Southern Argus., 1839-04-16

slses se be degenerate ehildran. 81 that Their
snocracY s net of ne same sort that prevail.
4 ia Air. Jeflelaon days. Sc said. 81 tie
inc Be Nas elected President, that. aa It reeaf.
ed appointments e Office, be should not ask
8 whatparty the applicant belonged but would
MY enquire Z IS HE HoNEsT--is HE CARA
atE!'' But times have changed, and totter-
ng administration. seeing il perspective le-
feat and the loss II the public plundeg, are
using sgery particle d influence { atOsustain
itssg and Is friends This is modern de-
AGRICULTURAL SoclETIEs. We belong g
that class who view with pleasure any effort
that has for is ann tle improvement of socie-
ty-its morals. literature, science, and partcu-
larIy those made for the improvement Of our
country. in developing its resources and more
richly rewarding labor IN the older States
much has been done to realize the latter by the
institutionof Agricultural Societies; and ours
being strictly an Agricultural country, we in-
cline tothe opinion thai should such institutions
be established amongst US, much good would
eventuate to the planter and to the whole COM
munity, by exciting an honest rivalry among
the Amers as to who should raise the finest
crops on given quantity Of land who should
raise the finest stock, and who should produce
the most within HIMSELF and buy the least Of the
provisions necessary to support his negroes and
stock. In addition to this, much information
may be procured through society of this kind,
asto Il e best manner of cultivating and manu-
ring the soil, the best crops to plt mt in lands
of acertain quality, the most efficient means to
guard against damage by extreme wet or dry
seasons, the most economical and nourishing
ing food for stock, and thousand other items
Of knowledge relative to the managementof a
plantation, which could not be obtained from
any other source. In view of the advantages
to be derived from the institution of such a So
ciety. we would respectfully propose to the far
ners Of this county, to hold meeting at an
early day, for the purpose of forming the AGRI-
CULTURAL Society OF LowNDEs COUNTY /;
and should their views coincide with ours as
to the benefits to be derived from ii, we viii
hazard the opinion that the county Of Lowndes
in a few years, will be enriched and benefited
by its operations an untold amount.
Ky. I've would call the attention Of
our readers to the communication of x. Y.
T." in to-day's paper. It unfolds another plan
ofre,oarding favoriteby a corrupt government
and the act must be reprehended by an hon
est and intelligent people. The Government
is about to sell, as the property of Gordon D.
Boyd, 2O,2O3 acres of land for which he has
not paid solitary cent, and which is, accord
ing to the argument Of our correspondent, as
much the property of the people now as it was
before Mr.. Boyd took the liberty of taking Il.
This land is to be sold on a credit of one and
t,oo gears, and, as Mr.. B. entered in his name
the choicest tracts, there is no doubt it viii sell
high. The amount for which it sells, over and
above Mr.. Boyd's debt, goes into his pocket,
and in the end he will probably make fortune
after all. This bare-faced fraud upon the peo-
pleby a corrupt government, must certainly
open the eyes of those who are blind to the
prOaigacy of the present administration.
AMOS KENDALL's PROFESSIONS AND PRAc
TIcE.-When the " Heaven born" Amos wa.
appointed to the Office of fourth Auditor, BY
Gen. jackson, he wrote his famous letter
which will be remembered by many Of our rea
ders, and from which we extract the following
paragraph, as text to this article. Amos, il
the excess of his patriotism, and filed with tn,
spirit Of reform, says:
z feel bound BY nay obligations to my coun
try, and by the pledges so often repeated by al
the principal men of our party, to promote
with all my talents and industry, the reform
which the People demand. will prove tina
our declarations have not been hollow preten
lces. Besides, hold the interference Of Fed
eral officers with State politics to be imprope
in principle"
How has the bond of Amos Kendall an
the pledges of the "principal men of his pal
ty'' been cancelled! Have the reforms bee
made they so boastingly said should be, an
have not their " declarations" proved "hollo
pretences;" ]" have not the people been guile,
and is there any more confidence to be place
in them! Kendall's reforms have been col
fined toreforming honest postmasters out ,
Office and putting in their places,-in the laI
guage of Mr.. Houston some true and tru
ty JelEocs-fellcws that viii go the whole
who are troubled with no principles on al
subject, but viii support certain mtere
: through thick and thin,' who viii pursue ]
course of their own, but win ever be ready
take their cue from certain quarter" Ke
:. : daIl's reforms have this extent-no more. H
: manifest horror Of the interference of Fed
raj officers witllState politics. was me
profession, which, he is less inclined to car
s. into practice now than at the time It "
i made. He then thought such conduct on t
: part Of Federal officers was :. improper
principle, but, perhaps he thinks that sin
), his party has forgotten principle in their de,
1. ton to the "spoils Of Office" the same CO
3 duct may now be cOrrec: and proper in pr.
s tee The appointment Of f.party editors to
,d fee, Whosepe peculiar province it IS to mix rne
than any other class Of our citizens IN politi
Il strife, and who are obliged to take sides ii /
st political warfare Of the day, proves to the wo
IS that Kendall's declarations have be-