The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-28
THE NATION { RIA,
Washington, D. c.
@. BAILEY, EDITOX AND PRoPRIEToRJ
JOHN @. WHITTIER, CORRESPONDING EDIToR-
OF THE TWELFTH VOLUME.
BEGINNING JANUARY l, 1855.

The National Era is an uncompronisioS
opponent of Slavery and the Slave Power; an
advocate of personal, civil and religious hber-
ty, without regard to race or creed; foe to all
secret combinations to control the Bsllot-Box,
whether under the direction Of priests or lay
men, and TO ali measures directly or indirectly
countenancing prescription on account of birth
place or religion; friend Of Temperance, the
Homestead, and all reforms calculated to secure
to Labor its just consideration, recompense, and
political weight, and to Trade, its Natural Free
dom, in virtue Of which every man has a right
to buy and sell in whatever market he pleases.
1t regards Slavery, and the issues involved
in it, as forming the great Political Question Of
the Day; taking the ground, that Slavery, from
its necessities, instincts, and habits, is perpetu.
ally antagonistic to Freedom and Free Labor,
and unchangeably aggressive; that its work.
ings can be counteracted only by a permanent
System of measures; and it therefore has sup
ported, and will continue to support, the Re-
publican Party, so long as it shall be true to
Freedom, holding itself, however, perfectly in
dependent, at liberty to approve or condemn
whatever may accord or conflict with its Of
avowed principles.
Ii presents weekly a summary Of General
News and Political Intelligence keeps a rec
ord of the Proceedings of Congress- and is the
repository of large portion Of the most i'm.
portant speeches delivered in that body.
Its Foreign aud Domestic Correspondence is
carefully provided for, and It's Literary Miscel-
lany, chiefly original, being supplied by many
OF the best writers of the country, makes it EN-.
phstcally PAPER FOR THE FAMILY.
My subscribers have stood by the Era hand
somely. No paper can boast warmer or more
| stesdfast friends. They have not forgotten
that, whatever the claims and merits of other
papers, the Era, in the face of imminent perils.
was the pioneer to Freedom of the Press IN this
slaveholding District, and has been for eleven
years the only journal at the seat of the Fed.
eral Government, representing the sentiments
of the Free States on the great Question of the
Country, the only journal through which their
loyal representatives in Congress could find
voice and vindication. They have not forgot.
ten, nor will they forget, that while papers en-
gagged in the same Cause elsewhere, have
strong local interests to rely upon, and the pa
pers printed here, opposed to our Cause, thrive
through the patronage Of the Federal Govern
ment, the Era is uniformly prescribed by that
Government, and its legal right to official ad-
vertisements denied, while, go far from having
the support, it ia constantly subjects! to the
opposition, of strong local interests 80 that its
only dependence is upon those enlightened
friends of Freedom, all over the country, who
appreciate the necessity of maintaining such
sentinel on the outpost of Freedom.
G. BAILEY.
Washington, D. c., November /, 1857.