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 PALLSTON PAPERS. great manufacturing and commercial town, will be the primary duty of the 'Union and Advocate.' "In accordance with public sentiment and expecta- tions, the' Union' unfurls the banner of the 'Supremacy of the constitution and laws, and Integrity of the Union.' It will yield its vmdeviating support to the cardinal measures and principles of the Whig party — comprising as they do, those elements of political policy and action, that have essentially contributed to lay the broad foun- dations of our constitutional liberties, and as a people, given us station and rank among the nations of the earth. It will zealously contribute its aid in exposing the ruinous measures of the national administration, which with mad violence and desperation, has been piece- m.eal tearing away the supports — sapping the strength and marring the symmetry of the noblest edifice of con- stitutional government, ever devised by human wisdom, reared and adorned by human toils and virtues. "Conservative action and united resolution — com- promising forbearance and enlightened patriotism, are indispensable to effect immediate political reform, and insure the wonted prosperity of the nation, and the permanent security of its free ins,titution8. "The miscellaneous department of the paper wiU be carefully supervised. It will be the aim of the 'Union' to spread before its patrons a variety of entertaining and instructive information, such as to measureably satisfy the tastes and wishes of its readers. The rich fruits of science and the attractive flowers of literature, wiU be so presented and displayed as to enlarge the understanding — enliven the imagination and mend the heart. January 3, 1838." During this time Dr. E. K. Chamberlain was post- master at Fallston, and James Patterson at Brighton, who published regularly in this paper, their lists of letters not called for. New Brighton then had no postoffice.