Year: 1865

OUR WHOLE COUNTRY"
Ranking ourselves among those who-no matter what
their former political opnions-are now willing to re-
ceive cordially and honorsbly the arbiament Of war,
believing sincerely that by the nscruabe workings Of
an over-ruling Providence, the dreadful tempest of
strife and desolaton which has swept us during the
past four years but the harbnger of purer and
brighter day than yet dawned upon our beloved
country we feel l. to be the duty Of every true pa
trot casting charitable veil over the irremediable
past bend all his energies 10 the pleasing task not
only of obterating all traces of bygone differences
but of Immediately laying the foundation of present
and future prosperity among u.s. We believe it to be
a duty we all owe to our common country-in the
broadest acceptaton of the tsrm-to our individual
State to our families and to the of humanity and
civilization throughout the world.


Firm in this beef-impeIed by the spirit of true broth
erhood towards all our counrymen, whether of south.
ern or northern origin purpose TO issue Daily pa
per under the above title of THE REPUBLIC and bear
ing the sign icant motto mo North South East
no West-0ur Whole Country" The very selection o.
this name and motto will we trust, abundantly fore
shadow the principles by which determined to be
guided While yield TO in love and veneration
for our dear old State Of Virginia, do not and never
did feel that our love and venerahon should be limited
to the n ere petty confines of State lines


We intend to make of The REPUBLIC" frst-ca's
daily newspaper containing all the latest news, native
and foreign sustained by able corps of Reporters and
by Editorial ability of the first order 1t will be LIVE
paper not occupying the safe but sulky and dubious
position of non commtalist but elrlessy and hon.
esty expressing its opinions attacking the WRONG and
defending the RIGHT wherever we find them--whetber
for or against Northern or Southern proclives and
from the view not of what EXISTED but of what EXISTS
Entertaining feeling of sectionsIism ourselves,
shall have no fear of either class of thinkers unchaa
bly, confoundng honesty of purpose with maeyo-


ence Of intention. In short effort will be to smooth
over the rude furrows OF the pastto maintain the dig
nifty and true interests of undivided country
to do all towards moulding into one harmonious
happy prosperous and raterna result the restless and
doubling elements of discord yet surviving this horrible
convusion proud of the proofs Of true greatness whick
this has developed in two former rival sections oil
the nation and rejoicing in the conspicuous fact
that in spite of all the ind vdual suffering which that
has inflicted Northern and Southern brethren have


in four years. been brought together been shown each
others merits and dement's been taught to love and
spect each other in a that would have been ut
terly impossible during centuries of peace.
To speed the good work, happily commenced,
will be the effort of THE REPUBLIC but to
cess will much depend upon the aid that is accorded to
our earnest and well endeavs. All we can say
h that if the support obtain is at all in proportion to
the zeal and hoperulness with which we launch our
paper upon its of usefulness will be long


in assuming foremost rank among the journals Of this
Continent.


weexIe,t to issue our first number on or about Mon
day, the 9th May


Our osce will be located in Boshers Hall, southwest
corner of Main and Ninth streets where have every
facility for undertaking JOB PRINTING upon any scale
from the largest y-bill to the smallest card.
r. F. WALKER,
ap27-lw ]. W. LEWELLEN