Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-02-29

The whole art of Government consists in the art
of being honest.-Je6erson.
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
in principle, will be all its title purports, the firm
and unwavering advocate of the principles and
doctrines of the democratic party, delineated by
the illustrious JEFFERSON the right of the peo-
pie 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 her
Laws, which they themselves have created
A 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-
lished, and as such the publisher calls up
the enlightened citizens of Monroe and Pix to
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 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, 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
sc 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 f" Independent Trea-
sury" Scheme, and all other schemes having
for their object tbe Concentration in the hands
of one man, and that man the President OF the
Nation, all power over the public moneys, a
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-
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 capablity,
are the only true tests of merit that all men
are created equal, and, therefore, should alike
enjoy the privileges conferred on them by the
Constitution without being subject to proscrip-
tion, or coerced by the influence of party.
The columns of the JEFFERSONIAN
REPUBLICAN 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
of freemen are denied the privilege of declar.
ing their sentiments through the medium of the
Press, because they differ from the majority
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
will ever take lively interest in the affairs O
Monroe and Pike, and of the Senatorial anC
Congressional Districts with which they ar,
connected.
The Farmer, the Merchant, the Mechanic
and the Laborer, will each find friend in thu
columns of the JEFFERSONlAN REPUB
: LlCAN. Due care will be taken to furnish it
| readers with the latest Foreign and Domestic
; News. and such Miscellaneous reading as viii
be both interesting and instructive. In short
is designed to make the paper worthy OF an ex
tensive patronage, both from the strictly mora
tone which it will ever possess, and the effort
of the editor to make it good and useiu
Family Newspaper.
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RICHARD NUGENT.