Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-08-31

! round ere the work could ee 20 progress All this
! 0C-e hope hel up 10 The citizens ~ the CbNctaw
Z aut Nhics@slw counties, whist G rcaHiy, aye
I present reality o'bJjwrcn two ara thrc- m ans 1.
/ dollars has been actually placed Tor operation To-
one or tive banks for the improvement OF mere
! nschhorioo1 o, the state and that region OF the
State already possessed 81 reasonable lscuttes 10
market for their products.
/ Bliale we prepared In enruph the state further
\ 90 the vortex 1t responsibilities The faith Of the
state IS already pledged ios between seventeen and
I eighteen millions o. dollars. We have not borrow.
cd that suu snss % place i uaders,atc control. Il
IS under HE coHtr1. OF those honest machines called
/ banks 10 TIE management of which the President,
and directors usually realize large fortunes, and the
stockholders tshe special care 10 have sop IN the
| dish.
| The property Of every msuin Ills state is liable
90 redeem these millions, whilst the management of
ihls great fund IS 30, in the peoples hands And We
are called on to add i've millions moce to oar IN
dgbirju-sS.
jltuk 10 al conscience We have made pluuveS
enough hundiod, aud We should Iau'y pause be-
! fore we incur another responsibility so large. We
should least take time TO examine well the details
| OF the system
Our legislature have gone into this business, as
! prccipiale.y as they dad into the Union Bank
! scheme; which the people were told was to food
| our land with gold aud to pay every mans debts.
The experiment thus far has proven That the state
has pledged Us responsibility lor upwards OF fifteen
millions Of dollars all the golden dreams of relief
have vanished, aud that tie 90 rule of getting out
OF debt IS the only true one .e us That is make oil
sou can an save all you can. Let Us return 10 tins
subject Vt the l9asier OF the public funds and die
two ul0ion state stock, to lhr rail road banks OF
Nck,uurg and Natohcz, tdr The puIp,se OF cna-
bling them TO carry out aud complete the rad road
| from each OF those places 10 jackson.
/ Another most vital objection 10 ltIS measure IS,
/ that il does not effect the essential object intended
10 be realized By scheme Of internal Improvement
! IN this STATE.
! The Improvements impetousIy d,nanGcd IN Mis-
sssippl are such, as viii furnish TO the settlers the
| convenient means oi carrying to market, the pro
duets OF their Industry IN those parts OF the state
especially which are shut out from market by DIS
lance, and the natural imptduncuts OF the country.
| Another primary purpose oI a system OF improve
mcn IS 10 add 70 the resources " the state, by aior
| ding the facilities OF a market to those regions Of
| rich country which are now IN wilderness state
for want Of those facilities. BY a Iudcious system
the settler could increase the amount OF be crops
| and cmguuls with capital would people our VIII
deruess regions
Now these rad roads from Nalchcz and Vicks-
burg to Jackson, run through county the people
of Whlrh have either the navigation ul Pearl uver
or the naygabIe waters OF Mississippi al a conye.
ncut distance 1t will bring uonew lands into cul.
ryaliou aud devcope 30 additional resources. For
comparatively speaking, the people OF hat section Of
the state have aboret under no serious impede
mcnls for want Of a convenient market FOR the pro-
| ducls Of the soil
| M new treasures viii therefore be opened, TO
! invite emigration or capital TO the stale; ana tho
most thal can be- effected will be, to give those cIu-
| zcHs who kay be- settled convenient 10 the raj
! Iua u.s. an additional facility OF getting their pro-
ducc t. MARKET alnO ntuiiiut me ran tuads, thfy
had good navgab'e streams AZ convenient distance
on either side. II s 10 my mud elcclug a very lit
Tie purpose by the application of great means or
the lncurug Of great responsibilities on the part OF
the state. Few have reflected, how very much has
been rI-bcd by the state, aud how very lutte is ad-
dcd to the wealth OF re'nutccs Of the state by TINS
| first measure.
| will hec leave to suggest an addIuaual objection
| TO this legislative project which had escaped me !;
and which, think is entitled to grave consideration
Should Tie legislature risk rs funds and credit, aud
| incur aH enormous state responsibility, 10 place in
the bands 0i banks OF ther corporations, The power
To Cypress rs citizens by an cxurbitant system of
tolls Tor carrying the producc Of the country to mar
ket Should the state mix up It's concerns with
these cofporauons, and thereby cmbarass s own
means ii should be lnnnj necessary for tic state
10 carry out m entire system The object Of these
corporations Is profit; and It would have been deem
ed most wise for The stale, 10 have received this
fund from the Planters bank and made II tie loun-
datlOn on which 10 carry out the whole system under
the direction Of The state alone.
Ihis would have rendered the additional onn
Unnecessary II the fund proved inadequate
TIE state stock IN the Union Bank could have
been drawn on 10 supply the deficiency In my
next numberl Ahall shcw. that ihe state stock
mud funds IN The Pantcls back would have been
sufficient.
II now the rail road hunks would surrender tho
fund 10 the state, to cary out general system, It
Is ] think probable, thai by proper general sys-
ten, both Nalchez and Vlcksbutg would be
prohted to the amount OF millions, where they
cannot now add hundreds 10 Their resources New
resources would be developed yearly by the con
neXion Of the wilderness into cultivated fields,
and additional treasures would each yen be pour.
ed INTO tho bosom Of those interesting cities.
The thorough clearing Big Black and Peal
rivers OF distractions, would alone, be the means
Of doubling the population and wealth Of the coun
ties east OF those rivers, within i@o years after
the navigation should be completed | hazard
the opinon alter mature reflection. From the
region Of Big Black and nearly forty miles east,
the products Of the country would fnd rs market
Cd the mississippi. Cary out the system to the
ether MYERS contemplated and who can calculate
the Increased productions which could find their
way TO these markets.
desire IN conclusion 10 request, lhat ! may
be distinctly understood as by no means impu
nng the motives Of the Legislature, whose acts
am reviewing. am sure they will rejoice to
SEQ discussion on THIS interesting SUBJECT Their
errors have proceeded from 50 leryonl deslle 10
promote HE highest interest ol the State, that
Their legislation wanted that calm and deliberate
consideration, which alone can ensure ludlcous
conclusions On intricate subjects. 10 most Of
the members, presume tho system Of internal
Improvement was new, and had not been made
subject Of intense reflection.