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AND FI&EE TRADE ADVOCATE.
VOLUME I.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1S39;
NUMBER XX.
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WllCLr, in tltfVrsm olhtt-Lt Sfli .ifanluill
.ti ' ,. FOLIC l-KlLIAKii i whaiue,
r SIX DOl-LAI-" eu rur yrar.
JA failure to Jj txAif, in riurijf, of to
4icon'iim'-, it l5- ''"'I of a m!iKri)i(i '-", will be
Mwili-rrl a a ih ti continue. Na tuhw:rijiun bt-
ea for Ie llai -fe i r.
phy, of Law, ar.d of Medicine, and of a.?
many Colleges as may le established.
Far the Department of Literature and
Philo-ophy, of Law and o Medicine, the
Trustee! shall appoint as many Profes
sor and teachers as may Le needed, ar
range their respective duties and fix their
8alaries:.'.nd the Board shall have power
t r rpmL frnm r.fT.ri anv Professor or
ry.llil KUl lSiJlt rSe'tntiUiun-'-Tl liar.,' . , r i - " cc t ,
i irmvrtrj f.r o.ne ooijail u,ut fifty j teacher for misbehavior la office, neglect
CENTS ftr etlth tuhfrfumt inMrU1lnmfri"r Tir-t
tr-tt emt prr hn f'r Jlrtrt ifuertiim, awl half price
fwr each uuKrtvn tkn tafu-r .lihrUtrmnU fi om a
ditUincr mttst br ario'tft-'iued vA ttur critti, r u rrfrr
mce in ttm.'t'Ke n-Ahrr nf tntertiont rrtj uj r-dy
l I - . I I . . . I if 1 -
fntinu,! u,u.i r,W'i ui, and ik,trgrd vr flCWw ub:ishei by any individual, town, coun
rrjri 'f firvnal nature, h-t--r '!ni
I, mil tj! 1l :---! f tl- of 2 for -rr t-n !!-
sr nek if.wri(o. Io!i?ial rircutart r jiSIic
tni, fir r c l-n-.f,t iwiivtal xTVti or rjn
snir, will L liivcii a hfrrtii-ni-Til su d at tia?
of dutv, incapacity, or immoral conduct.
16 CVletres deined to give instruc
tion in .e Iatin, Greek and Hebrew Ian-
guajre.. and in Mathematics may be es-
ty, or association of men, who will :on
tribute f.nd to er.dow them, and when
m e-ttaMM.ed t!.e students who shall ma
triculate at them shall corr,e under such
regulations as they may adopt, provided
AiMMMnr k.r etA.4u t fRe, will U f'r st ti ,ey Wo it routlict with the ordinance -- I
M-'??:Ai,;i Criversity, and ha!l he amenableUo apj:
J"i. 4i j;Vtliri:, 9Hre n v-rh, f. ., efrt ; direct! v ( o the facult v of their resrective lots.
tet far Ut tlaf otr rir MTlle l!f itrrir.
."ir ii imriM-'Siafe Minrvrm; ar.J all 'lirrtiv:-
.. f- M f'f Mi-r j rv, -T,t in Ijt !Jk-to,
: , n.ottt.,
I l:r ,n drUi try.
i'T !
-I
. plan f(jf.thl
Lit - . : V . I ;.r(4 .',.
J i iut'l hij the Iszizlature. of Iht
l:-. MissiiJtt tfrtt a Seminary of
?arniii t- l.f-reov 'tab.Lihed, which
den';: 'r.iu.i "Th University
State o;' iii Ii-ippi," anl which
.at. i arraric.I a.;l regulavd accord-
i iht- Joii.tiri uvi-iior.it
J A f'xi.tr.i of' v'iitSan c:.,;, Jxi-r of t'.e
, and of one
pCCtH
IT Tlife colleges when established as
aforesaid ha!I be under the control of
Trustees appointed by the donors of the
foundation, and the said Tru-itees shall
furniafi to the Board of Trustees of the
Un i ve rsi ty e vide wie of ihc-i r a ppoin trr.e n t ,
j under. which they receive ihe;r appint-
rnent, and they snail te dee iared by the
Board of Trustees of the University to
constitute a Colfege of the University of
the State, arid &hal! thereby be clothed
witli all the powers neces-ary to execute
their trust and shall have succession in
the manner prescribed by their respective
constitutions.
