St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-04
PROSPECTUS


orr;;n. OF any party or sect, hut the men,
bers OF any, can be heard through its col
umns ii any article Of suitable length and
sufficient literary merit: The first page
will contain tales, poetry, anecdotes &c
and western readers will always find sum
mary Of news cleaned from Eastern OK.
changes, while large space will he de.
voted to giving Eastern readers correct in
formation about the great North est In
ills department we expect the assistance
Of several hundred local reporters, farmers
and their wives, Red River traders, u,n-
hermon, land agents, surveyors, hunters
Sc. men and women who dwell in the
land, walk up and down; and 90 to and fro
in it; but we will use al possible dill
rencc in making personal observations and
not mislead our readers by false or exae-
geratea reports.
On al moral AMI political questions The
Visitor, will aim to deal fa;Iv bv those
who differ with it.; but the editori, Do
Dartment will never represent ANYTHING
but the convictions Of tie ed or. Cons.
;u:ntly its creed viii he:
]st. The Divine law is the Supreme Ia;
in al lands created by its author.
I'd. All men a:c created frte; a..
equo! ia Their right to lie, lib rty and in.
pursuit Of hani incsS.-
81. The Bible, and tie Constitution 81 ,nc
U"itet} States arc anti slavery: and tuna,
ciatt:e'loa is vnc institutional in any a.
so:la'ion protesting 10 receive either sa
fundHn1 ntal law
18th. Paying tax g is as unwomanly IS
voting; and is y privilege which should b.
exclusively conGned to "wi,ite mile y;t.
zens, Of this and other Countries" Unit,
women share with then. the responsibility
OF saying what shall be done with ths
money they arc required to c attribute t,
the pubic treasury
9th, Slavery, Incompetence, Ajec;a-
uon, Ignorance, Idleness, Land Monopolv
and Large Cities are the seven great evils
which cnrse the Earth, with multitude of
mise: les more wonderful than the "se>ca
wonders" OF the world and they mus. be
abolished before the reign of peace o.
earth and good will to man, can be ful'y
established.
9Th. St. Cloud, in despite Of all We couI.I
do to prevent, will, at no distant day, lie \
large city; and it is our duty now, 10 d:
what We can in laying the foundations for
as much of the good, and building e.
fences against as much, as pos>ibla, O; t:.e
evil attending these boards of crippled nu-
MARTY. .-..,..&
7th. Our motto is the true philosophy
Of life. BE sure you hive turned YOUR
face to liberty and light, your back to the
bondage; and The Aesh-pots Of Egvpt,-
Look straight towards the better land and
to the greatest amount of good you can
| accom- ism on the Journey Then: 60
forward" What into the Red Sea Of
toll, Of danger and apparent death? Yesl
Ii the path of duty lies through the deep
waters, q g forwards" and tie irresistible
! right arm shall! divide The waves. Amen
and Amen,
! Asto the bu mess pa,tof the v1slrEn.-
We have very little type and that not s;
tbs best Kind, not much paper and no more
money than Agur might have accented
with SAFETY. We recover six hundred miles
d' tant from typ; foundry or paper mill.
with the river frozen and several hundred
miles Of wagon or sled transformation be-
tween us and a railroad Our list OF pa .
irons is shorter than the roll Of Cideon's
army and a large proportion of them
must eat potatoes and corn meal this win
ter for want Of money TO buy -four. Still,
we intend to publish the V1sIrER, weekly
| if possible, but if not, then as often as ".
can, charging subscribers only for the
number sent them. We have no doubt or
fear but that the V1s1rER will i've to oct q
new dress in the spring, make its appear
ance IN respectable society, grow to be ga
power OF, Earth" and publish the obituary
Of all now. engaged in sending II out 1t uaoi u
its mission. 49,. s=.3 s*@}9 ~
JANE e. sWIssHELM Editor,
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