embrace, in the course ofpubhcation, lead
inc ARTICLES of news, political and literary es,
saws: occasional criticism, condensation oil
congressional proceedings, including ske'ch
Of tbs arguments offered iii debate, all impor
tant documents, both foreign and domestic; ana
a careful selection of such topics, as are usual
" found in well conducted periodical print
In the execution of this task, we lay no claim
m superior talents However the principal
points in the management OF newspaper, IN
presenting what is useful and interesting to the
community, and in endeavoring to ascertain the
truth Of what we publish, in relation to men ana
measures, will be strictly observed. when we
reflect on the Surprising influence OF the press
on society, possessing power almost magical
the necessity of these rules for the govern
nent of an Editor are evident. The garrulous
nonsense and shallow lucubrations that now so
frequently find their way 10 the pubic eye,
through the machinery of the daily press, seem
10 call for some effort, on the part OF the public
writer's Of tbs day, TO correct it by the pubilca-
ton OF weli-considered articles, in shape less
cphemeral That intellectual incidence which
shrnks from the labor of reflection, must be
unpardonable in the writer's OF weekly sheet,
who, from the ample time allotted Tor their
productions, are enabled to weigh every thing
accurately, note every occurrence OF the passing
week, and can seldom be taken by surprise, In
propagatlng those surmises: rumors or reports,
which abound so much in the ordinary newsPa-
pers. and which often originate either In view
70 deceive, to speculate on credu;ty, or to I'LL
dull column. In short, in the perusal OF some
Of the daily sheets, valuable portion OF man
time is lost unrcading what ne had previously
read: so that it is, nice times out OF ten, real
gain 10 consult weekly paper for correct &C
count of the passing events. Hence, ii ITS con-
tents be industrioasy assorted, and systema'i-
caIly arranged, under The direction OF an intel
igent pen, it will always be susceptible OF re-
ceiving that freshness and novelty which gives
4 real zest to the intellectual nu,rimeHt 1t
snreads before its weekly readers. The success
Of this plan must depend On the ability to exc
cute it.
As we nresent this sheet as substitute Tor a
nrospertus, we shall be briel in our address on
III. subject of our political creed. The articles
which follow, are submitted, so far as they go,
as embodylng our opinions on the politics and
the parties Of tue day We are not without our
Goctrinal points in politics, nor our feelings in
regard to the present chief Executive and his
Cabinet: in relation To the first, sc have always
rallied under the standard OF the Republican
Party, in contradiction to what is yet called the
Federal Party; and, in regard to the latter, we
cheerruliy avow ourselves friendly TO the ad-
ministratiou; firmly believing that the main
acts Of The present government are, so far, in
accordance with the spirit, if not the letter, OF
@ha 4 Orctitu,ipn In 10 exercise of OuJ edltO
rial duties, however, it will be our aim 10 bring
the arguments Of those hostile to the admins
tration 10 the test of the provisions OF that sa-
cred Instrument, and Of the construction which
Congress, by Their acts, have always hitherto
nut upon il; and then to determine according to
the purest principles and the lights OF our best
dement. On what is called the constitution
al question. SO ably discussed during the pre-
sent congress, we have no previously formed
resolution; we stand open to conviction.
In what we have said, we do not mean to be
understood as assuming any pretensons of su-
periority over other writer's for newspapers;
but whilst no claim is made TO absolute purity
Of composition 0, correct thinking, We. Indulge
q hope that we may, in this sheet, employ the
language of Ss:S!..:s;;ian in polished life, and
mode OF reasoning as sound and unsophistcated
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be able to discriminate between the rude licen-
tiousness Of the press and rational liberty. A
boistrous politician should be no more tolera-
ted in PRINT, than in conversation.
The interests OF the City Of Washington,
where the Auditor is issued, will of course re-
ceive particular attention.
This number is offered more as specimen
Of its intellectual, than its mechanical, execu-
ton. The design is 10 print the American Au-
ditor on an Imperial sheet, with handsome
fount Of types, already ordered from the Phil
adelphia foundry, at IS per annum, as soon as
the public patronage will justify the underIak
ing.
Subscriptions or commune ations may be adj
dressed, in the mean time, to Mr.. ]. A. NJ. Dun
cason, a, the City Of Washington.
May 20, 1926.
From the American AUDITOR
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