The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-18
A VETERAN FARMERS VIEWS.
RECONSTRU. TION AND RECUPER.
ALTON AS a BUSINESS
TRANSACTIONS.
Things Considered in II Practical
Light,
AND NED RICHARDSON FOR GOV.
ORNOR.
To the Editor Of the Comet:

10 the Editor Ol the Comet:
- The first week or two after the Ma
=, tional election felt very gloomy, btu
ia as in cases of blightcd hope Fve Sc
10 my mind to work out the problem
ana after second thought find grca
cause to rejoice in that we have foun,
:, out that the difference between
=, Northern Democrat and Northern
Republican, is as the difference he
=, tween tWedledee and twedledum cs
pecially 50 where money is concerned
Now, sir, however much may be sale
about the hcrculean work of the
moral retormers Of this age there i,
no question about money being the
God Of this world, if not Of the next
and if this proposition be true, the
South possesses the physical and lnan-
cial advantages Of the four gcograph-
zeal divisions Of this nationals GER
tain as that the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi River is in the South Now
if the South with one accord could
hear and act upon the mandate of
Moses, AS did the Children of Israel
when he proclaimed, "To your Tents
o Israel" we could leave the grandcst
inheritance to our children that ever
was left by any nation since ere
alton; and why? | would not have
you think for n moment that | would
counsel by the above expression
the taking up of arms as Israel did
their bows, arrows, slings etc. but to
our tents in peaceful and intelligent
persuits that will square up to and
miter into the progressiveness Of the
age in which it is our good fortune to
live.
Ever since Jackson $ administration
the two great desires of the wisest and
best men of the South have been di-
rect trade and disuniOn with that
Observation-Disclosures Of the pu-
ritanical SuprrstitiOns of the North, |
arogating to themselves the right not
only to attend to their own business
I but to that of all others. Now in the |
solid South and solid North we have
the disunon, and it is not only our
privilege, but our bOundcn duty to
have direct trade. Suppose, sir, the
South pass Resolutions in every state |
that they will illpeVeragain buy goods of
Il merchant who lays in his stock North
of MasOn's e DicksOn's Iinc-hoW long
would it take our ports OF entry to
lay aside their sack cloth and ashes
How long would it be until our cotton
would be turned into fabrics at the
plantation? How long before Our Iron
Mountains would flow their liquid
streams, and every coal mine and
forest would be brought into rcqui4-
ton? And with these, the cheap freight
down the Father Of Waters where
if steamboats, combined tu cNtortion,
as do railroads, Il man can float his
own canoe, barge or broadhorn.
The Eads jettics are now fixed
fact and the Great Eastern has
access to New Orleans, and that
city now enjoys connection with
the interior Of Texas 10y rail as well
as water. And why is it necessary for :
the great West topay railroad charges ,
when they have water transportation
to the gulf? 1t is simply because our .
present great men think more Of
politics than the development of our :
domestic resources. Suppose the trade .
of the West in view Of Eads'
ietties should at once come to i
New Orleans. How poorly prepared "
would she be to receive it? Indeed,
sir, that city should now be at
work day and night for the coming ,,
storm of good things. Suppose Eads' "
project ut Tehuantepec surprises the
world like the Atlantic cabcl did Il
ew years ago, (and predict its COM "
Dleton in five years. what flow of ="
esources would pour upon us But
uppose this work is never accom-
Dlished, two more years will give us =,
Rail to the Pacific and with all these ~
PROSPECTS before us, may | not say
'eiOre hand, it is a God-send we lost
ur man. And now instead Of wrang- or
ing for office, and being crazed on
olitics which has been the hanc of
he South, we have time to look n
fter matters of much more moment. k,
And more, my dear old friend, with
his great boom and swelling tidal
ave of prosperity in the no great W
istance will Mississippi stand still,
Is has been her custom,) and pro-
reclaim that it is glory enough on
II me TO see New Orleans, Mem
his and Mobile prosper. can
atter afford to pay port charges Wi
those, then to have an Entry Port gr
my own if have the best and
leapest Harbor on the Gulf 1t
lUs seem strange to me that a state, he
yO-thirds or thrcc-fOurthS surrounded sta
: navigation, should bc the poorest Us
ate in the disunion, paying tribute of
Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana.
epudiation is the legitimate Off {
ring Of such appathy, Incidence and i
ant of foresight. Now, my friend, 'll'
all we stand still as of yorc or shall cot
, stir? propose a move by choos- act
2 a wise active man for Governor.
'hcreas Gov. Willis of Louisiana can ,
gin to take in the situation. Let
lay aside all political corpScs to bc -
Iricd honorably but deep and in
cnce whether Radicals, Democrats or
We want men Of mind
q business habits, who can strike /
tside Of their Offices and professions, ~,
ing, acting, working men. Others
u answer now for we've no politics \
4 no place for politicians, hence I ,..,