The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-12-15


| shall do this at the urgent solicitation Of
many friends in Congress and out Of it, who
say that a weekly paper, extended as its circu-
lation may be- cannot supply the place of a
daily-the influence Of the one being continu-
Gus that Of the other intermittent; that press
with q daily and weekly edition operates with
twofold force on the Public Mind that 81
long As Freedom is without a Daily in the CAPT
tai of the Union to represent its interests, while
there are four Dailies here committed actively
10 the support Of Slavery or are silently submis.
ave to its rule the conflicting Principles wage an
unequal struggle that the Nationality of the
movement which seeks to apply the Democratic
Principle to Slavery, as we'll as all other great
practical questions cannot have its proper
weight with the People, and in Congress till
IT'S nature and claims be exhibited in the col
umns Of a Daily Press, at the seat OF the Fed
oral Government, prepared 10 sustain the Rep
resentatves Of Freedom. to correct at once the
Misrepresentation to which theyeare liable to
meet the arguments and appeals Of the sup
porters Of Slavery on their first utterance and
TO expose the treachery or cowardice Of time
servers or trimmcrs in its inception that the
position occupied by the Weekly Era, and the
liberal patronage extended to it by the friends
OF free prlnciples-a patronage enjoyed by no
other Washington Press-gige them a claim
upon me to omit no means within my power to
aid in the accomplishment Of their great OBJ
ects | yield to this reasoning aud shall no
longer postpone what seems inevitable
Let the difficulties Of the undertaking, how
ever, be clearly understood Such paper
cannot expect, for long time, subscription
lcOrih naming, IN tbs District. Advertisements |
which in other cities furnish the hf..bi0od Of !
the duty press, are comparatively few and I'M
profitable in 4 city like Washington which il
neither commercial nor manufacturing and
whatever maybe their value here, they U,H not
ne H0crtcd from newspapers representing the
prevailing sentiment OF the community. tO.a
new journal GdDocGt,ng unPopular opiAionS.
ODicl0i advertisements, withheld for the last
five years from the Weekly Era, in fragrant
r,olat01 Il lar, will be withheid from The Da,iy
Fdcrai patronage, which has always been ex-
tended to the support Of the Washington organs
OF the old parties, can never be expected for
such paper as ! propose; nor in any event
could /, in accordance with principles to which
am committed, consent 10 rcceiUe al. In this
place, then, can look for no efficient support
for this now enterprise.
Abroad, 1t must encounter almost invincible
competition. 1t cannot look for a countrv circu-
i0ttOn It must ask subscriptions in the cities
and towns on the great thoroughfarcs of travel
reached by the daily mail but these are al
'cady preocc"P'cd by the cnterprisng Dalie4
OF New York, which it can hardly hope to
rival rs q general newspaper. Nor can it cx.
pect to share largely in that ddrcrtiying pat.
rOndgc, which has so long flowed through their
column, and on which they chiefly subsist.
Even in the large Eastern cities the attemIt
to start ~ new Daily is always attended with
vast expense, and the calculation is, to make
an outlay Of ten, fifteen, or twenty thousand
dollars, before amy return can be expected.
With this view before them, my friends will
hardly blame me for my hesitancy in embark
ing in this new enterprise But. the time for
action has come, and &lH 60 forwad. NJ
iund has been raised to assist in the work.
ask for none No advertisements have been
engaged; 80 subscriptions have been obtained.
Wy only resources are, the proceeds of the snb
Nc''p''oH h't Of The IFokiy Era, and the ertr-
TONS Of those trIeRdS Of The cause lcho nlag deem
M enterprise oi Utai importance. shall
commence the publication of the Daily, Mon |
day, the "a Of January, aud continue it. Oheth.
er hare Gfy subscribers OF tue Thousand It |
cannot support itself. it must lire on he
Weekly Era OF course | shall incur pccun
iary loss; uheiher tbs loss shall be ruinoH or
not must depend upon The decision Of mp friends.
II they will keep zap the subscription list of tho
Weekly Erd--my main support--and send in.
without delay u, many subscriptions and al
refreshments for the Daily ~ they can with
proper effort, ! shall succeed, not in making
money for this will be impossible, but in apoad.
ing ueJy rerio~ loss. If they fail in either of
these respects, shall be involved in mischey.
uus emharrassments.
10 make tho undertaking ~ safe "a it can
bee made, shall publish the Daily until the
hfot day OF September next--a period of eight
months-or longer, should Congress protract it's
session beyond that time. IL the result then
should warrant its publication will be resumed
ON The first Of the following December, by the
gear.
TIE subscription price Of the large Dailies in
Washington is ten dollars a year. ! shall print
mine ON II sheet nearly as large as theirs at
the rate Of seyea dollars aud fifty cents year /;
that is Tor the eight months, TOR longer, should
Congress continue in session. one copy of the
DdiiV Era viii be furnished for five dollars
The who,o ease is now before the friends Of
Freedom. ! shall 20 ahead, ut whatever risk
or cost. UW they sustain me-
ietion ACTION, ACTION, is now the one
thing ncedful Let every subscriber to the
Weekly who cannot afford the Daily, renew
his subscription let every subscriber to the
Weekly who can afford the Daily, take it. Let
every man disposed to help forward this enter
prise obtain subscriptions and advertisements
THE DAILY NATIONAL ERA,
WASHINGTON, &c.
"a. BAILEY EDITOR AND PROPRIEToR.