Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-01-19


educate, annually, i've students at the expepss, N
NE institution and 10 give tuition to fy-s,x others
Inc plan adopted VIII secure equal ADVANTAGES Il
every county IN the State suitable measures VII
40 doubt he taken TO project these students irun
insult anu we may iondiy hope that same of them
may hereafter h,i The most exalted stations In the
commonwealth. Learning, talents and integrity are
u,e Only passports IN Office IN a free government
Two vacancies exist, m the Boari OF TruSlees
which II will be your duty to igl-one of them was
oceaSioned by the decease of Colonel Joseph SEES
SONS, who was long resident, and filled many
hlgh Offices, both under the Territorial aud State
uoVernmentS-he was most worthy and eSiima bic
cllizen, and aided as member of the Convention in
framing the constitution of the State IN 1871 Most
Of The saSeS OF that convention have been gathered
10 their fathers. aud left the tesnes OF the country
IN the hands OF those who were then strangers 10
The SON. They eit us the rich legacy Of a free 90
Verhnen, and u IS our solemn duty n transmit us
| beSH Sings Ia Poslerlty.
oakland College endowed by private nun6ceuce,
| Is M prosperous condition.
Male aud female academies are in successful on
Grafton IN Shoron, Columbus, Holly SPRINGS. Port
Gibson aud several other pIaces-they are crowded
VITA scholars, and aiord the means of acqnring
good education as cheapy as in any other State
MisssHppl College, located at Clinton, in healthy
region and central situation, accessible to wealthy
dition. 1t has received some aid from the Slate.
but OF late has not proSpercd. [ recommend all
those colleges and academies 10 the fostering care
OF The legislature. Money expended in the great
cause 0l education IS never lost Learning aids
and Suslans the poS'tsSor, when fortune aud friends
lorSakt hun.
geological survey of the State is worthy of
your consideration. Our mineral resources are I'M
Anown' but 1t Is believed that great abundance
OF iron ore can be found. demand now exists
Tor rock TO construct our rail roads and but hle oft
can be had with convenience Investigation wond
bnng TO light various rocks and minerals, which
could De turned to profitable account. topo-
graphical survey Is also desirable. Means may
be discovered To reclaim several millions Of acres of
rich aIuvial land now subject to annual inundation
by The construction Of LeveeS, opening aud straight
enlng the VARIOUS Bayous and clearing of the tin-
Der aud exposing the whole surface OF the low lands
to tho action Of the sun, a great portion of our
swamp lands may be rendered susceptible Of cult
walton.
The eighth section Of the seventh article of The
constitution provides, that ono money from the
Treasury shall be appropriated to objects of inter-
ma Improvement, unless bill, for that purpose be |
approved bv two thirds Of both branches of the |
Legislature Ii is to be Iamented that such an an
u-republlcan provision should have been ncorpora-
ted in our fundamental Law Ii denies to the ma |
lorty their most sacred rights and puts it in the
power Of the tew 10 retad the Improvement of the |
country. respectfully recommend that YOU pro |
pose TO the people change of THAI odious section |
The whole State IS intersrcted with Iarne rivers. |
containing no rapids, and It is only necessary TO cul
the logs llom Their beds aud the pendant trees ON
Their banks, To make them naNigable, for a great
portion of the year. by steamboats,. and the whole
yeas bv keel boats: navigation could be had in ev-
cry portion OF The State, and no one would have to
haul ms products Tar, IN order to Obtain ranSporta-
ton 10 The best markets. and procure his necessary
supplies. ale of cotton can be ireightcd thon- |
sand miles on steamboat, cheap as il can BE- |
carried thirty miles On railroad. Five hundred |
thousand dollars ludciouSly expended in clearing
out the various rivers and creek, IN the State wuul
be Of more real benefit To The people than the con-
Struction OF all the railroads N progress oGcu-
petion. Those who are SO ilrtunate as To be Sua-
ted near good navigation ought not to deny the |
means necessary for The requirement Of equal ad- |
vantaees TO other portions Of the State. Railroads |
are Of great convenience and always benefit the CT
ties at their termination, bul all experience proves |
that they never can come IN competition wiW,sttam
or keel boats in the transportation OF bulky or hea-
w articles.
The Rail reads now in progress Of completion are
deserving OF your favorable considerations The |
Vieksburg and Jackson Rail Road wdl be Compile |
ted during the present year, and the Mississippi |
Rail Road is advancing rapidly to completion.
These companies have prosecuted their several |
works in good faith, and, considering the pressure
OF the times have done much. The Grand Gulf
and Port Glbson-the ST. FrancisviIIe and Wood
vile, and the Mississippi and Alabama RAN road
companies have prosecuted their several works with
but little vigor and the various other rall road and
Banking companies, have not even commenced the
Improvements they are required 10 make. Bank
ing seems TO be their entire object aud only care.
Those companies STRIVING to construct tie great mr.
pro5emeDtS they have und rtaken, deserve your |
aid. No taxes should be imposed upon them and |
it deserves consideration, whether the credit Of the
State should not be brought TO their relief One OF |
the Rail Road Banks already has been wholly, and
others partially, relieved from making roads This
policy is clearly wrong. Making public improve
Int MS has always been The pretence Tor obtaining
such charters and IN street justice, exemptions I ON
the bulthen should not be tolerated. The blending
of Banking and Internal Improvement viii, IN the
end, prove Injurious TO tie Stockholders aud the
State. have never favored The scheme and my |
best reflections have confirmed ne III lie opinion,
that i sauud be extended no iarther. The State,
with her credit, could make all the Rail Roads she
ftqulios; The rate OF tolls coui then be kept under
the cont1 81 The Legislature, aud when The profits
of the work had Undermined lie State for the cost
OF construction, the road might be surrendered 10
uie ite usC VI "t PNoPcj VI t"S Pl"hte pau "iO
the State Treasury.
The Law, at present. is sealed book TO the great
mass OF the community: but few, even OF the july
Is and other pubic officers, are POSSESSION OF all
the statutes--c0mpiete copies are not to be had
the unwrItten Law still governs our Judges in the
adjudication of cases. Tie labor Of many years is
required To understand what laws govern us, and we
have to employ counsel al great expense 10 ynjI-
cate our rights. The Codes OF Juslinau, Of Fred
erlck OF Prussia, OF Napoleon, and ol Livingston,
prove that Law can be written IN nieIgbe Ian
guage, reduced to system, and made capable Of
beng understood BY all who read. Ia the year
1888, the Legislature appointed Gen. 7. Rnhiius
r. Pray to amend the phraseology Of the exist
ing statutes and to prune correct ana arrange, alter