The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-07-16
OUR POSITION.


and at the request Of some of our friends
who did not see the article in former
number of the Star, and bee tusc W. have
no copies of that issue ON hand, We re-pub-
l.sh the following:
Many of our friends have been uYging
Us for some time past, t. make our paper
apolitical journal, and have suggested
various cogcnt reasons for our so doing.
We have considered the subject in every
possible light, and have found many OBJ
staolrs in the way of coming toa satiSfac-
tory conclusion. \ short retrospective
view Of the efforts heretofore made in this
county, to establish, ana sustain political
papers, will, 20 some extent, explain the
motives that induce us to decline comply
inr with the wishes of our political friends
The first newspaper published i'll Pamela
County, was the :" Register" by Mr.. TYLER,
who advocated the principles of the Wing
party; and Notwithstanding that party
had the majority in the county, the Regis
ter was not sustained. The next paper
printed in the county, was the "Pano,a
LYNX" by Mr.. Rocket, and others. This
This paper supported the Wh'gparty with
zeal, AMI ability, yet it WAS permitted to
IanLu,sh AMI die for wan. of that material
al, which the dominant party should
have given it. Next in order came the
d" panolian," by Mr.. Eggars: this paper
took the opposite side in politics, and dur
ing It's brief career, cordially advocated
the principles Of the democratic party
1t died, howevcr, for want Of breath
Then came the "Picayunr," as an advo-
cltc, first Of tho Union Party, ana then Of
the American Party, both Of which, in
their turn, had large maiorities in the
comfy. But the spirited little '.Pic," has
gone to the "tombs Of the Capulcts,"
and its Editor to M,mpbis, whore his tai
cnts are displayed in the columns Of thu
Ea@ln AMI Enquirer, and which paper is
NOW receiving Il liberal support from the
very people and plrty who rcfusedto Sus--
tain his paper, when printed in their own
county. Then comes, not cxactlya news
raper. bntan effort to establish Demo
cratic organ, by Mr.. M'Kinnon, of Oxford,
who. we understood. offered to move to
tho county. if he couId ret FIVE hundred
Subscribers. The effort was made and
r,nd Tbo,, anna tba 1.So,tb.rn Star ,,
whose rays were so dim as scarcely to be
,crca,t;hIo and finally uttorlv disanncor-
"a IN Tho hr.lI;ant rovs of tbo or!arr,ad
1,,o;,,,r,- ssTbo p,roIo S+or :, + : not
+, La daniod that nost If mt aU of those
f,;I,roy ,,oro o,.,r,, 70 - want IF nroner
,pan,ramopt on tbc mart Of the nronrie-
tors. bnt still II shows that neither of the
great political parties, have heretofore
felt anv Great interest in establishing an
organ at the county seat, or they could
very easily have remcdied the matter by
bringing to bear their party machinery.
We are. therefore, comnoIled to occunv
tho midd1o oror,d and ,.biIc vrn haIinvo
that tho majority. Of tho trvoIvo hundred
vorors :, ~, county don't c,ro , croot
obort &c ~ o,,,, a,or rot wa arc no,.snod-
ed that tboro oro orongb natriotic citizens
in botb nar.tios f. united who orc wiIIino
70 sustain and sunnort . oood family
nowsnancr. ipdcnendcnt in noIitics. and
devotcdto Education, Agriculture, Litcra-
ture, General Intelligence, and the dcvel-
opment Of all the great moral enterprises
of the age, for the improvement of the
social condition Of the human family,