The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-20
PROSPECTUS
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HiiIsb0roHgh Recorder,
ENLARGED.
TO THE PUBLIC.

I'D TIE TlhislAs
Alter some unexpected delays. we have
this week been enabled 70 present the
Recorder 70 is readers upon an enlarged
sheet. This has emPhatieally been cali
ed the age Of improvement; but in all the |
multiplied forms in which This spirit has
manifested itself during the last twenty
wears, perhaps in none is il more psreeP-
tible than in the appearance Of the public
press. The newspapers Of our villages
nov. surpass in size and neatness those
formerly issued from our largest cues.
n has long been our desire that the Re
corder should reflect \ portion Of this
spirit of the age: and an effort to accom-
plish Ills desire, We felt was due 10 that
portion Of our friends who have eontinu-
ed to sustain US through good and through
evil report. This enlargement Of our
sheet necessarily involves considerable
additional expense; but We are mistaken
in the people Of Orange. If We may not
safely throw ourselves upon their gene
rosily, and with confidence hope that
they will duly appreciate the benefits oil
free and honest press, and extend 10 Il
such a portion of patronage as will, IN
some degree at least, compensate the care
and toll and expense necessary 10 sus-
tain II. 81.
II is now more than eighteen years
since we commenced our establishment
at this place. during which time we have
had many difficulties TO encounter. The
storms OF political strife engender many
preiudices which il is sometimes vain TO
attempt TO allay; and the zeal Of popular
enthusiasm creates preferences which
yield nothing to honesty Of purpose.
These things tend greatly 10 depress a
village newspaper, the prosperity of
which depends almost solely on the pa
ironage Of the county in which it is pub
lished; and we ought not, perhaps. TO ex.
pect entirely to escape their influence.
but we have had more potent adverse.
ries than these. Il is said Of the church
Of Rome, that she wilhhOlds the Bible
from the common people, that they may
not, through ignorance Of the true mean
ing. be led into heresies; the priests only
are to read and interpret, for them. So il
is With some Of our sell-siyled Republic
cans: they are afraid TO trust the people,
and if il was in their power, they would
entirely prohibit the circulation of all pa
pers which do not perfectly square with
their notions. Not able TO contend OPEN
~ fur their doctrines, they would sup
press all inquiry. And this is the spirit
which has been operating for several
years 10 undermine the circulation of the
Recorder, and il possible 10 break up the
establishment. AZ one time this was We
~ nigh being accomplished; we were re-
duced almost to the last extremity; the
star Of our hope had sunk almost TO the
very horizon. But amid all this dark
ness. We were sustained by conscious
ness Of the integrity Of eur purpose and
the business of our cause: and perseyer-
ance has enabled US to witness the return
of brighter day. Our star Of hope is
now again IN the ascendan'; and we trust
that under its enlivening influence We shall
be permitted long To battle for truth and
sound principles. with our flag nailed to
lbe mast" Ux,oN, THE Constitution,
AND TIE Laws"
Our enlarged sheet will enable rs 10
embrace a greater variety Of matter than
heretofore; and We shall endeayor 10 graz
i.fy tie various tastes of our readers. by
placing before them every good thing we
can select from our exchange papers and
other periodicals, whether Of Morality,
Literature, or Politics. In all our selec
tons our object will be, to blend ins:ruc-
ton with amusement, 10 inform the judg-
ment. elevate the mind. and mend the
heart. In political matters. We shall mo-
thing ex,cnua,e through favor, nor Sc!
down ought in malice, but on al occa-
sions shah Cndeayo or TO give " the truth.
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth"
| Having fewer advertisements, our pa
per in its enlarged form will perhaps con-
tain as much reading matter as any Other
paper in tie state. We shall endeavor
always TO procure good paper, aud to
make the impression fair and legible.
When these things are considered, with
the fact that the whole contents OF the
paper will be selected expressly for the
people Of this section Of county, we hope
those who have been in the habit of send.
ing abroad for their papers, may be in.
duced 10 bestow their patronage upon
their own press, and thereby build up an
establishment respectable in its appear
ance and useful in its operation.
| TO those of our friends who coincide
with us in opinion, We might make an
appeal, urging upon them the expediency
OF exertinp their influence 10 extend the