The Pearl River banner., 1838-07-28
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Southern star.
70 Be pn5lished IN Gdllatial

| The Southern Star will commence its career
with no empty promises Of neuirallly-p promi.
ses made for the most part to subserve tempors'
rary ends, aud with no settled purpose Of being
held nviolabe. We shall conceive it our pro.
vince, as wellas our duty, 60 advocate with be.
coming zeal The principles whchwe deem COR
rect, and 10 expose II possible, the fallacy
such as we do not approve. But 10 doins this
we can neither claim it as our privilege, nor
regard itss our duty, to sasah with violence or
malgnity the political tenets Of cthers--we
shall strive 50 to temper our ccnduct as to give
no just cause Of complaint to political adversa-
ries. but at the same time, assume an attitude
sufficiently firm and independent te leave no
! rooapfor esen skcptics 70 donbt our course. --
1t will be our purpose to oapplaudNpolitical vir-
tue ewherever il may be found, and we shall
with relentless grasp rend the veil that OBJ
scares political defcrmitv. In our politics we
are decidedly Dcrsocya yasic---we yielded hearty,
and we think, well merited support to much
the greater portion OF the late Administrations
and assisted 10 the utmost Of our'humbe ablli.
ties, 10 elevatng TO power the'present Chiei
Magistrate Of the nation. And, though we are
welded to no man orparty, yet 30 long as he
continucsto follow in that line, which he bas al
ready chalked out for himself,'we shall con-
ceive hat we can no better preserve, protect,
and defend the constitution and liberties OF the
people, than by yielding him an ardent and un-
siriag support. Reared in the land tn at gave
pi,ih to the great apostle Of liberty, we early
10 lisp pDemocracy, Jefferson, Liberty--we have
enlisted freely in the contest, and our subss-
1queat days shall be spent We trust as our first
have been, battling in the cause Of freedom.
We believe that the so styled Virginia and
kentucky resolutionns Of '93 nd'99, give 4
'rrue exposition Of the spirit and meaning of the
constitution, that the political line which they
have drawn, is the one intended 10 ba thrown
around the national government, tokeepi it with
10 its prescribed limits, but in yielding to this
belief, We nave not thonght il necessary to run
into the ultra State Rights doctrines, contained
10 the Sot Iii Carolina ordinance Of 1882.
ave are tcrlsirict construction ofshe coustitu.,
tirp, and can therefore never yield The point
that Congrc.scan, without most palpable and
dangerous infraction ot The constitution, charte
a nation Bank or create any other corporatr
body, Yet we do not entertain any such utopi-
auvision as Is held BY tine Loco Foco party of
New york--to bring the government down n
an exclusive gold and silver currency, without
covering the land With distress aud wide spread
ruin, we believe il iswholly dhimerical, absurd
and ridiculous ~ we do not believe thAt any pro-
mneht member Of the Democratic party, ever
advocated such spartan policy, CERTAIN Il is that
neither Cen. Jackson nor Mr.. Van Bnren ever
did sWeare satisfied thai the precions metals
tor the ordinarypurpcses oitrade, with sound
aud rnuiform paper CURRENCY, covertible into
gold and silver Htshe viii Of the holder, for the
more extended ubjects Of commerce, would best
suit shswantso of the American people, and is best
adapted TO the geniusof our free institutions. To
this point we would have the government direct ia
energies--pr withagradual, bu, de.ermin-
ed purpose to convince the people that to this end
things must come, and notify rash and precpitate
conducrto whelnf in ruin the fortunes Of men. VINO
though providenf enough in other respects, have
for season been'beguied by the syren Of fancied
ortune.
In tbsls launching out upon the troubled bosom, |
OF the political ocean, we are aware that adverse
winds may stay the progress If our little balae in
tsonwarr course TO the haven Of prosperity. Bur
we shallspread our canvass 10 the breeze andtrust
with good hclmsman and sober crew we shall ere /
long ride out Of the storm intriumph, and moor our
little craft along side vessels Of alargerclass and
stronger bottom As intimatcd above, L,teyat,,re /
Science, Agriculture, Sr-will come in fer portion
of our attention.
E0. R. KyGER.
Gallatin, Oct Is, 1637, n