The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-02-05
For Vie Mi,,issippi Creole

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10 the Honorable, the Delegation fro
Madison County, Messrs singlet'
Ford and Henry.
GEETLEMEN--I have no doubt but the Leg
lafure will find themselves greatly perplex
in agreeing and adopting by law the best al
most useful system IN approPriating the 5000
acres oflands donated to the State for Intern
improvements. The Legislature should kee
two objects III view; lst. Cash Sales; and I'm
The greatest amount Of the proceeds ofthe Ian
invested ia some safe stocks, say, United State
6.psr cent bonds. have been Of opinion ths
the whole Of those lands could be disposed q
"a 40 average Of SO per acre, BY the Stat
opening an office Of Entry, at some $40 to 81!
per acre to continue some 6 or II months; theI
10 COM down some OF SO per acre, and SO or
until the price would graduate to some 4 or SIS
and to remain at that price until all or the great
part ID taken. This ! suppose would be the
case in four o. FIVE years.
The next question IS, how is this money to
ba used for the general Improvement Of the
Safe, and after all those objects are accomp
lished to still have The original capital safe to
command other improvements or other objects
Of usefulness and benefits to the people Of the
State al large
] have thought, ifihe s tate could 50 dispose
Of the grant Of land as to realize SO per acre,
which would BE- a capital Of $4,00O,OO0, tina
tie State could sa~leIyinvest 100000 in young
able bodied male slaves from is to 20 years old,
and The outfits for them 10 wotk with, say 800
negroes al 5000 cash, 10000, $4,000 for out
ttsand contingencies, and leave a capital or
$3s40O,0O0.to be at interest, which, al 8 per
cent, would neat S2O4,8O0 per amen, which
would more than pay expenses and keep up the
capital employed at labor; and at the end Of.
ten Of twelve years, when every River in the
State Is completely cleared Of the present OBJ
struCtions, and all the Bail Roads required IN
the State and the Mississippi Coast completely
levied mi the State could then dispose Of her
slaves, and have IN hand the original capitol Of
tour million OF dollars.
There Is one enterprise in this undertaking
consider Of more permanent value to the
people Of Mississippi than all others; that i,
he construction ola Rail Road from the north
part Of the State running down the valley Of
Hearl River TO some suitable point on the Gulf
10 asto enable the State 10 have an exporting
importing city on the beautiful and heal
by Cat Island, which is in The jurisdiction Of
Mississippi, and has one Of the best harbors on
IS western coast that Is within the jurisdiction
Il liz United States in our Southern Seas,
should We ever build said Rail Road, then the
could leave the City ofJackson in the
morning and aathis superb N, 0. the same
evening, BY The aid . fthe N. Orleans Gnlf Rail
Road, which is already in successful operation
o 4 point not far west Of the Port Of ntry on
Cat Island.
Should Mississippi ever succeed in getting .
Shipping Port Of Entry within herown territory,
il which she could export one third OF one half
bet cotton and receive Der foreign imports,
The would then be released from her bondage
o her sister Statessin commerce, and derive an
lnealculable benefit byhaving jurisdiction over
regulations Of our commercial factors.
We see there is d great contestin our north-
'rn States for the western commerce; we see
Rail- Roads projecting in every direction where
here il . prospect Of a few barrels Of -four and
'theT commodities; and the results, by the
ime they are completed, they are producing to
heir owner fair and profitable dividend on
he capital invested, and why could not Missis-
manage her internal improvements as
hat atthe end afsome twenty years, she could
rave poEht arising from them to pa her State
.penses,and have . large supply FOR the benefit
! education and otherlaudable objects, as such
biects have been accomplished, (and much
cnes) BY the citizens of other Gtates,
countries. Why cannot the 90 ahead, en-
people sof the State Of Mississippi,
2 lkewisea The people Of the State Of New
'ork, and in fact, all the New England States,
Iould nos pvt their money internal improves
rents until TIE grent Do Wit Clinton broke the
wlsh State credit and Capital; ands so twill
2 With tha South the State will have tore- {
all doubts 81 81 Ihe safety and profit Of
leh Investments. 50 Mississippi shonld lay i
\ sectional feelings aside, and NOT ask whose !,
shall Ne 6ras ted, but 20 For fatsening ali. !
AZ the Legislature should establish 4 Board ofI
lternal Improvement commissiopsrs and Dur. \
haee slaves, they should b yequiFsd u work I
on the nayigabIe Rlysa u ths summer ]
Ell when ihs waters PRE- down, and The ]
" I'm yasE "a suc1 Rail Roads IL the I
stature mST direct. ma not forgetting u