The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1837-12-30
PROSPECTUS
Of THE
southern Itdr.
To be Published an GdNalin,

| u Oc PHUiSNcu /" ouUtRW,
The Southern Star will commence its caree
with no Empty promises Of neutrality
ses mace for the most part to subserve tempora
rary ends, and with no settled purpose OF BEN.
: held inyiolab,e. We shall conceive it our pro
: vince, as wella our dnty, to advocate with be
coming zeal he principles which we deem cor
rect, and 10 expose if possible, the tallacy 0
such we do not approve. But in doing thu
We can nei,l err claim it as our privilege, MOI
regard t as our duty, to sas,il with violence OF
malignity the political tenets of others--we
shall strive so TO temper our conduct as to give
no just cause of compliant to political adve sa-
ries. but at the same tiS,e, assume an attitude
sufficiently firm and independent to leave no
room for even skeptics 10 doubt our course -
1t will be our purpose to applaud political vir-
tue wherever It may be found, and we shall
with relentless grasp rend the veil that Oh
scurcs political deformtv. In our politics we
are decidedly Desnocraiic-we Welded hearty,
| and we think, well meritcd support to much
the greater portion Of the late Administration
and assisted 10 the utmost Of our humble ah,i
lies, in eevating to power the present Chief
| Magistrate OF the nation. And, though we are
welded to no man or party, yet so long as he
continues to follow in that line, which be has al
really chaiked out for himself, we shall con-
ceive that we can no better preserve, protect,
and defend The constitution aud liberties OF the
people, than by yielding him an ardent and un-
tiritg support. Reared in The land tn at gave
birth TO the great apostle of liberty, we early
TO hspDemocracy, Jefferson, Liberly--we have
enlisted freely in the contest, and our subse.
quent days shall be spent we trust as our Fl ST
have been, battling in the cause OF freedom
We believe that the so styled Virginia and
Kentucky resolutions Of '93 and '99, give
true exposition OF the spirit and meaning of thn
constitution, that the political line which lbev
have drawn, IS the one intended TO be thrown
around the national government, TO keep il with
10 IFS prescribed limits, but in yielding to this
belief, we have not Thought il nece ssary TO run
into the ultra State Rights doctrines, conts ned
IN ths Sol "a Carolina ordinance of 1892
Weare for strict construction of the constitu. !
ton, aud can therefore never yield the point
that Congress can, without most palpable and |
dangerous iniraction OF the constitution, charte
pauen BANK, or create any other Corporate
oohy. Yet we d. not entertain any such OPT
an vision as is held by the Loco Foco par,v ~
New York--to bring the GOV s.nmcnt J,wn ~
an exclusive gold and silver currency, wi;hou,
covering the land with distress and wide snreal
ruin, we believe is wholly chlmericaI. absurd
and ridiculous we do not believe that anv nro-
mlnent member OF the Democratic party. ever
such spartan policy, certain ii IS tina,
neither c Ell. jackson nor NJ Van Bnren ever
lid Weare satisfied tina, The precious meta,s
Tor the ordinary purposes OF trade, with a sound
anu uniform paper currency, covetti5le in,o
gold and silver at the viii of the holler. f,r N.
more extended objects Of commerce, would beet
uit the wants # the American people, aud is hest
adapted to the genius of our free Institutions. a
his point we would have the government djrect M
nergies--proceeding with gradual, but determ;n-
ID purpose to convince the people that To this en-
Kings must come, and notify rash and precpita,e
onduct to wheLn in ruin the fortunes of men vho !
hough provident enough in other respects bnve /
or season been besuiled by the syren of fanc;ed
ortune. ,
IN thus launching out upon the troubled bosom v
the pait al ocean, we are aware that adverse 9
,inds may stay the progress of our little BARGE in
IS onwarn course to the haven Of prosperity. But
re shall spread our CANVASS to the breeze anftr,,s
'iln good helmsmsn and sober crew we shan ere '
ing ride out of the st in triumph, ami moor o,r
tile craft along side vessels of la gerclass and
ronger bottom. As intimated above, Literature
ciencc, Agriculture, sc. will come in for norton
our attention.
Ga!latip, Oct 16, 1897.