Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-06-08
PROSPECTUS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME op THE
EHdeDcndenf no me
i"epehdent Democra,

1t is proposed to con,inne a.
! a, OF this paper in, the town Of p%C0llca.
mississippi. The same princinIo' ooaln
. nave marked the course of The f no. which
through the past year, it will co Dne.imOcral
SUSTAIN sustain while under our control a''hae to
continue to defend, and as far .. IL viii
Promulge, the doctrines of f f. possible
showing them to rest upon the e, os 'Hde,
Sis OF truth and reason. Il will 1'efnal Ia.
to advocate a tariff for revenue continue
oppose a tariff for protection w. andb
rect or incidental. 1t will con G'ne'lerd.
pose the distribution of the nrn naaGe top.
sales of the public lands, lookis us Of The
that as one of the legitimate sa lpOs
revenue, properly belonging to tb bsu IT Of
states Treasury, and that il Womb ,T onllea
to distribute it among the States sa 10 Dc folly
collect i back by an increased r, ,aa y then
ties. II will continue to oppose sa Nc Of du.
ton of National Bank, as r bs;n 'Ae crea-
sure unauthorized by the cOpsl;, "a Nea.
exercising dangerously corruD,ia" Ul- "a
ence over the political morals or : lAh.
tomas being unnecessary as . e. .ne IA,
agent of the government and az h financial
necessary TO the country 70 . ,ag Un'
medium of exchange, or as a G,,a anS'd
regulator of The currency Wa aa Or
sed to the imposition of further rs a's Oppo-
upon the veto power, as we loo oII'iVuOns
as one of the conservative princ;nlppoa
our government, incorporated in K" Of
pact of union, by the wisdom Of f" o' v'9'
tners, and we have seen NOTHING WOW, VsF "a
history of the country's lepisla1li9o o'm ~ We
mand its modification or repeoI :" @'
The democratic party is frequently >,
preached with being opposed 70 c,a re-,
thing, and being in favor of no,b;no ''sF
lowing the entire truth of the obe.,ia AZ
there is little IN it. 1t is no great Isu1 ~
be opposed to too much Legislation W.
believe the saying is too true: "Tbe wo Wa
is governed too much" Far more n;"r"
has been done from too much law.mnt';nsy
than from the want of it. That roveT'
ment is Inc best,which protects The peBoD
ana property of the subject, and leaves
him free to accumulate wealth or seeL HI.
own happiness in the way he himself shall
select. ' W '"""
But it's untrue that the democratic porv
have merely negative principles-a charge
which found its origin in the fact tina, thew
were opposed TO too much legislation
they are in favor tariff for revenue, one
which shall be confined TO that purpose a.
lone, making no discrimination except for
strict revenue purposes. This we have
already said our paper will continue to al.
vocate. Another democratic measuns
the establishment ofan Independent Urea.
sury. This We shall sustain and defend
as a constitutional measure, and the one
most likely 10 ensure the safe keepipc Of
public money. II is only when this meas.
IRE shall have been carried out, that we
can LOOK upon the legislation and policy of
The govcrnment as fixed upon permuncn.
basis.
The Democrat will not hcnceforhte
devoted entirely TO politics. We shall en-.
dcavor TO lay before our readers everything
appcrlalning TO Literature, the Arts, Ayr,
culture, and Foreign news, which may be
OF interest The country is rising from
lis PROSTATE condition. The healhlrlir
llucnco OF specie circulation, which eve.
ny new crop of cotton increases. is alrea.
~ fell, and the country will continue
acquire more prosperous condition whia
1t enjoys metallic circulation, and indus
Try and economy are practised. Under
such circumstances VIC hope that little di
icul'y will be found in maintaing demo
cratic press at this place, and that the sup.
port OF one, by our patrons. will not Be
considered burdensome. During the past
year, circumstances occupied large por.
lion of the columns of the Democrat With
advertisements. Those circumstances no
onger exist. The columns of the paper
will be left open for a much larger quaint.
~ of reading matter, making the duties
icvolving on the editorial departmen much
more onerous, and greatly diminishing the
profits. We have besides made prepar-
ions for greatly improving the appearance
If the paper, which will be attended with
additional expense. Our state elections
90 are approaching, and as we expect TO
'Iace before tho community nothing but
acts and correct principles, the more eH'
ensivc our circulation, the more gOOdO
he cause will it be in our power 10 affect.
10 suffer US now TO languish for want oil
'atronage, which portion of this commu'
lity can so we'll afford, would be TO argue
IS engaged in sinking cause. To admit
his ON the eve Of The election, we do not
elieve is the wish of our political friends
The Democrat will continue, as formerly
0 advocate the nomination of JOIN u
;ALHoUN 10 the Presidency. We believe
hat he can combine a greater strength
btaln a larger number of votes from lnc
merlcan DeOnle Than INV other member