Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-19
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| shall issue, on the ID day Of January en-.
SUNG, the DAIY NATIoNAL Era. Political
and Literary Newspaper
In Politics, il will advocate the Rights Of
Man, and the Equality OF Rights, and oppose
whatever violates or tends 10 violate them.
whether this be Involuntary Personal Servi-.
tude, Civil Despotism, Spiritual Absolutism,
Class Legislation, the Selfishness Of Capital,
the Tyranny Of Combination, the Oppression Of
Majority, or the Exactions Of a 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 thar they are now chiefly used by the Sec
tional Interest oi Slavery, 70 impair the lovesof
Liberty natural to the American mind, and 70
subiugate the American People 10 its rule. Dis
claiming all connection with them. II will yet
sympathize with those OF their adherents who
are honestly seeking through them 10 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; that
in their light the Constitution Of the United
States is to be interpreted; that to 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 Lac. not
for the sake of Law. but for the Protection Of
Human Rights and lnierests--lhe only sure
foundation Of order and concord. Fl
In no sense will il be the organ OF Party, or
mere Party Paper, but absolutely tree and
independent" claiming TO speak by 'sauthori-
typ Tor nobody except its editor, and recognls
ing no authority in any quarter to prescribe IFS
course and policy.
In Literature, il will aim TO unite the Beau
tiful with the True, and to make both immedl
ately subservient 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.
II 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 It's position be
able to 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 iwenty-elght 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 Iatelligencer,
on the 2d 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 FOR THAT PERIOD; and should
the result then WARRANT. the publication viii be
resumed on the lst of December following, by
the year.
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and the I'd Of January, it is important that
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Paument ia adrsnce iciA be incariaLly re-
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Washington. December Is, 1853.