Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-06-09

mount of talent and integrity that can
be found throughout our borders
Another objection urged against the
removal of the seat of government is,
that the state would lose all the expense
that has been incurred in the erection
of the public buildings, at Jackson
I and that the like expense would have !,
to be incurred by a removal. This
argument cannot deter freemen from
asserting their rights. They will new
er weigh money against equal rights
principle, and the permanent interests
of the State. The motto of free peo-
J pie always will be-millions to secure
equal rights, but not cent for trib-
ute.
In our present situation, the whole
middle and upper country are virtually
rendered tributary to a small portion
of the low country; They are severe
tax gatherers out of them. We are
dragged from our houses to remote
point to transact our public business.
We are subjected to toll through the
worst of roads, in an inclement season
of the year, or to expose our lives to a
deleterious atmosphere in another sea-
son..
| Better would it be for the people Of
the middle and upper country, if we
should for a season, be subject to an
inconvenient house for legislatioa-so
that the location should be at a more
convenient point and in healthy coun-
try.
The expense, even Of an entire new
; erection of public ediGces, would in a
| very few years, be saved to the people
: of the State, by having the seat of gov
eminent more easy Of access, and in a
! healthy region. The .shorte ming the
= distance, with better roads and cheaper
$ and more comfortable accommodations
g would relieve almost every man in the
S State of burden now imposed upon
r him.
But it is fairly probable, that the
d State would not incur one dollar Of
!, expense.
n There has been a strange infatuatior
II possessing the people of Mississippi
e 1t has been the extraordinary prone
: ness to connect corporations with al
d the most important measures Of State
a policy. The subject of discussion
i heretofore has been, whether the sea
d of government should be removed t.
e Holly Springs, or to Kosciusko, o
IF Louisville, or some other town. S.
e has it been with regard to the Stat
e University. 1t seems to be made a
D essential consideration, what corporal
i town shall be aggrandized by the loca
ii ton of these public establishments.
But the true policy Of the State j:
re to set up for itself ; and to obtain tn
se advantage of creating town, or towr
err by the location ofthe public establish
a ments. A fund will thereby be ere;
/; ted, sufficient to defray the expense
he all the State buildings, and leave
x large surplus.
es If tits determined to locate the pull
of lie buildings, or University, in one
the towns, the expense will be emo
Id nous amounting to hundreds of tho
Of sands, to purchase suitable grounds,a
art pull down the buildings, which encun
he Der them. A square of four acres,
is least, is the amount allotted to the Sta
* House in Columbia, South Caroline
he and in the like space for the Colleg
to and is full little. The University
of Alabama has a much larger amount
ew grounds. Mississippi should purcha
his a mile and a half square, in hi
Of healthy and well watsred region OF t
are State, as near the centre of the state
at such location can be found. Co
missioners should be appointed for
Gle purpose of examining andreporting
or, location to the legislature, and
itor price for which it can be obtained.
ney After retaining grounds for the capt.
of governors house, university, prim;
on, schools, female academies, other pr
the lie buildings, and for churches,
ade balance should be laid off into IL
,ers and sold. Locate the public establi
lnts ments in such position, and no r
rom son can doubt, that the sales of lots '
e so amount to an ample fund 10 erect
nick the pubic edifces, and leave Ia
able surplus 1t would be in healthy
any gion, nearest the centre Of the Sta
the 1t would be the seat Of legislation,
lie is seat of learning for males and fema
y in the seat Of High Court Of Appe
hich Chancery, and the federal Coz
where it would be the interest of J
S of Judges to reside.
llthy The prospective is always br
n of with hope to every industrious, Ell
ople prising man. The wealthy men of J
{ old State, therefore, and those who
Dited forward to the period, when they
es of afford to reside in the centre of a
as if tellectual and moral community, W
press they can educate their children,
SIS and female, will strive to acquire
n that property there. Those from L.
sites lana and lower Mississippi, who
sxpe- seek for healthy retreat abroad
summer, will seek for it there; W
r free added to the advantage of health,