The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-12-22

highly complimentary to Mr.. Winthrop.
Resolved, That this meeting do nominate
the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, as tho Wing
candidate for Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sen,aivos in the Thirty First Congress.
The resolution was adopted and the caucus
adjourned, subject to the call Of the chairman,
Morehcad Of Ken;ucky.-V. Whig.
Eighteen Hundred and Fifty is Coming.
The following excellent communication 10
the Houston Telegraph should be read and
meditayed upon by every true hearted Amerl-
can. Are there not some other States besides
Texas, where numbers among the population
are in the sam benighted condition as those
among the writer's immediate fellow citizens
for whose benefit he writes? Is our W
State entirely exempt from the reProach indi-
rectly made against Texasa We fear not
If there are among us, then, who have not &C
ouired the inestimable faculty to read and
write, let Them be up and doing before the
census officer round. We have Sunday
school ana other facilities toward this end in
abundance in our mi dst-RFes. He'. x
Yes. 1850 is coning!-Well, what III Is!
Let it come, lam prepared for It. A reyOu! may
be NOT SO well as you think after all. Well,
what is it? Why, the census Of 'Ae whole
United States is to be taken-correctly, accu-
rately TAX sn, and it will be published to the
world Just how many persons OF a certain age
there are in each State, who are unable 70 reao
or write; and | have been thinking much on
the subject lately, and really fear there VIII
be a large number of snch found in our W
State of Texas-concerning whose general IN
telligence we have been accustomed 10 boast
so much, What think you of it, fellow-citi-
zens? There are a good many among us who
cannot read well. suggest that every one
who has a neighbor who is unable to re'd shall
buy a primer or a spelling book, and spend the
approaching fall aud winter evenings in ass u.s.
ting him to learn to read; and there
is the Sunday School close at hand-ad.
visa him to avail himself of its privileges, and
get his wife, his brother or it may be his son
or daughter, or any member Of the family who
is capable Of the task to help him to learn to
read. Now, l am in earnest about this mat
ter. am an old Texan and l nave often been
foolish l feari may turn out Boosting about
the general spread of knowledge among Tex
ans. .. .t.gF ry.
happen to r~ecollect that Uncle Sam had a
way Of scrutinizing into such things, and now
l really fear that Texas, if we don't mind will
rank high in regard to the number Of her citi-
zens who cannot read. But geta il, good
friends and neighbors, you may learn to read
aye, and write too, before 1850; hut you must
not let the grass grow under your feet. Gath
er up all the pine knots you can, make dipped
or mould talIow candles, or il you can do ma
better, 90 out into the clear Texas moonlight
but BY all mcans-tor the sake of the honor and
reputation of the "Star State,'. EeaIn TO read
and write before the census takeF comes round
in 1850. / am concerned about this matter
and | fear I shall not sleep soundly until lsee
some evidence that others sympathyse in my
anxiety. Shade Of Stephen II. Austin! how
will it look in the eyes of the civilized world,tc
see the sons of the country Anglo Saxonized
by thy enterprise, behind their fellow citi zen
Of other States in this all important matter.
rs sH~t E-sl aOs AN OLD TEXAN.