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dicated, than that which asserts that " Government derives its just 
powers from the consent of the governed," and that a Union which 
can only be perpetuated by the strong arm of military power, must, 
if continued to be so sustained, result in the establishment of a cen- 
tralized despotism. 
The Record and Vindicator shall continue, as it has begun, the 
outspoken and fearless opponent of every act of unconstitutional 
policy, the defender of the great Charter of American Freedom, and 
the unflinching advocate of Liberty of Speech, Vote by Ballot, 
beas Corpus, Trial by Jury, Freedom of the Press, and State Rights. 
LITEHARY DEPARTMENT. 
We devote special attention to this part of the Record, as each 
number beais ample testimony, and the " Portfolio " is one of its 
best and most successful features, blending, as it does, the humorous 
and the poetical with light sketches, anecdotes, and incidents in end- 
less variety. All the contributions to this department are original, 
and the general approbation with which it has been received by the 
reading public stamps it as a complete success. We may add that 
the original poetry, which appears in this and other parts of the 
paper, is not surpassed, if it is equalled, by any journal, American or 
European. 
THE FICTIONAL DEPARTMENT. 
While ignoring the unhealthy and sensational style of too many 
of the current periodicals, we aim to make this department unsur- 
passed in point of interest to the best works of imagination, and 
shall leave nothing undone to render it equal, in its collection of 
original stories and tales, to the most popular and highest class of 
the fictional productions of the day. We are determined that no 
paper shall excel ours in this important feature, and that the younger 
portion of our patrons will find in its entertaining and pleasant 
reading a happy substitute for the dubious kind with which the 
country is unfortunately flooded. 
THE EDITORIAI. DEPARTMENT. 
In our political platform we have presented the principles of the 
Record, and it shall be hereafter, as it has been in the past, our 
great object to sustain its reputation in this great and vital particu- 