IS The faculty of the University !;a!I
consist of ail the Professors of the Univer
sity togethf r with one ormore of the Prr-
term ot two years.
- 3 The Board of Visitors shall rneet an
nually at the University at the time of it
intiiver-.arv, ar.d at the call of the gover-
nor i r. e si.a.i consiJiute a quorum. t
'jer ! fe-'ors of ail the CoIJeires, the nuiober
fu each of li e Judicial Districts shall j lenn 'he same irom eacii; they shall ap
iv e the gorierafcontrol and suptrt i,ion i I"-! d their own number annually a
j the University. They shall be elect-1 preidinx olTicer. and a secretary: they
- !by joint ballot of IahH house ti tfie shall exercise a genera! control over the
-iClature, a;.d shall hold tlx-ir olF.te for students and decide in any case of differ-
lence between members of the different
colleges: they ha!i arrange the times and
order of the various lectures and recita
tion, and so arrange the regulations of
the Universitv that ail students, in which
J.jil be the dutv cf the Board to t xarrv f College they rnav have matriculated shall
r..? into :!. coi.Jition of tle Institution' enjoy aiiie the privileges afid advanta
rit!i jesj f ctto the tao.imarjd progress jr'es t he University, while they conforn
( i';.e mtuJ'-m, t .e qualifications and fi- j - iU regulations.
ity ol the tr ri.eri, and the proceedings
A ;!.e.Tru-.t-fs. They sliill have power
i-et't ll.'j -ppciutriient of the Trustees
yt'j-l lht iroii va.:ar.cie, and ."hall have
1 t . T , . rr
xr habitual neglect of their duties a
Trustee, or for in.aiorality of conduct.
4 The Board of Visitors shall be re
fjuirrd to make annual rejort to the Le
i!ature of the coiiditiou of the Univer
ity, aad the J.'jitio:i and state of its
i The following eight erson, vix:
of 31issi.sippi, to constitute a fund to sus
tain said University, lo be held in trus;
by the aforesaid Trustees and their suc
cessors in office, and to be appropriated
by thern according to law, for the pur
pose aforesaid.
It is hereby made the duty of the
Governor of this State as also of the au
ditor of this stale
to make an assignment of said fund, how
ever it rnav now be invested to said
Board of Trustees of the University; and
such assignment shall rest in said Board
of Trustees, all legal and enuitab'e title
to said fund with power todemandor sue
for the same, to receipt and give releases
ar.d all necessary power to make said
fund available for the use and benefit of
the University. ;
23Te said Trustees shall have power
rormate Jor the purchase ol
for the erection of buildings,
for procuring a Library and apparatus,
such sums as may be necessary, provided
they do nor appropriate for such purpos
es n all, an amount exceeding one tmrd
pf th whole amount of the funds hereby
con scried to them.
30 The remainder of the funds sha,
constitute a permanent fund and shall 1.
so in tested in Bank Stock in some oft.To
Bank of this Stale, or in uch their mode
of investment as .shall render the capital
safe, nd productive, and the interest and
profit accruing from the same shall be ap
propriated for the use and benefit of the
University.
CI. And be it further emcted that the
among the colleges of the University,
each of which will be provided with Pro
fessors and teachers, so that each s indent
can have as much aid, and as thorough
training in them, as may be necessary.
It is on principles similar fio thee, that
the celebrated and venerable Universities
of Germany and of England are conduct
ed; and why should not we avail our
selves of the wisdom aad experience of
other ages, and other countries?
3. Thus is another feature s of this j tn
deserving esoecial notice. It entrusts
Communication.
Tbe
. - s -
Fcr Martbal! Owotr Hcp.i:
greatinte:inalimprove.ie.m
meeting at wyatt.
Pursuant to prevwa3 notice, a ianre
numberxif the citizeas of Laiayette asd j a sort Lrz a i 'rrpsrtri V..s zrocrt-.L.
