The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-04-03
PAPER HANGINGS,
PROSPECTUS OF THE
HERALD OF THE TIMES,

Il HIS paper will be devoted 10 what the pub
Usher believes TO be the resl and cardinal
| interests Of this country, and especially TO top
les connected with it, advancement 10 Agr:cul-
ture. Manufactures and Cominsrch. In regard
10 the questions warmly agtated in the Uni
tee Statos. as 10 the justice and expedsncy oi
the Protecting policy, and Of tho system Of In.
tsrnal Improvements a. adopted by Congress, j,
will he s,udous TO preserve liberal course oi
conduct. rever hesnating to avow its pr nclples
while it invites the freesi ahd most thorough Q,
animation OF the doctrin's ard precepis OF the
meric~ n people as manifested in the acts ant
declarations ot their Government. Upon the
same principle. this paper will be attentive 10 the
progress Of the useful arts, and aferd the tsr
es, notices Of such inventions and improvement,
as are worthy Of record, and which may en-
large materially, the sphere Of our enJoymsnts
II will be equally alive to the cause Of good
NOR ais, and a. connected with this object and
essential to the success o. it, il will inculcate
invariably q respect for RELIGION, and for the
example and sutferings Of our highes, benefact =
or. II will aim, in short, at being useful and
convenient ,ohicle Of information and news, for
The Farmer, Manufacturer, Mechanic and Mer-
chem; and at the same time at minglng with
avpr dissertations, 80 much OF the literary and
msccl llaneous hsracter Of a Weekly Journal,
as will adapt it to the taste Of every general in
quircr.
II, TO the politics Of This paper, il is unheces
sary for the publisher to be more than usually
explicit in defining their character. His polite
al course, while connected with the Republican,
was undertaking and open, and he has seen no
reason, in the shifting and tu.nu,uoHs politics Of
hesc disastrous times, to doubt the soundnsss of
the maxim that honesty, in this, as in every
other pursuit, 10 the wissst policy. II will be
s., Shn
menr Of his paper, to msintam mistaken his
Rhode Islanc principles. and to extend and per-
psiuale that love Of ndep, ndence und political
ruth, which has given to the smallest member
nf the Union, an envinble character for firm
ness and inte gritty, which the proudest Of her
sisters would do well to initiate.
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fount OF type, on a large Imperial sheet, equal
in size to any paper printed in Rhode-lsland,- -
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now pn nblishedin this respectable lcommunity.-
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icent pubic 10 sure TO award 10 honest and
well dnsc,ed efforts for the public beae6t.
JASlES ATKINSON.
Newport. April 8, 1880.
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