Year: 1865




Ranking ourselves among those who-no matter what
tler former political opinions-are willing 70 II
ceive cordially and honorsbly the arbiuament Of
believing sincerely that by the inscrutabe workings
an overIung Providence, the dreadful tempest o
strife and desoaon which has swept over us during the
past four years was but the harbinger of urer and
brighter day than ever yet dawned upon our beloved
counry We feel to be now the duty of every ae oa
triot casting a charitable veil over the iTemedable
past to bend all his energies TO the pleasing task
only Of obliteratng all traces Of bygone differences
but Of Immediately laying the foundation Of present
aid future prosperity among us. We believe il 20 be
a duty we ell owe to our common countTy-in "a
broadest acceptation Of the term-to our indiyidua
State to our families and to the Of humanity and
civilization throughout the world.


Firm in this teief-impeed by the spirit otrue broth
erhood towards all our countrymen whether ofsouth
ern or northern origin we purpose to issue Daily pa.
per under the above title of TIE RRPUBIIc and bear
ing the ignicant motto no North South East
10 West-Our Whole Country" The very seestlon Of
this name and motto will We trust. abpndanty fore
shadow the principles by which We are determined 10
guided While we yield to in love and yeneraion
for our dear old State Of Virginia, do not and nsYe;
did feel that ear love and veneraaon should 10 limited
to the n ere petty confines of State lines.





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.commttalist but fearlessly and hon
etly expressing its opinions attacking the WRONG and
defending the RIGHT wherever we find them-whether
for against Northern or Southern procliVtes ;and
from the view not Of what EXISTED but OF what EXISTS
Entertaining feeling Of sectiOnalsm ourselves, we
shall have fear of either class of thinkers unchara
bly, cOnfounding honesty OF purpose with maleyo
ence Of intention In short our effort viii he smooth
over the rude furrows Of the past-to maintain the dig
nifty and true interests of our undivided comfy
20 do all we can towards moulding into one hsrmoniou
happy prosperous and faerna result the restless and
doubling elements of liscord yet surviving this horrible
conyulson proud Of the proofs Of true greatness which
this war has developed in two former rival sections !
the nation and rejoicing in the conspicuous fac
that in spite of all the ind vdual suffering which that
war has inflicted Northern and Southern brethren have
in four years been brought together, been shown each
others merits and dement's been taught 70 love and re-
spect each other in a that would have been NJ
| tery impossible during centuries of peace.
To speed on the good work, now happily commenced
will be the effort OF THE REPUBLIc but to ensure sue
cess will much depend upon the aid that s acoorIed 20
our earnest and well meant eadeavCrs All We can say
is that if the support obtain is at all in proportion ts
the zeal and hopefulnsss with which we lau1ch our
paper upon ts career of usefulness it will not b, long
in assuming foremost rank among The journals Of ii
Continent.


Weexle,t to issue first numbe..on cont Mon
day the 9th May


Our o:sce will be located in Bosher's Hail. sou h wes
corner of Main and Ninth streets where have sPsry
facility for undertaking JOB PRINTING upon any scale
from the largest playblll to the smallest card. =
R. +. WALKER
sp N-lw j. w. LEWELLEN.