Ma rshaa count js assembled at tf, Wyatt f cf this rreetl-r, zs'ihel? rvrrzzzrjs- 1j si
i iotel, on Saturjay t?e SJd Cay of Deccna- kgU'irrre whxis wr :zzcd br zbvtzZ ves
.OiiOw, z-es:, rue L't. JwC z. l iit,
Maj. Veer Pee'J-n. E.t z, D.
" vci, an,i rz: e A!t?. rrizre-i iUr
1, for the purple of taking into caasii
rotion the most efficient and ext Lzlo
Hie HJiriieUJilir- umuui ui "it c-.uiitBiy . .
... rv.ir ;n . i-,,v, tt,o, .mtrn JCiajr,
IV Ol lii" iuiici . .. vi.v ....... .w- j
erstion the most enicient and ext
measures for removing the obstructions is
tbe Tallahatchie River.
Tie meetinc was organised, by ciTIIaz
AS. 31. HOWRY, ol Oxford u tis
and appointing .V. D. Ilrrocrss,
Esq., Secretary. The object of the sreet-
ire
jingas explained by an app rcprule
i - !srech from the chair, which was d
. - . . . .
4 ;-jed in a very forcible and anyraie-i nias-l.
late. This will preclude ad ground for
arnreheusion mat ."c-ctanan inuuenffs
wi'l he exerted unon tiie stulenU.
religious denomination can have iir
own college, and thus brini their sin nts
under fuch regulations as they may ;nk
best. Thus, wh-ie they regulate the 11 u
mtion of their vouth in the manner bst
n Treenhle lo thernselves.tthev rslace
within reach ol all the advantages of the rr.ee Usg. v..
State University. How much better is jerson. Jno;. 1'f.
v.;, f,.r r., t ,.i.r,t ofM;. James Aiti, u. u.-
,r V: J "w:" V. r . V'77"iO. Carter, f be committee hair.g retired
ht:rdred ar.i twtr-e perKs-s.
irr rt-t'e.-r. Tir: Dr. H 'dI-ri A
Peterr ar i A. D- Il-ts.
3.
r . r- r -
I i.-,-k 'z"jz z'S "Vi?z "a-"'"5-,
On motion of iPeterson, Esq., tb-i -ej
following gentlerj a-pnted by JAMS H- HOWRY.C
the chair, a h draft a preaaic e A- D. H'-r-Ht.
d reso;utu- o tne ste ol
IL Alien, A Pei-
i- G. liu'Jer, Col
James Aisto, D. Graham and Dr. Rob't.
Uni.er'ity of the State of Miss, shall be
loca.ed at
with thir successors in office sftall con
titute a body politic and corporate, in
"jet and in law, by the name of The
Trutt'-s of the Uni er. ity of the State
f Mtssiisipj i;" and by that name they
id their successors shall ha'e perjetuttl
;cceiori, j o-Aer to sue and b suerl, to
sake and ue a common seal and alter the
ime at r!eaure; to hold projerty real
id personal of any kind and amount, in
e siir?p!e or in trust, for the purpose of
rort.oti.'jg the interests of the said Uni
ysity, and to buy and sll and other
ise dispose of a:;i aojuire lands and
attels.
6 Vacancies in the Board of Trustees
all be f.Ued by the Board at its annual
settings, subject to a veto by the Board
" Visitors.
7 Tf e otneers of this corporation shall
3 a. Chancellor, a vice Chancellor, a
reasurer and Secretary, all of whom
ail be elected by ballot out of their own
dy.
5 Five Trustees shall constitute a quo
m: and any number present at any re--.i'.y
appointed time and lace of'meet-
!- hare power to adjourn from
i" i. :;e. The Chancellor, or if he
t aj-eit, ihe"Vi;.e Chancellor, or if he
is.);.'tt:.e:-i.ior member shall pre
tie a all the meetings, give the casting
a'e i ase : an ejual division, and shall j
i.: .f cc.ai meetings of the hJoard, by a
i.-ru.ar addressed to each member stat
,: o! ject ot the meeting and giving
-4' : days notice, ami such meet
3 shah be called whenever two Trustees,
written conun -inication to the proj er
jrson, .shall re j! ?t the same.
