, 1841-11-13
DROSPECTUS.-The undersigned pro-

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IL poses. to publish a Democratic News
ppaer, under the title of the "THE ~lNDEx,"-
to be edited in Washington City, and printed
in Alexandria, District of Columbia, three
times a week during the session Of Congress,
and twice a week the remainder OF the year,
at five dollars per annum. The first number
to be issued about the LIST Of September next.
There is a demand for a paper of this des-
cription, at the point indicated. The call is
creditable to the vigilance which dictates it,
and shows a proper appreciation of the exigg-
encv of the times. The critical condition
in which we find the great and permanent
interests of the country, resulting from an
extraordinary combination Of men and Cir
cumstances, all antagonist TO the Just and
abiding principles of the Democratic party,
and the injury likely to ensue from a system
of measures which there is every reason to
believe that combination is about to estab.
lish, will, we doubt not, insure the co-oPera-
ton of the true friends Of the Constitution,
in all well directed efforts to resist it. So far
as the abilities Of gentlemen high in public
confidence can be employed to effect this OBJ
ject, we have an assuranec" OF their and, ana
rely upon the Republicans of the surround
ing country for a corresponding evidence of
their appreciation and support.
We look upon the present as the most i'm.
portan. i~uncture for the establishment or
final overthrow of the Republican party,
which has occurred since the termination Of
the last century. The celebrated report of
Mr.. Madison of that day asserted the true
creed, and sustained Il it by an argument which
has never been answered, and is unanswera.
bic.
The external party badges offormer times
need not now be recapitulated. The intrin-
sic grounds of separation at the first still ex-
list; and the principles which animated and
separated the Federal from the Republican
party have not RENTED in their operation.
A fundamental difference Of opinion in the
Constitution, and as to the powers Of the
General Government. sewers now, as in ear
Iier times, the latitucinarian from his oppo-
Parties in their a%scendency have
tlunctuated alternately; it is a fallacy, there
fore, to say that certain points Of difference
being removed, the Federal party, as such,
is extinct. The opposing principles Of con-
struction, above referred to, ere destined to
remain in permanent conflict as long as our
Government exists.
A crisis is at hand. The shadows that
hang over the face Of the future must soon
pass AWAY, and then we shall know whether
JOHN TYLER of Virginia is politically a friend
or ~foe-whether he will, in the hour Of ex-
tfemity and danger, stand up for the Consti-
tuition and his oft-repeated and long-cherish-
ed principles, or yield to the influence of
those who desire to use, but will never sus-
tain him. '.He is our foe, who does his coun-
try wrong.' If he prove a friend, we must
defend Lin; if 4 foe, condemn him-as we
90 for measures, not men; and We estimate
and measure by the Democratic standard Of
Thomas Jefferson.
In conclusion we would direct attention
to the facilities and advantages attending this
location. Our contiguity to the Capital of
the Union, and the residence Of Mr.. JESSE
L. Dow. Zone of the Eiitors) being there,
will enable us to give the political news and
proceedings OF Congress as early as the pa
pers printed in Washington. We are situa-
ted in the midst of several Congressional dis
tric,s Of Virginia and Maryland, whose CON-
merce flows hi,her, and whose people are at
present overwhelmed by papers Of an oppo-
site character.
@Communications for publication, or
orders for the papers, will meet with prompt
by being addressed to the proprie-
tor and publisher, at Alexandria, d. c. r
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON.
Aug. 4-d&c.