Southern telegraph., 1836-12-20
PROPOSALS
For Publishing in The io,ra of Port Gibson, Ms
si'siPpi, newspaper 10 be entitled
The SOHGh eY'nCF.
And POrt-tsiBsOn Chronicle.
PROPOSALS
To DE EDITED BY MANN BUTLER.
PWOSPECTUS,

4 PROSPECTUS.
FFNIlE Press and the Post Office arc al
H mong the best proved instruments OF
freedom. Under their panoply liberty may
60 forth to battle against ignorance, vice
and tyranny, with a confidence which belt
c knight never felti in his armour Of steel:
And what lance Couchcd m the ancient
tournament for the smiles of love and beau
", can compare in moral interest, with a
treemn's efforts for the rights and the hap
pineSs of man?
BIT to reach these proud aims, the spir-
it Of the press must be purified from NAL
3 Ignity and bigotry 1T must breathe lofty,
intelligent, and liberal spirit; and swh!c It
iorcgocS no important principles, il shouId
ScOrn to sligmatize the motives, or wanion-
ly to wound the feelings Of opponents, for
honest differences Of opinion. The man
who does not freely and conSCentiOuSIv al
low to antagonists, by his treatment. full
liberty of thought and speech, has yet to
learn the first lesson in practical and gen
uino freedom: Such liberty, literary, re-
ligion and p,llIc.l, is Of the very essence
and marrow of free government; and per-
ish The hgotry ih,t woull put it down, or by
a corrupt system of pubic patronage, DIS
courage its exercise, free as the air we
/, breathe, These are the honest sentiments
: of the writer's heart; and however he my
!; fall short Of renllzing them, the fault shall
not nc voluntary one. The Editor des-
piscS excessive professions; but the peca
sion compels IL II to say, that aronnd the in
tercs.s Of SAND morals, paJEc education,
, the empire cf thc lar, the freedom and pros
pCrity ofom great RcYubIic, his heart viii
delight TO. rally Nor will he mtcrmt a
viglant guardianship over the Pccniidr pro-
pcrty and conStitioHaI rights of this section
of the Confedeacy. Fronf whatever de-
, udcd quarcr, attacks upon them may
; spring,' they shoI be firmly and indignant
y ly repellcd as becomes THE SuUTHERNER.
And may not the editor here respectfully
ask the citizens Of Port Gibson, and its opu-
lentncighborhood, to second his honest cf-
forts TO bull up the institutions of learning
q among them? These, while they should
!, merit the public confidence by their rich
: results, of moral and intellectual cultivation,
X would amply repay the patronage by pro-
\ ftable returns. Not tbat it is intended to
depreciate the institutions Of other States,
I which are dear to the writer wherever they
kexiSt; butH is meant, and shall re earnestly
lcontcnded, That the RESOURCES Of bIssissip-
pi should be brought forth foEhcr own do
= mcs.ic advantage. The country which ed
a ucateS her youth principally abroad, cannot
4 secure stme Of the best advantages of edu-
/, cation-those which are afforded by an ad-
l.; aPtaton of character and feelings to dmes-
]; tic uses. To say nothing of the loss of par
/. entail superintendent over the uniformed
l. habits of youth, and weakening of fmiIy
d tics by removal to distant seats If learning.
It The writer earnestly, but with unaffected
Difference, invokcs the concurrence of all
parties, in this home policy-this moral
tariff of tho South. These are Interests
- which he thinks are quite as deserving of
. Southern support as many of the men Of
- political parties, or much of their ostcnsible
= doctrines.
:. Sill the Editor is aware tha', in the ac-
II tual position ofpublic affairs, he ought not
to cnnccal his determined opposition to the
principles Of the existing administrator of
the general government Above all, he
: abhors the welding of the government as a
mass of spoIs Cor the reward ola victorious
n party:-to the mind of the Editor, such a
IT conrsc is a conspiracy against the liberty
e Of the land; a foul plot to hribc ,hc people
Y with their own money and their own digni-
y tics.
n5 In submitting these principles as the guide
e ola ncw journal to be published at this place,
d the editor trusts that he will act upon them
so as not to disgrace classmate of the late
digniicd conductor of The National Gazette
The chaste and gcntlcmanly model so long
= afforded by this paper, will be his pride
to follow; however far he must fall short o.
its tersc and finished structures.
te The Editor will not close this prospectus
Ie without an earnest prayer to the Great Be
r ing, in whose hands ress the dcstinies o
N nations, that whoeyer,, in the contesi
u now pending before the. highest tribunal
Of known to our laws, shall succeed to the
N presidency Of this glarious republic, may
at he rival, the administrations Of his ilustriou'
ii predecessors, oar Washington and Madison
ID Under such u. course ofmeasures, no per
to sdna disapponlments shaiI.prevent the wri
CT :er from supportngan administration, which
= shall promote the interests and the honor o
s. our beloved country.
N O1rThe proprietor and publisher of th'
SoUTnERNER, who concurs in the above
'e sentiments, confidently appeals to th'
friends and acquaintaAces among whom HI
: has grown, for "a share of their patronage
II. lie freely embarks his prospects for life a
mong them, and fears not the result, SO loni
: as he shall deserve their support. r.
BYRON BENTON.
= CONDITlONS.-TnE SorTHERNER, an,
n Port Gibson Croniclc, will he published OF
IS a large and handsome sheet, equal in it