Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-05-16


The whole art of Government consists in the art
of being honest.-JefersOn.
THE JEFFERSONlAN REPUBLICAN
in principle, will be all its title purports, the Erm
and unwavering advocate of the principles and
doctrines of the democratic party, dellneated by
the ilustrious 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 enlig ightened 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 degeneracy OF the day,
and endeayor, by fair, candid, and honorable
course, to remove those barriers which section
al prejudices, party spirit, and party animosity
have reared 10 mar the social relations of men.
without accomplishing any paramount good.
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
will not seek to lead or follow any faction, or 10.
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 hestating, however, to condemn
such measures, as in the opinion of the editor ls
! justly warranted, holding as first prnclple
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, wills
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, a
power, which, when combined with that vest
/ ed in him by the Constitution as Commander
/ in-Chief of the American forces, Military aud
| 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 capability,
are the only true tests of merit; that all men
are created equal, and, therefore, should alike
enjoy the privileges conferred on them by tho
Constitution without being subject to prosorip-
ton, 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 of
Monroe and Pike, and of the Senatorial and
Congressional Districts with which they are
connected.
The Farmer, the Merchant, the Mechanic,
and the Laborer, will each find friend IN the
columns of the JEFFERSONIAN REPUB-
| IICAN Due care will be taken to furnish its
readers with the latest Foreign and Domestic
News, and such Miscellaneous reading as will
be both interesting and instructive. In short it
is designed to make the paper worthy of an ex
tensive patronage, both from the strictly moral
tone which it will ever possess, and the efforts
of the editor to make it good and useful
Family Newspaper.
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
will be printed on super-royal sheet of good
quality, and with good type.
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