The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-03-01


indifferent as if their interest and the
future prosperity Of their country were
not deeply involved, and while we DO it,
We scarcely expect to excite enough in
terest in the public MUD, TO induce the
people 10 give il that reflection which
lis high importance loudly calls for
An unbroken silence on this sub ect,
pervades the whole community, from
the mouth of Tippah, TO the confluence
OF the Coldwa,cr. 'Our citizens stand
with folded arms, and view our river
winding through leaning trees AMI
locking foliage, broken into ripples by
glarlns snags. Yea more, they look
unmoved upon The crash of Steamboats,,
and their cotton liable to be submerged
atevery moment, and then hold up their
hands and shake their heads, because
they arc compelled TO pay a higher
price for The shipment OF their cotton
than those who ship on the Mississip-
pi, or the Mobile rivers. We ask. ia
this right? Can any set Of men have
The least grounds TO expect. that while
they wrap themselves up in the mantle
OF indifference and unconcern, their in
terests will lie projected and flourish ?
Can they lay The f1auering JUNCTION 10
their souls, that the periodical ireshets,
which visit our country, will drag
down the Instructions nature has lined
the Tallahatchie river with, and ware
out a smooth and unreffied channel,
upon which, Steamboats, can play up
and down without he least danger of
destruction? common sense answers no.
DO they wish 10 see their towns and
country put on the aspect Of thrift and
prosperity without one single effort
as well might hey expect to see the
;fee5 0! the forest, blossom with dia-
tnonds Here they are planted in the
finest soil which the foot Of man can
find, although 1t might wander over
the universe; and here they must ex-
pect 10 remain eithcrgin case and com
iort-enjoying the blessings OF art and
industry, or straggle on, under accu-
embarrassments, thic kening
continually around them as time passes
on.
The capability Of our soil is so well
ascer tanned, that none can doubt these
assertions its fame for productivness
has gone abroad aid Pamela county
is painted after by the crimson hiIied
sons OF the old States, as The paradise
Of the far wcst,-and the consequence
is they are focking into it from The
nor'h and the souh. and find il all their
had depicted. What must
be the result Of this emigration? in q
few years more, these desolate banks
Of The Tallahatchie will present, instead
dense cane breaks, a breast work Of
cotton bags, not perhaps, inferior to
that behind which Gen jackson received
the British. Our towns must flourish
or they must not. We must compete
with the north and the south, before
we can do this effec,ualIy; We must i'm
prove and beautify the rough mould Of
nature, or why did we drive the In
dian huntsman from these hills and
valleys Of his sport, and the mounds
sacred to the memory OF his fathers?
Better had they remained here, and
we in the old States, toling on barren
ands. The natural advantages so pro-
'usley thrown around us. were not in
ended for no purpose, since they may
so easily be turned to the most impor-
liant ones. And when it is 10 our in
terest TO do it, why, we would seriously
enquire, should we neglect in 1t is a
Irulsm, that, "what isevery bodies bust
ness, is no bodies business" since no
one will embark in matter, not exclu-
sively making its demands upon him.
Yet II is not impossible that by means
Of the interchange Of sentiments, by
free and unreserved discussion, men
may be induced to acquiesce in what
ever IS ascertained to be their interest.
coupled with the interest OF the whole
Who can doubt the policy OF works
ot internal improvements, sue, as inn
proving the condition ofthe navigation
IF the Tallahatchie rivcr7f Will i, be
oily to tell the people, that by a con-
'eniion, composed Of The more intelIi-
gent portion Of the conmunits, they
could, swayed by The great lever of
human action, self interest, arrive at
correct conclusions, and be able to &C.