The Panola Miss. lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1846-1846, 1846-04-25

! into effect the Objects OF the grant.
Should We carry out the objects of this
grant, aad by so doing throw several
hundred thousand dollass annually, for several
/ years, into the hands Of the laborIng
classes, who might undertake TO exc
cute these works Of internal improve
ment, the circulation of,the state would
be greatly enlarged, by the money pas
sing from hand TO hand, and its effect
would no doubt lie felt in every branch
OF business 1t might therefore affect
theprosEects OF our whole people, from
the time the first disbursements were |
commenced, and ere they were fully I
completed, the sun Of our prosperity |
might again return and shed his genial
rays over our Ieug benighted prospects,
and our beloved state, which has been |
so much oppressed and SO vilely ira
duced, be enabled again TO resume her
wanted stand among her sister states.
TIE friends Of the levec bill are mis-
taken # they suppose that | amopPosed
TO the construction of levee or the
Mississippi river, from the fact that |
opposed the bill which was before the
senate when the committee on Internal
= improvement had that bill under con-
sideraiion, ard also on It's passage and
l. would take this occasion to assure
. them that such is not the fact. But |
+ am free to acknowledge, that | was oP-
= posed to that levee bill, in It's present
9 shape, toto cello. was opposed to it,
i. because consider it unjust, delGsice,
, and a .wastefuI misapplcation of this
: trust f1ad. | consider it unjust, be-
e cause it asks for more than one-half in
Y value ofthc fund, although it is only
+ enc fourth in quantity. For | doubt
;, not that one fourth of this land might
v be selected that would equal in value
= the whole of the balance. And do
: not consider this object Of internal i'm
# provement, from its importance il com
r parison with ether objects proposed, as
y entitled TO more than one fifth of tins
IF fund and | consider this q very liberia
II allowance. 1t is delusiye, because i
makes a false estimate Of the cost of tht
+ work, for the purpose of getting The
y safe committed IL in such way, tina
. she would be compelled to carry it OF
~ to completion, or if she abandoned tn
Il undertaking, she would by so doing, en-
- danger the loss OF what she had AREA
81 DIV expended. The friends OF this mca
III sure have variouslv estimated the COS
ID. of the work at from eighty thousand
III two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
~ but | am fully persuaded that if the stat
III should become the undertaken of thl
'e- grand project, tina: it would not fall shol
ne of double the larges; estimate, az
81 would perhaps quadruple that amour
'Id before its final completion. And shoul
'n- consider its application for the purPos
'Pe of constructing this levee as wastell
or and useless at this time, because thel
Tor is not sufficient population upon Il
banks of the river 10 keep up the leve
'no and repair the breaches that would
constantly occurring if the work W
ales Immediately undertaken and complete
ales by the state. The universal experien
upon this subject has been, that it I
ouires an active, vigllant, interest
.sies party upon the spot, in the hour
danger, TO guard the weak points, a
ooo protect it from devastation and ru
no, And il is we'll known that this deslI
mid bic end cannot be obtained fully
ale. many years TO come. But the amou
ere which my substitute proposes 10 era
YER. to this object, will form q nucle
, of around which individual industry a
he enterprise can rally. and BY a unit
ID | effort on the part of the state and
and diyiduas combined, this work gradu
acts ly progress, commencing where 1t
re- most needed first and advancing by
4 IN grees TO successful completion.
car in favor of granting pre- emplion rig
ou,t to actual settlers who were onthe out
,,ova land at the time of their location,
light neglected 10 prove up 'heir can
rerv throwing themselves upon the liber
.c.ad ty of the state to grant pre-emptio
rthy these se'tiefS nave iiiiPio'eu 'ie :"
don't Of the balance Of the public lands
!, di- longing to the s'ale'. as pioneers
tie Of opening roads, ect., to more than d
dol BILE the amount of the value of tt
+ so homes.
orr The improvement Of the navlg'
70. water courses will reduce the price
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