The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-02-19

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leans 10 produce i reaction y this IN. |
Iporians branch o. public aod Z yase mo-
raIily aud with most ilatteeiug success
Though, as IS known, New Orleans con.
ltaius but rev drunken men q proportion
10 tic population; lha inlluenee'ot ms
Temperance reform, organized and puf-
sued With such praiseworlhy igor. was
soon evident.
But, in our own State, where the de- |
mon Contemporaries has, With other vi-l
ces ior which VIC have been sufficiently
abused, strobe ii terror and desolasion,
We find q great reform, most suspicious
ny commenced, progressing with pace
lefedilabIe 10 the sound, inaate morality
wh;ch holds q seat il so many bosoms.
1 The State Temperance Society IS I'm the
fun tide Of successful experiment. and
i boasts d isl. Of names that would grace
any paper, and affords the best insight
Into a portion Of tho population Of Mis-
sissippi; The material Of which they are
made, and the principles BY which they
arc governed
These is no doubt that very great
revolution IS going on; and TO have com
menced BY Temperance reform is a
is q circumstance most favorable. We
cannot but congratulate Mississppians
upon the prospect which they now exhi-
bit Ii seems thata new, brighter, and
moro lovely day is about TO dawn upon
them; and its eifulgenco is prefigured
il our improving moral and physical
condition. That load Of debt, which has
long aud so heavily depressed them, is
about 10 be raised TO relieve them from
their utter prostration; and surely ifsuf
ficient virtue remains ia the country, and
doubtless ii does, anguish and trouble
cannot longerinlest the land. Long and
agonizing has been The tribulalion under
which this devoted State has suffered;
and the bursting upon her, of a new and
vivid light which reflects gladness in the
lcountenances Of good men; throws a
calm radiance over matter, and causes
mind to resume its original, dignifed
and necromanlic sway
Surely citizens should feel proud tn
the contemplation Of the prospect. BY
a course ofconduct which good sense and
policy would dictate, the State can soon
be redeemed from her embarrassment.
We have received the first three nun.
bers Of the Wednesday Mercury, pub
Ilished and edited BY VIM. Edwin Akin,
formerly Of The Clarion, at Danyille,
Ky. Billy has taken our motto, ..Some
things can be done as well as others"
II This is some evidence that he will
flourish though the times are very in
suspicious for newspapers, at this pre-
sent writing.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING AGAIN.
The recommendation Of Messrs. Mil
l..
Ter and Boyd, to erccta printing Office,
. insor adjoining the Peniteniiary, IS GER
! tainly an idea, which could have been
: lconceiyed, only in the ripeness and ma
!, turity Of brilliant inteIIects, The rea-
son: the antibond or democratic party
; is considered the State; no other interest
is considered BY that party worthy 10 be
{ looked after. but that Of their party. A
!; whig is looked upon as one having nc
e interestin the welfare OF the country as
Is one who they would exult to see disfran-
y chised, ostracised, and that they would
= be glad to see them mathematical /.
.. proven by their daily outrageous con
nsEduct Well, the democratic party IS the
81 STATE the penitentiary IS State institn
y ton; the peniIentiary contains an Illus
q trious editor, whose abilities cannot now
be exercised as usefuIly FOR his party
IS Or as creditabIy to himself, as If employ
ed II that vocation which he deserted
whether moro TO meet the ends ofiusf
ice, than il accordance with a divine
q prompting of patriotism, to do The State
Z :, instead ol bis party, some service NJ
4 eannot say But lis clear that the ta
tents 81 each convietin the penitentiaFy
should BE 50 Employed, as to secure the
greatest profit to the State. and fron