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THE undersigned proposes to publish in
- the city of Washington, new paper.
founded upon the Wing principles of '76.
The condition Of the country and the deplora.
BILE mismanagemont of the present and prccc-
ding Administrations ofthe Government make
1t the imperative duty of every good citizen
to exert all his energies and to apply all his
means to overthrow dynasty whose whole
career has been marked by reckless disregard
OF public interests, asacrifice of the national
welfare to party ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, open viola
tons Of the sacred charter of our liberties. and
determination, at all hazards, to pcrnetuate
in their own hands the power they have ac
CURED, by means which have never before
been resorted to, and which are alike discre-
| dltable to the character of the Government
and to those who tolerate such abuses.
1t Will be the effort Of this press, by eyery
| lar and honorable means, to destroy the party
| lniatuation which now prevails among a re-
| spectacle portion of the American people, and.
by diliuslng light and truth, in conjunction
with Its brethren of the Opposition press, to
arrest the march of profigacy and folly, which
have brought the country to the verpe of bank
ruptcy and ruin. 1t is time that the people
Should be reused from their apparent apathy
to vigorous exertion, and be made sensible of
the perllous condition in which they now
stand. They want but light, and the press
IS the best vehicle for the successful diffusion
OF that light. As the danger to the republic
| increases, the battery of the public press
should increase in force and power, till the
darkness in which it has been slrouded shall
be dispelled, and delusion and errors shall no
longer exist.
The undersigned believes that, though
Wing paper be, and has long been establish
| cd In Washington, which is conducted with
great dignity and ability, it does not super
sede the necessity of another co-laborcr in the
same field of usefulness. There never was
more interesting and important crisis in the
history of our country than the present and
1t becomes the duty of every citizen who de-
sires to perpetuate its free institutions and
liberties to give every aid in his power to the
most efficient means of correcting the evils
and dangers which now hang over the repub-
lie, from the folly and corruption of its rulers.
The position which the undersigned has cho-
sen Is, he thinks, peculiarly suited to the ac-
compllshment Of such an object. The foun-
tain OF corruption is at the seat of Govern
ment; its streams from this source flow over
| the land, and proximity to that source will
! afford greater facilities for the discovery and
exposure of the profligacy and mismanace-
ment OF those who have been placed in the
seat of power.
Animated by an ardent love Of country, the
undersigned VIII endcavour to maintain.
boldly and fearlessly, the cause he has cspous-
/! ed, and the Wing principles upon which he
sincerely believes the stability and prospcri-
! ty OF tho Government depend. He will
''naught extenuate, and set down naupht in
malice" The Wing party and its members,
of both House, shall always find in his press
an advocate willing and prepared to defend
them when unjusty assailed and wantonly
aspeIscd, as they too often have been, by the
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/ eXertion shall be spared to make the WASH
INGToN WIG avehicle of correct political in
teiligence, and supporter of the true princi-
pies CT republlcanism, so essential to the puri-
| ty and perfection of all FREQ Governments. II
Will be his endeavor, us faithful sentinel, to
guard the citadel of the Constitution against
the dangerous inroads of Locofocoism, and
Its offspring, Agrariansm, as well as the dar-
ing assumptions of power, on the part of the
Executive Government, which have for the
last ten years been carried to an extent calcu-
lated to rouse the fears and beget the most Sc
rIous apprehensions in all who love their
country and desire the durability of its free
institutions.
With view to render the Wing interest
ing, not only to the politician and man of bu-
slness, but to the literary reader, it is the in
tentlon OF the proprietor to blend occasional
ly, when its columns are not otherwise cccu-
pied, the heavier matter ofpolitics with the
lighter, perhaps, more agreeable, productions
of literature. Critical notices will be given,
from time to time, of such works of merit as
may issue from the press Of this country, that
the reader may be kept apprizcd of what is
doing in the literary as well as in the political
world.
The undersigned has engaged tho services
OF MIR. GEORGE WATTERsoN to conduct the
Editorial department of this paper, who is a
gentlemen ofeducstion, of matured Judgment,
OF much experience as public writer, and
possessing anintimate acquaintance with the
political and party history of the country.
The WASHINGTON WIG will be printed
twice aweck on double royal sheet, with
new typo, at $5per annum, payable on receipt
OF the first number.
Should sufficient encouragement be offered,
1t Is proposed to commence the publication of
the WIG about tho middle Of December next;
previous to which time it is desirable that the
names Of subscribers should be forwarded to
the publisher.
JOSEPH BUTLER.
Washington City, Nov. 81, 1889.
~ Wing Editors are requested to copy
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