The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-06-21
THE STAR.


clusion. A short retrospective view
OF the efforts heretofore made in this
county, to establish, and sustain, po-
litieal papers, will to. some extent, ex-
plain the motives, that induce us to
decline complying with the wishes of
our political friends. The first news
paper published in Pamela County, was
the :" Register" by Mr.. Tyler, who
advocated the principles of the Wing
party and Notwithstanding that par
ty had the majority in the county, the
Register was not sustained. The next
paper printed in the county, was the
Pamela Lynx" by Mr.. Rocket,
and others. This paper supported the
Wing party with zeal, and ability, yet
it was permitted to languish and die
for want of that material aid, which
the dominant party should have given
it. Next in order came the ''Panolian,''
by Mr.. Eggars this paper took the
opposite side in politics, and during its
brief career, cordially advocated the
principles of the democratic party
1t died, however, for want Of breath
Then came the "picayune," as an adj
vocate, first of the Union Party, and
then of the American Party, both o.
which, in their turn had large MAORI
ties in the county. But the spirited
little Pics gone to the "tombs of the
Capulets," and its editor to Memphis.
where his talents are displayed in the
columns Of the Eagle and Enquirer,
and which paper is now receiving a
liberal support from the very people
and party who refused to sustain his
paper, when printed in their own
county. Then comes, not exactly a
newspaper, but an effort to establish
a Democratic organ, by Mr.. NJ Kin
non, of Oxford who, we understood,
offered to move to the county, if he
could get five hundred subscribers
/ The effort was made, and failed. Then
came the Southern Star" whose
rays were so dim as scarcely to be
perceptible, and finally utterly disap-
I peared in the brilliant rays of the en-
! larged luminary, 1.-The Pamela Star"
| 1t is not to be denied that most, if not
all of these failures were owing to a
want of proper management on the
/ part of the proprietors, but still it
shows that neither of the great pcliti-
cal parties, have heretofore felt any
! great interest in establishing an organ
at the county seat, or they could very
easily have remied the matter by
bringing to bear their party machinery.
! We are, therefore, compelled to occl,py
the middle ground, and willie We be-
lieve that the majority of the twelve
hundred voters in the county, don't
care groat about us or our paper,
yet we are persuaded that there are
enough CT patriotic citizens in both
| parties, if united, who are willing to
sustain and support good family
newspaper, neutral. in politics, and de-
voted TO education, agriculture, litera-
ture, general Intelligence, and the de-
velopmeat of all the great moral ell
terprises of the age, for the improve
ment of the social condition of the
human family, from motives and con
siderations far above mere political
partialities, and such as should, and
does influence all good men, and lovers
of their country. To such, we offer
the "Star," and promise, with youl
aid, to make it paper every way
worthy of your patronage.
/ We are fully aware of the onerous
and many times painful duties thai
partizan leadership entails upon edi
tors, bnt nevertheless, if we had foul
or five hundred paying subscribers, we
would not heSitatea moment to assume
them. As the case now stands, We
are admonished by that great teacher
the past" to so shape our course as
to prevent us from sustaining pecunla
ry loss. We have some means, bu
not enough to enable us to publish
newspaper for glory alone.
Let no one suppose that in publish
ing neutral paper, we do not sympa
thise with either party on the con
trary, we wish it distinctly understood
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