The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-01-18
OBION AND E.tKE.
a c"e..to" Of Territory.
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]. Donaldson. "A talented citizen OF
I..k. county. has addressed a commn-
a;cs-i u. - the ci,izeuS of Obinn county.
an he qae~tian ni cedius the territory
embraced IA Reefuot Lake To- Lake
county Ills arguments are we'll con
-1ered ani We re copy 'ome of the
more salient points, with the view OF
bringing IL to the candid consideration
Il our Obinn readers lie says:
apprebcnd that since the survey of
Obiou. 70 made some months hefarc the
close of the last session nj the General
Assembly. on the territorial question.
that III, people of Obion are fully satisfied
of the inad.q IencY of Turning two conn
ties within the present boundaries Of said
County. Now as Rcefoot Lake eau b. of
no advantage ia that wav why will our
neighbors presist on holding on to il,
for il is well known that 0bion
Co.. can derive no revenue from its sub
merged lands now in said Lake. Ia fact.
az the Lake now Is we can only look up
on il as an exerescence upon Obion or any
county, debarring the citizens of each
from trade and intercourse with each
other; impeding travel and rendering the
country immediately bordering the Luke
almost a waste, with no facilities to mar
ket tor the.r dae timocr and such produce
as they raise in those parts. Now Let Us
look At the matter in another light. 1t
Was the desire of the people OF Lake
county TO include the Lake territory in
it's formation, thence its name.) but
through some Misunderstanding of our
delegate. c. Gibbs Esq the Constitu
tional provision denies il. However, b.
that as il may, common justice now de-
n,ands thar the error be corrected, aud
do not think our old friends in Obion will
play hoy in the manager. Since the for
mation Of Lake county, an enterprise has
been inangufaIed FOR building lsvee
dow n the Mississippi river from Hickman,
Ky, to the IA -l-laai~ Of Madrid Bend. in
order 10 redee.a vas quantities. of inun-
dated lands, la- tae counties OF Lake,
Obon and bye ia Tenn. aud Fulton in
Kentucky, which. II completed, will re-
deem from its perpetual waters large
part. if not the whole OF beeifoot Lake.
The enterprise is assuming practicable
proportion and til. people are naturally
looking forward TO its effective completion.
Now i'm order to build the same il is es-
tirzalei thai EilL BE- necessary for Like
IN. : pr -sfuss rre parfiss
owning lands in said Lake should sub
scribe literally TO such enterprise, say
one-haif of their lands stock would only
be taken at its present valuation and con-
s,aueutlv we see it would only be very
small proportion 10 the aItlbant required
10 build the levee. What that valuation
is let others say. however 1t cannot be
much in effect II would be Lake county
redeeming by her capital ant~h her enter
prise a large portion OF O6.oa county.
Now Lake county Is supposed 10 contain
about one hundred and fifty TO one hun
dred aud eighty square miles OF territory,
aud rs taxation 10 MAINTAIN tue county, IS
necessari y heavy Is IL right therefore
that Obion suouid have the benefits Of
taxation on those. redeem ii Lands. when
Lake coluty, has (yOl may say. redeem
ed them: and when Ub;on county, has
never before derived any taxes? We
think not; nor do we think that oar 0bion
county friends VIII, when they reaect
the matter entertain lolger such oae
sided views.
Building the levee will benefit those
eit,zeus ut ObiUn ~ 40 are directly inter
rsscd IA low lands both ii The Lake and
on its borders il will benefit those who
own lands adjacent thereto on the hills
Dy throwing their lanis, timber AMI pro-
of Ubion in the prOportIoLhte Increase OF
her IRxabie basis, III tne in@re iss OF her
popuiatiOu aud imprOVsm snt OF ths cOdI-
;rv VIII ca U. hcrw.se years Will not eff ct.
Besides, We would further say. that
Lake coanty is whOny I>olatei from other
portions OF the State by this OVerdO .yn
territory, the Lake ferries are her only
Inlet anu oatlet ia that direction, taf up
ca UbIen county she Is now dependant tor
the proper ntIntaiaauc; OF tae means 50
essential to ner prosperity, cool highways
of ingress and egress- Tell US what
Obion county cares, or its cpuaty Court
cares ahoIt the regulations OF Reeliio1t
Lake ferries, OF what citizen OF Obion vail
trouble himself 10 prosecute an action IN
the name of the State for mIlteasancs'
of any ferryman who does not comply
with the Law; anl are tness ferries such
as they shvuid be at all times!
These arat some OF The reasons why
present these questions TO the reflective
cItiz ms OI Ubion county aud ask them u
Sanction the Legislature giving US the
Lakv. nope 06.ou viii so opersse y h
Us of LAKE, ami ii l have omitted TO state
any groAn IS. OF reason wny It should be
uenied, would be pleased 10 b. eu,gh
ened. L. UoSALose-.