Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-14
WASHINGTON, ID. g.
PROSPECTUS or THE EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE
NATIONAL ERA.

a HAIlrY. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
JOHN q. WHITTIER, CORRESPONDENCE EDITOR.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
The National Era is u weekly newspaper,
devoted to Literature and Politics.
In Literature, it sims to unite tho Beautiful
with the True, and to mako both Immediately
subscrvicnt to- the practical purposes OF every
day life.
In Politics, it advocates the Rights of Man,
and the Equality of Rights and opposes what
ever violates or tends to violate them, whetner
this be Involuntary Personal Servltude, civil
Dcspotism, Spiritual Abaolutism, Class Legis-
lation, the Selfshness Of Capital, the Tyranny
Of Combination, the Oppression OF MAJORITY,
or the Exactions Of Party.
IL holds no fellowship with the Wing ana
Democratic organizations, believing tnat She
main issues on which they have been arrayed
against each other are obsolete OF settled, ana
that they are now chiefly used by the Sectional
Interest Of Slavery, to impair the love of Lib
ertv natural to the American mind, aud to
subiugate the American People to it's rule. DIS
claiming all connection with them, it yet sym
pathizos with those Of their adherents who arc
honestly seeking through them to advance inc
substantial interests of the country, alth0ugh
it must believe that they have not chosen the
better way.
Il is q supporter Of the Independent Dcmoc
racy. which holds that tho Truths OF the Dec
laration Of Independence arc prdctscat, that IN
their light the Consultation OF the United
States Is to be interpreted, that to them tho
laws and institutions and usages Of the coun
try should be conformed--a Party, whose
motto is Union, not for the sake of Union,
but for the sake of Freedom and Progress ;
and Lnso not for the sake Of Law, but for the
Protection of Human Rights and interests
the only sure foundation Of order and concord
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enlarged by the addition Of four columns. We
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the Union was formed to secure the blessings
Of Liberty, and not to perpetuate tho curse OF
Slavery.
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