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and appropriate this landed fund, of 500 600
acres of laEd. donated to US by Congress for
the specific purposes of internal improve.
men:, ID the payment Of the bonds due on
The Planters Bank This is evidently a
perversion ofthat trust fund, and base vi


ola,ion Of faith without any apology what.
ever. The Demagogues who advocate this
disposition OF the fund pretend that at a fu>
ture time the people will be taxed, for III


purpose of refunding TO the State the amount
Of money for which these lands NAV be
sod, and the money thus raised by fara


tim to be applied to the purpose of internal
impropemeat. When the time comes "a
roand for taxation. to refund this money,
you will find these same demagogues again
dodeing the question of taxation, fearing to
meet their constituents and telling them,
that they as represe III atives, sustained any
proposillon for axation for the payrnen, of
the acknowledged just debts of The people


Thus tbs land. probably foisted upon the
creditors Of the State OF bend holders at an
exo,bilant price, will be misapplied. and
our State mast probabiY be thrown back q
haf century ~ Improvements. Is this pro
gfeSsare Democracg !? We need improve
menss nop. We need ievees upon the banks
of the Mississippi river. Our smaller
streams should be cleared of distractions, so
that the planter may be brought nearer to
market. We want roads and divers otLer
impro vements. yet we are to be denied these
important facilities. because these dema>
gogue:cal make shifts fear 10 say taxation II
the people. in order hat the deb,s OF the peo-
pie my be liquidated in a Straigh, forward


manly manner How Is the State to be
repaid for re'iuqolShins Ibis important fund


if not by taxation | Sha,l we at a future
day Be better prepared for taxation than al


the present time ? No. OH ye time
serving, twisting, dodgng, rePud1ating set
of political empyrics. dare We no: face the
questions Of the day2 Questions forced
upon yourselves by your own blind attempts
at legislation. that have rendered you ridic-
uIons in the eye of your Country for the
last fifteen years. AT another time | may


have some thing more to say upon this sub
jeci. when have more leisure than [ now
have at my command for | write whilst
Mr.. Harris, from Copiah. is relieving him>
self of speech ard communicating the
members. LOWNDES.