3 The Treasurer shall keep account of
money by him received and paid out.
s book shall be open at all times for
5 inspection of the Visiter and the
r.stecs, and he snail make an annual
:ort to the P,o.ird of Trustees.
10 The Secretary shall keep a journal
the proceeding "of the Trustees, and
:mit the same to the Board of Visiters
the annual meeting of the institution.
11 The Trustees shall have power to
Ae such by-laws and ordinances as
y shall judge most expedient for the
xomplishment of the trust reposed in
.em, provided they be not repugnant to
he laws of this State.
12 Grants made to the Trustees for
-rtain uses and purposes shall not be
" plied either wholly or in part to any
-her uses.
13 The University shall consist of the
Vpartmeats of Literature and Philojo-
19 Tbe Trustees of the university, shall
in addition to thef erection of the Univer
sity buildings, appropriate of the Univer
sity, fund the amount necessary for the
erecion of the dormitories for the ac
comaodation of the students of the sey
tral Colleges; but each College shall make
provision out of its own lunds, for all
other buldings, which :t may need.
'JO Tht Trustees of the University shall
prescribe .he extent and mode of exam
inations rurxsarv to obtain decrees, for
wr.irn stu:trits may apply through the
presiding oftcers of their respective Col
leges; but noie shall be admitted who
fail to sustain i satisfactory examination
upon the prescribed studies. Xo degrees
whatever shall b conferred by the Colleges
21 The Trusters of the University shall
prescribe the requisite qualifications for a
j admnstoa into the Coiiges, which shall
i be uniform to all; bit the Colleges may
receive trregularstudts and may gire in
struction in branclfs of learning not
provided tr by the Cniversity.
22 In case there shot id not be Colleges
esta Sihed io the manner aforesaid by
individual. Towns, Counties, or associa
tions, in sufuyent number to provide for
the Classical and Mathemat'al instruction
of the Student, then the Trustees of the
University may establish one or more to
be organised ard regulated in the manner
above describe;
23 In like matner. in case the Colleges
should not make adequate provision for
instruction in tte preparatory branch
es of education, ivshall be the duty of the
Trustees to estabfsh one or more prepar
atory schools.
2 i The Trustees of the University may
receive m trust the foundations offellow
ships,donaed by theLegis'ature or by pri
vate munificence, to sustain graduates of
the University in the prosecution of their
studies after th?y hat sustained all the
examinations of the University and ob
tiined the Degree of 'A. B. The Trus
tees may also accept iri trust foundatisns
for scholarships, to support students of
the University wlo are ander graduates;
and in all cases the conditions of the foun
dation pre-cribedtv the lonors shall be i
adhered to by the Trustees.
'23 One student from each county in
the Stale, to be recommended by the Po
lice court of the county as p-tsessing su
perior talent, but in indigent circumstan
ces, shall be entitled :o all the privileges
of the Unive rsity and of the College he
may prefer, without charge, aril the Trus
tees may, if their funds will justify itt de
fray the whole expenses ofone such
promi-ing and indigent youth luring his
-course atthe University.
26 The Trustres' shal hare power to
confer ail such degrees md literary hon
ors as are conferred bv CV.ee aad Uni
versities elsewhere, "in tihh manner as
they shall determine. - -
27 The proceeds of the sale of the
Township of land, grantej by Congress
to endow a Seminary of Itvrning jn
State of Miss, which hasben located and
sold under the laws of this State, whether
in stocks bands moneys imprest or divi
dends, or in lands, with the closes and se
curities thereto belonging, are hereby
zranted to, and declared to Llong to said
Trustees of the University 0f the State
REMARKS UPOXwTIIE PI.AN.
1. It will secure the most wise and safe
administration of the affairs of the Uni
versity.
