Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-17
CARROLLTON:
INTRODUCTORY.

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our political friends in this section of the
State as an organ and advocate of theil
principles.
The time may be deemed by some in.
suspicious for the establishment of poll.
teal newspaper-so soon after the termi.
nation of one of the most violent and de.
cisive contests which has marked the an.
mails of the Union. To this we answer
that there is now but the more need for a
vigilant and independent press--not TO fan
the fame of discord, and arouse anew the
excitement so happily aIayed by the YER
dict of the balot-boa. but to scan with .
rigid scrutiny the conduct of those who MI
public stations, aud to arraign al me bar
of public opinion the chosen executors
of the popular will, for every derilection
from duty. Other contests, too, as impor-
tant as that which has terminated, will
arise hereafter. Already the defeated
party has lhrown off the flimsy veil which
li-guised their yindic,ive malice towards
. portion Of our population-the large
class who have sought among US an asy-
lnm from the oppression and tyranny Of
the privileged robbers of other courtries;-
already have they formed an alliance with
a faction who seek to fix the exercise Of
the rights of liberty by the accident oil
birth, and to light the torch of religious
bigotry and persecution in this free coun-
try. Ifso they viii it, the Democratic party
is prepared TO meet them on this issue,
IS did their fathers in the days Of Mr.. JEFF
fe7son; to resist every attempt to extend
the present naturalization laws, or to
abrage sha privilege If becoming citizens
and hi ag property among US, and to
continue dis the land Of liberty, and the
home Of the oppressed of all nations.
The result of the recent election has
inspired the Democracy with renewed faith
in the purity of the principles of Equal
Rights and popular government. In the
words of an accomplished and eloquent
champion of the cause" The Democra.
tic principle, having for time been over
whelmed by arts and misrepresentation,
has gathered energy to throw off The
weight that bore it down; IT HAS RISEN
ONCE MORE IN ITS MAJESTY, TO be the
guiding star of cur nation, and the hope Of
humanity"
To ensure the fruits of this victory
to hold the recipients of the peoples ia
yor to q rigid accountnbility--to assist
to defeat the future wiles and machna-
tons Of the class who are 10 reap the be-
neft of partial legislation and special pri-
viIeges through the medium Of Banking,
Funding, restrictive Tariff, or other mo-
nopolozing systems-and to use all homo.
rable means TO perpetuate the ascendancy
of the principles of his party-is now the
duty Of every democrat. To these pur-
poses we pledge ourse!f as the conductor
d democratic press.
We have borrowed our motto
IS That government is beat which governs least,''
from a periodical the pride and boast, and
an honor TO the literature, of the Ameri-
can Democracy. In illustration of this,
we shall defend "the broadcast liberty Of
the citizen, compatible with the organic
law" and the most simple government
which will secure public safety.
Essential to the success of our insttu-
tons, and to the progress of our principles.
is the establishment of system Of Free
Schools. To effect this, we offer a yea
lous cooperation with the press Of the
State. It is much to the discredt of this
favored section of the Union, that we have
no successful system of public instruction,
and the press of both political parties, can
not be engaged in more profitable SER
vice than that of arousing our people 10
the importance of placing the acquisition
Of knowledge within the reach of all.
We believe that the creation Of public
debt for purposes ether than the general
defence, or TO defray the actual expenses
of government, is beyond the power of the
constituted authorities, at war with the
spirit of our institutions, calculated in the
end to reduce the people TO vassalage-