PROSPECTUS OF THE
Southern Mechanic,
A aOeekly Newspaper, to be published


in the City Of Vicksburg.

EDITED BY JOHN J. HAMILTON.
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TUSTOM, the most potent of all law-givers
| " has imposed upon every individual who OF
| fers new periodical to the patronage of tht
public, the necessity of giving something in the
form of what is commonly called a Prospectus
containing a programme of the nature of the
undertaking in which he is about to embark
and a brief exposition of the views entertained
by him in relation to the subjects of which hi
proposes to treat.


In compliance with this well established us
age we will endeavor to explain as concsely as
possible what is intended to be the character OF
the paper the publication of which we are about
to commence.


The JOUTHERN MECHANIC will, as its
name denotes, be devoted to the support of the
interests, the advocacy Of the rights, and the
improvement of the mental and physical condi.
tion of those who have devoted their lives to the
pursuits of the mechanic arts, as well as of all
others who obey the scriptural in JUNCTION that
man should "earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow" In the pursuit of lhese biects we shall,
however, studiouslY avoid every thing like at
tempting toinfringe upon the rights or oppose
the success of such as are engaged in pursuits
different from those which occupy the attention
class of the community for whose special benefit
our enterprise is undertaken. The time has gone
by when intelligent men could be induced to be-
llONC bdt tuS ilttI6SlS Vi Lc ldDOrlng classes oil
society were opposed to those of the rest ofther
fellow citizens. Or, if suce an opinion is still en-
tertained at this enlightened day, we are proud
to say that ours are not among the number Of
those minds which feel and acknowledge its in.
fuence. We are firmly convinced that the inte.
rests of the great mass Of mechanics are perfect.
ly compatible and intimately identified with 'the
greatest good of the greatest number"-and we
have but little faith in the honesty and intelli.
gence of those who would endeavor to propagate
an opposite opinion.


With the personal rancor and souless portuI
hostility which characterize and disgrace 80 ma.
ny Of the periodicals of the present day, we do.
sire to have as little connexion as possible ThaI
support of principles, and not the elevation to Of
nee OF particular men, is, and we trust ever will
be our end ond aim; but should we ever becomeI
so recrean as to desert the standard Of trntb and
Justice, and enlist under the banner of princi.
pied mqn.acOrship, we shall doubtless incur, as
we shall deserve, the heavy penalty of the with.
draWai OF all confidence in us by the homes. and
of every sect and party.


W. f. STANTON,
Publisher and Proprietor