The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-17
NATCHEZ, JACKSON, AND COLUMBUS
RAILROAD.
A Legacy from the Carpet.Bag-
Eers-Let the People of HimdS
County Beware.

A Radical Legislature of 1870 chartered
this railroad evidently as job designed to
plumber the taxpayers of the counties
through which 1t was proposed to pass, in
which even a large majority of (nOn-tax-
paying colored voters, by the aid of whom
they hOPed to accomplish their job of mort
gaging the property in said counties, in the
form of bonds, and pocket the proceeds an
der the pretense of building said railroad.
To make their game OF plunder sure, they
got up a charter-granting extraordinary
powers, directed to the purpose of raising
money by county subscriptions, by which
the proper officers of a county that should
unfortunately agree to tax itself for sob
scriptio1, would be set aside and the rail-
road officials assume their functions, under
this provision the President of the railroad
was granted the power co leUy such tar as he
might deem necessary to meet the Obliga-
tions of the county growing out of the vote
for subscription to the road and obligates
the tax collector to obey his requirements
in collecting the same,-having taken all
power over this matter from the board of
Supervisors, the lawful and proper admin
istrators of county affairs, who the people
have chosen to represent and protect their
interests in the financial matters of the
county. Individual subscription to the
stock in this road amounts only to about
$35 900. All the counties with the excep-
ton of Adams have voted against the tax
for subscription, A subscription of $780,,
600 by Adams county was carried by a light
vote with sparse registration at an election
under special act of the Legislature for
Adams county providing for Registration
ard Election. The success of the road in
that instance. has no doubt induced its man.
ayers to procure a similar act for Kinds
county to be passed during the last session
of the Legislature, under which the Ques-
ton of subscription for the third time is to
be submitted to the people of Kinds county,
which by the same means of a small and
imperfect registration and vote chiefly COM
posed of those interested in the road, il Is
hoped to saddle heavy burden of taxation
on the already Over-burdened taxpayers of
this county, to be levied by the President Of
this Railroad under the unlawful and extra
ordinary power conferred by the Cdrpet-bGg
charter, intended for plumber.
VIII the people new endoI Sc such legisla-
tors aud their acts after having repudiated
and driven them from power for Just such
schemes of plumber as was IN tended to ac-
President with such dangerous and unlaw-
ful functions Are they willing to mortgage
their property for the benefit OF railroad
holding such extraordinary power over the
i'm portant and delicate matter OF taxationS
VIII they bend their necks To the yoke pre-
pared by Radical aliens, although that yoke
Enay now be in other hands, by succession
re1s. em l,er railroads s-have souls - rhe eV-
idenee of this fact is patent 70 all. every
where, so trust them not, but 90 toward on
the 9TH and 9th OF August. and beat this at
tempt to give railroad President control
oyer your taxable property i'm the ilIegifi-
mafe manner this proposition. If accepted,
will confer, Assert your right to invest
your means In your own way and time, and
not &C the lictaff0n Of majority ID the in-
terHst Of Stock company under che Gui6e
Of tax for public benefit. but really IN no.
way connected With the leeiflmnte wants of
lie government of equity Qr Sgaie fpF
which alone ron are under nnliFa ,ne 60