State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-10-23
PRoSP1S-TS
THE vICKSBURG SENTINEL.
BY MES HAGAN,
Editor and Proprietor.

Editor and Proprietor.
This papef has been in operation nearly two years
r.. half: and without the aid of party patronage,
ras pressed its to public favor
Early fareseeng the desoatng effects OF orr bank
system on every species of industry in the state
lmerciaI, agricultural and mrchanical-the SEN
.al waged 'nrelentmg war on its InlnstIce' oPpres
= and tyranny. Its defects have heen expnsed
selfshness and swinding denounced. and the
lie machinery BY which it deranged commerce,
=, npoIi7ed trade and transferred the profits OF la
!. to the pockets Of few pRnniless sDecuiators,
= been demonstrated TO the satisfaction OF the
:. # casual observers In assuming this bold posi
/. the Sentinel has found tire momed power OF the
iatfy weilded by an organized hand OF swind err
4 spectators, viruentlv arraved against 1t. Con
fling as this hand does. either directly or Indirect
a large portion of the presses of the State, anf
INFLATED as they are by avarice, and the most DE-
ling passions of human nature, the war has been
RED on interneciORem. But reaction has lus'
nraenced; time, demonstration, and above All
workings of the vicious system. have con>pIred
arouse the people to inst sense of their danger
'cy have taken the alarm, and are preparing n
operate in every measure calculated to PROSTATE
= system of swind ing. nv which the people Of TIC
lite have been most shamefulIy plundered for the
a two wears.
To extend the usefulness of the Sentinel, and t.
crease the pdying subscribers, this prospectus /
= ned.
The politics of the Sentinel are State Rights,
ID down in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolution
! '98 and go; and approving most cordially IN III
laing principles both OF the State aud Federal a
Illustration, IFS energies will be streiousy devote
:. the support of both. The bold stand taken b,
/. ". M'Nutt against the issue Of irredeemahle pa
"a aud his lucid exposition of the evils Of onr hant
q SYSTEM entite him to the support OF all who pre-
the prosperity Of the great mass Of the people, J.
=. interests of few spectators and Bank mana
The policy OF Mr. Van Buren,. in hraaking up ~
neciio ion between the aIIks and state. 1t IS belle
will have the most salutarv effect on the funr
stinies of the United tates, and pa icuiarly o.
e Commercial, Agricultural, aud political liner
= of the South. The entire exclusion of all han
per from the fiscal operations OF government W.
is beiieved be found absolutely necessary 70 tim
tie those caamitous fluctuations to which ;hisIt'io1
IS been subjected every few wears, since its fis,I
,ncartIs have bern blended 18th the private bU
- of corporntions and ndvi luals.
Particular attention viii be paid to the Foreig1
nj Domestic Markets: and whatever may effect tn
lte,ests of our Merchants and planters, viii b.
refully colIated and promptly laid before orr rea
: The money markets, and the movements OF
1i'aIisls and statesmen ahro "a, which NAV eithe
oximately or remotely eert the price OF our grefss
.pfe, will he carefully watched.
Literature and the news nf the day will receive
In . no Il n oil editorial attention
The Sentinel will as heretofore be pn'lished daiiN
/. I'd weeklv-fhe former at S12, and the latter u
) ger annum in adpanc6.
Being excluded fsom he pale of bank accommo-
lions, our expenses being high and all cash, W.
re constrained to require all crpions to he paid
), advance. We risk the transmissions BY mail.
Vicks b,Iro Nav 1899