Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-05-30

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few regardless of the claims ofthe many.
This has been done in the charter
granted by Mississippi to the NJ. & c.
Railroad Company, let it be complied
with. in strict accordance with its pro-
visions, without alteration or amend
ment. For one | am for the charter
as it is, opposed to any alteration unless
it be a repeal, and will use my feeble
exertions to sustain the Mississippi
charter as it now exists.
Rumor has it, that proposals have
been made at Memphis that the main
road be constructed by LaGrange, and
that branch be made to Holly Springs
without the conditions prescribed by
the Board of Directors, and the same
authority, not very reliable grant, say
that such proposal was acceeded to by
one or more citizens of Mississippi who
were at that time in Memphis. lean
hardly credit this statement, no citizen
of Marshall county was authorized to
act for the county or North Mississip-
pi in such negotiation, am confident
that the Northern counties of our State
will lnot abide by such unauthorized acts.
1t is not for the benefit of the town
of Holly Springs alone that we contend
for the main road; were it so, we per-
haps should accept of the proffered
branch. But it is for the general good
OF all the most Northern counties of the
State that we contend; to increase
their population and productions; to
decrease the cost of transportation, to
and from the river, thereby increase the
value of our exports and lessen the cost
of our imports. To render more pros
porous and profitable, every industrial
pursuit through the width of our State.
Not to build up town, or towns, but
to foster the Agricultural pursuits of
!. the country and if possible introduce
and build up Manufacturing establish
ments, render permanent, and if posi-
BILE increase our present population and
exports.
Tippah, Tishomingo, Pontotoc, Itta.
wanda and Lafayette counties have an
, shall county; we cannot, we should
not sacrifice their interest to ours
, Fill the country with thriving and
numerous population, and the town:
will as consequence increase, they
cannot do so, without country to
support them, although there was |;
mile of railroad for every five miles o
territory. Construct the main road
through the Northern counties of Mis-
: sissippi, and the value of property
thereon, will be increased three million
of dollars; have we right to surrender
this prospective advantage to CRAFTY
, the whim or caprice of the few who
! advocate a different coursel 1t is fol
. the reasons above referred to, an6
> others that could be stated, that W.
, should contend for the main road, and
cannot consent to any alteration of the
l charter or the acceptance of branch
f road. We must keep in mind tina, ou
/ neighboring counties have deep inter
2 est in this subject; these we cannot sac
: rifice; they properly look to US to ali
a them in its protection, and we shoul'
q be recreant to our own interest as we
4 as theirs if we neglect to do so.
With my present views and opinion
! | would not accept of a branch, an
o will oppose any alteration or amend
E ment of the Memphis and Charlesto
= Railroad Charter, and believe in this
! only express the feelings of eighteenth
, of the citizens of
e NORTH MISSISSIPPI.