The teachers will be responsible to the
trustees, the trmtees to the visitors, the
visitors to the legislature, and the legis
lature to the. people. The fund for its
endowment belongs to the people, but they
cannot themselves superintend its appro
priation and management, and they en
trust it lo their representatives, the mem
bers of the Legisiature. But the members
of the legislature cannot attend in person
to this important business, and therefore
they appoint suitable men from each Ju
dicial District to perform this' office' for
them. These can meet once a year and
examine into all the afFairsand operations
ot the University, but living remote from
one another, they could not hold such fre
quent meetings as would be necessary if
tney had cirect 'control over the internal
arrangement? of the institution. There
fore another Board is appointed of smaller
number who may live not very remote
C . L T T .
jrofii uie university, wno can meet as
often as necessary, and to them is en
trusted the immediate management of the
Institution. It is important that this
board should not be subject to unnecessa
ry changes of its members, because, when
men hye become acquainted with the
anairs, and interested in the success, and
identified with the prosperity of the Insti
tution, 'hey of course are best, fitted to
manage its affairs. Bes:des,if there should
be frequent chances in the Board of trus
tees, there would be also frequent changes
in the faculty, and this, as everv one
knows, is ruinous to any Seminary of
Learning. Unless we can oiler perman
ence of situation, we cannot obtain the
services of the best Professors.
2. This plan provides for thorough and
extensive education, and contempfates a
university m lact.as well a in name.
The Department of Literature and Phi
losophy, is designed to have Professors of
Natural Philosophy, Classical Literature.
Intellectual Science, English Literature,
Elocution, Philosophy of History, Politi
cal Economy, Application of the Sciences
Civil Engineering, Modern Languages,
&c, Szc.
In most of these, instruction is given
chiefly by Lectures, and of course one
Professor can instruct a room full of Stu
dents, as easily as five. These studies are
important parts of a liberal education,and
every College must provide for them, the
best way it can. Suppose there were six
Colleges in different parts of the State,
they must have teachers for all these
branches;and suppose them so to combine
them, that three Professors could give in
struction in all. The six Colleges would
require eighteen men for these depart
ments. Xow if these College? -vere
brought near each other,the same lectures
might be attended by all the students.
Therefore a single branch might be assign-1
ed to one man, so that the Professors
might all excel in their respective depart
ments, and yet not half so many men be
needed for them, as in the other case. This
plan therefore diminishes the number of
men necessary, and renders them much
more competent for their duties, than the
usual plan of our institutions of learning.
But in teaching the matheniatics, and
the Ancient Languages, the opposite
course is necessary. These must be taught
by recitations. Each student must not
only be examined upon his lesson, but
drilled in it, until the teacher knows that
he thoroughly understands it. Therefore
the classes should be small, and the teach
ers numerous.
Our American Institutions are greatly
deficient on this point, and therefore they
make so few accomplished scholars, and
therefore classical learning is in danger
of falling into disgrace. For this defi
ciency our plan provides a remedy, by
distntr
.1 1
will
I;
- M M
ale funds, and of compe-
fessors, fail to rnaie them much
..an Grammar scholars.
he plan pro
ft as much tx
s the College
rforrn the most,
ching, they
the Unive i
jultiesof n.ain
It is much casie
boys, in small ' se
one collected mas
influences exerte
riosed.
, , . ,
?nefite ft
bv J I
X 1
JfBes
u mrou
:ncr tnese branches of education
University
v the Colle-
While thev
rious part of
e ir.ejracul
most of the
scipiine.
govern men, or
bdies, than in
ides, the moral
zh theColIece,
will greatly facilitate the work discipline.
This can be brought to bear by the Pro
fessors in the Colleges, upon any indii
ual student, by means of example, pri
vate counsel and adrnonitioi, lectures in
moral science which should belonz to the
Colleges, and especially by the truths of
Divine Revelation, to which the mighti
est minds have done reverence, and which
alyne are adapted to rectifyjsnd develop,
our moral powers
To tempt to exclude the religion of
the Bible from a University, and con
duct it upon the principles f Infidelity
would be folly. The experiment -was
made in the University of Vjsinia,nd
it was soon found that the caise of learn
ing could not prosper, withonvthr pursu
ance of its guardian Angel, Gristianity.
She wastharefore invited to tie up her
abode within its walls, and he vo;c is
now heard there from the lipsf her ser
vants. The experiment has been tried
in other instances, and the restlt has been
alike in all, a eompUte faUun. It may
tharcfore be regarded, as the bland and
wholesome influences of the christian re
ligion are necessary to our Seoinaries of
learning.
