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Colonies — to establish tarnation without representa- 
tion — think a,gain, tlioughtfol reader, what must be 
the inevitable result ? 
Is it not a di^eadful blight sent upon our fields 
by the poisoned breath of a national assembly ? 
We can stand the rot, the rust, the sore-shin, 
the caterpillar, the boU-worm ; but, oh ! may a 
kind Providence and coming patriots deliver us 
from the merciless tax of a radical Congress. 
W. J. B. 
Senatosia, Miss., September 1, 1866. 
In the preparation of this book the following 
works have been consulted, and liberal extracts 
made from them, viz. : 
Patent-Office Eeports, 1854, '55, '66, '57. 
New American Cyclopaedia — article " Cotton," 
Wailes's "Agriculture and Geology of Missis- 
sippi." 
Keport on Geology of Mississippi, by Professor 
Harper. 
Keport on Geology of Mississippi, by Professor 
Hilgard. 
Eeport on Geology of Alabama, by Professor 
Tuomey. 
