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


in the City Of Vicksbmg.

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 the
public, the necessity of giving something in the
form of what is commonly called Prospectus,
containing programme of the nature of the
undertaking in which he is about to embark,
and brief exposition of the views entertained
by him in relation to the subjects of which he
proposes to treat.


In compliance with this we'll established us
age we will endeavor to explain as concisely 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-
ton of those who have devoted their lives to the
pursuits OF the mechanic arts, as we'll as of all
others who obey the scriptural injunction that
man should "earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow" In the pursuit of lhese objects we shall,
however, studiously avoid every thing like at
tempting to infringe 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
" "AACh HitclhScHI lH6l cOulQ DC induced to be.
lleve that the interests of the laborng classes of
society were opposed to those Of the rest of their
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.
huence. We are firmly convinced that the inte.
rests OF the great mass Of mechanics are perfect.
ly compatible and ultimately 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 oposite opinion.


With the personal rancor and soulless parta
hostility which characterize and disgrace SO ma.
ny of the periodicals. Of the present day, we de.
sire to have as little connexlon as possible. The
support Of principles, and not the elevation to Of
fice of particular men, is, and we trust ever will
be our end ond aim; but should we ever become
so recreant to desert the standard Of truth and
Justice, and enlist under the banner of princi
pied mcn-tcorship, we shall doubtless incur, al
we shall deserve, the heavy penalty of the with.
drawal of all confidence in us by the honest and
intelligenI OF every sect and party


w. F. STANTON,
Publisher and Proprietor