The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-18

nature and character OF your Premium
List and present it without delay to tn
public. Heretofore there has been muc
grumbling and complaint about this mat
ter. Will you not, then, as men of dis
cretion, come at once to the point unde
review, and discharge that duty which j
50 incumbent and indispensable for yol
to do as officers | now fancy to mysel
that the high position you occupy, AM
the honor and patriotism that you hay'
for the State and nation, will prompt yol
to the honest discharge of every dut,
that the public good may require. If yo'
would present your schedule at a proper
time it would be ten-fold more interesting
and you would find your Fairs would bt
more numerously attended, and that yor
would realize greater and proportionablt
profits arising therefrom, is equally evi
dent The idea Of an Agricultural Soci
ETY. is, in my estimation, designed to
awaken and cnergize the community and
country wherever they are held and when
this fails in effect, there will be no vaua-
Bile good advanced. How important,
then, is It that you should be impressed
with proper conception of it, merely
mention this fact that you may he remind
cd Of Your duty and feel confident that
you.will perform it, that your names may
be handed down to unknown generations
yet to come. find again, that the Aber-
deem list of premiums has generally been
IN advance of that of the Okolona Fairs
Shall this be the case again ! fatter
! myself that such will never occur again
in ourmidst The wise and prudent have
only TO he reminded of their duty, and
they will invariably perform il. But |
may be trespassing upon your kind patti
cnce and forbearance; should this be the
case | beg to be pardoned by SAYING a
States pride is concerned in this matter.
| should like, then, to see your Constltu-
ti0n changed to suit the emergency of the
case Can there be any objections to this
plan! cannot for the life of me i'm
agine, or conceive If any. | shall now,
bv Your pernissi n, draw your careful
and most profound attention TO enc very
nhipcti, nabie feature to be found in the
fourth Article Of Your Ctnstitnti n, where
il reads thus: The officers IF this Seeie-
tv shall be President, three Vice Presi-
dents, Il Secretary. a Treasurer, and an
| Executive Committee, consisting Of five
members, who sh1ll he chosen at the
regular annual meeting, and together with
President and Secretary, shall constitute
Il Board If Supervisors to manage the
general interests of the Society and the
appointing Of all committees. Now,
the most Objectionable feature Of this Ar
ticle consists in the fact, that the Treas
nrer is embraced in the officers of the So
riety, seemingly to conduct the same,
but in the very same Article it says, most
emrhatically that, together with the Presi-
dent and Secretary shall constitute a
Beard If Supervisors, leaving out then,
as you will discover, the Treasurer in this
arrangement. This, then, is extremely
Objectionable. But l presume the Treas
urer would not, by any means, desire, or
solicit further powers or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
in the Society. There is then, in my es7
tmation, something radically wrong i'll
this Article that should be at once ex-
pnnged. The Treasurer, then, should lie.
inserted such would do away all illiberal
and ungenertus feeling. The proceedings
and general department Of your Suciety
should be prompt and held up to the pro-
motion If the general goods all. If this
be not the aim, the great cause for which
you are contending, will inevitably fall
to the ground. | shall now hasten to
close, hoping that the few brief and very
desultory remarks that | have presented
to your kind patience. may meet with
your approval and appreciation and thus
tend to promote and perpetuate your Ag-
ricultural Society. 1t would be desira-
BILE for you so to manage your Fairs so
as there will be no marmurings with the
people hereafter, having thus discharged
your duty as officers you can have clear