Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-20

WASHINGTON, d. G.

WASHINGTON, ID. &.
pRoarECrus or rHr EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE
NATIONAL xRA.
a. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
John q. wHITTIER, CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
WASHINGTON, D. Q.
Tho National Era IL weekly newspaper,
devoted 70 Literature and Politics.
In Literature, it rims 10 unto the Beautiful
with tho Truo, and 70 make both immediately
subsorvicnt TO tho practical purposes o. cvery-
day liic 49,. 49,.
and the Equality OF Rights and opposes what
ever violates or tends 70 violate thcm, whether
this bc Involuntary Personal Servitude, Civil
Dcspotism, Spiritual AbsolutiHn, Class Legis-
Iation, tho SoIfshncss Of Capital, the Tyranny
Of Combination, the Oppression Of Majority,
or the Exncticns of Party.
h holds no fsllowship with the Wing ano
Democratic oygani=dfiOnS balioving thas snc
main issues On which they have boon arrayed
chat thcy arc now chiefly used by tho Sectional
interest oil slavery, TO impair tho love OF Lab
orty natural 10 tho American mind, and 20
subiugatc the American People 10 its rule. Die
claiming all connection with them, it yct sym
pathixcs with those Of their ndhercnts who arc
honestly seeking through them to advance the
substantial interests oS tho country, although
it must believe that they have not chosen the
better way.
It is supporter Of the Independent Dcmoc-
racy. which holds that tho Truths OF tho Dec-
laration Of Independence are prGcticai, that IN
their light the Constitution OF the United
States is to be interpreted, that to them tho
laws and institutions and usagos of the coun
try should bo conformed--a Party, whose
motto is Union, not for the sake Of Union
but for the sake Of Freedom and Progress /;
and LaaO, not for tho sake Of Law, but for the
Protection Of Human Rights and Interests
the only sure foundation Of ordcr and concord.
In no sense is it the organ Of Party, or q
mero Party Paper, but absolutely free and
independent" claiming to speak :" by author
ityn for nobody except ito editor, and recogni-
sing no authority in any quarter to prescribe its
course and policy.
Thc Eighth Volume Of tho Era will CON-
menee on the first of january ensuing, and be
enlarged by the addition Of four columns. We
have neglected no means that could promise 70
make it an agreeable companion for the Hourc-
hold, and an efficient co-adjutor to the onlight
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the country can surpass the Era as it respects
contributors to its Literary Department.
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in that body, the causes of which do not always
lilo upon the surface, and from its position is
enabled to keep constant watch upon tho no.
ton of the Federal Government in relation
TO all questions at issuo between Liberty and
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Sentiment of the Republic, while the Pro-Sla-
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the Union was formed to secure tho blessings
Of Liberty, and not to pcrpctuato the curse OF
Slavery.
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and Literary Newspaper.
In Politics, it will advocate tho Rights Of
Man, and tho Equality Of Rights, and oppose
whatever violates or tends to violate thom,
whether this bo Involuntary Personal Servi.
tude, Civil Dospotism, Spiritual Absolutism,
Glass Legislation tho Selfshness Of Capital,
the Tyranny of Combination the Oppression OF
o Majority, or the Exactions Of Party.
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and Democratic organizations believing that