The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-01
PROSPECTUS

! or MN National and lIet,ooolitan NeJpsoaper.
10 be called THE AHERIC-!N PATRIOT; de-
rotd 10 he Constitution, tis Compromisss, Me
CnioH, one, Progressive and hdirisibIe.
! 1NHE prominent feature Of this publication will be
| PoLlTIcAL.
It's main object will be to assist in The elevation
to the PresidsntGI Char OF n nelo nl1n-dn tinhack
| Hcyed POlifician-a Patriot and IIerO-one whose
whole life has been faithfully devoted to the service
OF MS Country that individual the strong -souled
| and irQncd-nervcd " Conqueror of Moxico' GEN
! Wl%FfkLo SCOTT, OF New Jersey. subject TO the
popular scnsc and the Ilsares Of the e. reat Demo-
| cratic Whig Party, in National Convention, Or
other mode of nomination which shall be deemed
expcdient and { licient at the proper period.
"IHe AnGicGn PGtYiot' will advocate the reten-
! ton OF the largest individual liberty compatible
with the conservative influences o. a refined and
cNatld condition pl ccictgf-cOlGtei- 4iiE alWavs
| lor ggvernmcht Snanating directly from, con-
troied by, and Uniform in its application (as Tar
as pIacticable) to- the entire people of the Amer-
can Confederation.
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deW, compatible with American destiny and tho
amelioration of the human family from the thral-
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habitable globe.
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LGtCS, by which its integrity may be perpetuated
through all the cycles of eternal years
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American Democratic WhiS principles, until the
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