Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-10


Dessee, West Kentucky, and the
first tier of counties in North Mis-
sissippi. We have not, until re-
Gently, had much encouragement of
cooperation from the Kentucky
and Mississippi fractions; but now
a lively interest is being taken in
those sections, that gives US strong
hopes that the great object, so long
desired by West Tennessee, will
sooner or later be accomplished.
A united Press is omnipotent in
the accomplishment of almost any
object, where it concentrates its
power. We therefore suggest that
representative from every printing
Office within the limits of the terri
tory referred to, together with 9TH
err public spirited citizens, meet at
Jackson for conference, during the
coming summer, and agree upon a
plan of operations, and then work
until a new State is formed. We
know that there are many difficult
ties in the way, but they are not in
surmountable. We would not reach
the end by violation of the laws of
the Federal and State governments,
as was done in the case Of West Vir-
ginia, but we would go to work up
on our respective legislatures, and
press the measure to success. All
the members from West Tennessee,
perfectly united on this subject,
could carry proposition to let us
"peaceably secede," before any leg
islature that may ever assemble at
Nashville. Where there is s0iyt
there will always be a G0Gy. Ken
lucky and Mississippi can accom-
plish the same in their general as
semblies. The liabilities of the re-
spective States could easily be ar
ranged, by requiring the counties
separating to form a State, to as
sumo their proportionate part of
the State debt. In fact all the nee
essary details could be justly arrang-
ed, without the violation of Federal
or State laws.
Perhaps some old fogy, who stands
still, while every body else is NOV
ing, wants to know hoD it viii ben
eft the sections mentioned by being
formed into a new State-will it
make the land any richer, &c, sc.
We have not space now to answer
the objections that will be made.
We will say, however, that West
Tennessee, West Kentucky and
North Mississippi, have been chew
ers of wood and drawers of water"
for the other portions of their States
long enough. We pay taxes, but
must let the other portions of the
States have all the Offices of honor
and profit. We are an fdUOr Of Sc
cesSion!
Look at the map! See what
beautifully formed State the terrific
ry we have mentioned would makel
Bounded by two great rivers-the
Tennessee and Mississippi-it is GER
tainly not surpassed, if equaled, by
any other given number of square
miles, for its agricultural resources.
Its climate and soil place it between
the subsistence region of the North
west, and the true planting region
of the Southwest. Here all the
substantial comforts of life may be
raised in abundance, aud here mon
ey may be made to an amount that
will satisfy any reasonable mind,
not distempered with the cravings
of morbid avarice. With the ex-
ception of small space of wet, bot
tom lands, nearly the whole surface
of the proposed new State will yield
good living to agricultural skill
and energy. And these wet lands
are destined, at no distant day, with
the influx of skilled labor, to become
the most valuable of the whole
country, SO that the proportion of
waste, and reproductive land in the
section referred to, is far less than
in any other given number of square
miles together. We have the requi-
site population to entitle us to new
State. We have all the advantages
of railroads, navigation, timber,
water power, coal, iron, unsurpass-
ed health-in brief, every thing to
make us great State. Shall we
have il? Let the editors speak out.