To give the control of theBtate Uni
versity chiefly to men of one denomina
tion, would excite the jealousytf the oth
ers, and lead them to establishtbeir own
Colleges.
To distribute the offices ameig the dif
ferent sects, would lay a fouriation for
discord in the faculty, and affod occasion
to introduce men of inferior qixlifications
into it, merely because thev vere of the
sect to which the next appoiament was
due.
It is believed that no subjec awaits the I
action of the legislature, of eqpal import
ance with the State University It will be
a mighty engine for good or for evil.
The writer-therefore will not be regard
ed as olficious in presenting tiese reflec
tions, in ihe form that seemet best suiiea
to make the plan understood.
A Ullbn.
for a few minutes, reported the fo-.owin:
hereas, A large pcrt;oa of tr;e an
iens of North Mtsjis'ippi are deeply in
terested in the navigation of tr.e Talla
hatchie liver, and to a great extent de pea-
dent upon it as the only meas.s of export
ing the productions of the Country to fshL'Iin, iher w
f
r .
I 0&
J
t M:sru5 rrxiiio.t. The foTbr
in is the zkizzz parrg-rspjs c tbe
will ol rarncr riecrr. -i zz? n-jw
dkpoted of all rsjvr
fajnujr there I c
wih I Cdclj gire f
tb christian rtlif
thi znd 1 Lad c
market, as weii as un porting ue ntcesary Ijf xhtr bzdzol tL J vea
article of nrute.mber&tSan the worll?rf-wi ir
numerous orrstructiori in tbe channel o; - - - - r , .
the river, to-ether with the orerban-in ! Pr f ::i:0a - CC.:r2.-
timber, impedes ilws progres of boats aid 1 7 persap C1jC
renders the navizatloa more
uncertain.
deatb-bd optsioojizd t cc that ac-
cuct alone of sreat xa!u- II ocr
tb t - - . tra, w
liut, wrereas, xrom acioai expr;eacto us l,x 1 AtrrcjL licrtrr m-
it is ascertained, to the entire satisictkxs frcrc
of all acquainted
little irnpro
of great use
ess fnl f hort to mr3:hrae-rer-
with ti.e tacts, titt itii U,3rw w or ti a-icwertb?
vemenCthe nvercoc-i be csade I r - ' , , . .
and importance to ad the V:2rC: XXZ
Counties, and wotd be tg.elUk tJ . j .
Northern
means of establishing, and fosterlr a
market-place within tne limits of our own
state, as well as abolishing the cormeebwn
which we are driven to keep up with tfve
inhabitants of a diderent state, who Lave
not a siogle feeling in common with us.
narrow and grind ing policy must e v ides.
ly impoverish the whole country. Asd
are we, for want of a caall sum of rrorey
la be appropriated to the river, to shecit
patiently, thus to be devoured by tie
peddling papulation ot a border state!
We trust not, and we call upon its eg-
proTA a mas, il e rus the
world ard m-c hi om coL
bjotl or Kfnrsx. og vca
T .ci'B-etr. U "i.3. i. i-f-a
lature to deliver us froa this tiiAe sy-suct V-rt ti. ccqtt 'osmuzer aa. ii
and afford us the mean ot opening a di- sir-xj. if
rect trade through the natural channel 1! ZJZ
V lcksburg, where, from the character tef ia sd laC
the citizens, and the importance of the city j gsx. Sxse m'ik.x tat 20 fiweswais im.
we have the most lively hups of Eliding xi. eae-tL icae--e i
a market in everv particular adapted U i Li cf i!s mxtiz. Lt a n
the wants and wishes of the northern !7 JTf?
counties. And w he reas, tfi lively interest , m. Kf l. rsx is tairiaais
manifested by the public-spirited citizen ; a-.,;T skst ni 1? ti resauszz isse.
of i'ontotoc COUntV, n Uie prospemy etToiHi 6fT e--rsX rraer ssa z cacs
the country, and the navigation of the ai liertt-r uir-
Tallahatchie river br erecting a turnpike
road from Pontotoc to the county bae in
the direction of Wyatt, with the expecta-
Lai f V--v3cv vszZ 7 aa & .
tion of sending their cotton to the river cuna tii 12? w ui -
Sice lev tia..t iviCH ifcl ta iack
j(ctrt izs Estai'e jsmry. mstirmtx wi w-
From the Nashville JJrioiu
THE FARMERS.
