Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-05-25

transporting cotton, ana lot otner great
purposes. At the last session, ! intro
duced bill into the Senate which was
passed to first and second reading,
and reported favorabIy by the commit
tee OF public lands transferring to this
State a quantity of public lands equal
to that heretofore ceded to Ohio being
upwards ola million of acres, for SINH
lar purposes, to aid this State in con-
structing certain rail roads which were
designated in the bill as follows:--
"Arail-road from Brandon to the
eastern boundary of this State, in the
direction of Montgomery, Alabama; a
railroad from Paulding to Mississippi
City; railroad from Canton to Colum-
bus. with branches from Macon, Starks-
will, Louisville, Carthage, Kosciusko,
and Madisonville; a railroad from Rip
ley through Holly Springs and Her
nando and Commerce; rail road from
Pontotoc to Delta. and from Pontotoc
to Aberdeen; a railroad from Coffee
vile to the Tallahatchie river, and
from Greensborough through Carroll
ton to the Yazoo; railroad from
Benton to Manchester, from Princeton
to Deer Creek, from Lexington to
Tchula, from De Kalb to Narkeeta,
and from Vernon to Clinton, Or the
most eligible point Oh the Vicksburg
railroad from Monticello to Gallatin,
or the most eligibiepoint on the Match
ez railroad, and railroad from Lib
erty, to the most eligible point on the
Natchez railroad"
The bill was designed to operate
equally throughout the State, and 10
provide for the transportation of ouI
produce to our own ports by short
routes, as far as practicable, and an
not without strong hopes Of passing this
bill through the Senate, and perhaps
thorough the House at the next ses-
sion.
BY the act of Congress providing for
the admission of this State into the
Union, two per cent. Of the nett pro.
ceeds Of the sales of the public lands
within our limits, was to be appropria-
ted by Congress in making roads with
out our borders, but leading to the
State. This fund | have heretofore,
for several years, been endeavoring to
obtain for the State, for the making of
roads within our limits. The difficult
ty is in obtaining the fund for roads
within the State, the contract being
for road without our limits. After
consultation, however, with my friends
in both Houses, | was enabled to frame
a bill, which, after some slight oppos-
ton at first, finally, upon full explana-
ton, passed the Senate unanimously,
and having been reported lavorably
by the appropriate committee Of the
lower house. would certainly have pas
sed that body, had it been reached. as
it would have been, hut for the inter-
ven5ion of the Maine boundary ques-
ton. This bill will certainly, thind,
pass at the next session. The money
cannot be obtained for mere local
road, and it was therefore necessary to
designate in the bill, road of impor-
lance 10 the nation, as well as to our
own State, so as tocombne sufficient
interest 10 secure its passage. The
fund TO be obtained, will amount by
estimation to 6S9.000 dollars, to be
expended by this State, in construct
ing railway from Brandon in this
State, to our eastern boundary, in the
direction of Montgomery, Alabama.
This road will connect Natchez, Vicks-
burg and Jackson, by railroads, with
Savannah and Charleston, and by the
roads thence being constructed, with
Washington city, Baltimore, Philadel
phia, New York and Boston. Unit
ing, as it will, the Mississippi with the
Atlantic, it would be OF great impor-
lance in peace, but in case of war,
furnishing as it would, the speedy
means of transporting troops, supplies
and munitions, it would be of incaIcul-
able value.
In giving my opinion against Bank
of the United States, and against the
banking system as at present organic
ed, ! wish to be considered as making
no war upon individuals. My conflict
is with opinions and systems, and the
unmerited abuse which is heaped upon
public men of all parties, for mere
difference in political sentiment, has
always beenregarded by me with scorn
and contempt. Conscious that have
always endeavored to promote what !
believed to be the true interests ofthe
people of mississippi, the assaults ofpo-