Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-04-10

The whole art of Government consists in the art
OF being honest.-Jeferson.
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
IN principle, will be all its title purpors the firm
and unwavering advocate of the principles and
doctrines of the democratic party, deIineated by
the lllustrlous JEFFERSON the right of the peO-
pie to think, to speak, and to act, Independents
ly, on all subjects, holding themselves respon-
slble TO no power for the free exercise of this
right, but their God, their Country, and her
Laws, which they themselves have created
free and untrammeled Press, conducted in a
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-
llshed, and as such, the publisher calls mp
the enlightened citizens of Monroe and Pix to
aid him In this laudable enterprise. The tiue
has arrived when the Press should take bold
and fearless stand against the evidently increas-
ing moral and POLITICAL degeneracy of the day,
and endeavOr, by fair, candid, and honorable
course, to remove those barriers which section
al preJudlces, party spirit, and party animosity
have reared TO mar the social relations of men
without accomplishing any paramount good.
L
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 Independents
ly on all State and National questions, award;
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"
Raljevjnu that tho oreot nrinciDlaS nj domoo.
racy are disregarded by the present Chief Ma
gistrate of the Nation, MARTIN VAN buren,,
the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN, will
decidedly, but honerably 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 fdcto an Elec-
tive. Monarchy
1t will ever maintain that the welfare of our
Country and the preservation of her Republican
Institutions should be the first and only senti-
ments of our hearts in the choice of our public
servants that honesty, fidelity, and capability,
are the only true tests of merit that all men
ire created equal, and, therefore, should alike
enjoy the privileges conferred on them by tho
Constitution without being subject to proscrp-
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
s we do, that there is no liberty where both
ides may not be heard, and where one portion
f freemen are denied the privilege of declar-
ng their sentiments through the medium of the
'ress, because they differ from the majority.
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
7ill ever take a lively interest in the affairs of
1onroe and Pike, and of the Senatorial and
Districts with which they are
Onnected.
The Farmer, the Merchant, the Mechanic,
I'D the Laborer, will each find a friend in the
olumns of the JEFFERSONlAN REPUB-
ICAN. Due care will be taken to furnish its
aders with the latest Foreign and Domestic
ews, and such Miscellaneous reading as will
both interesting and instructive. In short it
designed to make the paper worthy of an ex-
nsive patronage, both from the strictly moral
ne which it will ever possess, and the efforts
the editor. to make it a good and useful
amily Newspaper.
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
II be printed on super-royal sheet OF good
ality, and with good type.
in advance ,25 at the end Of
months, and So so if not paid before the ex-
alton Of the year. No subscription taken for
ess term than six months.
RICHARD NUGENT.