State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-11-20

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severed from the sterling wherewith il is incor
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IN condensed form such valuable truths or in'e'-
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wishes to discriminate.
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cps of even,s miru for history, yet calculating
t. and frightening IT, interest, he ardet'
forming the staple olthc WORK And Of indigenous
poetry. enough is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of no mtar
s,rainto H. nifest 8nd cultivate the poeiieal taste
and talcpts nf onr country.
The times annear for several reasons. to demand
suct work-and not one alone. bnt mary. ~
pubic nipd is feverieh ard irrated still. from
cent political strife The soft assuasive influence
teratnre is needed, allav that and soo'hs
that irrtaiion Vice and follv are rinting abroad .
they shnnla he driven h' indignant rehnke. lashed
hv ri,licuIe into their fitting hats IGNORANCE lord
tover immense nortion VI our people. Ever
spring shord be set in motion. arouse the Pngt-
pned, and tn increase their number; so that IT,
great enemy Of popular government NOV n" longp
brood ike portenteus cloud the festisies Of
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" all tie T1uior, south of Washington. there hit
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there IRE nrobahl, least twenty-five or thirty +
this centrasi justified hy the wealth. the iesnre. the
native alenf. the aetna literary taste the South
ern people compared with those o. the Northern?
NJ: for in wealth, talents ard taste. Justly
claim Mt least an euunlit viii our brethren; ard
don este institution exclusively own hevond all
tlo, hi fFns ne, f we choos' twice he leisure for
readine and itire, whic' hey G. jov.
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wish The north AMI south hound eniearirgv to-
ceter forever. in fEe sill Hana Of untnsl kind
ness All afFectior. Far from n'edfa'rg hostifv TO
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harry indeed VIII he deem himself shn' Id his PAGES
hv a'irr each region know he ether better, con-
trihte IN espacat decree IN dispel the lowering
clorde thai 'treafcr Ne peace Of both, and to
strength on the nd lies nf frafe nal love-
"hp Southern literary Nessenoer has now rea ch-
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as acted ont the ideas hec uttered It ie not for TIE
editor 70 saw r. believes, hnweve' tina, it falls no
frrthe' short &C them than human weakness usual
ma ps rrac'ice ell short of,hrorv.
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