The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-03
PROSPECTUS OF
THE N. O. WEEKLY TROPIc

Twenty Copies for Twenty DolIarsllF
Impressed with the vast importance of the next
election fer President and Vice President of the
United States, and believing, as we do, that upon
the success OF the Wing party depends in q great
degree the stability and prosperity OF the American
Union, no honorable efforts should be neglected bv
the friends of law, order, and constitutional liberty.
10 ensure contamination so earnestly TO be de-
sired by every lover Of his country. With an I'M
anlmIty and enthusiasm never before paraIIeled
the Wing party presents TO the American people
for their suffrages for the highest station In The
world, the name Of Americas noblest statesman
HENRY CLAY! Mr.. Clay is now the candidate
OF the party, and his nomination only requires
formal ANNOUNCEMENT by the properly constituted
authorities Of thetrHty. That announcement will
De made next May, and from that day the Wings
OF the Union will march forward in solid pbalanT
determined to do Justice to Harry of the West,'
and wipe from the national escutcheOn the stale
and stereotyped SANDER that "Republics are un.
grateful"
We are of those who believe that the great mass
Of our countrymen are homes: and patriotic. that
| they only require correct information to enable
and induce them 10 support such measures, and
such men, as will most effectuaIly advance the no
nor and prosperity ofour native land. They have
no motive to do wrong, and hence, when correctly
informed, they will Iyariably do right The higb
est and noblest duty of the press that great engp
ofintelgence and rational freedom, is TO enlig6ten
the public mind, TO scatter broadcast through the
land the true principles of liberty, morality and
justice. Since the art of printing was discovered
the press has been, and long it remains in the
hands o. aonest men, it must continue to be- ifnof
the pioneer, at least the most powerful auxiliary
in every enterprise, having for its object the i'm
Provement of mankind, and the elevation of man to
that exalted sphere of usefulness for which God in
his wisdom, intended him.
In the approaching Presidential election, it can
not be denied, that il is TO the Wbig press n which
On de f1uef lOOE for ha II =
and concentrated efforts in that cause which binds
up IN its support TIE hearts and hopes Of millions
Of our counirymcn. To the Wing press we must
look not only for the dissemination of sound and
wholesome intelligence upon all Subjects of natioo
al policy, but for the antdote to the banefl poison
of SANDER and misrepresentation, which daiiv ard
weekly utters from the paid and pensioned presses
| OF our adVersaries. Those MISREPRESENTATION are
sent forth on the wings of the wind and find their
way into every nook and corner of our extended
country. They must be NEITHER statements en-
countered, their falsehoods exposed. and their so
phistries unmasked. This is the dusy, the mpera-
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
It has been IN years past, we doubt it will con-
tnue to be in time TO come, but In order ke
the press useful, the people must come forward and
aid its conductors In giving correct information
and correct principles the widest possible circula
tion. Wing papers must be placed in the hands of
every voter in the land, and, our word for it. the
bread thus scast upon the waters,'' will produce
''after many days. goodly return
AS humble laborers in the political VINEYARD. az
far as in our power lies, the light of truth reason,
justice and sense shall be extended TO the
utmost, cost what It may. We shall perform our
duty, zeaousy, faithfully and fearlesslv. leaving
the result to GoD AND THE People. What is now
most needed in the South West, is a cheaD and
convenient vehicle of political information, paper
published at price SO low 10 place it within the
reach of ALL the poor as well as the rich This want
we are determined to supply, and as would be- in
convenient and expensive to get up journal ex-
pFessy for the purpose, wehave concluded to adopt
a course which, we think, viii be more acceptable
to our friends and mole useful to the cause!
We shall commence on Saturday, the Cd day Of
March inst, the publication of an extra edition of
the WEEKLY TROPIC, which we will furnish
from that day until the Presidential election in No.
vember, a period 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
it chan any Weekly sheet published in the South
West! During the eight months commencing with
March and closing with the Presidential election,
the Weekly 7ropic VIII contain more political and
miscellaneous matter, commercial and general
news than any paper ever published in New Orleans
at FIVE TIMES TIE PRICE, and hence it win Re en-
titled to, as hope it win receive, the most ex
tcnsive circulation. The unexampled low price az
which it is offered will require the larpeet possible
circulation, to save us from pecuniaTy loss. and
when this fact is remembered we hope each and an
of our friends, wherever they may be located. will
lend us their aid. Twenty copies Of paper like
ours fortwenty dollars, Is novelty in This atitude
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
adhere rgidly TO our terms. The money must il.
variab!y be paid in advances and in no case can we
make up package for any post Office Of less than
twenty copies!
The attention -four Wing iiiends generally,and
CLAW Clubs, and Wing Associations particularly. =
Invited to the foregoing, with the request that those
who NAV interest themselves n procuring subznr;
hers for the Tropic, will forward names and r1oney
as eary as possible,a i isdesrabe that we should