M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-10
PROSPECTUS
DEMOCRAT!
c. B. FLOOD, EDITOR.

ON the third Of January the first number of a
new Democratic journal, with the above title,
was Issued from the press of the undersigned in
Cleveland. Its columns will be devoted to poll
ties to the news Of the day and reviews of the
markels, dc. DC. 1t will be issued daily and
weekly, and It viii alike he the pride and pleas
uTe OF those who conduct it to give it rank at
once us first cas, newspaper, and typograph-
icul execution oXcGlled by none in the State. The
arrangements already perfected for its regular
Hubheaton bloIs ,he word FAIL from its yocab.
uiary, and the establishment Of "IHE NATIONAL
LEMoCRAT' as one Of t,9 settled institutions has
already become a fixed fact
Our country ut this time presents strange
spectacle, and one calculated to fill the breast Of
every patriot with alarm. ScctiUnalism, regard
less oi the warning voice Of WASHINGTON per.
vades the land, and the Union Of the States has.
H. consequence, ceased to be regarded us the
sheet anchor ol our political hopes, aud its pres
crNaton Us Il thing Uf but little value in COM
parson to the political elevation of the colored
race. In other timcs-in the better days of the
Ecpubc-when the Whig and Democratic par
ties metin conteSt,i it was u battle of principle,
each OF the contcnding parties advocating that
policy believed by its adheronts to be best for
the common good. No word no act Of disoy0l-
ty TO the Union was then tolerated. Now such
words and such acts are common. They are
heard In tho National Congress, are tippIhty
uttered with parrOt-likC precision by the stumI
orator, and are to he found in the columns Of
the party press calling itself Republican, and
are seen IN the acts Of the same party, and in its
purely sectional organization.
As the only National party now in existence.
the Democracy arc in the field battling for their
time honorel principles, for the preservation of
the Union anc the Republic. An alienation it
Is hoped, but of temporary character, has wea-
kcned tic forces Of the Democracy, and has so
prostrated Ms in Ohio and in many of the older
States, that in all probability the lower branch
of the next Congress will bc in the bands of the
opposition, and war Of bitterness and of whole
sale denunciation has already commenced against
President Buchanan and those who stood by him
and the oath he has taken to support the COnsti.
tuition of the United States aud see that the laws
Of the Republic are faithfully executed While
yet freedom Of thought and freedom Of speech
are vouchsaicd to the American citizen the free
dom of tile press cannot be tramplcd down, and
hence the principles Of the democracy Of the
Union will be sustained in the columns Of tue
Democrat, and its chosen agents sustained in tile
right, careless Of whom it may offend,
TlN policy and conduct of the sage and states
man, james Buchanan, deserves aud should re
ceiyo the unqualified support of The NATIoNAL
DEMOCRAr.
After saying thus much We have. indeed writ
ten to little purpose if it he necessary to add.
that the nominees Of the Charleston Convention
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. will re-
ceive our warmest support. and that the work
of redecming Ohio from the miSrulc of the enc
my, will find in the conductors Of the Democrat
those who have never Altered when the Democ-
racy needed theirservioes. and who are still able
and willing to do tne State some service.
In Il word, planting itself on the platform Of
principles adopted ut the Cincinnati National
Convention and Mt the last State Convention #
the democracy at Columbus, the Democrat will
ever he found defending democratic measures
and the men who carry its measures into effect.
Its editor is not unknown to the democrats of
Ohio, in the defence of whose principles he has
passed his life, and that life of untalterng and
answering democracy he offers US guarantee
for the future.
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