Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-11-17

To the People Of the South!
THE DBL "EXAMINEn" REWVED!!!

The undersigned, having purchased its
good will and subscription books, proposes to
revive, at an early day, the old Richmond
Examiner, of which the late John NJ. Dan
lei was cditor-in- chief, and the undersigned
his constant associate for the entire period OF
the war.
1t is believed that the publick will 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 visionary nor unworthy endeavor
for the literary associates of gallant spirit
that now sleeps in the grave to essay honour
to his memory and service to hepubllck by
reviving the old. Examiner newspaper, so
long the ornament of Southern letters, an ex-
ample at once Of the scholarship and chivalry
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. vi
The fame of the old Richmond Examiner
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 'clviliza-
ton of the South" 1t was school of liter
airy scholarship for the youth Of the South (;
the class of Southern chiyalry.; an example
of independence, Of courage, Of iron spirit in
newspaper literature, which its chief illustra-
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
yindication Of the freedom Of the press.
Surely there are many people in the South
who will unite in an effort to revive a news
paper which was an ornament to it's literature
and a school for its virtues. The task is an
ambitious one. But the undersigned attempts
it in no mean or tagging spirit. He has al
ready undertaken to marshal a corps of the
old writer's for the Ea,niner he will be
able to reproduce its typographical features,
and present toSoutiiern readers a fac s'nlile
Of their old acquaintance; and he fervcntly
trusts and rcsolutely pledges every resource
of intellect and will to breathe again in this
form of material resurrection the same spirit
of fearless criticism, elliYalrous contest and
tuhcsitatIns encounter with abuse that ami
mated it of old
I No Pains or eypcnse will be spared to make
the Examiner tic newspaper Of the South.
For every department Of it the services of
the most accomplished and active writer's will
be secured Special correspondents will be
posted in New I ori1 and Washington and
other important centres Of Intelligence in
the country. x former active editor Of the
old Examiner, Edward a Pollard, will be
employed as correspondent from Europe, in
which country he proposes to write liisto-
ry of the War, and to form a familiar ac-
quaintancc with the politics of Europe, espe-
cially in connection with American questions
and topics This correspondence will consti-
tute special feature ofintsrest i'll cur paper !;
it will eniiyen its columns from week to week
with the productions Of an animated pen
and it will afford our readers a singularly
good opportunity to make themselves ac-
quainted with contemporary Europe, and to
apprchend the growing interest Of our foreign
relations.
The undersigned was recently the editor Of
Jllc IelH1lilOuu iWtcS. Dut iii CU4lsCtiucuC VI
disagreement with the part proprietor OF
that paper, he has been forced to Leave it and
appeal to the civil courts for his rights and
he now proposes to. himself the llobler task OF
reviying a paper endeared to the South by
many memories of the past, and associated
with SO much that is admirable in its heroick
and literary name in history. He calls upon
the old subscribers of the Ernminer, from
Virginia to Texas, to rally to its support, to
'-enesc their subscriptions, and to assist i'll the
revival ola paper which has existed for three
quarters Of 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-
ture Of the South.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
DAmr-One year, in advance, $500
=" Six months, in advance, = 500
" Three months, in advance, 800
% fine month in pdvance M