The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-01-23

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When we view 1llese adYa1ita ges, an
tie. pecuniary ability of our town, 10 en-
large its operations, aud look around for Ell
idence of as public spirit ii IN hing "a
riIties TO the surrounding country, for traf
!. tie. with our place, or heart sink at the
scontenpI ation; specially when Ale renetn,
Der that Commences the great lever, By
which towns and .eities are buift up, and
sustailied- giving life and energy. where;
ever its influence IS Ielt-dispersin beIle-
lits, and blessings, to every member Of So
ciety, however humble or exalted his voca-
ttion-wlilst other towns are alive tosthe
importance Of drawing trade, by the in
creased facilities and whilst spirit of inter-
nal Improvement, IS at this time pervading
the whole country, Columbus 4he Rip
Van Wrinkle oftowns) is profoundly asleep,
to her best interest. She seems perfectly
satisfied with the trade. she draws not 50
much from choice as necessity, without pnt-
ting forth one particle Of her strength to in
crease it.
Tie roads leading into Columbus, are
during the business season Of the year, al.
most impossible; and yet no combined ef-
fort is made to improve them. The far
mer. whose locality necessarialIy forces him
hither 10 obtain his supplies and dispose
Of the products of his annual labour is at
.tlr4,-e4rtrrrrces1n INFO our town, subjected 10 a
tax, for the privilege of coming, by those
pests of travellers, toll bridges, and althoneh
the people Of the county, are permitted to
pass one of them, free Of charge, it is not
a matter of right nor do they owe any
thanks to the citizens of the place, bnt are
indebted solely to the iberality of one of
our most generous citizens.
These remarks are not made in a spirit
Of fault-finding, but purely for the purpose
Of drawing the attention of our people 10
the contrast of Columbus as she is, and
what she might be, by united exertion and
enterprise on the part Of her citizens
This state Of affairs does not arise from
'arsinony for we have never lived a.
nongst a more generous people {as their
houses of pubic worship, erected entirely
~ private donation fully attests,) but from
III unnatural apathy, in 'ation to the pro-
sressive interest of onr town. A short !
inc since, a meeting was held, for the j
purpose OF considering the propriety Of /
uilding plank road, 10 Some point, in that
eTtile region, lying west Of Columbus /
Ne then thought, that surely Old Rip was
bout to awake out of his twenty years +
lumber, but hearing so little on the subject !
nee, we fear he was only disturbed by t
ne Of those dreams, that sometime startle t
Ie sleeper for 4 moment, and leave him d
lore profoundly asleep than at first /,
an any one give a sensible reason (discon- n
ected from this want Of travelling facili- RI
es from Columbus) why the extensive re- d
ION of country lying cast and west of
should be almost exclusively supplied
rongh the merchants of Mobile instead Of
e merchants of this place And does
~ one fail to forsee the advantages that
ould result to our town, in a commercial .
lint of view, and which would be felt in 6
the varied relations of societyby keep r;
9 III circulation within our own limits, tt
at portion of our Iabour which annually 9
les into the pockets of FOREIGN merchants
way of commissions, profits upon goods,
!. &c. S
Let the people of this place only act in s
ncert-buy the bridges-construc such
ads as will make Columbus the main =
ipping point for the snrrounding. country :
stead of the various places on The river. =
proximity thereto, and we hazard Moth $
3 in asserting that its commercial irnpor- e
ace viii in less than five years be increas- %
one hundred per cent. Real estate will =
vance inyalae, our town will be enlarg-
J, new life and vigof will be impaired to til
cry department of trade and labor both lbs
entail and physical If We req1ired proof S
the truth Of these assertions, we need 10
yrefer to some Of the towns which have pr
tung up within q few years. as If by ma
!, IN the state Of Georgia, at places. 81
lere but g short time since no habitation til
IS known and notWlt hsta ding their To- Eee
advantage are inferior to those ofEo- IA
nbus. they have advanced in a short pc
d of time, far ahead Of us IN CONNER
i importance and infinense This has