PRO.SPECII.S

 of H,e SOUTHERN SHIELD. A weekly News-paper to be pub lished in the Town of HELENA. ARKANSAS.
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In launching our little barque upon the political waves, we deem It due to our selves and to the public whom We expezm tU be voyagers with us, to lay before th1 a chart of the course we intend to steer '

 Believing that the leading measures of Mir Van Buren's administration are sub versive of the very principles upon which our government was first founded, We should be recreant to ourselves and our country were we not to labor, with might and main, to bring about change. N9 shall, therefore. run mp to our masthead the broad pennant of Harrison and Tyler, and sink or swim, live or die. survive or perish" under that glorious flag, we shall do battle manfully to the end.

 The repeated suspensions og Ffle banks, the Arrangement in the currency and eX- changes of the country. and the failure of all Governmental experiments to remedy the evil, have convinced us that that remedy is to be attained alone by the establish ment of d Netional Bauk properly restrict ed Thus thinking, we shall contend through our columns for the charter, by act of Congress, of such an institution.

 Pre-emption laws, and a law graduating the price of public lands, are measures which shall meet with our most cordial support.

 Internal improvements by the state. par tcularly the construction oi good roads leading from Helena to various points in the interior, and q well regulated system of public schools, are measures which VIC deem of vital importance, and which Of course. shall find III us Jealous advocat0

 Respecting other subjects oi pablic ct cernment not alluded to in this prospeettG we think it sufficient to state that we agr{s in the main. with the great mass of our wbie contemporaries, and shall use our utmost efforts, without degenerating into mere parti- zans, to advance and disseminate Whic principles We shall reserve to ourselves. however, the right as FREEMEN, at all times to speak, through our columns. of public men and public measures Whg or Demo- crat, in such terms of commendation or censure, its we may conceive them tO de serve

 In conclusion we shall simply state that lt Is our intention to devote ample space to AGRIcULTuRAL and LITERARY subjects and the general news of the day, hoping to gain the support of the community by stri- wing to deserve it. <

 We will obtain some suitable individual to conduct the editorial department ol.tbe paper.

 The first number will be issued on or bs- fore the Eth oi February next

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