State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-11-13

THE vICKSBURG SENTINEL.
ny JAMES HAGAN,
Editor and Proprietor.

E0ttOr ana proprietor.
This papel has been in operation nearly two years
and hale and without the AID OF party patronage.
it has pressed its way TO pubic favor.
Early foreseeing The desolating effects Of our bank
ing system every species OF industry in the state
commercial, agricultural aud mcchancal-the Sem
tnel waged unrelenting on its injustice, oppress
sion and tyranny. Its defects have been exposed.
its seI6shness and swndIing denounced and the
whole machinery by which it deranged commerce,
monopOli2ed trade, and transferred the profits OF Ia
Dor to the pockets Of few penDess Spectators,
have been demonstrated TO the satisfaction OF the
most casual observers In assuming this bold pnsi-
lion, tire Sentine has found the monled power of The
county welded by an organized hand OF swinders
and spectators, vruently arrayed against IL. Con-
trolling as this band does, either directly or Indirect
Iy, large portion of the presses OF the State and
stimulated as they are by Gvarce, and the most de-
grading passions of human nature, the has been
carried on infeTnecionem But reaction has Just
commenced; time, demonstration, and above all,
the workings OF the vicious system, have consprcd
to arouse the people to just Of their danger.
They have taken the alarm, and preparing 10
cooperate in every measure calculated TO prostratc
The system Of swindIing, by which the people OF
State have been most shamelully pluudered for the
last two years.
To extend the usefulness of the Sentinel, and to
increase the Paying subscribers, this prospectus is
| issued.
The politics of the Sentinel are State Rights as
laid down in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
OF '9S and SO; and approving most cordially the
leading principles both of the State and Federal adj
minstration, IFS energies will be sreniously devoted
| to the support of both. The bold stand taken by
Gov. M'Nutt against the issue Of irredeemable pa
per, and his lucid exposition of the evils Of our bank
ing system, entitle him to the support OF all who pre-
Ter the prosperity of the great mass OF the people, to
| the Interests of few spectators and Bank mana.
gers.
The policy of Mr. Van Buren,, in braaking up all
conneciiun between the ans and State il is belev-
ed will have tht most salutary effect tire future
destinies of the United States and particularly on
the Commercial, Agricultural, and political inter-
ests of the SOnth. The entire exclusion of all bank
paper from the fiscal operations OF government, viii
is believed be found absolutely necessary 10 ml
ma e those caamitous fluctuations to which ;hi.Uion
has been subjected every few years, since its fiscal
concerns have been blended with the private bust
ness of corporations and individuals.
| Particular attention will be paid to the Foreign
and Domestic Markets: and whatever may effect the
interests Of our Merchants and planters, will be
carefully collated and promptly laid before read
ers. The money markets, and the movements o
capitalists and Statesmen abroad, which may eithe
proxmately remotely effect the price of our grea
stape, will be carefully watched.
Literature and the news Of the day will receive
du . portion OF editorial attention.
The Sentinel will as heretofore be published daily
and weekIy-tte former at $l2, and the latter at
| SIS per annum in ddrGReC
| Being excluded from the pale Of bank accommo-
datOns, our expenses being high and oil cash, we
are constrained to require all subscriptions to paid
| in advance. We risk the iransmissions by mail.
| Vicksburg, May 1899.