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In politics, it is Democratic. In its spirit and aims, Conservative. In its commercial tables and statements, accurate and reliable. In its news department, prompt, industrious, truthful. In its telegraphic arrangements, its facilities are unsurpassed. They are, in all respects, fully up to the requirements of the day.

The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its principles are those of the Democratic Party, as set forth by the National Convention at Cincinnati. It is the advocate of the sovereignty of the State and the union of the States; but not one without the other. It is for the equal rights of the States, and of each section.

For the South it claims equality in the Union, or independence out of it.

A uniform, firm, and consistent course for the thirty-seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to its principles.