Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-12-23

LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY MORNING.


 ness, increase the commerce of cuuHiTy, and enlarge the demand for faculties Of transportation. 50 Il will be here. Let but raii road from ,ieas, or any other point on Inc Mississippi rVer acces stole from both sides, if such tl'ere be-, be con strueied to this ppint sRd solmniy believe thai it will pay better. and be better stock, than any road now in operation in any of the western States. Why should it not You can SesTcely complete Fah road from the Mississippi to this poIni, before preparations will be making 10 extend t to our western boundarY--where t will be taken up by those tribes oi civilized Indiahs on our borders and carried sttll farther west. Another branch will simultaneously start for our south western border. While still another will leave lhe main trunk al some point on Wbte river. and penetrate the great graingrowng and stock raising region of our State the north, and from her ferIle fields untoid treasures will be poured inio the soul hera markets, whlle innuneTabIe plank, turnpike and diu roads, will lnterseet them at every point. All this can be effected ey proper exertion. Our enierprlsns men must go to work. Our politicians must think more about ia proving our State, and keeping up with the spirit of the age, than whether by advo- eating thiS measure that, they can be re elected to thS or that office. Legislators must look be. yond The limits of their own eoUnties--give uIi self-and act for the public good. Llws tending 10 waste or SquandeT our public funds must be re- peSled, and those funds appropriated as was in tended by inc donor. 1 believe ali this can Snd
 
 tAe iron horse caree'lng through our midst and hls loud snort of defiance be heard to die away over ihe blooming fields and aourShlBg cites, which have been snalched by his agency, from the cold embrace of the forest, the fen. snd the wilderness.
 Are there any who ask, "whst advantage will all this be to me P answer, Il will doubie your estate. If you are now worth thousand dollars, you will be worth two. # not ten. the day rail road IS completed from the MisslsSppiIo 10 the points deSignated. There IS not one single individual wltnln the limits oi this State, who will moi be benefited from ten to one thousand per cent. in pecuniary point of view. The property now In Arkansas is valued at from forty to fifty millions of dollars These roads could not be built with out enhancing the value of ths same property, to one hundred millions. And more than that amount told, will be induced here to work our mines and cultivate our soi Then take a case 4 county of ihis State now pays two thousand dol lars peE annun. of revenue into the Treasury Fhls s bet portion of tle taxes now collected from tie $40 ,0O0, ,000 worth ot property in the State. Ndw suppose thlS county should not feel the m floence of the rail road system n increasing the value Of her property, yet. as have stated, tbe amount Of the property. by the tune thus road would be completed, woL Id be al the lowest figure SEQ, ,l0000O What, then would be inc amount of revenue collect rom this county that now pays two thousand dollars yearf Just one fifth, or Sl00-Sl600 less than Ste now pays. ThS. too,
 
 out of the Internal Improvement fund, not more than S4o0, will cease n few years.
 This calculation will hold good; besides II will cost no more to carry on the state G1yernmeni with rail roads, than Nithost them. In either instance, the same amount Of revenae must be eol- eeted. sfl
 1 close this branch of the subject with the as- sertion that, by the construction of raa and other roads, as have indicated, you enhance inc value Of the property now m the State more than three fold and then yoa induce more than ten fo,d the amount of capital into the State You increase every mans property three foiI, and, in the sane ratio you will reduce hlS taxes. Who. then, can hesitate to put his shoulder ic ;he wheel, and use a exetsion, 10 gather in the remainder of this h. terna Improvement fund, as c nucleus of fund b commence operations with; and let the counties make ther improvements out of the amount they will save by the reduction of their taSes.
 Let this view of the case be properly impressed upon the mnds Of the people. Let men of nhu rnee and ability go forth and talk with and speak 10 them Let the candidates for public favor clearly ayow these doctrines, aud the people will understand them, and all 7lll be right They wlll notoniy direct all the public money under their control, not otherwise appropriated. 10 be appIed m the construction of ra roads, but they will pass laws liberal ln their character inviting emigration. capital, and enterprise, to come among US, and will subscribe iberaly of ther own prvate fortunes
 
 they will realize large dividends. Tn. final result will be- that Arkansas will yet become one of |" ths Siatss." She will be bound io her sisters with hnSs of steel aud bands of iron Their in terest wiIl be Ter interest. We will be their ncighbors. Nsso, when a man leaves his home. in one ol the States east Of Inc Mississippi to sisi us, he embraces his wife and childIen, makes his will. and starts upon perlouS voyage by land and waller. of weeks if not months; then, he will step over 10 Arkansas, as 10 a neighbor's house. We are as distant, m portions of Arkansas from Mem Phs. on our eastern border, as Memphis IS from New York, and more So. For Memphis, by .ieie- graph. IS within three hours, of New York-while some portions of Arkansas are almost that number Of weeks.
 In conclusion. would say 10 those who have taken this great subject in hand if l can person ally be of Sse to you me. 1T in my official station, | can consistently with my duty 10 the Slate, (and see no way can serve her beiier}, be ot advantage 10 you in the final consumnalion Of this great undertaking, arr at your service.