The following tribute, by a New Eng-
and Clergyman, to the virtue and patriot
ism of the farmers of our country, is not
more beautiful aid eloquent than true.
They are the sheet anchor of the nation
-uncontaminated by the general degene
racy of the times, and to be relied upon
with the utmost confidence in all emer-
r - 1 " ! a
gencies. vve take pnoe in aymg uiai
the rrreat mass of the democratic party
is composed of the independent tillers of
the earth.
" There i3 one class of men upon whom
we can as yet rely. It b the same class
that stood on the little green at Lexing
ton: that gathered on the heights of Bun-
kerhiii. and poured down trom tne nu is 01
New England, and which were the life
blood of the nation when the English Hon
wa3 ready to devour it. I mean the lar-
I- . -
mers. 1 ney were never louna irampung
on law and right : were I to commit my
character to any class of men ; my fami
ly and my country's, it would be the far
mers. , I hey arc a class ot men sucn as
the world never saw for honestv, intelli
gence and Roman virtue, sweetened, by
the gospel of God. Asd when thha-
tion quakes, they and their sons are those
that will stand by the sheet aachors of
our liberties, and hold the ship at her
moorinjrs till she outrides the storm.
An old lady reading an account of the
death of a venerable and distinguished
lawyer, who was said to be "the father
of the Philadelphia bar," exclaimed, "poor
man! he had a dreadful noisy set of chil-
drenP
for shipment, is sufficient to show that the
active co-operation of that county may be
relied on, in aiding still further in the
works of Internal Improvement. And,
whereas, the increasing wealth and intel
ligence of the people of this country, to
gether with the multiplied dLmcuItes of
the past and the prospects cf the future,
demand, that speedy and efficient mea
sures be adopted to build up a home mar
ket, the necessity of which is satisfactory
proven by every days occurrence. And,
whereas, in the opinion 01 this meeting,
u ta tie scireae c
2aa of tie
1 .
vacTTrisZtn m tax ss-;-
cf it paer wi"A oqt Xifc5t??t csrresary aal
sA tae i-so- af tai 3axk ro at
rJa wia ti WC mmsxj tbat ?-
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oT 5abcrlbcr-
Wit. P. RING.
J. . CU2TX.
JXQ. E. WTI.-SOV,
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nothintr b wanting to consumate these f r jetoa ctm raxa-
sirable objects; deliver the people from ail
a - a
the grievances above innumerate!, ana
establish the commercial importance ot
this country, but an appropriation by the
legislature, sufficient to remove the o
structions in the river. Be it therelore
Resolved. That a committee of five be
appointed to draw a petition or memorial
to the legislature, asiing an appropriation
for the improvement of the Tallahatchie
river, and to procure signers to the same.
Resolced, That the Tallahatchie river is
navigable for boats of one hundred and
fifty tons burthen, and that this meeting
is of opinion that twenty thousand collar
woufd be a sufficient amount to the sum
already subscribed, and could hereafter be
raised from private individuals, to put the
river in ood condition for running boats
of that class.
Resolved That our representatives be
instructed to use all honorable exertions
to procure an appropriation at the ap
proaching adjourned session of the iez 5 Ma
ture. Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to correspond with L'te owners
of boats and other persons at Viclsbarg,
and Manchester, on the subject ef bring
ing boats in the river during the present
winter and spring.
Resolved, That as the citizens of Payola,
Desoto, Tippah, and Pontotoc counties,
are equally interested in securing the be
nefits resulting from the navigation of the
TaJNatchie river, that they be requested
to ikuct their respective member ia the
legisiature to vote an appropriation suffi
cient to the accomplbhnient of the objects
of this meeting.
After the above preamble and resolu
tions were read, R. Jossely a, Esq. addres
sed the meeting in an able and eloquent
speech.
The vote was hea taken oa the pream
ble and each reflation senarateJr. which
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