The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-04-06

oftaxes will n6sbe buubonsome or oppressive
upon any one, no matter how remote be hny
live g%roufsbe road. / feel confident thst ther,
Is too 'much 1ibeulity in the county, to fefus,
q great work Of internal improvement to the
majority, because the interest Of every one wal
n I equal and the same, in the good to b de-.
rived from tin the blessings 10 be achieved
Il is impossible in The nature Of things that
each individual in the county, can be sauaIiy
blest with the benefits Of an improvement Of
this kind. /. will not be pretended that they
are, or that they could be- Those nearest the
route Of the road will Of course be benefited
more than those at a dtsln8ce. Bat is this
any good reason why those at a distance
should oppose the establishment Of the road.
| conceive not-for as citizens of the same
county, what ls to the advantage OF the citizens
generally will not certainly be iniurious to any.
The benefits arising will be difFussd through
out every portion Ofthe county, in a less degree
to be sure. but still in a good degree> IF the
centre Is prosperous, the blessings Of prospe rity
will be felt at the extremities. The heart be-
ing sound and healthy, the limbs will surely
portake Of that soundness and healthy condi-
ton.
Let me illustrate. The road being completed,
the land on each side Of the route for 8 or 10
miles will be enhanced in value, to an immense
amount. Oar present depressed and dropping
agriculture will be stimulated to it's high
est pitch OF improVement-land owners will
begin to improve their land, and this very i'm
proven mt will invite and encourage emiera.
ton. Manufactures too, wRl lend their aid
along the line Ofthe road, and in the course of
a few years, your county seat will double its
population, affOrding a home market for a
vast and Increasing amount of agricultural
production. now put the question, if any
one can suppose for a moment, that all this IN
creased amount Of value, and business, and
trade, giving employment and rich reward to
the IabOring portion Of our population, can OK.
ist without shedding some benefit upon each,
and upon all, the citizens of the county? In
my humble opinion it is absolutely imposs-
The greatest good Of the greatest number
8 a good rule to be governed by in cases o fthis
sort. Having no earthly doubt but that a vast
Of the people Of the county, would be
greatly benefited by this road, 1 fully and
lead 1t my humble support. But |
wish every one to be fully persuaded in his
'wn mind, as to its great advantages. Like
many others in remote corners Of the county,
shall have no direct benefit in this roa d.
or am within less than Z miles Of the Vicss
burg Railroad at Clinton in Kinds county,
'et am willing to assist in making our road,
hough It will not run near to me, and in a
PERSONAL point Of view, can do me no pecuniary
good. Without protesting extreme liberality,
Or a greater share Of it than falls to the lot Of
'Very right minded citizen, l profess nv most
cordial appreciation in the road, and greatly
desire to see it completed and so / believe /.
's with hundreds similarly situated.
II should be Teeollected that the Canton and
Jackson Railroad, is destined to cennec, with
the great and magnificent Railroad to New
Orleans. had the pleasure Of giving the
charter for this road my warn support, and |
did 1t underihe hope that the day was not dis
.ant, when the citizens Vi Madison could break
asst in Canton and sup in New Orleans, taking
with Them without reshiPping, their cotton
IND such other produce as they might have to
pare Suppose now this great line completed
rom Canton to New Orleans, is there any
'ortion OF the county, no matter how remote,
nat would not feel a spur, an incentive, a
stimulus? Is there any portion that
VOuIdInot ieel eDlivened and cheered p,under
he bright and exhilirating prospect! Surely
he benefits would thus visit every mansion,
n the cheaPening and certainty Of fYeigh 8 as
veil down as uP-causing all the inmates had
o sell, to increase in price, and all they had to
'uy, to lessen in price. II would bring us in
Ilrect communication with the great empori.
I'm OF commerce, and when the road is extend.
ID as it will be, to the Tennessee line, it will
20 the great line Of northern travel for all time
0 come. Let US then unite and make this
mpo rlant link.
lsIhere any one who can look these natural
md inevitable results in the face, and be so
'eldsh as to withhold his mite from this grand
enterprise! Who does not see that hen this
Dad is completed, we Of Madison county, will
only have direct and daily communication
With the great mistress of the valley Of the
Mississippi, into which we can send all our
produce, from a bale Of cotton to a pound Of
'utter, but that we can catch the upper coun-
ny produce IN is transit, and appropriate 1t
% ourselves, from an onion to barrel Of -four?
All this ls too plain not to be seen. | ask then,
there any portion Of our county that will
not reap its advantages from this proud result
The profits upon a road like this-a great
hOFOuuhTnPe. hafmaaU thn cro,o.