The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-10
PROSPECTUS OF
THE N. O. WEEKLY TR0PIC

twenty copies for Twenty DOllaFRlIl
Impressed with the vast importance of the NEXT
election fer President and Vice President Of the
United States, aud believing, as we do that upon
the success Of the Wing party depends in a great
degree the stability and prosperity OF the American
Union, no honorable efforts should be neglected by
the friends of law, order, and constitutional 6berty
10 ensure consnmmation so earnestly TO be de-
sired by every lover Of his country. With an nm.
animity and enthusiasm never before paralleIed
the Wing party presents TO the American peonle
for their sufrages for the highest station in The
world he name OF Americas nobest statesman.
HENRY CLAY! Mr.. Clay is now tie candidate
ofthe party, and his nomination only REQUIRES a
formal announcement By the trorerl constituted
authorities OF the party. That announcement will
be made next Nay, and from that day the Whigs
of the Union will march forward in solid phalanx,
determined TO do siustice to Harry of the West y
and wipe from the national escutcheOn the stale
and stereoyped Islander that "Republics are un.
GRATEFUL
We are of those who believe that tile grea, mass
Of our coun'rymen are honest and patriotic Tint
they only require correct information to enable
and induce them 10 support such measures and
such men, as will most effectuaIy advance the no.
nor and prosperity OF our native land. They have
no motive to do wrong, and hence, when correctly
informed, they will Invariably do right The high
est and nobet duty Of the press, that great engine
ofintelgence and rational freedom, is to enlighten
the public mind, scatter broadcast through the
justice. Since the art of printing was discovered,
tire press has been, and long it remains in the
hands OF honest men, it must continue TO be, mot
the pioneer, at least the most powerful auxiliary
ia every enterprise, having for its object the i'm
provement Of mankind, ard The elevation Of man 10
that exalted sphere ofusefulness for which God In
his wisdom, intended him.
In the approaching Presidential election. It can.
not be denied, that II is to the Wing press 10 which
our friends must look for the most usefI novverfl
Ian cd rfrs IN, Fb,t Il.
up in its support TIE hearts and hopes Of millions
Of our counrymen. To the Wing press, we must
look not only for the dissemination of sound and
wholesome intelligence upon all subjects of nation
al policy, but for the antidoe the banefu poison
of SANDER and misrepresentation, which daily ard
weekly utters from the paid and pensioned presses
OF our adversares. Those INTERPRETATIONS are
sent forth the wings of the wind, and find their
way into every nook and corner of our extended
country. They must be met-theiF statements en-
countered, their falsehoods exposed, and their So
rhistres unmasked. This is the du.y, the impera-
tive duty of the Wing press: that press which has
through years Of dependency and trial. stood firm
amid disaster and defeat, and never shrunk from
any encounter, however hopeless the contest What
1t has been IN years past, doubt not it will con-
tnue TO be in time to come, but in order to make
the press useful, the people must forward and
aid lis conductors in giving to correct information
and correct principles the widest possible circula.
] ton. hIg papers must be placed IN the hands of
every " GA Al bl6 our worn LOT IT. the
bread thus 'cast upon the waters" will produce,
''afteF many days. goodly return.
AS humble laboreIs in the political vineyard, as
far as IN our power lies, the light of truth reason
justice and common SENSE shall be extended to the
utmost, cost what il nav We shall nerfora,n orr
duty, zealously, faithfully and fearlesslv, leaving
the result to Con AND THE PEOPLE What is now
most needed IN the South West, is a cheap aud
convenient vehicle of political information paper
published at price so low as to placeit within the
reach of ALL the poor well as the rich This want
we determined to supply, and as it would be in
convenient and expensive to get up journal ex-
pressy 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 shall commence on Saturdays the Cd day 0f
March inst the publication of an extra edition of
the WEEKLY TROPIC, which we win furnish
from that day until the Presidential election in No
vember n Deriod ofeight months at the very low
price of TWENTY COPIES FOR TWENTY
DOLLARS! The Weekly Tropic is published on
sheet of the same size OF our daily paper is filed
:, entirely with reading matter, and contains more of
i Il than any Weekly sheet Published in the South
West! During the eight months commencing with
n March and closing with the Presidential election
Q the Weekly Tropc will contain more political and
= miscellaneous matter, commercial and general
news than any paper ever published In New Orleans
AT FIVE TINES THE PRICE, and hence il win be en-
titled to- as we hope it will receive the most ex-
tensile circulation. The unexampled low price at
which it is offered viii require the largeet possible
circulation, to save us tom pecuniary loss, and
: when this ct is remembered we hope each and all
Of our friends wherever they may be located will
: lend us their aid. Twenty copiss Of paper like
2 ours fr twenty dollars novelty this latitude,
5 an experiment never before undertaken here.
The price at which we now offer the Weekly
Tropic, is one which does not, Of course allow Us
any profit, and it's absolutely necessary for Us To-
!. adhererigidl 10 our terms. The money must In.
variaby be paid in advance, and in no case can we
i make up package FOR any post Office Of less than
: twenty copies
!, The attention ofour Wing fiiends generaily.and
Clay Clubs, and Wing Associations particularly IS
Invited to the foregoing, with the request thar those
who NAV interest themselves in procuring suhscyi
bers for the TTopie, win forward names and money
rs carly as possible, as Il Is desirable that e shon
: know what number will Be required IN ORDER thaI
i We may make our arrangements accordingly.