“Some persons ask, ‘What is to be the _character_ of our paper?’ And what _inducements_ we offer them to become subscribers? In a few words we will tell them: Its character shall be truly American and Republican. Americans by birth and education, we have no partiality for European institutions or policy. _Republicans_ in principle, we will never disseminate aristocratical or monarchical doctrines. We will ever oppose, with our utmost endeavors, their progress. We do fearlessly declare perpetual war against them. Believing our forms of government infinitely superior to any ever before witnessed, we will rather perish in their defense than sit silent spectators of their destruction. “We will ever respect and inculcate virtue, both public and private, and deprecate vice in all its dazzling forms. Nothing shall ever appear in our columns to disturb the present public tranquillity, unless we see danger lurking therein, which duty requires us to expose to public view. We hold the Christian religion in sacred veneration, and shall never, therefore, suffer an aspersion to be cast upon it through our columns. “As the happiness of most of mankind lies in their social domestic circles, we shall hold them sacred. We will never designedly cast into them the apple of discord; nor will we knowingly cause a pang to the _honest heart_ or a blush upon ‘the modest cheek.’ “The _inducements_ we offer are: “_First_--A weekly account of the most important events and transactions occurring in our own country. “_Secondly_--An account of such as transpire in other parts of the globe affecting us; and among these, every thing important relative to our Mexican and South American neighbors will have a preference. “_Thirdly_--The most important state papers and documents relating to or coming from our government. “_Fourthly_--Well-written essays, either original or extracted, on political, moral and scientific subjects, and relating to the topography and geography of our country. “_Fifthly_--A view of the proceedings of our state and national legislatures, and a strict examination of the laws passed by them.