Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-04-23
PROSPECTUS OF THE
Western Democratic Re-
view,
AND MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

fashion society,and work out great NiasunB Ie-
suits in social and political condition, Oeeh. y
aore active operation thanat she present
pooh. Apd while this remark is Just n resel'
TO our eouutry generally. u applies, win pesu-
liar emphasis, tosoeiety y the eSreat ,,est. s!
a robus, spirit and energy, not yet thoroughly
nationulizsd, capable of being fofmed into
lnational chara=ler more elevated and grand
than any the world has yet Seen; possessing
nil the dignity and sternness Of the old no
imam. without HE rudeness; all the polish o.
I theancisnt A thenian, without hissfemincmcyiiD
\ anon. A character thoroughly ANERIcAR. lis
lie office of the Statesman and Philosopher to
1 ssizs ON these elements q character, give
them proper direction. and finally shape them
| into an order ofunfivaled beauty and magnilS
cence. Such elevation Of character, aad sueli
\ a sublime moral condition, Of the people OF this
Greet Weston Empire, are capable 0f realiza,
tion TheEinhdence Of an ably conducted
! Magazine, established in the heart otthe MIS-
issippi Valley, would exercise, in the Aeheiv-
ment of these great objects, must be APPARENT
to every obrver.
| No social Clements 80 active In producing
these glorious results, As the Democratic sPrin-
eipIe. which peryades the bearts ofour people.
| II Is this principle which is working out a new
order Of society In our country, establishing
novel polite institutions, stamping upon
man a iiow character, influencing our legisIa-
ton, aud Is reyoiutionizing THAT pertains
10 man In hes social and political condition.
It Is because bf the stubbOrnness and energy
with which this principle moves onward, de-
moHshing what hoary error had treasured up,
and grappIing, with its stroGs hand, every in.
stituton and law which sgrors Of exclusive
privilege, that some timid aud uuphiiosophieal
spirits are siezed with alarm; and staFtIe at
imaginary horrors, They see, in Imagination,
all the wild tsrrors Of the French Revolution
re enacted, and all the beauty and harmony Of
Civil Society turned into fnriuos discord But
sueh individdaIs should be admonished, that
TIE Dtmocrttc principle is the true principle
Of Conservation that IL aims at the censerVa-
tion Of man rights, by the destruction of ev-
] cry Institution which would silently, but sure
Iy,. putIoin them that its FIRST care Il MAN and
his PREEDoB, believing all political theories but
heresies, which are not based upon this broad
foundation. This is the only last and rational
meaning Of the term Conservation, as applied
to our politcalWsnditioD.
Democracy Is anew element in civilizaIion
or, psrhaps, itmaybe more proper to say
| that IL is developing itself in a nev
1 form in our modern American civilization
q Various opnlons are entertained as 70 its ulti
4 mate eBects upon OUT soctat ma poitcW con
: dition, but every philOsophic observer must a
= gree, that whatever ara 70 be sultimate Of
I focts, il is an active and powcfful principle. Ou
!. own opinion j, that, under proper direction, |
has great and priceless treasure in store 70
mankind; thatt sthe companionc q tru'
Chrstianlry that II is the spirit Of benevo
lence applied to man in his social and politi
caicapAeityi andthAt u Is destined to eleyat,
) the American character TO pitch Of mora
. granaeut Hnoqsa'9u - '"e nlssO'y q tn
: past.
!. Thus believing, to this end shall our hmm
lSlalaboFsbe directed. Itwil! be our aim, Il
coodmcting our preposed Review 10 ombodv. II
uhliosophical disquisitions, lfse from offensiy
pastisae bitterness, such sentiments as ten
tothe realizatlon OF this golden hone. And h
nyder "a thIs. our work WILDE thoroughly Dem
ec,stic IA bfincf,le ana IN sentiment. Sue
ssast ass!,ioas ~ shsiI from tlmee to ,ims
ssa,sn,s tha nhIie MUD. will be calmly Al
\ Ivstionallv fsvlewad. by .he abIest pens Of m