The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-07-13

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and uitcwnoca. II Is very sell that
thoro was no mockery Of those cyhi
billions Of patriotism which In former
years mado memorable the day Of
freedom Southern people would
have sacrificed self-rcspoct and failed
10 win that Of their oonqncrora
NMomphis is hardly a city Of Ton
nosscc II was once within the con
fines of Mississippi. Andrew Jack
son had an agency in fixing the
line between the two States,
and by some dcplorablc accident This
unhappy city is located too far north
by twelve miles. In other words
the boundary line Of Tennessee was
so DETECTED from its original course
that Memphis falls within the clutches
of Brownlow. Despite of this fact,
the people of Memphis arc mainly
Mississlppians, their trade is with
Mississippians, and to Mississippians
the people arc indebted for their po-
litical tcnois and prcjudiccs. For
this reason il has often been pro-
posed that the boundaries of the
States should be changed and West
crn Tennessee and Northern Missis-
sippi converted into n now State.
The Tallahatchie would constitute a
natural southern boundary line,
while the Tennessee and Mississippi
rivers would properly hedge US in at
other points. Brownlow favored
this scheme for a time, and il was
only abandoned when he found that
through franchise acts and negro
suffrage he might be enabled to per-
petuate the power of his reckless,
Tignvr~ut. and incapable party. State
boundary lines wa ultimately be re-
formed. Tennessee, in is prcscnt
unnatural shape, cannot endure.
Men five hundred miles apart, in
August next, must vote for Brown
low or Ethcrldge. There is neither
community of taste, interest, pursuits,
or opinions. II should never be for
gotten, therefore, by Mississippians
that Western Tennessee is Of itself a
State, and despite Of mere statutory
provisions, this district is part and
parcel Of Mississippi. Memphis, to
all intents and purposes, Is quite as
much a city Of Mississippi as Holly
Springs, or Columbus, or Aberdeen.
In view Of these facts, il becomes
the province Of Mississippi newspa-
pcrs to discuss facts affecting the
common interests of Memphis and
Mississippi. Here we have two great
railway lines penetrating your State.
They should meet at this point; but
failing, subject every traveller to all
conceivable annoyances, and 10 need
less expenditures. A magnificent
river with two thousand steamers
floating on its broad bosom is at
hand; but the Mississippian who
comes hithcr BY railway finds himself
a measureleS distance from the Gin
land sea- Tho traveller Is annoyed
and taxed needlcssly aud beyond
measure, and the merchants Of Mis-
sissippi have been so harrasscd by
the selfish policy of those who rule
in Memphis, that goods bought
abroad are no longer landed at This
point. Trade has been thus driven
from Memphis to New Orleans and
Northern cities. People south oil
Memphis bus IN st. Louis and Gin.
cinuaii, in order to cvade the neces.
sity Of transferring goods from IN,
Memphis wharf to Memphis raiL
way station, IL the press Of tn,
interior would discuss these questions
Memphis newspapers would be com.
PEELED to vcntilatc your arguments
Prcjudices would DO broken down
draymcn and hackmcn would n,
longer silence memphis newspapers