Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-26
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TO THE PUBLIC.

The undersigned proposes TO publish in this city.
cheap, weekly paper. 10 be commenced IN July
next, aud devo'cd exclusively, to EUROPEAN AND
F"REIsN lNTELLIGEScE.
lie has for some timc-snce European Affairs
assumed so Pr edUmnant an interest in conscQ uence
OF tho Revolution Of July ut Paris-mcditated such
a dssgn.-The political transactions Of the w. States
have become vast and complicated, and the ordinary
press. compelled To distribute i,s attention among
80 many objects OF the greatest and most mmedia
interest, Foreign and Domestic, of necessity finds
itself unable To present Foreign Intelligence in that
iulncss, order ana connection so desirable at such
tune. Outlines, and results, seldom more than
be gven rarely explanatory of the actual condition
of things or satisfactory TO those whose observation
is now so powerfully attracted to the momcn tous
drama acting in Europe. The communication with
France ana England has become frequent, and the
succession OF exciting events rapid IN the old
world, that the reader hurried from result result,
hndS himself una bic TO preserve the order OF conncI
ion, and without that knowledge of canse dlvcSted
of which, history is worth little more than Romance.
70 penetrate the hidden which influence great
events, Is the principal object of Philosophical his
tory, without due attention To which those events
are improbable for instruction. OF all historians
the political Press Ia the freedom which it enjoys
, IN Franco, England md America, is he best and
most successful IN laying open the hidden motives OF
kngs, Statesmen and Cabinets, which before the
Press conquered It's liberty, were locked up III their
own bosomS and left 10 b. inferred oy the historian
from probability. balancing. aud splitting the differ
ence among conflicting versions. To the spccula
many of them, by the ST shining and eloquent mer
OF the age, shall therefore payplrtIcular attention
chroLicng not only results, the ners but incorpora
ting the contcmporaneouS reflections upon men cause
and effect. In addition, | will endeavor to keep the
reader up wIththe gigantic march OF the age, by
, king HIM acquainted with its discoveries ami I'm
provements, and whatever rs and curious II
= Science. Literature, Religion and Politics. | au
not at the dignity of Review, but simply a
embodying, condeDsing and preserving for pre-
sent use and future reference whatever of Foreign
occurrence, may be thought valuable for rithei
purpose. TO this end the famous Journal.
and Periodicals of London and Paris will be forth
with procured
The destlnies OF Europe it is evident have arri-
we'd at Crisis new, peculiar and pOrtentous In the
language of Mr. Brougham, the sehoolmas,er Ia:
been abroad and opinion instructed IN the anc
validity OF human light, has commenced almost
universal struggle for It's establishment. The quar-.
rel is common 10 all ma ions, and must end in one
ofstwo ways-in the universal establishment I'VE
speak of the civilized world of Governments prac-
tcaliy free, or the overthrow of liberty IN every
country of Europe. The issue is made up finally
between kings. priests, and ogarchy on enc side
aud mankind on the other. The question is, ifa pam
per'd few shall grind the nlhons-or the million,
'"J 'h~' eT"~i light and liberty Intended by Pro-
vdence, and necessarily lnferrablc from his attrb-
utes Of justice and benevoence: whether in the brave
language OF Rumbold Kings and Aristocrats wer,
born ready EQUIPPED with whip and spur TO ride, ant
mankind with saddles their backs TO be ridden
or equality right Of divine intention. OF hi.
question here can be compromise. Productv,
of great events, possibly involving conscqnen,ialy
onr own fate, intensely symPathslng with The pop
nlar cause, the people of this country cannot bul
watch the progress of this the mghtest cenfIc,
which the world ever witnessed, vIh the mort abb
sorbing anxiety.
-Such Is an outline of the plan, and the induce
ments for undertaking ~ and for the public 10 pat
ronire TIE JOURNAL OF ToRE1GS ISraLI1crxcp
1t will not interfere in any manner with the Vino
1t will have nothing to do with party or domestic
politics, and may therefore be taken by all.
Price three doors per aunun-Payablc at the
end Of three months j. H. PLE1SANTs
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10 spare the above a niche.