Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-06-13

The whole art of Government consists in the art
OF being honest.-JcferSOa.
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, delineated by
! the illustrious JEFFERSON the right of the peo-
pie to think, to speak, and to act, Independents
| ly, on all subjects, holding themselves respon-
Sbe 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 Consttutionm 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-
hshed, 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 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 10 mar the social relations of men
without accomplishing any paramount good.
FHE JEFFERSONlAN 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 viii speak independent
y on all Stale and National questions, award
ing TO each that support which its merits may
demand, never hesiiating, however, to condemn
such measures, as in the opinion of the editor is
Justly warranted, holding as first principle:
al l.,
Believing that the great principles of democ-
racy are disregarded by the present Chief Ma
gistrate of the Nation, MARTIN VAS BUREN,
the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN,; will
decidedly, but honorably oppose his reelection
to the high and responsible station which he
now holds.
1t win firmly oppose the L" 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
n-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, dc 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 capab;ty,
are the only true tests OF merit; that all men
| are created equal, and, therefore, should alike
erjoy 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 JBFFERSONIAN
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 deciar-
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-
LICAN. 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-
tensiye patronage, both from the strictly moral
tone which it will ever possess, and the efforts
of the editor to make it a good and useful
Family Newspaper
The JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
will be printed on a super-royal sheet of good
quality, and with good type.
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piraton of the year. No subscription taken for
a less term than six months
RICHARD NUGENT.
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