Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-07-21


Some weeks since, we put ont Prospectus In
which weproPosed to publish I'ri.weekly, proyid
ed We could get sufficient encouragement. Our
friends here seemed pleased with the idea and prom
ised us liberal patronage. But perhaps they have
misunderstood u.s. We cannot start a TrI-weekly
upon mere expectation and promises. We must
have a sure foundation to build upon. We do not
expect payment Ia advance or until the Tri-weekly
Is commenced, but we require a sufficient nun.
Der Of good, responsible names on our subscription
list before we enter upon the experiment. We have
no surpus capital are entirely dependent upon the
proceeds Of our Office for support, and we cannot,
IN justice to ourselves go to the additional expense
and labor which viii necessarily be required in start.
ING Tri-weekly, unless VIC kaop before hand that
we shall succeed in the enterprise. Columbus, we
think, can support a T'ri-wcekly quito as well as
Jackson, or Vicksburg or Yazoo City, and It was be-
cause we believed il would be to tho interest Of the
town and county, to have sncha paper published here
that we made the proposition. Give us one hundred
and filty good nanes---and we feel certain that orr
friends can soon do thai il they will make the proper
exertion- -aud We win start the Tr-weekly Demo.
sratatonec Wowill give ousucha paperas you will
be compelled 10 acknowledges worth the money you
pay for Il, worth greatly TO you than the north
ern papers which many Of you patronzo 80 literally
and which, (niost Of them ut least We know are ut.
tcfly valuecss 70 you except as masfe pdjer. Our
paper y published here, in your midst you will
havcto pay no hostage omit will be handed 10 you
regularly ''wetsron the press" andwill always con,
TAIN the latest news ofthc day. and The cream Of the
esstrublcations both in this country and in Europe,
JUS, local pride, aswcl as your own best interest
should induce you Subscribe for your home paper,
instead d sending your money hundreds and thou.
sands Of miles for lournah which have no interest,
no feeling IN common with ysu, and whose almost on
IL merit consists in the Iac that they are shov aud
prottiIy printed
4 One word mole before We close these hasy remarks
about our own affairs. Our weekly paper has not
hallthe circulation in this and the aaonng counties
tiatwc think i is justly entitled To- Some Of Won
complain that our subscription price ii too high
csitisycur own fault. Give us five Il six hun
bred additionally good names to our list and W. can af
AreA ~ w. ~ he'S Sul ~ NShiy ~ lNu uulMH
annam. There are hundreds in the town and eeun.
try who read orr paper regularly, who do not saS.
scribe and have never paidsa single dime for it,
This is not liberal--i il not even fair You
pay your merchant and your grocer for every
thing yen get Of them, but you take, ,rithoui
giriag q cem IN reiartt the hbors Of the poor
Editor and Pnblishcr, whose days and whose nights
are devoted toyour amusement and instruction.
We throw ourselves not upon The sympathy or ever
the bcFay, but upon the simple justice OF the pub
ac believing thatour interests are reciprocal, ant
that Nhat benefits us viii equally benefit them
Give us fair trial and an adequate remuneration
for or labors. and we ask no more.
&
n Hon. David r. Atchison Senator from Mis-
souri,, has replied resolution adopted by meet
ing of the cit zens in Plate county Of that State
calling npon him 10 give his views relative to tn,
instructions Of the State Legislature on the Wilmo
Provisc Dir. Atchison differs altogether from Col
Beutqn, He takes the true Southern ground--wil
cbeerfuly obey the Instructions Of the Legislator,
and ofcourse oppose the proviso. His letter is very
ably written, and we think is conclusive in its argu
msnt. We will endeasor to give il place in on
columns.
U WePubish, on our first page, piece Of hu
morous doegiel poetry, headed ewhy don't YOU take
the papers, which we see has been copied in the last
Wing. The Vicksburg Wing says it was not writ.
tenby n, T, Willis, but by George u. WAI1AcE
aprinter. IfsO, we say with the v Wing, let every
owner have his own property
GEoRcIA.-The Democratic state convention
which wac beId h, M;iiedyeviIle I,at ,,asl