Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-02-13

at the average price Of ten cents pr pound
amounts IN value, 10 the sum of nineteen
millions three hundred and t'Denty thousand
dollars. To put np that amount OF cotiuu
IN Kentucky tagging aud rope at the av-
eraoe prices borne Nv ihoss arti cles during
The past season, viz: 30 cents and 10, re
qniIes The sum oi one million sxly-two
thousand and six hundred dollars. Think
ii this vast sum paid annually to people,
who take none Of our produce in return !;
and is matter OF astonishment, that our
commercial relations ure embarrassed, orr
exchanges deranged, aud our agricultural
energies parOlzed.
Add the sum we pay for bagging and
rope to that paid for negro clothing, and
we have the gross amount of two mill
ions three hundred and seventy. nine
thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars.
Such a drain would soon exhaust a NINE.
This vas, amount annually saved, and ad-
ded with It's interest and its profits TO the
wealth Of the State, would in very few
years make change in the face Of the
country surprising in its glorious reality,
the fctions and dreams OF magic. This
splendid result can be produced without
the employment, Of any additional la bor-
ers; simply, by the proper employment, Of
those already in the land. These savings
would, in two years, turn the balance Of
trade in our favor, and re-cstahish our
exchanges upon n favorable footing. IL
four years they would more ;han pay of
the whole Of the public debt.
|. was principle IN Franklins econo
my, that ga penny saved was a penny
made" IL there be truth in the PROPOSE
ZION, and no good economist can doubt but
that there is, then the success of the expe-
rimenl would lead rapidly to a state o.
things, which would save the State t,rc
millions three hundred and eighty thousand
dollars per dnnum. That sum saved
would be that sum made. With that in
creased annual addition to our wealth, i
would be but day as it were in The peri
OF of a nations existence, till the sons o
Mississippi would rrjpice in the rpeniu.
Of her glory.
When We see that results 80 advantage
yus,would inevitably flow from the success
nf the experiment, who that loves his coun
try, and delights in her prosperity, cnl
oppose the meuslre? By The terms of tn
bill, il the company do not prosecute III
experiment to a successful issue, the,
) forfeit every thing. II they succeed, the,
enjoy no higher privileges than they wonl'
If they constructed the Water Works.
Were the construction Of The water work,
practicable, would it be a public ben6
comparable Of all with this experiment il
At prove successful? One would be con.
venience to three Thousand eight hundred
people; the other, independence to three
hundred and eighty thousand.
The stock in this company is not owned
ny foreigners, but is held principally by
some Of the most wealthy and enterprising
citizens and planters Of Kinds county;
growers of cotton and of sheep, and inter
esed in common with all good clrizeus in
the experiment. Your committee are fol.
ly convinced, that there is no danger
If any abuse growing out Of this grant, il
made; but it is as certain as any future
event, depending upon human agencies,
can be rendered, that the experiment would
10 good faith I've made.
Your committee report the bill without
amendments. They forbear 10 express
any opinion as 10 the action Of the House
npon it, other than to hope il will be refer
red TO the committee of the whole House.
Respectfully, &c,
PATRICK W. TOMPKiNS, Chm