The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-01-21

wi,hholding Il from u apy longer. Il there
vas large body Of il, Md that Of good qua
iiy, il would be different matter.
The fuss about the abolitionists i "all in
my eye and Elizabeth Martin" |e
Il our merchants have any credit The
north, or any money to buy goods for cash
with, would respectfully recommend that
we cease trading with the fanatics.
Two bills will come before you for pled~
cling the faith of the State for about seven
but think have succeeded in
DESTROYING our credit so completely, that
we shall not be able to borrow more than g.
nough to build fort at Mississippi City q
clear out the little stream furrowed outAy
the hand OF Providence for our special use,
and called Deer Creek.
transmit the report Of the Engineer APP
pointed TO survey our sen coast. From the
depth of water there, the contiguily to the
West Indies, and the quality Of ship timber
which never would be cut down otherwise,
(the land being SO poor that cultivation is
out of the question,) it is certainly an ex-
celIent place for naval depot. At my
rate, it is not fit for any thing else. Please
fork over the amount of monies paid for
these valuable discoveries. The State Ar
chitect says that the Governors House and
the Penitentiary are nearly ready for me d
the convicts. In regard to the latter, |
would recommend that the part now unfin-
ished should be made on different pian.-
II will not do to let the convicts work togeth-
er. If they do, the Democrats who are
up TO trar, will let the Wings into the
the party secrets and make them as smart
as any OF us. This should be avoided. &
A geological, typographical and agricul-
tural survey of the State ought to be made.
1t is said that we have large quantities of
GOALS in our state, and it is worthy of consid-
GRAFTON whether it would not be well to find
means for hauling the rag-barons over
them.
A law should be passed, making cotton
hooks unlawful weapons to draw on cotton
bales. The Union Bank and some others,
have shooked' great deal Of cotton in the
last two years, which has induced me fire.
quently to say, that had prostituted them
selves for the love Of gain, meaning that
they were shookers.' AS said, | am OPP
posed 10 levying taxes, but with regard to
rivers, my opinion is different. wish lev
les to be made on all of them, but more par
ticularly on the Mississippi, TO reclaim those
lands of mine which old Downing and the
other surveyors crammed on to me, at the
land sales at Clinton. One thing is certain,
unless you make them more valuable, by a
levee, the Sheriff will levy on them, and
then they will be Of no value at all.
Some of the banks refused to let the Com
missioners examine them, saying they had
no authority, &c. This conduct was very
ridiculous, but it failed of its object. The
boys have got the per diem, and it will be
some trouble to get it out of them. had
this in my eye when they were appointed.
The President pro tenn of the Union Bank
in particular, put on some airs, but he's
small fry. I'm after the old bell-wether,
who was gone to the north to sell the bonds.
| do not know how they could spare him,
when his services are worth SIC, 900 year
to them, unless it was on the principle by
which the fellow got $l5 for singing the
song, So to begin and $40 to leave off.
The time for borrowing money out of the
banks has passed. l have no credit, and
] expect you are in the same situationt
have made fool Of myself, you have made
fools of yourselves, and every body has
made fools of themselves, or himself, Il am
not certain about the grammar) with the
money we got out of them. Let us make
the banks look as foo lish as we do. Let Us
repeal their charters. 1t is not demo-
CRITIC for them to have money when nobody
else has any.
Democracy is equality, and how is one
nan TO be equal to another man, when the
other man has more money than the one
man hasf What did our forefathers fight,
bleed and die for seven years together for,
unless il was that all men might be equal2
'Thirteo0- hHBdred of our citizens have made
themselves unequal, by taking stock in the
Union Bank, and some of them are wicked
enough to be men Of great wealth. This
must be stopped. If you do not do SO, the
stockholders will select eight directors out
of thirteen, and then what will become of
the democracy? recommend that you cut
down the bank to State institution. and
then we will elect all the directory. Do
you understand?
It may be said that if you crush the banks
we will have no circulation, but this is all
in my eye. Our annual export of fifteen
millions q dollars, will make more dollars
rush back here sorter like back water, and
then foreign creditors will come in here g.
buy your farms at half price. and of course
raise cotton@at less expense, by SO per cent,
and you will troy the consolation Of know
ing that tllds6 clleps win get just as much
for raising cotton as you did, aIthouoh the
raising will not cost half as much. Ar6
then too, foreign crssiiiors would not be lalf