Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-09-14
FOR IuE uENoCEtI.1
To THE EDITORS OF THE STATE
OF MISSISSIPPI

important branch of .Bbrrt o. Internal I,4,-.ys
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,f'''5s iof tae internal improvement @. ihS State
lHe h-st SGctca ni saui aci provides 'or tie crea-
ton ola board ef fn,fr.-al Ir,,r,y mani, IN ,s,
three Co,,,:ss.,,...s
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NC Se''"a Sect"h' P'Na'S 3l lhc sum
| OF i've millions of dollars be m.Sei by means Of
loan 10 said board. to facilitate v,r-l r.., IF five
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! The 9th section authorizes and requucs the
board Of lntgrpa, Improvement IA cause &, be CON
stryc,r3 rail ro,d fam, tina N..,.,.;,,,,, ,.,, .,
n iF
some point y ohuio'N county, ana "ltraS there
! from; one extending TO some point in Ilshcmiu-
~ county. and one extending TO the NiSsi>s,1i ry
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me 'h Secuoh authorizes ana requires ine
said hoard 10 cause 10 b. constructed a rail road
.. frorn The city NJ Iaclsor "a connect with ,t ,t
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words ran Toad rom Jackson TO P0nt0c.
The slh section aDproprates five hundred
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Improvement u ue various 'NetS 81 Ie o'db'
Thus then four and halt millions is the amour
designed tor the construction of upwards OF FIVE hun
dret and fifty miles OF rail road; embracing the nam
road from Mississippi City to Ponlt,oC, from that
point INTO TlshemnLo county and TO the Mississippi
river m Tunlca county, aud lhe road from jackson
10 Ponuoc. Any person at all acquainted with the
face Of the country must come to the conclusion,
thatl have not over estimated Tie distance, when q
!, considered, that the direction Of the roads will
necessarily be made To seek the best grounds and
TO follow the meanderng Of the ridges on which
they are to be constructed Taking the estimated
expense then. Of the constructiun Of roads 10 other
States, presenting Ike surface, and the amount of
loan of five millions VIII not NEE, more Han halt the
exI ense ofthese main roads and the ajeral bran.
ches promised the counties remote from tic main
channels will never be constructed.
IN iac when the principal road from Mississippi
City 10 Ponutoc shall be completed, or even before,
II VIII he found Ihat the fund wall be exhausted
But fraction OF the state will be improved. A
S@ir dehl OF twenty two ana a nan millions o. dol
lars wa be hanging over this STATE. The people
wHl lave opened lheir eyes to the alarming position
u "nch they VIII he paced, ana The door Will be
ciosed 9r ever against lhe Pedge oil The State for
W. ,'e' "ahS'
one end however WA he achieved by carving
ONT me pan PoPoSed ny NE Legislature The
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"c,''et l an e",r''o"' fortune.
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