The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-09-12

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thriving trade bfl it s9aId im fefv
largely lhefeased, " H was ksown
aaI recognized abr0al ~ q declared
port or entry. ao1 then foreign NOR.
chahd ze would begin 10 B0w Into II,
which coalI easily be Distributed BY
our superb railf0ad-vhicb has built
a wharf for tho pgfpose-lhrongh
New Orleans and Mobile, 10 auy part
Of the State, or country ; and we
guaranteed. and assert without fear Of
successful contradiction, that mer.
chandiz9 can be brought into this
port aud shipped by rail, or lightered
to New Orleans or Mobile cheaper
il can be carried by vessel direct
to these ports.
Again, it will be borne in mind
that the last Legislature struck a
tremendous blow at our commerce in
repeating the act, passed at a previous
legislative session, appropriating
for the improvement of our
liver and harbor. The canal at the
month Of our river bought by the 1
Commissioners in the nam Of the
State from private parties. and partly
aid tor with the $4,000 raised by our
~itizens, on the faith OF the State ap,
tropriation, and partly from the ap |
itseIf-in the expectancy
t obtaining it, has been filling no from q
want Of care, SO that vessels of
le lightoSt draught can barely get a
it. This act of bad faith oD $
10 part Of the State was done, we Il
olieve inadvertently by the Legisla> 81
ire, by a member, to crafty his spite s.
,ainst the STAR for exposing him as II
bride taker. n
The commerce of a great State to G
!, interfered with, the welfare of a h
trade to be sacrificed, and n
of money invested in it, to p
.jeopardized, because a corrupt o
ember Of the Legislature, q brides T
ker, a government defaulter, enter O
ms a hatred of a newspaper puG. d
he'd at the place, which has exposed g,
) official corruption. Of course he p
d sympathizing friends in the body n,
ho aided and abetted. This is AZ
rpct.b logic. They would sink Of
community, a State, a Nation, to d,
atty their lust for lucre, their II
irst for office, or their vindictive h,
alice.
AS far as the STAR is concerned, it Ct
their malice and glories in &C
Fir hatred. 1t, and they, are as nj
apart as the poles /; but the STAR ~
yrets that PAsCAGoULA should m
FER from any action it may have W
Ten, and therefore it has--unassist-
we are sorry to say by a single
per in the State, even to the extent b,
one line-continually denounced IF
S infamous act OF the Legislature (; m
1 therefore, we would hail with ~.
asure any expression of opinion
OF the oms of the
gislature, by so august a body as
State Grange:
Therefore, we now take occasion to VI. y.
Q upon the Commissioners who III
charge of the matter, to take 90
to test the legality or the re- 'o
ling Act, and if illegal to secure IA
appropriation, that our trade may To
languish from a want OF a for
per depth Of water at the mouth
lur river.
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