The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-10
Prospectus OF the
MEMPHIS AVALANCHE,
4 Putty, Tri-Hecay. and feekiy Newspaper,
10 UI PUBLISHED IN MEMPHIS, Tenn.

knowing the cxpease and hazard incident t
the establishment, Of new paper, we have beer
slow Ia commencing our contemplated eiltsrlD3s1
We have, however, cunsumnated arfSFaH'hte
Wi.Fn Trlcf ftn rfTr ne! n" tt. r'-rru 81 '1h-
tinaenries. the first number will, therefore, be
issued on the list d1y OF JANUARY, l5aS.
Itmiy seem pre- amptuous III US e. add another
to the already respectable nhinber OF papers now
pgblishpd in this city, but believing that Mem
phts l. dtssia,d T. bt, one of the largest and mpst
important cities ia tne South, and that we can
discover some ground that has not yet been oc-
c,in!ed, we embark IN the experiment. with every
as suranca that success Will ultimately crown The
labor, toll and capl3al we are prepared t. lavish
mon the enterprise. We come, not at the fIval
but as the ct-labarer, at tla old established press
es ia al that cone ariis tha growth and prosperity
of the city and community generally We shtii
bring to the task energy that Will never weary,
al experience OF miny years, and is we nave ai
extended Acquaintance III this and The adjoining
States, it il of confident expectation to give the
paper circulation equal 70 any between LOUIS
Vile and New Orleans.
We are fully aware that these generally MAX
ing the largest promises are guilty Of the poorest
peltormalces: we therefore prefer that the read
| er should form bis opinion Of the AVALANCHE
| from the paner itself. Consequently, we shah
MY say for the present that the paper Will be
published Daily, TrWeekly aud Weekly, and
" III commence with capital of twenty thousand
dollars, two thousand Weekly Subscribers, and
seven hundred Daily subscribers. Ii VIII be es-
sentially Democratic, but Independently so-
scernng 10 wear the collar OF scfvitude--despis-
iilt the toGdy and parasite. The creature OF
X, Marty, Ia, ,u. =, al no clique, the organ of no
tnctitn, The AVALANCHE wh DC the ufi,i' iealicss
and honest exponent Of the great cardinal prili-
eiples upon which rests the Democratic party,
s.nd warm and Jealous supporter and defender
If the men whose elevation is requisite To give
I pernanency and strength tn those principles.
Irpon tn. subject OF Slavery-a subject mat
has so often inperiled the naton-the Ava
lanehr will be ultra; an ardent defender q the
rights Of the South The last feather has beer
lajd mon the camels back. The South, wrong
ed. outraged and goaded by Northern traitors, 4
fast uniting and VIII soon present serred aht
unbr ken column. While we will and II ever,
patrintie effort to stay the rapid sweep OF fanati
iism b. oneI The storm of disunion and to pre-
i serve tne Republic, we shall ut tine srine TIM
|, maintain that the only Union worth preserving
) CONSTITUTIONAL Union--a Union OF Equal
. rry Indeed an ardent defense OF Souther
9 Rohts will be leading characteristic OF the pa
i per. Ii will make bitter and unrelenting wa
e mon the Northern traitors, who, III their il'hoi
crusade upon the South, are willing to trampl
+ thn Constitution under their ulalloWea leet pu
) # will pursue with still mere bitterness th9s
;, selthern ingrates who are always ready to pau
|, ate and EXCUSE ANY aggression upon 'he rigii'
~ the South.
The Avalanche will expose regulations an
car,uptiens wherever found. 1t will paint wit
true pencil and held up to the scorn OF the PEI
+ ple all designing Demag CUES, lmpasters, an
) humbuggery Of every description
4 Beleiying-nay, kaowing-that a high-tont
: mor.ity is the basis of COED government Il
a Avalanche will lash with just and merited seve
Q. ity. vice and immortality Of every phase,
10 Every department Of the paper will be car
,e fully filed and will contain the news 81 the a.
III local intelligence, reports Of the markets, tel
10 graphic news, and the political events of the az
N TERMS:
80 | nail, Avalanche $40: Tri Weekly. S.; Weekly,
HUTTON, GALLAWAY, d CO.
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