Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-11
PROPOSALS

For publishing in lie Town Of Gran ada
falabousha Co, paper 10 lie called
TIE SlAlE RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND
SENTINEL.
DeUofedto Science, Literature g. Pol,t;c,
IN us political character, the Advocate
Il shaii adhere rigidly TO the Republican
doctrines of the Jefersonian school lie
object shall ever be the dissemination Of
political truth, unshacklcd by party pref.
udices,. unlnhuenced by mere names, and
rurawed by power; but ever firm in the
support OF principle, ever remembering
that the great object Of all good govern.
menis is. the greatest happiness Of tbs
greatest number. Supporting men only So
far as They arc instruments in advancing
the measures Of the old Democracy. Or.
posing the Tc-esablishmenr Of a National
Bank, either with or without n modi6ca.
ton Of the old charter. or even with lie
substitution Of a Gallalin for a Biddle---
as unconstitutional, ,iHexpedlent. and de.
strnctlre alike Of both morals and liberty
And will sustain the present Executive in
his adherence TO divorce Of Bank1anI
Government, as in all other measures cal.
cGlated 10 relieve The South from her ne
cuniary vassaloge to Northern capitalists.
II viii ever be found on the side of The
DeWocracy, and will counfenance only
with the smile of derision, the pre,en.
lsions Of either q CLAY, or Harrison.
Tor q Webster; and will support no
man Tor any State Office who is not une-
Iqulvoca'ly opposed TO the political views
Ioi The above named persons. Van Buren,
and independent Treasury, against any
Federal Wing Ii will also be a strenu-
Gus advocate for both The rights and re-
sources Ofthe State of Mississippi, endeav-
orng satisfactorily TO prove that her pc
cuniary and political greatness depend al
most entirely upon the produciiveness Of
her soil, and integrity Of her citizens.
10 hold mirror up 10 Northern poIi-
hciaHs and shew them that The hour of re-
tHbu!,on IS fast fastening; that we ass
STATE are no longer willing "to crawl
about and pass between their legs" That
as steam power has revoluiionizcd all nav
igaiIon; so cotton is hencefouh, TO be.
come lie mreguiotcd regu'alor Of ex-
changes-and that they will have 90 admit
a competition in one whom but Yesterday
they locked upon with he smile of con.
tempt, because she ;ame'y submitted TO be
plilaged and wronged That the North
have been the bankers and factors of the
South long enough with nothing but their
BANK credit and orr produce for capital.
That the spirit Of true greatness is ia Mis-
si5slppi, IFS means are within lis grasp;
and Il is as vain as weak TO attempt q de-
nal oil results, that each day is rendering
more plain, more important aud more IL
Tesisti5le. That Mississippi can only Do
lobbed Of her rights, by being fist deprived
OF iute'ilgence, whereby she viii loose
The consciousness of being possessed of
any.
Ny whole time except during the see.
sion of The courts of Aaiabousha and ih &c
Of Jackson. shall be zeolously devoted to
the attempt Of rendering the Advocate
worthy OF IFS name, and vindicator of
tbe unparalleled claims of Mississippi to
greatness, by means Of which she wall tri-
umphanlly eXtricate herself from present
embarrassment and move onward to a rank
among her sister States far beyond the
calculations Of careless or pTeindiced SPEC
;ators. In conclusion, we would say. that
10 our mind, there is but one soutce
whence danger TO this great and free Ma
ton, containing as Que undivided whole.
is seriously 20 be apprehen6ed-an inter
ference, with, 10 us, the delicate and sen
si,iyc question Of right of properly. That
together with the whole South
viii stand by the Constitutional iasiiln-
lions Of The country; but that the slightest
intermeddling with their domestic rela-
lions, will cause them TO entrench them
selves behind the bulwarb of their reserved
rights.
JOSEPH RIDDLE. Jr.
Oct a Editor