Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-11-10
TO the People OF the South!
THE DBL "EXAMINEF" EEVVEO!!!

The undersigned, having purchased us
good will and subscription books, proposes to
revive, at an early day, the old Richmond
Examiner, of which the late John M. Dan
iel was editor-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 III 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 a gallant spirit
that now sleeps in the grave to essay honour
to his memory and service to the publlck by
reviving the old Examiner newspaper, SO
long the ornament of Southern letters, an ex-
ample at once of the scholarship md chivalry
of Virginia; and perhaps the only school IN
the South Of pure and classic English distinct
from the models and rcdee ned from the in
novations of Northern instructors.
The fame the old Richmond EraDiaser
reached to the most distant parts of the world
The paper was well known in Europe. 1t
was pronounced by distinguished Northern
politician 1.-The best exponent Of the civillza-
ton of the South" It was a school Of liter
airy scholarship for the youth of the South ;
the class Of Southern chivalry; an example
of independence, of courage, Of iron spirit IN
newspaper literature, which its chief ilIustra-
ted in bis own noble and severe life, and de-
Tended more than once On the field of honor,
where the undersigned stood with him in the
vinJicaton of the freedom Of the press.
Surely there are many people i'll the South
who will unite in an effort to revive a news
paper which was an ornament TO its literature
and a school for It's 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 corps of the
old writer's for the L1lntlnf; he will be
able to reproduce its typographical features
and present to Southern readers q t1ic s,n1s}e
Of their old acquaintance; and he feryently
trusts and resoIutely pledges every resource
of intellect and will 10 breathe again in this
form of material resurrection the same spirit
of fearless criticism, chiyalrous contest and
unhcsitatine encounter with abuse that ami
mated it Of Old.
No pains or expense will be spared to make
the Eaanltaer tie newspaper OF the South.
For every department. Of it the services of
the most accomplished and active writers will
be secured. Special correspondents will be
posted in New York and Washington and
other important centres Of Intelligence In
the country. A fo.nci active editor Of the
old Examiner, Edward 4. Pollard, will be
employed as correspondent FROM Europe, in
Which country he proposes to write 4 Hist'.-
~ Of the War, and to form a familiar ac-
quaintance with the politics Of Europe, espe-
cially III connection with American questions
and topics This correspondence VIII consti-
tute special feature ofintercst III our paper
it will eniven its columns from week to week
with the productions Of an animated pen
and it will afford our readers singnlarly
good opportunity to make themselves &C
quainted with cotemporary Europe, and &c
approhend the growing interest Of our foreign
relations.
The undersigned was recently the editor o.
the iRiclnlond Times: but in consequence o
disagreement with the part proprietor O
that paper, he has been forced to leave it allt
e appeal to the civil courts for his rights; an4
he now proposes to himself the l.obler task Of
reviving paper endeared to the South BY
many memories Of the past, and associated
with SO much that is admirable in it's herolcl
and literary name in history. He calls upon
the old subscribers Of the Examiner, from
Virginia to Texas. to rally to its support, tt
re'lew their subscriptions, and to assist in the
revival Of paper which has existed for three
quarters Of a century, and which has ever
been so,icitous to honour truth aud virtue
prompt to chastisc abuses, and ambitious to
defend and adorn the civilization and ltera.
ture of the South.