Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-06
THE LIBERAL POLICY"

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aOur exchange list is 50 overgrown that We
are compelled to cut it down. The prospectus
for general use has been standing in the Era
for two Or three weeks. By publishing this,
30 that it will attract attention, or by giving
such an abstract and notice OF 1t as shall bring
the Era fairly before their readers they will
entitle themselves to an exchange If they
choose 10 do this, we shall recognise their claim
to tho Era for one year Some publishers. pre-
fer to pay difference Of one dollar on the ex-
change
We take the above from the Nationai Era
of the 9th ult. 1t is required Of all country pa
pers to publish long prospectus Of that paper
to eatitle them to an exchange, or to pay one
dollar year for the honor and privilege Of re.
ceiving that superior paper. Now tho Era is
good paper-cveryb body knows that; its edi-
tor il d man Of talent, and a firm advocate Of
Truth and II, ght--cyery body knows that, too;
but we do not consider it worthy Of such hom-
age from us Had it been asked II us as a
matter Ct courtesy, to publish the prospectus,
We should have been happy to have done 80 I;
but we will not play second fiddle for the Era
pectus, we generally do it upon the same terms
Weekly Sparta Journal
Is the editor Of the Journal aware that the
paragraph purporting to be quoted from the
Era never appeared in that form in the Era 2
Where did he find such quotation? What
we did say appeared in the Era of December
Sth and was this:
10 Qua EXCHANGE LIST is 30 oyergrOwn
that we are compelled to cut it down. We
cannot afford, Of course, to exchange with q
thousand or two papers. Some editors print
short prospectus, which was intended for the
use Of our voluntary agents; they print thip,
too, in somn obscure corner, and without even
| calling attention to it, and then claim an ex
change. AS we have never requested them to
do anything Of the sort, they will please ex-
cuse us for not complying with the request
The prospectus for general use has been
standing in the Era fer two or three weeks
By publishing this, SO that it will attract at
tention, or by giving such an abstract and no.
tice of it as shall bring the Era fairly before
thor readers they will entitle themselves to
an exchange. We do not ask this, for we are
desrous to keep our exchanges within mode
rate limits; but if they choose to do So We shall
recognise their claim to the Era for one year
Some publishers prefer to pay a, difference Of
one dollar on the exchange.
| We intend nothing offensive to any Of our
| c0tcmp0raries nor would we intimate that the
| Era is superior in merit to their papers; but
their own experience will show them the ne
cessity Of fixing some limitation upon these
editorial conrtesies.
A very different thing this, from the offensive
paragraph attributed to us. Again, let Us say,
once for all, that we have never made it a con-
dition to exchange with any Free Democratic
paper that it should publish our Prospectus,
or notice the Era in any way; and that, if an
exchange is not kept up with every such paper,
it is entirely from inadyertence, not intention.
As this is the fourth time, within few weeks
that We have been misrepresented, may we
ask the Free Democratic Press to print this
last paragraph?
THE UNITED STATES AND Mexico "A des-
patch from this city ia published in various
Northern papers, which states that treaty
with Mexico has been negotiated by General
Gadsden, and is now before the President, the
first article of which provides that Mexico
shall give to the United States such bound
airy as will enable US to protect her from the
incursions Of tho frontier Indians; the second
provides for a right of way for a railroad to
the Pacific, Gas means Of forming CONNER
eial barrier against the attacks Of the Indians -
the third provides for an abrogation Of the sec
ton Of the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo which
guarantees the defence Of the frontier in con-
sideration Of money givcn, which is to be in
full Of oil past dcprcdations; the fourth rrc-
vidcs for the specific enforcement Of the Tehu
antepec right of way and the fifth contains an
alternative proposition to the second article, t.
the effect that Mexico shall cede to the United
States a boundary which will include the route
known in Lieutenant Parke's map as Lieut.
COL Cookies wagon route, extending nearly to
the aist parallel, and going due west so AS TO
give us large accession Of territory, and
taking in the whole OF the peninsula Of Lower
California, including Sonora, upon the payment
by the u. States to Mexico OF fifty millions Of
dollars.
| Doubt is thrown upon this statement by
other writer's but we are inclined to think there
is some at least plausible basis for ii.
HE SENATE OF THE UNITED cTATEs.-We
have read with surprise a statement in a
morning paper, to the effect that Of the Sena-
tors in Congress who were members at the
December session Of 1915, the following have
seats at present, viz: Messrs. Atchison Of
Missouri, Bright Of Indiana Cass Of Michi-
gan, Clayton Of Delaware, pearce Of Mary
land, and Mr.. Phelps Of Vermont; and that
but fw Of the present body were 10 service ~
Senators ut any time previous to the above
date.
Truly, death has done its work in this body
but the mutations Of parties have grown more
frequent and Senators do not, as IL old, grow
gray in its service Twenty years ago there
was not ayoung member, and there were but
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