Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-10
PROSPECTUS
.. OF THE
IOWA CAPITAL REPORTER

THE subscribers, having purchased the above NAM
ed establishment and put it in an entire new dress,
will in future conduct it Jointly, as Editors and Pro-
~prictSrs, under the firm of PALMER & PAUL.
The REPORTER will, as heretofore, be mainly de-
voted to the PRONUNCIATION of sound Democratic doc
trlnes and the advocacy of corresponding measures
Of State and National policy. These measures
though legitimatsly resulting from never changing,
immutahie prinCiples-wc believe should still be, as
they ever have been, PROGRESSIVE in their charac-
ter; having for their ultimate object the equalization
both Of the benefits and burthens OF government
We can conceive no means more likely to hasten
the accomplishment Of these grand objects, than
through a vigorous support Of the enlightened, Just
and liberal, Free Trade, Hard-money and other lead.
ing measures of policy advocated by the great Dem
ocratfc party. AS long Us our party shall adhere TO
and enforce these, and principles and measures SIM
liar in their character and tendency. so long do we
expect to stand by it, and no longer. Furthermore,
we consider ourselves pledged =, the support of in
dividual members of our partyS5rought out in con-
formity to its established customs, for stations OF
honor or proft-only so long as they truly reflect its
principles and show 4 disposition to carry out its
measures and conform to its established usagcs.
The vitalimportance to our party, especially at the
present crisis, of a straightforward, fearless and
efficient champion of its cause and exponent Of its
principles at the seat of State government, must, we
are persuaded, be too well understood and appreci-
ated, to require any thing more than a bare allusion
to it on this occasion. We arc now on The eve of a
State and a Presidential election, in both Of which
the Democracy OF Iowa VIII, besides deciding upon
various other subjects of vast importance to us as a
people, be called upon to stand by and support the
government in the measures which it has so vigor-
ously adopted and successfully carried into execu-
ton, for sustaining the honor of the country against
its enemies abroad, aided and comforted by ~inglori-
Gus, illy-disguised and %traitrous partizans at home.
We believe that we shall not be disappointed in
our expectations that the warm hearted Democracy
of Iowa will evince their appreciation of the consid-
erations here presented, by their efficient aid and
support.
While the above will be the leading objects for
which we shall labor, the REPORTER will devote it
self, with what of energy its conductors can bring to
the task, to the advocacy of such measures of i'm
provement in our young and flourishing Iowa, as, in
their opinion, shall promise to be most conducive to
the happiness and prosperity of her citizens at large.
News and itcrature-Domestic and Foreign
Miscellany-the instructive and the amusing-wiIl
receive their due share of space and attention keep
ing in view the fact, that while esvariety is the spice
Of life,' it serves, in an eminent degree, to give life
and zest to a popular JOURNAL.