Mississippi Democrat., 1846-05-06


2 marrow; more votes became necessar
and now so far as the western rivers ar
concerned-we are amused by bold t
gure of speech. We are told that III
Mississippi is an inland sea, and lha
therefore, its tributaries are fit objects
constitutional expenditures We are nc
told, however, how large a river must b
TO make an inland sea, or how long it mus
be 10 make it national. Neither is il yer,
fully explained, why a nayigable rive
running into an open Sea--ihat is into tn,
Gulf or The broad AHaatic-should not b.
entitled to equal privileges
II we could suppose these distinctions
seriously made, would it be any excuse lo
the gross inequality of these appropria
iIonsI The system could not be made
equal, (lf confined 10 haFbors aud riyers,( vii
there were any disposition TO make it so
Some states have more harbors and rivers
than others. This is a natural advantage,
and there is no justice in improving these
advantages ut the expense of those who
are less favored.
The system should therefore be aban-
doned from e&pediency, and a regard of
equal justice If not Abandoned, howev-
er, it should be made equal. A board Of
public works should be appointed and the
whole country surveyed and improved ac-
cording TO lis wants and with some regard
to equal justice among the states. Let all
harbors receive equal attention; all nayi-
gable rivers be cleaned out, and all rail
roads ba built where very essential in
peace or war. Yes railroads. No inge.
nulty can make any sensible distinction
between the power to bald roads, aud the
power to improve The navigation of rivers
lor commercial purposes"
Note.--Why, the author needn't make
his climax on railroads! Does he not
know that the democratic ~ Governor Of
Mississippi argued and urged The proprie-
ty of an appropriation from Congress for
a railroad in this State, which, TO say the
best of il, is Of no more Importance ia a
or military point of view, than
hundred others in the Union? Ed. Dem.
1t seems by the recent discussion in the
United States Senate that Mr.. Benton has
AIKEN the back-uack. In this recent
peech-a speech full of false facts and
he has made himself
"sman by degrees and beautifully less"
n lnventing arguments to prove the Bri-
ish title to the country north of the 49th
'araIle. He pointed to Gen. Cass as the
Agamemnon of the Grecian band, and
hose who went the entire American poll.
y, as the great and little Ajaxes of the
Xpedltion organized against the Troy of
british pretensions. The DISTINGUISHED
senator from Missouri" as the Federalists
0lo call him, was somewhat unfortunate
1 his classical uIuslons We all know
nat the Immediate cause of the war upon
roy by the Greeks, is generally allowed
} have been the rape of Helen, the wife
f Menelaus, by Paris, the son of Priam,
le Trojan king. After a preparation
'hich consumed ten years, an army of
100000 men was brought together, and
fleet equipped TO transport them into
.sia. The command of these forces was
on Agamemnon king of Mycenn,
icyon and Corinth. The Greeks landed,
fter repulsing their assailants- Troy was {
ssieged---for nine years the Greeks cut
It the snpplies-IIector died-the spirit {
the Troians forsook them--the Greeks /
ere victorious Troy was taken. 1t t
as well said by the eloquent Senator +
ON Indiana, Mr.. Hannogan-to whom '
e present. in the name Of the united De. t
locracy of this great city, our thanks for I
s noble beorng-that Agamemnon and :
'e AiaXes were no: the only actors at
re siege of Troy. There was an AchiI- a
IS there. The Senator from Missouri =
'ould beware lest he be the Hector who Z
i'll grace the triumph Of an American Z
chllles.
Is Mr.. Benton to be the Hector the I
hampton of the attempted rape on Ore 7
'n2 Is 1t possible that he, who bat a few .
ears since invoked curse and inlamy up !
4 the man that divides or alienates that =
orrltory, should now be found in the Tro.
n lortiticatons battling TOR the spoler of
atoms! So it seems. But the Senate l
ay do what il peases. 1t may treat with t
osed doors, when the public eye is not on $
lit may treat the great question of Ore ?
IN as Richards nephews were treated in r
e tower, but ina less lime than was Troy /
ken, viii the American title to the whole II
Oregon successfully be maintained and 6
tablished 2! ~ Y. Globe. e
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JuDsoN RELEAsED.-The Nashville Or 6
npotan of Friday says:
'E. z. c. Judson, the individual who /,
He'd Mr. Porter6eld, was discharged from S,
ison and immediately left that city on e