The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-12-03
A QUESTION FOR THE NEXT LEaIs.
LATURE.

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4 ministration Of our State government
promote and protect the interest Of I'll
people by guaranteeing to every cit
zen fair and impartial trial before a
able judiciary whenever his right
liberty, life or personal protection al
involved and especially to develo
the resources of the State by fosterin
manufactures, encouraging education
and breaking down the much dreade'
influence OF monopolies, that are tn
source Of annoying, conflicting am
vexatious legislation, and assertin,
the independence Of the people OF THU
once prosperous State, whose prospect
ty was destroyed by the despoilint
consequences of the late war and hail
languished under the spelling admin
istration OF Republican rule. But
since we have fair prospect Of estab
fishing permanent State government
the machinery of which will be man
aged by upright and intelligent men,
it is but reasonable to presume that
her representatives should be pledged
to develop her material resources, and
legislate with a view Of placing her
upon an equal footing with her sister
States and Notwithstanding the in
fiuence of the two rival cities contend
ing for supremacy to control the trade
and immense traffic Of this powerful
cotton growing State, and those who
act In good faith in the interest of the
transportation or railroad corporations,
by throwing hampers upon any project
or enterprise that would tend to divest
trade from the localities in whose in
terest they labor, or diminish the
quantity of freights transported by
the companies they represent, Legis-
lators whose Imperative duty is to
promote the interest and future pros
perity of our people and develop mate
rial resources Of the State. ASS people
we are behind the age Of progress and
prosperity; while our adjoining sister
States are endeavoring to keep pace
with the age, we are In the back
ground, and have no direct CONNER
cial relations with the outer world,
and are continually, daily and hourly
paying tribute TO other localities and
increasing their wealth with means
that should DO expended within our
own borders, which with little effort
and small outlay might be avoided,
and the evil remedied. While we hail
with pride the prosperity and growth
ofour adjacant cities, under the maxim
that "charity should begin at home"
we ought to make some effort in our
own behalf, and we only make sug-
gestion, whether profitable or worth
less, for the purpose OF developing the
resources of the State and placing her
upon an equal footing with her sister
States. And the recently elected
are capable (f in their
wisdom they see fit to do SOY OF inaug-
lrating the ine!pient step that in the
future might rebound to their praise
md be remembered in tho history of
our State with pride by future gen.
While the papers and pollt-
cal parties make great howl and
'lamor about encouraging emigration
We see no necessity for this political
lobby, since according to census emu
nerations there il fair prospect of
the country by propagat-
ng a healthy and robust people, in
red 70 hardships, toll, and capable of
Meeting the demands and necessities
any emergency. Such as are gal
ant and chivalrous in war, intelligent
nd quiet in peace, industrious and
race that will shrink
rom no responsibility, but at
he same time we welcome all
God citizens who choose to cast their
ITS among us. But there is field
'r operation into which the present
legislature might embark, with honor
, themselves and profit to the State.
hat which Is alluded to is the en-
of some reliable COM
any to build the "Gulf and Ship
land Railroad" And this en-
can be given withoutany
lonied outlay, without costing the
aople of the State anything in the
ayof taxation or public expense. 1t
ay be done by the donation OF the
Dor of four or five hundred peniten-
lry convicts (of whom we have
lite number), to some reliable COM
my for five years or longer, and by
at Mississippi City, or on
g coast near Ship Island, aftor pre-
ring the road few miles, the COM
my could procure a construction 7
ain and lot Of cage cars for the
nfinement Of the oonvicts at
ght, so as to avoid the necessity Of 8
lploying an additional number Of
ght guards. BY this means the Il
mpany could keep. moving their :,
adquarters to the terminus, and 10 n
through the length Of the State. 3
,cording to our information there n
'uld be but little grading to be done y
the first 100 miles, and this too e
rough and untouched pine forest, a
nal for lumber to any in the world, 4
In any number Of rivulets and =
all streams that afford an abund- 81
ce Of clear running water, and rs R
althy country as any in this eli Ie
tie. 80 soon as such road Is start 4,
steam saw mills and turpentlne +
tories would spring up on either +
e, and the shipments would con- 81
ne to increase In proportion to the u
9Th of the road. The cotton ship
nts would not amount TO a great T
d until the road had reached about u
miles. =,
hen on this road, which should he ~
'ut equal distance from the New n,
cans and Chicago, and the Mobile %
Ohio, after II had been built sew 81
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