The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-01-26
PROSPECTUS il wate
"Western Mechanic, "
TO be devoted to the special inie &Sts OF
the Mct han.c, The Laboribs AIah
ara the seams ress.


1T becomes our duty, in issuing the
Il Prospectus of a new publication, to
btaie its OF jecis and design, and the man
ntr in mbich We expect to cary these
Out into practice.
1t has often been felt by !he Me chan
les and Laboring Men OF the Grea, ana
G'ow,ng West that they. as a class, are
imposed upon, aid tha, 1t Is high lt,he tor
them 10 have apaper In their mldsts, to
hdvucaie their rights, and to be Dictated
IL asPtcal manner TO their interes s.
We form laIge and growing class ana
do not shrl'k uom asserting that We per
form very lnp Rant iunct' h in the
general community. raarN uI i9
But while " hate Political sheets, de.
to,ed sPeclal ly to the interests OF P"iln-
cal parties; and Reiig ,uus papers, desu
TO the Inl.r.sts OF iehglous dsnomina-
tim; hlie the Farmer has his AgrIcui
tursi aper,-ihe Literary inan ihs Re.
view The sch, olmasier his JruinaI. anu
the NJ. rchatt l,is H,blhess Gszette, v lieIt
Is the Paper deyuted d TO the Pettiiiar Su
, tiai rights snd interests ot Tue Me clauic.
the LaberEg Man, AMI The SeamsItes.!
Ate tltlr stuuiy hearts. their sturdy futms
aud InCessaut labors Io he disrrgaided
aud ds.ris.d! lrow tot. And there:
tore " e have undertaken the present. en-.
teTprIse. -fse.4 fa s.l
i, will bedevoted, in the first place, e.
the S.cIai Interest. oi the class TO whicl.
We belotg. We shall labor to DO away
with tb,se prtjudic.s. nuw SO of gu exist
IHg agalnst nn as Class. We stallsirise
tu shcw aud ltcuicatef that labGrIs ton
tIahle; thai the Meehanle has lie natural
light 10 le resp cied. and the sLciaiepow
et to compel tbs respect. We shan la
hor 1" elsyate the staulatd of inl diligence
and s.lclal cultivation, and to Iifuse mo
the proiessIoD that unny If acton aud
sentlmeni II So fnuch needs:
i We shall 10 The secund place utfendthe
rig hts OF lhe class 10 when " e belong -
Being oi no pat,Ictiar sclitolo or sttt wt
shah endessor, especiallyhere 1T the sea
ii go,ethment, t"secure jns' ice 10 the la
boIIhg ciass. 1steat aud IN. me Gus qnes,
tIons ale conlinually cu.iiihg lip, ana are
too sotien decIded. with view TO the in
tertsts ot The manufacturer or niei chant
only sa ats gf as.fyH.eH gs aao
We shalt, in he ttiiid place, strive 10
adapt our paper'to the circumstances II
euf Ie sdeIs SO as t0a luthish them with
much Scieut,fc and Practical informa ION
fitted 10 Incl ease ile.r kLowltdge to en-
large tteiI t'eas and 10 aid them in tie
auarnment Ut confoft aud bapplness in
this .hie; 4,H p sNt i'ff hsls pal
We shall labor to make tie sWeeki,
Me ehsbics a b the paper Tor the meCian-
ic, the la burer and the seams,ress.
And n~. nethsnics If the .G r c a I
Wesi,' Ne call hp,n you TO and a,a en-
coutsge tbs n THIS great enteprie. aud to
the impiovem. Mt a. 6u and ,tnr I h Id tf
wiI We deyute ali the s,tength IA, d ener-
e, w6ieh our eothmun maker has gwen 10
US. vsa 1f -Eirns.
ERMS:e-The Weekly Mechanic win
be Issued. weskl, in the clty oi Cslumhhs
Ohiu, on fine pap, r. aud IN a QUAR- 0 { r,n
Oi e'ght pages, makmga volume. al the
end u the year Il 4l6 pages. a, q 80 e,
Year OF rs cents for ,ix months. pay able
On the rece1pt of the SECOND NUM-
BIER. saa w}s's ~
We,lare no hesil ation in believing thai
o paper of-tbts kind will receive a ear
~ support. as.d SO svoafiss Eve li,,ndred
euhscrIhers are obtaiBed the frstnu
Der ~ he Issued, and cvHtibiIed wcek
l,. las sistszr ~ efss W
0.5- Petsons snbscribitg yin please
sebu IA their names as eaily as .prac,ic,-
bile, az it is aow wish 10 eomfnence IL,
pnbiIcstio" OF Pilfe faPet ., the l6rst Of
March uext.
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Ted, post padto, a
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