The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-02-24
PROSPEC TUS
OF THE
Southern tai.

The Sout - u Star will comHlenJe t:s rareer
with no mpiy PROMISES Of neu r'l y-prour
ges male ioc tie most part TO suhserpe tempnra.
y. ends, 4nt with no settled pu pose OF beng
ia ia vol, be. We shall coateiv. il our pro-
,nce, as we'll as our d dy, TO advocate Wi be.
coming zeal The principles which we dee n co
rect, aud to expose if possible, the tallac, o
such as do III; approve. But IN ing TIN:
~ eau nei .er clam It az our pr ,iege, nor
regard /, as our dnty. TO sasail with violence. OF
,alsa,ty the poltie.l tenets OF athers--we
shall strive so 10 temper our conduct as to give
~ just ause OF compliant to political edve 50
-e5, but at he same time, assume an attitude
.ntfi iently irn and independent to seave no
DOM for even skeptlcs 10 doubt our course -
It will be our purpose to applaud political vir-
'ue wherever il may bs found, aud we shall
with relentless grasp rend the veil that OH
res political deformity. IL our polit,cs we
re decidedly Democratic We Welded hearty,
.ud we think, well merited support to mu h
he greater portlonof the late administ ira tion-
and assisted to the utmost Of our humble abb.
'es, in elevating' to power the present Che,
.lasis rate Of the nation. And, though we a.
welded to no man or party, yet so 'oug as he
cntinue- to follow 10 that kne, which he has al.
really chaiked out for himself, we shall CON.
ceivs that we Can no better preserve, protect,
aud defend he constitution aud liberties Of the
leople, than by yiellins him an ardent and I'm.
'irilg support Reared in the land tn at gave
oinh {, the great apostle Of liberty, W. earl,
olispDemocracy, Jefferson, Libery--ws nave
enlisted freely 10 the contest, and our subse-
qarnt days shall oe -pent We trus, as our & st
nye been, battling IN the cause o. freedom.
We believe that the &C, styled Virgins and
kentucky resolutionns Of '98 and '99, give a
rue exposition Of the spirit and meaning Of the
constitution, that the political line wh,cl, the,
nave drawo, Is the one intended 10 b. thrown
around the national government, to keep il with.
~ ito prescribed limits, but 10 yielding TO this
belief, we have not thought it necessary 10 ruo
into the ultra State Rights doctrines, conta ned
10 the SO, tn Carolina ordinance Of 1899.
We arc ior strict CONSTRUCTION Of the ,onstitu.
Ion, and can therefore never yield he po;nt
hat Congress can, without most palpable anil
dangerous inlraction OF he constitution. chart
"a tacn Bank, or create any other Corporate
body. Yet We d. not entertain any such . an.
~ vision as 10 held BY the Loco Foco party 81
view York-to bring the COVE nneut down 10
N exclusive gold and silver currency. without
covering the land with distress and vida spreaL
ruin, we believe tls wholly chime,ical. ahsnrI
and ridiculous-w we DO not believe tha, anv nro'
minent member Of the Democratic par,y. sver
'i.ocassd such spartan policy, certain Il il tba,
neither Cen jackson nor Mr. Van Buren evsr
lid. Wsare satisfied tina the prec;o,- --.-
'pr the ordinary purposs. -a---Je, with sound
i u,,,,r,,,, der Currency, convertible in o
soI1 and silver at the will of the holder, for the
more extended objects Of commerce, would best
,uit the wants 4 the American people, and is best
adapted TO the genius If our free institutions To
his point we would have the government direct its
with a gradual, but determine
ID purpose to convince the people that to this enI
sings must come, and not y rash and precipitass
onduct to whelm In ruin the fortunes Of mon, who
hough provident enough in other respects, have |
or season been besuiled by the syren Of fancied
oriune.
In thus launching out upon the troubled bosom |
4 the ppliti al ocean, we are aware that adverse
'inds may stay the progress of our little barge in
Is onwarn course 10 the haven Of prosperity. But
70 shall spread our canvass to the breeze antitrust
nth good helrnman and sober crew we shall ere
ing ride out Of the storm in triumph, and moor our
tue craft along side vessels of ala gerclass and
lronger bottom. As imtimated above, Literature
cience, Agriculture, &c' viii come in for portion
ous attention.
GEO. q KIGEl
0Llasia. GA Is iaJ7