The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-04-14


uancial facilities il the form Of Banking In.
slituions, prudently guarded, g as. Be-
sides bringing those lerculean auziarles 70
!, bear, not only to assist us in shOuldering The
burden Of taxation and uslry. but 10 pro-
mote her gigantic schemes Of Internal I'm
: nrovemenis, Cor bear II in mind. that the
! onlv Railroad now in your State OF any con.
lseouence was built By q bank,) the gran.
B denr and importance Of It's final c0nsumaiion
would bepear description, calculated as Ii
would be totlevate man in all the clemens
of social and mental greatness and goodness.
Solving the problem which has puzzled the
4 philosophers and statesmen 81 every age,
that self-government which was taught us
by the Great Redeemer OF mankind, both by
/ precept and example, is the only governs
ment that can endure the coroding tooth OF
time This is the summit from whloh we
are 10 maxi, the observations of those hidden
orbs in the human system. The existence
Of which We have been conscious since time.
limmemoriaI, but whose exact position we
have never been enabled to discover, j, e.,
I"lo see the motes in our own eye" which
tbs poet has SO happily described,
20 wad some power the giftie gle ur,
To see ourselves as other see u.s.
We have now closed our remarks upon
/ The past and present, and shall invite the al
ltention the reader 10 few reflections we
are about to make upon the future. Il will
he remembered that by an order Of Congress
a coast survey of the Gulf of Mexico was
made nnder the superintendent of Lieut..
3 Bache from which we End the pleasing fact
| lat least to Mississippi revealed that nature
has completed the sunerstructure of city,
| with the advantages possessed by neither
=. n f,bsl d.,
Idf the statements in that report We find
opposite Snip leland VIC have harbor and
basin superior to both those cities upon our
own coast, and all that remains for Missis-
sippi to do is 10 complete the central Rail
Road. the Canton, Kosciusko and Aber.
deem Railroad, the Southern Railroad, and
hen with all dispatch possible the Baandon
/ and Ship Island Rail road, simultaneously
with that gigantic scheme ofconnecting the
| Atlantic and Pacific with ship canal at the
! Isthmus OF Darien to say nothing about those
minor projects of transportation at Tehuan-
tepec, Nicaguara and Panama, or even the
great Pacific line, via Shreveport, Elpaso
and the ella, the advantage of which would
equally accrue to the interests Of Mississippi,
and boldly enter the field as contending
rival with every commercial mart in Europe
and America for that priceless stake, the
East India trade. For it must not be forgot
ten that our Navies are in the japan seas for
the very purpose Of inviting that trade to
the United s a;es. The prospects are fiat
tering,-the hopes are Frightening almost
into faith that our most sanguine expecta-
lions are 10 be ultimately realized. And |
shall moi Mississippi prepa e, as every other
Safe is doing, TO welcome it with bridal
reception, for bear il in mind, this is the |
trade that built up Jerusalem. This is the |
trade that If Mississippi use but the means
i'm her power, with the will properly direct
ed, will convert our river and sea coast CT
lie in to New jerusalpms. This is the trade
that is 10 enable the M ,sier as well as the |
slave, to indulge in such laxuries as are
now only enjoyed by the epicure aud gouE
mand. This is The trade that is 10 dispel
from our our fertile river Valleys-the will
derness of gloomy solltude-rife with all the
dangers of savage beast, and still more saw
age disease, and bleach lis ruins with the
snow with the snow white staple ofour soil
and climate. This is the trade that is to
convert the live oaks oil our sea coast and
stately pines Of sthe mighty East, no other
emrl1yment but to nod their towering crests
to tho sportive winds, but are destined soon
to nod .heir last time 10 the ships and cities.
The vacuum to be suppllnted with the falted
f0cks of the shepherds and grazier's ina
king vocal the hills and valleys with their
ever welcome lullaby of flesh and fleece. A
Fl theme for the Muse of the author Of b.
COLES. This is the tra de that is to dot our
bleak and barren hills with the tusy loom and
spindle. chanting with their humming mu- [
sic the last solemn requiem of departed fol- r
lies, as well as the glee TO brighter hopes
that are to swell our exports from $50 to
6 100, 100000, This is the trade aicl is to
make the air redolent with the luciCus fruits {
Of the tropics, and the ocean to groan with :
the more bulky produces Of The earth. This
is the trade that is to make the neigh of the
troE Horse familiar 20 the ears OF every man,
woman and child in the republic, whether /
plougning the river wave or speeding upon :
his iron course. The trade from which we
are to derive the Jewels with which to stud
The golden crown Of freedoms Queen, 9
her hive be upon the Ivy regions of
he North, the granite hills of the East, the 6
sunny plains OF the outh or the golden
OF the West, And we ask again =
shall not Mississippi strive for that crown, v
With her advantages, position and resources r
Ter chances are equal il not Favorable, no: 8
1ny for this but that higher crown. which
S laid up at the right hand OF our Father in :
heaven under promise 10 those who in the r
words of the promise to those who in the Q
words of Inspiration, have fed the hungry IL
nd clolhed the naked 10 the thirsty gave
rink, and who have visited the sick and i'm
every duty of which she will have d
Utilized when she shall have have reached +
er destiny. ~ !
AUSTRIA has published an official announce =
nent of its present position with regard to :,
% Russo Turkish question. It appears to J