Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-26
SALT RIVER MERALD.

Under this title the undersigned proposes to pub.
fish, in the Town of Paris, Monroe County, Mis-
souri,, Weekly journal, TO be devoted, principally
to Political, Agricultural, Commercial. and Scien-
tWc information, Out to embody the usual variety
which is found in a FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
In Politics, the paper will be thoroughly Whig.
The Editor in no respec! doubts the election of
GENERAL HARRISON to the Presidency and as little
doubts that the course OF his administration will be
such as to deserve the support of the Republican
party, Of which he is member. If so, it shall
have his. He will be pleased also, to act with the
same enlightened party in reference to measures of
State policy, and will DO SO, to he extent of his
capacity, and the acquiescence Of his Judgment
AS the name he has chosen was intended to in
dIcate, his paper will ''nERALD" alike the wrongs
and the virtues Of the world around it--regurdess
OF whom it may effect, in praise or in censurc. A
Newspaper, on any other principle, is a misnoner
and mockery. ...
party in this State, carried on the war in our late
elections-together with the viany, industry, and
the CELEBRITY with which they carried into execution
their pans Will remain as an alarming and an en-
during monument of Democratic enterprise! Like
the tabled Dragon, which is said never to close his
ildiess eyes, the stirring and pierng spirit of De-
lnocracy, slumbers IF at ally with Enclosed eyes
The base contemplate, and false-hearted fatterv.
with which these political hypocrites attempt to in
snunte themselves into favor; and the skill with
which these panderers and parastes-these syco-
phantS ana dot"o gognaS of Democracy, IRE va
| get upon the blind side of human nature, and to
take advantage of its weakness and passions
must all be laid naked before the gaze of an honest
an unsuspecting, but heretofore deluded people, In
one word, the time has again Approached, when we
must all enter upon great political contest. Like
that through which we have just passed in our
State, it will be contest of principle against power
contest of the people against the oBce-holderS We
are none Of those who indulge in gloomy anticipa-
ton We do not despair Of the Republic. Our
trust is strong, that the gallant ship, in which all
our hopes are embarked, will yet outride the storm
saved alike from tue breakers and pillows of dis,
union, and the greedy whirlpuol-the all engulpA-
ing maestrUotns Of executive power-that un-
broken, if not unharmed she may pursue her pros
porous voyage far down the stream of time an
that the banner OF our country, which now waves
over so proudly, will still float in trinmph--borne
on the winds Of heaven, famed by the breath OF
fame, every stripe bright and unsuied, every star
fixed inits sphere, ages after each Of us shall have
ceased to gaze on its majestic folds forever.
We shall commence and continue the good fight,
Till error, sick with contradiction and crazcd with
u superabundance of inconsistency, shall be seen
flying TO talsehood remedy, and expiring from
the venom Of its own tangs We will continue the
warfare, till the night Of superstition shall pass
away--the purple morn Of reason shall dawn-the
tints Of truth appear--and the gloomy mists fade in
more--Till the hallowed name of LiJerty more
fragrant than the Spring gales of Arabia, more
bamy than Gilead's air thrills the bosom where
despair once revealed, and whispers, "gooa tidtpgS
for all mankind" In u word, we trust, we shall
not relax our efforts, till trophies of victory, in
smiles and peace, deck the brows of those who once
we're saddened with doubt and uncertainty, and
sunk with political sorrows, to the depths of a
Torys hell.
To all those who value the liberty we yet enjoy
the privileges bequeathed to US by our. heroic
sres, let them Immediately step forward and lend
their aid to the "HERALp."
0E5-If encouraged according to the expectation of
his friends, the Editor will shortly feel justified in
ordering his materials and commencing his enter
prise. He desires to do so as speedily as possible,
and, to this end, he respectfully requests gentlemen
into whose hands his prospectus may fall, to
themselves to fill them with names, as promptly as
may be, and return him list to Paris
~ The sheet will be large IMPERIAL one
handsomely printed and furnished at three dollars
in advance, or four dollars at the end Of the year
JOSEPH LANCASTER.
| PARIS, September 5th $40