The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-25
Prospectus OF the
MEMPHIS AVALANCHE.
4 patty, Tri-Hcr&iy, and Dcehty Newspaper,
70 BE PUBLISHED ~ MEMPHIS, TENN.

Knowing the expense and hazard incident to
the establishment of new paper, we have been
slow IN commencing our contemplated enterprise
" e have, however, cUnsummated arrangements
which place the paper beyond The reach OF con-
tingences: the first n1Inber will, therefore, be
issued on the LIST d,y of January, 1858,
1t may seem presnmpbous IN us to add another
to the already respectable number of papers now
publ. he'd IN this city, but believing that Mem
phiS is d'stined to be one OF the largest and most
important cities in the South and that we can
discover some ground that has not vet been oc-
cdpied we embark in the experiment with every
assurance that success viii ultimately crown the
labor, tod and capital we are prepared to lavish
upon the enterprise We come, not at the rival,
but rs the coab0rer Of the old established press
eS in al That concerns the growth and prosperity
of the city and community generally. We shall
bring t. the task an energy that will never weary,
au experience OF many years, and as we have an
| extended Acquaintance in this and the adjoining
States, it is our confident expectation to give the
paper circulation equal to any between Louis
Vile and New Orleans.
We are fully aware that those generally max
ing the largest promises are guilty of tine poorest
performances: we therefore prefer that the read
er should form his opinion OF the AVALANCHE
from the paper itself Consequently, we shall
only say for the present that the paper will be
published Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, and
will commence with a capital Of twenty thousand
dollars, two thousand Weekly subscribers, aud
seven hundred Daily subscribers. 1t will be es-
sentially Democratic, but independently So
scorniug to wear the collar of seryitude--despis-
hg the t0ady and parasite. The creature of
no party, the tool OF no clique, the organ of no
faction, the AVALANCHE will be the firm, fearless
and honest exponent OF the great cardinal prilI-
ciples upon which rests the Democratic party,
and warm and Jealous supporter and defender
Of the men whose elevation is requisite to give
permanently and strength tn those principles
Upon the subject Of Slavery--a subject that
has often imperilled the nation-the Ava
lanchr will he ultra an ardent defender of the
rights of the South. The last feather has been
laid upon the camelis back. The South, wrong
ed outraged and goaded by Northern traitors, is
fast uniting, and will soon present a serlied and
unbroken column. While we will aid in every
patriotic effort to stay the rapid sweep of fanati-
cism to qnell the storm of disnion and to pre-
serve the Republic, we shall ut the same time
maintain that the only Union worth preserving is
CONSTITUTIONAL Uniolt--a Union of EQUAL
rrY. Indeed an ardent defense of Southern
Rights will be leading characteristic of the pa
per- 1t will make bitter and unreentng war
upon the Northern traitors, who, in their unholy
crusade upon the South, are willing to trampe
the Constitution under their unhallowed feet, but
it will pursue with still more bitterness those
Southern ingrates who are always ready to palli-
ate and excuse ANY aggression upon the rights
Of the South.
The Avalanche will expose ppculations and
corruptions wherever found 1t will paint with
a true pencil and hold up TO the scorn Of the peo-
pie all designing Demagogues, Imposters, and
hnnbHegpry of every dpscIiptiol.