The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-12-14

A''u at' tuVss Ole exempt from taxation. II
should be the pride Of the Americans to rem
der this place attractive to the people Of the
whole Republic, and convenient and safe for
the transaction Of the public business, and tho
preservation Of the public records. The Gov.
eminent should, therefore, beat a liberal DOR
lion Of the burthens Of all necessary and use.
ial improvements, and as nothing can contri-
butte more to the health, comfort and safety Of
the city, and the security Of the public build.
lngs and records, than an abundant supply ofl
pure water, | respectfully recommend that YOU
MAZE such provisions for obtaining the same
as in your wisdom, you may deem proper.
The act passed at your last session, making
certain propositions to Texas for seuIing the
disputed boundary between that State ard New
Mexico, was Immediately on its passage, trans.
mitted by express to the Governor Of Texns.
to be laid BY him before the General Assem-.
bly,, Tor its agreement thereto. lis receipt
was Only acknowledged, but no official iR(or-
nation has yet been received Of the action Of
the Genera! Assembly thereon. Ii may, how
ever, be very coon expected, as, by the terms
OF the pr1pos non submitted, they were to
have been acted upon on or before the first
day OF the present month.
1t was ha -dIy to have been expected, ,ha,
the series of measures passed at your last ses.
sion, with the view Oi healing the sectional
differences which had sprung from the slavery
aud t%erritoTi' questions, should at once have
realized their beneficient purpose. All mutu-
al concession in the nlture Of a comprom mise
must necessarily be nnwclcome 10 men Of ex.
treme opinions. Without such concession,
this Government could not haze been formed
we have seen them made the subject OF bitter
, controversy in the Republic. 1t rquircd many
mlntls OF discussion and deliberalion 10 secure
the concurrence Of a majority Of Congress in
their favor. 1t would be strange if they had
been received with immediate appreciation by
the people and States, prejndiced, and heated
by the exciting controversies Of their Repre-
s'ntalives. bell We they were necessary to
4 allay asperilies and animosilics that were
! rapidly alternating one section OF the country
from another, and destroying those Fl ternal
seutine IT'S which are the srr"nlest supports oil
the Consultation They were adopted in the
spirit of concession, and for the purpose Of
concili ,tton.
believe that o great majority Of our fellow
citizens, sym2a,hising in that spirit and that
purpose-in the main approve, and are prepar.
cd in all respects to sustain their enactment,
| cannot doubt, that the American people,
bound toge'ERr by kindred blood aud common
traditions, still cherish a paramount regard fol
the Union of their fathers, and that they are
: ready 10 reOuke any attempt to Vinlate its in
legrity TO disturb lis compromises, uPoI
watch it is based, or 10 resist the laws which
" hive beea enacted under its authority.
The series Of measures TO which | have al
luded are regarded by me as a settlement, il
principle and subsiance-,t ii laI settIcment-O
tae dangerous and exciting subjects whic
/, they embraced; most of those subjects, indeec
h., are beyond your reach, as the lrgisauo
winch disposed OF them was, in its character
=. final and immutabIe. 1t NAV be presume
from The opposition they all encountered, tina
i, none of these measures were free from impel
fsc'ions, but, ia their mutual dependence an
~, connexions, they f,rned a system OF comprC
mise most coHciliato y, and the best lof til
entire country that coh'd be obtained lrol
conlictin! sectional ~intercits and opinions.
For this reason, l recommend your adhe
ence to the ad jlstnen t established by tho'
measures, until time and experience shall G
munslrate the necessity Of further l~eglsIatiC
TO guard against evasion or abuse. By tn
i. adjustment, we have been rescued from Il
wide and bouhIle's agitation that surround
us, and have a firm, distinct and lcgll grOut
to rest upon. And the occasinn, | trus', "
al Justify me in exhorting my countrymen,
Tally upon, and ma ntain thu ground, as 4
best, If not the only means, Of restoring pea
aad quiet to the country, and maintaining i
violate the integrity Of the Union.
And now lellow.cttizens, 1 cannot bri
this communication to a close without inviti
ava you To join me in humble AMI deVout than
10 the Greet Ruler o nations for the multlPlG
a. blessings which He has gracinusly bestow
,.n upon us. His hand, SO often visible in o
preservation, has STAYED the pestlence, saw
-. us rom foreign wars and domestic dist
btuces, aad scattered plenty through t
nor land.
i'm Our Liberties, religious and civil, have be
Iuch ma'"'u'"eu' go
,hor all been kept open, and means of hnpPir'
~. widely spread aud generally enj 'yed, grea
Than have fallen TO the lot Of any other
!; oh toni and while deeply penetrated with gro
and t"ue 'o' '"' P's'' . "Opo u