New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-06-04
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OF THE
Ne " NATIONAL ERA.
LEWIS III. DOUGLASS, EpIToR.


| The NEW NATIONAL ER,wilI nari,ka Il y ,wo
told nature that of an Advocate ana an Edu
Gator. AS an Advocate II will assert and main.
tam every right pertaining to the American citi.
zen, independent Of race, color or accident O,
birth. Ii will demand the recognition Of tbesa
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national ensign waves. As an Educator. if,
columns will be an especial medium for tbs
effective diffusion OF right PRINCIPLES and much
needed instruction, and for the incubation of
those HABITS of industry, economy. ard selcre
lance viii III conduce to independent manhood,
and give vitality and energy to free government.
insuring in return blessings to the governed
While the editors of the New NATIONAL En-,
are colored men, and the contributors will he
mainly coored, yet the columns will be omen for
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THE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT..
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OF the land
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the people, coloret and white, who, either !,
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tiuences, have been deprived OF the onnoriun,.
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the free States.
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