Jeffersonian Republican

Jeffersonian Republican,

A new Weekly Paper, to be published at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., and Milford, Pike County, Pa., simultaneously.

The whole art of Government consists in the art of Being honest.—Jefferson.

THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN

in principle, will be as its title purports, the firm and unwavering advocate of the principles and doctrines of the democratic party, delineated by the illustrious Jefferson: the right of the people to think, to speak, and to act, independently, on all subjects, holding themselves responsible to no power for the free exercise of this right, but their God, their Country, and her Laws, which they themselves have created.—

A free and untrammeled Press, conducted in a spirit worthy of our institutions, is a public blessing, a safeguard to the Constitution under which we live, and it should be cherished and supported by every true republican. Such, then, it is designed to make the paper now established, and as such, the publisher calls upon the enlightened citizens of Monroe and Pike to aid him in this laudable enterprise. The time has arrived when the Press should take a bold and fearless stand against the evidently increasing moral and political degeneracy of the day, and endeavor, by a fair, candid, and honorable course, to remove those barriers which sectional prejudices, party spirit, and party animosity have reared to mar the social relations of men without accomplishing any paramount good.

THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN

will not seek to lead or follow any faction, or to advocate and support the schemes of any particular set of men. It will speak independently on all State and National questions, awarding to each that support which its merits may demand, never hesitating, however, to condemn such measures, as in the opinion of the editor is justly warranted, holding as a first principle:

"The greatest good to the greatest number."

Believing that the great principles of democracy are disregarded by the present Chief Magistrate of the Nation, Martin Van Buren, the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN, Will decidedly, but honorably oppose his re-election to the high and responsible station which he now holds.

It will firmly oppose the "Independent Treasury" Scheme, and all other schemes having for their object the concentration in the hands of one man, and that man the President of the Nation, all power over the public moneys, a power, which, when combined with that vested in him by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the American forces, Military and Naval, together with an enormous official patronage, would render him more powerful than the Executive of the British Nation, and in short make our Government, de facto an Elective Monarchy.

It will ever maintain that the welfare of our Country and the preservation of her Republican Institutions should be the first and only sentiments of our hearts in the choice of our public servants; that honesty, fidelity, and capability, are the only true tests of merit: that all men are created equal, and, therefore, should alike enjoy the privileges conferred on them by the Constitution without being subject to proscription, or coerced by the influence of party.

The columns of the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN will ever be open to the free discussion of all political questions, believing as we do, that there is no liberty where both sides may not be heard, and where one portion of freemen are denied the privilege of declaring their sentiments through the medium of the Press, because they differ from the majority.

THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN

will ever take a lively interest in the affairs of Monroe and Pike, and of the Senatorial and Congressional Districts with which they are connected.

The Farmer, the Merchant, the Mechanic, and the Laborer, will each find a friend in the columns of the JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN. Due care will be taken to furnish its readers with the latest Foreign and Domestic News, and such Miscellaneous reading as will be both interesting and instructive. In short it is designed to make the paper worthy of an extensive patronage, both from the strictly moral tone which it will ever possess, and the efforts of the editor to make it a good and useful Family Newspaper.

THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN

will be printed on a super-royal sheet of good quality, and with good type.

Terms—$2 in advance; $2,25 at the end of six months, and $2,50 if not paid before the expiration of the year. No subscription taken for a less term than six months.

RICHARD NUGENT.