Holly Springs gazette., 1845-09-20

in,Inst,v. Increastd d competition, is auehu.
ed by decreased demand for that skill ana
| ind tstry. The value OF skill and industry 1
like the value Of cotton or corn, depends
on the proportion that exists between the
supply and demand. Increase The supply
AMI you lessen the price.
If bv law we build up penItenuarIes IN
/ on,netition with mechanical skill and IN
du-tfv. we diminish the demand and lessen
The value of skill ard industry.
! That legjsla tIon which lessons the value
/ ,f my skill and industry as tax uPon me,
1 a # the value OF my skill and industry be-
/ inc unimpared, was by Greet tax, upon
the proceeds Of m skin and Industry, ieH
najrsd 10 pay sum equal t. .hat which
4 lose. by lessening the demand. Say brick
/ maker in jackson In the absence OF tne
reoifentiary system, could make and sell
one millon of bricks. That his profits
would be $500 only. By competit on he
can onIv sell half a million. and his proats
are reduced TO $40. Il is obvious
that the effect on bis propery-on his
means to raise. support, and educate hls
family, ;s precisely the same, as would
have been a tax of $3.50 paid hy hIm for
me privilege Of manufacturing brick, Ia the
. absence OF that competition. L he result Is
the same if that quantity he sells remain un>
changed and the price is reduced by com>
petition.
AS the merchants. farmers. doctors,
/ LAWYERS ard every other class Of men share
5 with the mec hanic, in the 3enefijs arising
from the suppression Of crime, it IS unequal
and unjust, that the whole burden or an un-
t due portion OF it should be visited on the
& artizans. The present system gives rise TO
that inequality Of burden and IS therefore
unjust.
+ / consider it the imperative duty Of the
4 governments, State and national, not only
) to abstain from building up competition,
bearing unequally and InJurious'y, upon
u anv given branch Of the industry OF the
7, country, but to 90 father, and bv laws, pro-
). tect that industry against unequal comPeii-
,f ton, whether that competition arise from
convict labor at home or paupef labor in
! England or elsewhere.
1t Rut if | am mistaken, and justice does
7 not require a change does good policy re-
quire it2 This is a subject, upon which [
have thu uo ht much, for more than a year.
i. During tour which made last year. my
mind was led TO il, and have since inten.
u ded at some convenient time 10 lay my
: views before the public. East Of Pearl
I river | found a great extent at valuable
land. susceptible OF profitable cultivation; |
also found fire streams for manufacturing
purposes. and region unsurpassed by any
in the South. for tire health OF It's inhabitants.
J also found that this desirable country,
e. capable of sustaining and afordirg wealth
,x to a heavy population, was yet, to some ex-
tent, a iderness. and in many parts, 50
, thinly peopled. that they could not supper:
10 schools, bald churches and bridges, make
" roads, Sc, aud indeed great bodies of land,
: Of a very good, and some Of the best quali>
", were lying vacant, not be ing considered
't worth government price. The mind was
as naturally led TO enquire, what is the cause
w of this2 The reason was OBJ IOus-it was
the want of convenient ccess 10 market. -
Give that country a ready and cheap ay
to market with is present advantages o
d soil, climate. water power. &c. II would
1t increase in population with immense ra'
nd pidiiv, its LANDS now waste, or worthless
would be occupied and valuable; our reve
nue. increased by the increased quantity o
ye taxable property, and cur relative welgh
~ in the Onion advaBced.
The two per cent fund is given by Con
vs. gress to the State Of Miss ssipp, and accept
a. ed, upon the express condition. that it be ap
-, plled bv the Stafe 10 the construction of
Railroad fom Brandon, ia the county O
Rankin, to the Alabama iinc. By TIE la
e. lily made, and The two per cent fund, now IA
p mounting 10 about one hundred and fi.S
thousand dollars. being used 10 turchast
'e the iron &c, the State, at very small ex.
n pense would become the owner of the road
> and might regulate the rates of transporta
ton and trave. on it, "a the Pablo interest il
the estimation Of the Legislature, might re
qulre. IL Is very probable, that the irave
and transportation, might not, at st, pay
The expenses of keeping the road in rel air
Bat. here again, the Stale might resort {
convicts. 10 ma Ike all important repairs, ana
Is Judging from actual results. cf the feet O
\, Internal Improvements. upon the increase
ol ofbusness and population, and conse quent
&c ly the Increase OF travel aod tranSportaton
in other parts Of the United States, cannot
:; doubt but the road. in ten years, would GIVE
~ rise to such increase in population, trave
A., and transportation, as 10 render it source
q OF clear revenue to the State, which will
Us increase from time to time, as the population
d and business of the country shall increase
10 L may be objected IS soTnc thet TO secure
e and guard the convcts would be attended