Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-12
WASHINGTON, y. q.
Prospectus or THE DAILY NATIONAL ERA

I shall issue, on the I'd day Of January en-
SUNG, the DAILY NATIONAL EZRA, Political
and Literary Newspaper.
In Politics, il will advocate the Rights OF
Man, and the Equality OF Rights, and oppose
whatever violates or tends to violate them.
whether this be Involuntary Personal Servi-
tude, Civil Despotisnl, Spiritual Absolutism,
Class Legislation, the Sellishness Of Capital,
the Tyranny Of Combination, the Oppression Of
Majority, or the Exactions ola Party.
II will hold no fellowship with the Wing
and Democratic organizations, believing that
the main issues on which they have been ar
rayed against each other are obsolete or settled,
and that they are now chiefly used BY the See
,ional Interest Of Slavery, TO impair the love nl
Liberty natural 10 the American mind, and TO
subjugate the American People TO IFS rule. DIS
claiming all connection with them, il will YET
sympathize with those Of their adherents who
are honestly seeking through them TO advance
the substantial interests the country although
it must believe that they have not chosen the
better way
II will be supporter Of the Independent
Democracy, which holds that the Truths Of the
Declaration of Independence are practical; thai
in their light The Constitution OF the United
States is To be Interpreted; that 10 them the laws
, and institutions and usaGes OF the country
should be conformed--a Party, whose motto
is, Union, not for. the sake OF Union, but for the
sake Of Freedom and Progress and Lar, not
for the sake of Law. but for the Protection Of
Human Rights and Interests-lhe only sure
foundation Of order and concord.
In no sense will il be the organ OF Party, or
amere Party Paper. bnt absolutely free and
independent" claiming TO speak by " aulhori-
Iy'' for nobody except IFS editor, and recognis-
ing no authority in any quarter to prescribe lis
course and policy.
In Literat,rc, il will aim TO unite the Beau
tiful with the True, and to make both immedi-
ately subservent TO the practical purposes Of
everyday life
Able correspondents, at home and abroad,
have been secured, and ample provision has
been made for its Literary Miscellany.
1t will publish condensed reports OF the pro-
ceedings Of Congress, explain movements in
that body, the causes Of which do not always
lie upon the surface, and from its position be
able 10 keep constant watch upon the action
of the Federal Government in relation TO all
questions at issue between Liberty and Slavery.
The extensive subscription Of the Weekly
Era, which. during the year about TO close, has
reached the number of twenty eight thousand,
must make il an eligible medium for advertisers.
The Daily Era will be issued on sheet as
large as that of the Daily National htcligencer,
on the Cd day of January, 1854. and daily there
after. until the lst of September. 1854, (or long
er, should Congress continue in session. AT
FIVE DOLLARS Fog THAT PERIOD; and should
the result then WARRANT. the publication will be
resumed on the lst Of December following, by
the year.
As but sixteen days intervene between this
and the 2d of January, il is important that
subscriptions be forwarded at once.
Payment in advance iciH be invariably re-
onred G.. BAILEY.
Washington, December 10. 1853.