Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-11-03

TO the People ofothe South bean
THE, OIL D.aEXsMINEEpIl" LEYIVED!!!

a'a5e 9A = sga.rl $500 p f. 81 III tzasl
q The undersigned, having purchased its
good will and subscription books, proposes to
revive, at ali early day. the old Richmond
Ecomi,aer, Of which the late John N. Dam
lei was ditor-in-chief, and the undersigned
his constant associate for the entire period OF
the war. n'.'. y.
Il is believed that the pubEck viii recognize
an appropriate and practical idea in this en-
terprise. Efforts to revive. other papers in,
the South are announced, and it is certainly
neither a visionary nor unworthy endeayQr
for the literary associates of gallant spirit
that now sleeps ID the grave to essay honour
to his memory and a service to the publick BY
reyig ing tho old Eaalnineaf newspaper, so
LONG. t}he'ornanlentsof Southern letters, an ex-
ample at once Of the scholarship and ehivalry
of Virginia and perhaps the only school IN
the South of pure and classic English distinct
from the models and redee ned from the IN
noyations of Northern instructors. ot :"
=. The fame of the old Richmond E,Gaaai,asr
reached to the most distant parts of the world
The paper was well known in Europe. 1t
was pronounced by a distinguished Northern
politician ''the best exponent Of the civiliza
ton Of the South It was school of liter
airy scholarship for the youthiof the South !;
the class of Southern chivalry; an example
of independence, Of courage, Of iron spirit in
newspaper literature, which its chief iillstra-
ted in his own noble and severe life, and de-
Tended more than once on the field Of honor,
where the undersigned stood with him in the
vinsiication Of the. freedom Of the press.
Ssjdfrely there arc many people il the South
who will unite in an effort to revive news
paper which WAS an-oSlansert to its literature
and a school for It's virtues The'task is an
AMBITIOUS one, But the undersi gned attempts
it in. no lneansor tagging spirit. lie has a.
old writer's for the Errlhiaer: he will be
able to reproduce its typographical features.
and presentto Southern readers q tuc s5asile
Of their old acquaintance and he fervently
trusts md resolhtely pledges every resource
Of iiiittIfect and viii TO BREATHE again in this
fora, Of material resurrection the sains sl&fit
Of fearless criticism, cilivplrous contest and
unhcsitatine encounter with abuse that AMI
mated it Of GA. { IA III y n Is So
F. No pains or expense viii be spared to make
the .ki4unai2ler tie newspaper Of the South.
For every Department Of 1t the services Of
the most ACCOMPLISHED and active writer's will
be secured. Special correspondents will he
posted in New 7 ok and Washington and
other important centres Of Intelligence IN
the country. A former active editor of the
old iNxo,.,jaer, Edward A. Pollard will be
employed as correspondent from Europe, iii
which country he proposes to write iIisto-
nv Of the War, and to forli a familiar ae-
quaintanae with the politics Of Europe, espe-
cially in connection with American questions
and topics This correspondence willconsti-
t,ite a special feature ofintcrest in our paper
it will enliyen it's columns from week to weel.
with the productions Of All animated pen
and it VIII afford our readers a singuiarly
good. opportunity to make themselves ac-
qu:nted with contemporary Europe, and to
apprehend the growing interest ofour foreign
relations. 49, -e:
The undersigned was recently the editor Of
the Richmond fines, but in, consequence OF
a disagreement with the part proprietor: OF
that paper, he has been forced to leave it and
appeal to the civil courts fer his rights and
he now proposes to himself the liobler task of
,l,eviving a paper endealed to the South by
many memories Of the past, and associated
with so much that is admirable in it's heroick
and literary maine. In history. He calls upon
the cid subscribers Of the Ernmiiacr, from
Virginia to Texas, to rally to its support, to
,reten their subscriptions, and to assist in the
revival ola paper which has existed for three
quarters Of a century, and which has ever
been soiicitous to honour truth and virtue,
prompt to chastise abuses, and ambitious to
defend and adorn the civilization and litera-
turc Of the South faai
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