The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-08
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
MA DIS OMAN.

.THE undersigned will publish
Weekly Newspaper in the Town o
: Canton, under the above title, commen
, cling Thursday 2lst February, 1885,
: The " MADrsoNIAN" will be thorough,
; democratic in Its course. Upon thu
subjects Of a National Bank, Tariff
Internal Improvements by the Genera.
Government, and the distribution of the
proceeds of The public lands, we c,,n.
cur in the opinions always entertained
Ivy the great body of the REPUBLI.
lCAN PARTY. Aside from the con
stitutional objections that may well he
urged against a National Bank, expe.
rience has demonstrated that the fiscal
and monetary AFFAIRS of the government
can be safely and conveniently man.
Rsged without the aid Of such an Insti.
tuition,
The Constitutional Treasuy, in its
practical bearing, has fully come IN to
The expectations Of its most sanguine
friends, and falsifed the v~aticinalion,
OF evil SO confidently made by lis enc.
mics, SO that at This day, the latter no
longer urge objections to its man prin
ciPles, butsuggest only notifications in
ITS minor details. Uponrhe .1'arifques.
tlon, the "MADTsoNIAN'' will advocate
the Free Trade doctrine. By Free
Trade, we do not mean the abolit,on
lot Custom houses, and of an .du,ie.
upon imports, but a system of CONNER.
clal intercourse, as free and unrestrict.
ed as 1t can be-, consistently with our
present mode of raising revenue NJ
short, we contend that Congress sbouid
discriminate with a view to Repenu.
alone, and not for p,0rctioa-reyenns
being the only object recognized v he,
Constitution in the grant Of the taxing
power.
The power of the Federal Govern.
ment 70 embark in a general system of
internal improvements, and the propri.
ely OF such q course, have ever been
denied BY strict constructlonists. M.
difficulty has bech to draw the line ofI
distinction between objects strictly ma.
E'010l inlheir character. and othe ~ moi,
necessarily embraced in that cate
CORY we maintain, in common
with the great mass Of the Democratic
that the general government
should c%onfine its aid 10 such works MI
internal Improvement as belong to the
reform class, leaving all others TO the
.osterlng careof the local legislatures
the several State>, or 10 the enter.
Prise OF private citizens believing thai
lie Inc OF demarkation between such
IS are matiOnal and such as are not So.
las been clearly clucidaled aud ablv
naiLtalned by the late President Polk
2 hIs veto of the River aud Harbor
Should the wild scheme Of distribu.
among the several states, the pro. :
eeds OF the public lands, be preached
y this or any other administration. we
VII deem it our duty To oppose il ;
in justice To our political oppo. I
ients, we must add that we do not be. .
1t was ever seriously entertained i
y any very respectable number Of them i
o make that measure a Test of theft e
'arty principles. !
Regarding the veto power as a WISE .
heck and a salatary safeguard against
'ver neutrality-suspicious., we are opposed :
Q any modification Of II, and. utterly q,
ondemn The demagogical spirit that p
proposes to restrict ITS exercise. n
The Presldenl of the United States. q p
eng the only branch ofthe law.making ',
electedby tho whole people, maS
. regarded as the Tribune of tbe neo. b
armed with the veto power, 10 pre. IN
eGt any encroachmenls upon their - Gt
10 abridge this power or 70 - y
: g' aa"a US exercise 70 a specified class en-
I cases, enumerated III some new parlv sal
or political catechism, would be- an an
d'rect contraveniion Of the plain a"
Of the constitution. CO,
From ibis brief exposition Of on,l
rlnclples, i will he seen, that we mnst IN a.
necessarily placed in the man. Il ppr5
'poslllon 10 the present AdminislrI ers
on' but u will be no factious oppoi POI
on The "MADrsoNIAN" will bhot i !
60 The dignity of though, and seryIe- MS VS.
,nlnd Itself TO the car of party. but 4
III reserve TO itself the right Of com.
ending whatever may deem com.
eNuasis li us PuIEIcaI iGuanigs. Nh ~
c%entnrlng whatever it may-deem
nsurable in the course or policy Of for
W friends. =
Whilst npon all measures o fsFederal -
'iIlics we will NOT disregard our ale. VI
to patty, upon the geatuues tion n
Southern Rights" We will diyest
rselves Of the feelings Of mere oar.
anship, and be governediu our conrse a
Iely by what we couce,ve "a. beaiba
OF OuI own NARROW oc l.