Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-16
The Legislature.

Monday, 9th inst, the Legislature
adjourned sine die, after a session o
five months the longest, we believe
hhat has ever been held within oul
borders, since TsnneBsee was a State
If tile good consunimated, we're u
any degree proportioned to the ex'
pense, at least shadow of an apol
Iogy might be offered for SO interim
lnablel a term. But unfortunately
It6e b, lance kicked the beam ON the
IwTon4 side-the legislai lion generally
Iha $ Been of the most imRrofidont
IqI d reckless character In the way
Iof internal i improvements, partiqu-
Ilaklv, the liabilities Of tile STATE.
" hich we're already enoTmops, as On,
dbrser, have been increased TO the
Tdund sum oil tWeHty Bitt1'0NS y 'fV''
IAIrs., Sagacious prudent Inen, who
Ihi i've strongly urged The developing
Of the resources Of tile State, BY
j bening channels Of comm auieation
With the Atlantic seaboard and the
great rivers Of the west, stand aghast
d this Wholesale plodsing Of the faith
IF the State to enterprises, many Of
which ar worse than visionary
The hope now is, that only $ uch roads
as viii probab bly, pay will P$ built---
We trust this viii be tho case al-
though such has not BEEN he result
in all tho undertakings to which the
State is u party, TenndsHoe, years
AGO, was made stoekhold4r, by her
Legislature, in, we believes twenty
two turnpike roads, Of which ten haye
never paid dollar. 1t is estimated
by thoso versed in such matters, that
the enhanced value Of the property
along the line of apublio thorough
fare is always sufficient TO justify the
Improvement or constructions, even
though the income, When completed,
should only be sufficient I'd keep I be
route UP. Ifthis position ! o-tenal le,
and va haze never seen q b ATTEND t
to coutroycrt it, what is the pro4a-
biRty Of projects, which may bq
deemed almost cbimerical, being
abandoned, when We recoliect that
the roads are now chartered, thai
there ere capitalists in the neighbor-
hood of tho projected routes, who
are interested in having the work
carried on, and that the State gives
100000 for each bridge and So
600 per mile. Let each reader Cyl
pher out the probability for himself
So FAR as the good of 4 he State was
concerned, we believe it would have
been better if the last Legislature
never had assembled. But it broke
up at last, and that, for the people,
was the best more of the session.
While it did last, the credit oil the
State was poured out rs it had been
water. Gen. FqrqUAWsoa, Capt
7ieJ5, and !, few other reasonable
men attempted to stem the tide, but
hey might as well have tried To-
dam the Nila With bulrushes."
TIE CoMMoN School BILL.-Ih
Legislature passed bill for the ben
,it bf Common Schools. The Nash.
Vile papers DO not speak of it as theI
,est that coulG have been done; but
IS better than none a beginning
hat may hereafter result IN some
hing better. They say:
The bill, as It passed, taxes polls
,5cts., and property p cents on the
500; and appropriates one7qu@rtef
{ the tax on merchants and priv
making an aggregate Of about
$4,000 to Sl35,00O, which. with
he nresent school fundo of 81 10000,
yill be the annual school fund here
fter.
ap A few days since, the Board
f Commissioners met, and elected
'aptain Richard White, of this place.
Of the Penitenilary-
ve are clad that the matter is finally