Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-26
PROSPECTUS
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KENDALL'S EIP0SITOR



TglHE uulsrs-led proposes n .'.s.t 'ss
l asa la D8aa>a, ssm.-maa ~ CROP new,
-,,p,- ,,....f KENDALL's ENP0NlloR >tna4
tbs Alnmi,tralal b. sustained % The present c1n-
h.et. a. ill., t.h n the people peTsuaa.s aH 10 re-
beve tbfre Z slH much % be done .o terurc the at
vapcen,rpi and perpetuty 90 pure prncipts in oH,
Gover.r,r,t and u peryuance 4 shall he defeated
there ,yiH be no occasion Tor a. honest citbeor 20
nreyept Re mischels apprthenael from lhc u.eu
who msy come INTO power.
10 nose objects tie undersigned has determined
IN devote the remnant ct las bic and Dr. cau ,IH5
Of no means through which he ear aei 50 staetenlv
asauc newspaper cheap enough 10 Be within Tie ntalh
Of every raan who IS able 10 read kaned lee .aoor
on a ARM he has never ceased % cherish iie utter
est of those who Iah0r for ,lFnE aud, bH1Hag
Them tn be the mast yiriuous and deserving portion
of society, one olthe most cherished desrss o hs
heart IS lc see them aroused 10 The importance d.
giving more of their reading their thausfls aud
their time 10 the affairs OF Government. Yet not
10 them exclusively, but also 10 al other men, who
90 not seek 10 Obtain through the avs advantage
EVER their leow men. be wi adirrs, himself IN the
opposed pubiIclton. The malu objects aoced Il
his paper vii be as follows, viz:
!. Suffrage Is the h1ss Of free government lie
that cheats ~ elections Is gully oil tie worst kind ri
treason, and should be- punished rs a traitor lie
who gives utlerauce TO lalsthooJ, for Ire purpose
OF aGarncIng votes, is lrt little hetitr 70 de-
nuuHce cheating, bribery, and lalsehnol when de-
ected, and suggest effective presenHves, will De a
leading object Of the proposed paper Ia tiis lho
undersigned does not mend 10 be any resperloT q
parties; lor one who resorts TO such means lor tie
accomplishment Of political ends Whatever he may
call himself IS no Democrat. aud IS an enemy 10 the
people.
, Abuses eft privileges and corruption have made
much progress IN the legislative department 81 our
Government, aud have occasionally shown them
selves ia other departments. Ihesc as tar as known
wtIi be denounced, BY whatever party they may be
practised. In every abuse Of privilege, or unexcr-
cise Of power tie individual committing i strikes
blow n public virtue, the only lasting basis Of free
Institutions.
B. rhe principles Of modern banking. and tie
manner D which banks aud public debts operate up
on the labor, trade, aud property 81 the community,
are no, well understood. One of the Chief objects
N this paper will be, by facts and rusmtions, to
make these matters plain 20 all who viii read and
discuss the pfopnsed REMEDIES for existing evils
This wll involve an exposition Of the nature aud u
SEES OF money together with history Of the origin
progress, and effects Of paper money II Europe and
America.
To these will be added, a notice OF all new dis
coveres and inventions which promise to be useful
10 mankind, as also OF laCls experiments, and m
proyements which may be instructive 10 The Iarmer
and mechanic summary ol news, ofelgn and do
mestic, carefully compiled, constituting an accurate
history oil passing events; abstracts Of important
public documents and miscellaneous matter, selected
and original, Instructive and entertaining. In fine
the object is 10 furnish newspaper which viii pre-
sent to the larmer planter, mechanc1 serehant and
all other readers The true interests o@hoSe who 1--we
by the cultivation Of The soil and other laborlous oc
cupa0ss involving the interests OF all useful trade
and incte them always 10 regard those interests IL
voting Tor pebic agents to lnculcae that honesty
aud truth should be the guide OF every man IN pub
lie as well as private hle; and sacred regard Tor
the rights Of property. as well as personal rights, is
essential To the happiness OF man n state OF socle-
"; Tint it only through fair ballot that we should
look for the correction of existing evils, and the pre-
renon Of those we lear; and thai true Democrat
should never think OF revolution by force until he
finds hiuscIfdepnved o'the rght suffrage, or the
majority IS perseveringy slIled by fraud or force at
The polls.
Though thoroughly Democratic IN principle, this
paper will not he made The vehicle OF ordinary cleo
tioneering matter nor viii i engage IN or admit
mere personal controversy 1t viii not conceal is
preferences for meh OF parties, but will seek 10 nlu-
results only BY appeals to reason, and through
the nsrumenlaay Of TACT and argument
That true Democrat ought never TO despair,
the first article in the undegSigneds political creed
Man IS capable Of indefinite Improvement IN knuwl
edge and virtue, These are the bases of Demncrd
cy live ku0w that be cannot reach petectlun,-
we know also that he may become better tqan he IS.
Hope and faith are the motives oil the Christian
teacher. They should he The stay and stmHlus or
the Democrat, With him Hiey are strengthened by
knowledge fer he sees aud hnoDs that man is adj
vancng, and may be made to advance more rapidly
IN all those requirements which enabe him 70 gov
em himself Harvested by orce and tyranny today,
he will resume his onward march tomorrow BY
degrees, The great mass oil men are becoming tamil
liar with their rights and conscious oil their power
they may become SO Wed informed that none wi
attempt 10 deceive them, and 81 Determined that
none will dare a>sal Them by force. Ia and IN The
Improvement OF man IS the highest remaining amhl
ton Of the undersigned. tie has seen much OF the
world has had some experience IN pubic affairs has
witnessed much human deprayity, suffered som,
wrong, and met with much 10 discourage eXer
tons Tor the good oI his country aud his race bu
never for a moment has he lost hls faith in man.
high destiny, or relaxed his determination to con
tribute to hs advancement under all discourage
menls, II he shah reap no personal advantages iron
his course, beyond consciousness OF doing his du
", bis children, hlS cMdreus children, aud myriad,
Of hnmsn beings hereafter 10 live may, by his exam
pies aud abors huwryer humble and feeble, be mad,
more intelligent and more happy, At any rate, II
ths gououS hope he intends to labor, i've, sud die
Who will AID him in this undertaking
AMOS KENDALL
Washington, Oct a, 1880,
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