The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-02-02
WALNUT HILL, HAMILTON COUNTY,


January %, 1854
DR.. G. BAILEY: saw with great pleasure,
your announcement of a daily Era, to be con-
Quoted by yourself, because though | know
tho weekly to DO a powerful auxiliary in the
cause of the oppressed of oil nations, yet it was
clear to me that daily would be much moro
effective, especially in the political department
of the warfare. Attacks Of a political kind
need to be met daily, and MISREPRESENTATION
immediately corrected, and truth promptly sent
abroad. In all these respects the enemies of
human rights had decidedly tho advantage,
and were making vigorous use Of it,
had hoped, too, that as your weekly was
so prosperous, it would enable you to bear the
burden without drawing from other sources
till your daily subscribers and advertisements
became 30 numerous that the daily issue wero
able to sustain itself and that it would in
year or two prove additional compensation to
you for your labor, talent, risk Sc But was
grieved, as well as surprised, to learn from
| your last number of tho weekly that all the
profits of this, and SIS 600 more, would be sunk
In the attempt you were determined to carry
out-of sustaining the daily for at least the
next nine months.
It is this last fact which made me feel that
all the friends Of the cause, and your own, too.
ought at once 10 come TO your aid. IL is but little
indeed that poor preacher can do but still
remember the old adage, every LITTLE
HELPS" And 90 am encouraged to enclose
You ten dollars, which wish you to devote to
the support of the daily paper. And may God
bless you, my dear friend and grant you album
dainty the spirit Of Christ, and great holiness
for the truth, together with the meekness of
wisdom
We take the liberty of presenting the fore
going extract from well known gentleman in
Cincinnati, and one of our best friends. He
will pardon us, we are sure, when we tell hir,
that we cannot accept any gratuty in aid of
our enterprise; but If he will designate two
persons, whom he may desire to receive the
Duly or allow to DO SO, no will confer o
special favor upon US. What we said of the
draft Of tho Daily upon us is all true and
this will not appear surprising to those who
are familiar with the expenses of Telegraph
ing, Congressional Reporting, sc, and who are
besides aware of the fact, that we are in the
habit of setting up matter enough in the Daily,
in the course of six days, to furnish two such
papers as the Weekly Era. 1t is the extra cost
of composition that constitutes tho present bur-
den. But we rejoice that cur Daily was start
ed just on the eve of n desperate conspiracy to
establish slave empire in Nebraska. 1t was
a mos. fortunate coincidence. Such an enter
prise, at such G moment, is worth all it will
cost
But if our friends would help US, let them
send us subscribers to tho Daily, and keep up
our Weekly list.
ENCOURAGING WORDS. A subscriber at
Newton, Massachusetts,, says" We rejoice in
your prosperity, and trust before 1856 that your
Daily will reach 10000, and your Weekly
100000 If men would patronize Truth, and
not Falsehood, you would soon reach that num-
ber"
Your articles on the Nebraska Question ore
most conclusive. The Anti-Slavery sentiment
Of our community is rising as the dangers
threaten. Those sgitstors are not aware, per-
haps that Wings and Democrats of New Eng
land always excepting those who have NO
SOULS are pledged to the non-extcnsion Of Sla-
very. We cannot but believe that this IN
famous scheme will yet be defeated"
Another subscriber in Sing Sing New York
writes
Anti-Slavery Wings and Democrats are
seeing the folly Of fighting for Slavery on the
Baltimore platform. Hence subscribers come
easy"
There can be no doubt that the sentiment Of
Freedom was never growing moro rapidly than
it is now, and thore never was so strong dis
position 30 support newspapers imbued with the
love Of human rights
OF the vast Importance of extending the cir.
culation of the Liberal Press at this crisis every
intelligent advocate of Freedom is convinced
Through the Pres" writes subscriber wht
Ehas sent us numerous subscriptions for the Era
q the Public can be mos. successfully enlight
encd, and the public conscience most extensive
u y reached