Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-05-15
PROPOSALS
For publishing in the city of jackson, a
Teckly newspaper, to be called
TYNE OXAN SOLDKER
AND
AMTT~R ONOMEAN.

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The subscriber proposes TO publish 10
The city Of Jackson, q Democratic News
paper, with the above title. Having IA.
ken part, for several years past, in the
political struggles in this state, he again
ieels anxious 10 battle for the cause Of
Democracy in the approaching contest;
a contest Tor principles: Whether the IN.
ieIesls oft many be sacrificed TO the ad-
vancemenl Of the few Whether the
unlawful acts Of agents, made ia express
violation Of their power of Attorney is
binding upon the principally We say
no! The wings say--yes! This IS a
contest ia which he hopes every one will
come out and act boldly. fearlessly, and
zealously, that the enemies Of the people
may be known as well as their friends.--
He reyives the " Old Soldier" to fight
for the interests and rights Of the people
for never was there a time, since the a.
doptinn of the Constitution when those
rights and interests were Ia so much dam
ger OF being suhyerted. nor time, when.
lhe pure principles Of Democratic liberty,
equal rights and equal justice to all, were
so uncompromisingly invaded by all the
wiles Of artifce, cunning, chcane:y and
intrigue, and so leariully near being over
thrown and irampled upon by The corrupt
ing power Of the monied Arisiocracy Of
England. British tyrants, aided by their
allies and co partners in iniqui,y in this,
country, are making desperate, DEATH
struggle effort, (tor il is their last if they
fall to reduce the honest yeomanry Of this
State to The oppressed, begearly, miserable
condition Of their own European white
slaves! and If their schemes Of bribery,
fraud, corruption and ireachery take ROO,
in this country, and we fall into the willy,
/. 6eceiiiul snares which they have spread,
with consumats skill, to entrap the friends
Of liberty, the whole producing portion Of
nur population, which is now the bone and
slnew OF the land, the glory and the pride
Of the country, will be literally reduced "a
a state Of pecuniary subserviency, faI
more degrading than colonial bondage.
aLd will afford The enemies Of mankind &
equal rights, The long hoped-for opportu.
atty 10 iauni W., 10 the most heart cutting
msnner, with the ''humbuggery Of Liber'
typ
The schemes Of the Federalisis SHOULD
be opposed, a, the very threshold, ant
should be resisted Ivy the people, by al
constitutional and lawful means, Thei
real object is TO take The governing powe
from the people, and place il in the hand
v,e>t.- goo. .oani.sd aristnerarp nm his. ri
we'll as on the other side Of the Atlantic
, bat, knowing The well grounded hostiIit
Of The people to the NC fArious schemes t
rob them OF their liberties, they most ad
! roilly cloak them upder every iorlui,ou
circumstance, and even deny them, whe
il serves their purposes; but will our ow
intelligent people suffer the biting re
proach to be cast upon them, that the
we're intellectually subdued; that by frau
treachery, daceitiul maneuvering, an
knavish cunning, they were robbed Of tha
WHICH the sword Of the enemy could no
take by force?
A. no period until the present time
! Stree the "rrisn Of terror" under the fed
4 eral administrations Of the elder Adams
: when Thomas Jefferson was insul,ed i
he streets, and on the public highway 6
;. and when, by means Of the justly odiou
alien and sedI,ion laws, the press Of III
country was sought to be muzzled, an
free Americans, for uitering their homes
: opinions, incarcera,ed in dungeons, ha
the field al reason been invaded, and III
J force Of thought and discussion attempie
y to be destroyed and put aside, by party
s. The Federalists are fully conscious ihs
{, the people will no, readily yield thei
e, rights, nor suffer their interests 10 be gros
e lily outraged, while the press is uumuzzlet
/. and the freedom Of speech and discussio
i nnshackeled by tyrannical restraints
= Thus we account for the exiraordinar
fact, that, at. the lae convention Of III
Federal Wings, in Jackson, resolution
were adopted, declaring it 10 tethe polio
aud determination Of that party, to 'sfrow
down" those who should presume to ofie
arguments in opposition to their measure
We have been taught to believe that lre'
men never acknowledge the force OF al
1. cu,nent addressed to their fears. A
f. intelligent people can never be frownc
I; out Of their constitutional rights. Th
! main object, therefore Of the "Anli- Bono
4. man." will be TO arouse public aitsniio
pe 10 the consideration Of those measures,th
:. opponents d which, 1.-THE Wbigs,) proPo'
= 10 frown down; 70 lay the facts Of ii
le cnse freely before the people, and 10 q