The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-26


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osg1tlApsd 1fat 5e Eees from TIE cali Qfllt
count p9eel hiE 81 ti karldS a hte lendt q
ao sglss am q thst please kus my own past
will eontees that ia all ny political aspirations
there has ever been mingled some itllo 81 peIson.
al mn bitten, and that have never had the vanity
70 believe that alone wa equal g the crisie, q
the country had not many WoEihitf c0n than
With lhls explenaIlen VIII sh9 laak if my
fellow citizens 0f Ya1oo county think ghat can
Be Of any eeFvioe q thcm "a the next eeialatuTe,
I will serve them wilh pride and a. homes. dealfe
70 promote the good Of the country. There seems
% me g have been Wildness, and may nad 3
madness, ID much Of the past legislation. which
has greatly tended 70 bring about the present evils
Union where tue people pay heavier take. ihan
we DO IN mississippi, and ret haRe alfnosl AlW
had bankrupt treasury. We ere continuity
making new counties, and ihereby increasing me
bprihens of the people, yailat tae revenue g ~
State ii diminished. Every little village and
hamlet must have the charter Of city, and the
people are than taxed % maintain q tut compll-
ment Of corporate dlgnatarles Juf roeds gre
worked under system which sWelis the eApenee
far beyond what should be neeeesarys ana yet ~
are cursed with roads scarcely passable % ell elias
sas Of vehicles engaged u transporting the pro.
ducts 81 the country. All our home interests and
the welfare of the State seems for years g nave
been swallowed up in the greRt vortex Of q alonal
an eye single 20 the good of the State, have con-
tented themselves ii passing fierce party resola-
tons and discussing the business 81 ongress.--
Every villagea and county politician Whos py cnance
may have slipped into the Legislature, has never
doubted but that he was perfectly competent -
manage and control the deslinIes Of the nation,
and thus the business Of the General government
like the rod Of Aaron, has swallowed all oineF
interests.
Should the people OF the county think proper 70
.r@k ~
can promise them will engage myself solely
tor. But before my friends proceed 30 far as to
place my name 10 use the language Of Many Vo-
teEsl Sin proper manner before the people,
wish TO remind them that The same objection,
which some were so oficious 20 urge against me
before the late Convention, still exists-my family
are not in Mississippi, nor have they ever been
here. To give the reasons for such state OF
things, would involve my private affairs, which
would neither be interesting 20 the public nor
agreeable to myself. 1t is an idea, however,
worthy ofits paternitys that mans residence was
bounded by the apron string Of his wife. It is
possible that such an argument might have some
force, If either my family Or myself had now or
ever had home in Kentucky, but becomes sue
premely ridiculous when the fact is known that
such is not the case. merely mention this be-
cause 50 much has been said upon that subject,
and having said this am done, when have sim
cerely assured WMany Voters'' that | am truly
grateful for their kindness and good feeling, and
that am sincerely their most obedient humble
B. ROWAN HARDIN.