The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-17
PROSPECTUS OF
THE N. O. WEEKLY TROPIC.

PROSPECTUS OF
THE N. 0. WEEKLY TROPIC.
Twenty Copies for Twenty Dollarsl..
Impressed with the vast importance of tie next
election fer President and Vice President OF the
United States, aud believing, we do, that upon
the snccess OF the Wing party depends in great
degree the stability and prosperity OF the American
Union, no honorable efforts should be neglected by
the friends flaw, order, and constitutional liberty
10 INSURE conshmmation so earnestly to be de-
sired by every lover of his country. With an un-
animity and enthusiasm never before parslleled,
the Wing parry presents to the American people
for their suffrages for the highest station in the
world, he name OF Americas nobest statesman,
HENRY CLAY! Mr. Clay IS now the candidate
Ofthe party, and his nomination only requires "a
formal announcement by tie Eroperl constituted
authorizes OF the patty. That announcement will
be made next May, and from that DAY the Wigs
Of the Union will march forWa ard in solid phaIanx
determined to do Justice to Harry OF the West.''
and wipe from the national escutche0n he stale
aud steIeotyped SANDER that "Republics are IN
grateful"
We are Of those who believe that tie great mass
OF our cOuntrymen are honest and patriotic. that
they only require correct information TO enable
l'and induce them 10 support such measures. ami
such men, will most effectually advance the ho.
nor and prosperity -four native land. They have
no motive TO do wrong, and hence, when correctly
i informed, they viii invariably do right. The high
Intelligence and rational freedom, is to enghten
the pubic mind, scatter btoadcast through fhc
land the true principles of liberty, morality. and
Justice. Since the art OF printing was discovered
the press has been, and SO long it remains in tie
hands OF honest men, ltmust continue 10 be. If not
the pioneer, at least the most powerful auxiliary
IN every enterprise, having for its object the in
provement of mankind, and the elevation Of man to
that exalted sphere fusefulRess for which Cod il,
his wisdom, intended him.
! In the approaching Presidential election, II can
not be denied, that it is the Wing press 10 which
our friends must look for the most useful powerful
and concentrated forts in that cause which bird
up IN ITS support tie hearts and hopes Of riiliurr
OF our counrymen. To the Wing psess, we must
look not only for the dissemination of sound and
wholesome intelligence upon all subjects of nation
al pc icy, but for the antidoe the banefu poison
Of SANDER and misrepresentation, which dairy ard
weekly utters from the paid and pensioned presses
Of our ad scrsaries. Those misrepresentation are
sent forth on the wings of the wind and find their
way into every nook and corner of our extended
couAtry. They must be NEITHER statements en-
countered, their falsehoods exposed ard their So
: lhistries unmasked. This is the du.y, the impera
tive duty of the Wing press: that press which has
through years of dependency and tFiAl, stood frm
; amid disaster and defeat, aud never shrunk from
any encounter, however hopeless the contest What
It has been IN years past, we doubt it will en-
tinue to be in time to come, but in order to make
the press useful, the people must come forward and
aid It's conductors IN giving 10 correct information
and correct principles the widest possible circula
tion Wing papers must be placed in the hands of
every voer IN the land, and, our word for il, the
bread thus east upon the waters" will produce,
''after mary days." goodly return.
As humble laborels in the political Vineyard, as
far in power lies, the light of truth reason
justice and common sense, shall be extended TO the
utmost, cost what II may. We shall perform our
duty, zealousiy. faithfully and feanesslv leaving
the result to Con AND THE PEOPLE What is row
most needed in the South West is a cheap aud
convenient vehicle Of political information paper
Published at price low to place it within the
reach of all, the poor well as the fch This want
we are determined to supply, and as it would be in
Convenient and expensive to get up "A journal ex
lpsessy for the purpose, wehaVe concluded to adopt
a course which, we think, viii be more acceptable
TO our friends aud mole useful to the cause.
We shah commence on Saturday, the I'd day of
March inst the publication Of an extra edition of
the WEEKLY TROPIC, which we viii furnish
iron that day until the Presidential electonin No
venber a period of eight months at the very low
4 nriee IT TWENTY COPIES FOR TWENTY
DOLLARS! The w Weekly Tropic is published on
sheet Of the same size ofouT daily paper is ied
entirely with reading matter, and contains more of
{ II than any Weekly sheet published in the South
West. During The eight months commencing With
2 March and closing with the Presidential election
The Weekly Tropic will contain more political and
{ miscellaneous matter, commercial and general
news than any paper ever published in New Orleans
at TIMES THE PRICE, and hence 1t will be
titled to, hope 1t viii receive. the most ex.
tens,e circulation. The unexamplcd low price at
which it is offered viii require the largeet possible
circulation, to save Us from pecuniary loss. and
when this fct is remembered we hope each and all
Of our ffisads wherever they may be located, will
s lend US their aid. Twenty copi Of paper like
ours for twenty dollars, novelty IN this latitude,
IN experiment never before moderation here.
The price at which we now offer the Weekly
Tropic, IS one which does not Of course allow US
D. any profit md Is absolutely necessary for Us to
= adhere rigidly 10 our terms The money must in-
81 yariahly 10 paid III advances and in no case can we
s make up package for any post Office Of less than
ie twenty copies.
St The attention Or our Wing fiends generally, and
r CLAW Clubs and Wing Associations particularly IS
Invited q die foregoing, with the request thar ose
n who may interest themselves in procuring snbsori-
bers for the Topic, viii forward names and money
earlv a possible, as it IS desirable that we should
y know what number will be required ia order that
al We may make our arrangements accordingly