The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-15

t SUE deficiency 5Y d
/. general system 81 t|on efe ne i
= present two great e0 pfises 9ieklea nth
: III our State, which appeal more oszellalIl,
e tor assistance from the State than any theirs
$ because they are more intimately connected
with the general perity Of tie country
! lrefer 70 the Mobile nd CHIC kailr0ad Wllicl
J passes through ter d more counties Of til
State, and as many more Contiguous theretl
and almost eqnally Interested inits construc
: ton, containing white population Of Owe
! 100000; and the New Ofleans and Jacksol
Road, which is.at present contemp latedto OK
tend to Nashville, in the State Of Tennessee
! Should this latter road be extended, It vii
i pass through tlIeentire State, from South t
q North, penetrating the heartof the most fer
i tile region Of the State, that has heretofore
found no outlet for its marketable products
except at an immense cost, and placing th.
same IN almost daily communication with n
Orleans. These two great roads are design.
led, US trunk roads, connecting the northern
lakes with Mobileand New Orleans, and will
4 doubtless, ut some future day, have many
/ branches, connecting them with the various
i portions Of the country, and thereby contrib
Buting essentially tn the convenience of towns
land neghborhoods. Would itnot be sound
policy to eon6ne sour. assistance to those great
roads until they shall be completed, and then
contribute the means left at our disposal, to
aid in the construction Of other roads, less
important in their effects upon the interests
of the country? would suggest the propri-
tety of the State becoming a stakeholder in
each Of these roads, to the extentof its abil-
3ity The dividends arising from the stock
may be used in lesscning the taxes imposed
upon her citizens, and should she at any
4 time think proper to withdraw the capital to
aid in the construction of other enterprises of
a similar character, the stock may be placed
in market, and probably be disposed Of at a
premium.
The means at the disposal Of the State, be-
You'd the amount Of surplus money in the
treasury, consists Of the five hundred thou
sand acres of land donated to the State for
the purposes of internal improvement, less
/ 1918 56-100 acres which have been sold in
pursuance of the act of 23d of February,
1913, as appears by the report the of Secre-
tary of State, accompanying this communi-
cation 1t was intended ON the part of the
general government, III making this donation
to the State, to enable her to carry on Il sys-
ten Of internal improyementsto deyelope her
resources.
The State hayingaccepted the donation ae-
eording to the terms thereof, it a matter of
serious doubt with many intelligent persons,
whether the bonds Of the State, sold on ac-
count Of the Planter Bank, should be re-
ceivcd III payment for these lands, without
the consent Of the donor. BE that, howev-
or, as it may, the experience Of four years
duration, has proven that the bonds are MOTTO
be discharged upon the terms prescribed by
! the Legislature, as there has orly been paid
of these bonds and coupons, from the sale Of
the nds, the sum of $53 $40 81, for which
amount the State stands indebted to the In
ternal Improvement Fund, which is more
than counterbalanced by appropriations for
locating these lands, internal improvement
purposes, taxes, &c.
If these bonds constitute 4 valid debt a
gainst the State, of which have no doubt,
(and have as yet heard no valid argument to
prove the contrary every principle of hon
or, integrity, and fair dealing, which, if pos
sible, is more obligatory upon communities
than upon individuals, imperatively demands
that they should be paid, aud the means Of
payment should be promptly provided. Its
.fcqually obligatory upon the State toapply
1.-THE trust funds held BY her to the purposes fol
4 which they were intended If it should be
the intention Of the Legislature to apply
these lands to aid in the construction of the
two great schemes of mprovementhcreinr re
ferred to, or any others, it will become ncces
sary to have the lands offered for sale a
greatly reduced prices, such as will induce
purchasers to come forward and take them
repeating that portion Of the existing law au
thorising the reception Of the State bonds il
payment. 1t is believed that these lands o,
fa larger portion of them at least could b,
i readily disposed Of at reasonable prices, anC
it would be far better for the State to sci
them atlow prices, andto derive the benefit
: laccruing from their settlement and cultiva
Etion, as well as the taxes which would hav
! to be paid upon them, than to hold them a
: prices which may not be obtained for man,
/, years to come. If these lands were dispose,
! of in the way herein indicated, the Stat
i might realise nearly orquite million Of dol
: lars from this source, which would be of in
= caleulable advantage to the country, if judi
! ciously applied to the construction of rail
roads, Another source of revenue to til
) State consists in the large amounted swan
!. lands granted by the general government
i by an act Of Congress, approved the 18th {
4 September, 1880, for the purpose of cor
. structing necessary loyees and drains to r
: claim the swamps and overlooked lands lyin
4 inthis State, and iIeludedin the above gran
J 1t is believed that when the levees shall hay
!. been completed, that this land will beeom
exceedingly valuable, and that it would r,
: quire. but a small portion Of the lands f,
= thafpurposc. The great Importance attache
! to this grant BY GOV. Quitman, induced hin
3 on the 3dof February, 1851, in. the ahsen,
of any authority by law, to make regular a
Z paintments, To say to John Rayburn, ESQ
!. of Panola county, thatif he would look sol
If II to the Legislature for the confirmation
q his acts in the premises and for compensate
s far. his services, he. could proceed to lacs
r the lands in question. On the 18th Of Re
il ruary Coy. Gnion appointed Mr. Bry;
" upon similar terms and conditions The
rs gentlemen have been engaged IN locatlr
/; since that time, aud have transmitted to %
u department. m elaborate report Of their pr
of gress. would therefore recommend til
= suitable compensation be allowed them
IS their services
81 The Register Of the Land Office at Il