Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-03-28

The whole art of Government consists in the Al
of being honest.-JeGerSon.
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
in principle, will be all its title purports, the tirr
ard unwavering advocate of the principles AM
doctrines of the democratic party, dellneated b.
the illustrious JEFFERSON the right of the peo
Die to think, to speak, and to act, independent
ly, on all subjects, holding themselves respon
sible to no power for the free exercise of this
right. but their God, their Country, and hel
Laws, which they themselves have created
A free and untrammeled Press, conducted in
spirit worthy of our institutions, is public bles
sing, safeguard to the Constitution under which
we live, and it should be cherished and support
ed by every true republican. Such, then, it is
designed to make the paper now estab-
lished, and as such, the publisher calls up
the enlightened citizens of Monroe and Pix to
aid him in this laudable enterprise. The time
has arrived when the Press should take bold
and fearless stand against the evidently increas-
ing moral and political degeneraey of the day,
and endeayor, by a fair, candid, and honorable
course, TO remove those barriers which section
al prejudices, party spirit, and party animosity
have reared TO mar the social relations of men
without accomplishing any paramount good.
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
will not seek to lead or follow any faction, or to
advocate and support the schemes of any par
ticular set of men. 1t will speak independent
ly on all State and National questions, awards
ing to each that support which Its merits may
demand, never hesitating, however, to condemn
such measures, as in the opinion of the editor is
justly warranted, holding as first principle:
The greatest good TO the greatest number
Believing that the great principles of democ-
racy are disregarded by the present Chief Ma |
gistrate of the Nation, MARTIN VAN BUREN, |
the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN, will |
decidedly, but honorably oppose his reelection |
to the high and responsible station which he
now holds
1t will firmly oppose the Independent Trea-
sury" Scheme, and all other schemes having
for their object the concentration in the hands
of one man, and that man the President OF the
Nation, all power over the public moneys,
power, which, when combined with that vest
ed in him by the Constitution as Commander
in-Chief Of the American forces, Military and
Naval, together with an enormous official pa
tronage, would render him more powerful than
the Executive Of the British Nation, and in
short make our Government, de factO an Elec-
live Monarchy.
1t viii ever maintain that the welfare of our
Country and the preservation of her Republican
institutions should be the first and only senti- J
nents of our hearts in the choice of our public !
servants; that honesty. fidelity, and capability,
ire the only true tests of merit that all men
ire created equal, and, therefore, should alike {
enjoy the privileges conferred on them by the
Constitution without being subject to proscrip-
ion. or coerced by the influence of party.
The columns of the JEFFERSONIAN / !
will ever be open to the free
discussion of all political questions, believing {
as we do, that there is no liberty where both
sides may not be heard, and where one portion
IF freemen are denied the privilege of declar-
ng their sentiments through the medium of the 4
Press, because they differ from the majority.
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN !
vii ever take lively interest in the affairs of
Monroe and Pike, and of the Senatorial and ,
Congressional Districts with which they are
The Farmer, the Merchant, the Mechanic,
md The Laborer, will each find friend in the
columns OF the JEFFERSONIAN REPUB-
.ICAN. Due care will be taken to furnish its
eaders with the latest Foreign and Domestic
News and such Miscellaneous reading as will >
,e both interesting and instructive. In short it 1
S designed to make the paper worthy of an ex-
ensive patronage, both from the strictly moral
one which it will ever possess, and the efforts
f the editor to make it a good and useful
7amily Newspaper.
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
viii be printed on a super-royal sheet of good
uality, and with good type.
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RICHARD NUGENT. ?.