Year: 1859

press OI our own. we neeu 10 kHoW
something else of ourselves through the
press than the everyday statements made
up to suit the feelings of the base or the
interests of our opponents. We need some
thing more than the general news or the
mere gossip of the hour, such as is usually
presented to us through the press in gen
eral. Our cause for in this country we
have cause) demands our own advocacy.


Hereditary bondmen, know We not,


That they who would be free


Themselves must strike the blow ?''


The powerful and influential journals
around us certainly have but little espe-
cial interest in, nor can they present our
case as it should be presented-su surely, as
we can present it ourselves. The English,
the Germans, the Irish, the Welch, the
French, and others, in this country, though
by virtue of position, receive far more at
the hands of the community and the press
than we do, or as yet can hope to and
yet each of these find it necessary to have
an especial organ of their own, through
which to direct the minds, efforts and ac-
tions of their class. And we too need
good journal in this vicinity, through
which to utter our own thoughts, and dis
seminate all those great truths that under
lie the immutable principles of RIGHT and
JUSTICE, from our own standpoint. We
are aware that there is difficulty in fore
ing home upon our people conviction of
this truth Nevertheless, if there be any
one thing that should fasten itself in the
minds and hearts of our people, it is the
indisputable necessity of sustaining and
reading a good journal directed especially
to their true interests. Such is to be The
WEEKLY ANGLo-AFRIcAN and as an earn
est of our pledge, let us be little more
specific as to our aim:


First, We shall, through its columns,
strive to set forth our cause in true and
clear light, by thorough and impartial
review of our condition, past and present.
AS people, we have been too long crop
ing in the mists of an uncertainty, that
brou5ht upon quIcKsands and stones of
stumbling and when the mists and va
pors cleared away, we have found our
selves but shipwrecked mariners, incapa-
bic even Of taking heart again for to-mor-
row. We shall therefore, by the light of
the past, and the actual Of the present, en-
deavor to point the right path for our peo-
pie, both free and enslaved, throughout the
land.


Secondly, We shall direct the attention of
the masses to industry, to perseverance, to
economy, to self-reliance, to the obtainment
of substantial footing in the land of our
birth.


Thirdly, We shall direct attention to the
cause of education among us-that is, that
kind Of education really essential to our
present condition and future development
-discouraging wholly that kind of ephem-
eral nonsense too often mistaken by many
of us for education, but which blasts the
hopes and prospects of too many of our
youth


Fourthty, We shall continually call atten-
ton to the subjects of a agriculture and me-
chanics, and other elevating employments,
urging our young men to be content with
a frieze coat and check shirt, and a half
loaf, in the pursuit of these, rather than
with lace jackets, tinselled hats and we'll
fed persons, to be satisfied in the occupan-
cy of menial, and unelevating and unde-
veloping employment.


Fttthly, We shall endeavor, by contin-
uous correspondence from nearly every city
and towninthe country, to connect and keep
astlr our whole people, thus bringing them
together weekly, to compare notes and
learn of each others prosperity.


'0''o'''oG, w . oLtlll give, from Illne TO Clme,
a brief account of the resources, employ
ments, and thrift of our people about the
country, and also short biographical sketches
of noteworthy colored men.


Secenthly, OF all that transpires in our
common country or throughout the world
that will have any bearing upon our cause,
we shall take view so broad and so COM
prehensive that none will fail to see either
the danger or the advantage, and be thus
enabled to act accordingly.


Eighthly, We shall, with all our heart
and strength, oppose error and wrong, and
strive to promote justice and virtue, where
ever and whenever we find them.


Thus shall we hope to present paper
that will meet the wants and have the cor
dial and united support of a generous
public.


pIoNIcs To CoME OFF.-The Sons of