Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-04-11

y silpn ph the part III Inc western repfg
q sensation, the charter finally passed. III
: Legislature, and tlr interior are now aai
| mated by the belief that the completion b
$ the Road will be accomplished nj a da,
not very far distant But even nov, a,
though II must be o11.tal, even by tht
most bigottcd opponents of the Road, tina
the demonstrations 6l popular Appreciation
arc decidedly in its favor, the company
are threatened with legal pros.rution i
they should altempt 10 extend the ROAD
through the State OF Misst sppL
The course which mas oQen pursued
with regard 10 the establishment Of q
Branch ofthe COMMERCIAL Bank at Holmes.
vile, may also be cited as,turnshing a
striking proof Of what | have oeeil AZ.
tempting 10 show When the Bank was
incorporated, il was agreed thar in differ
ence 10 the wishes Of ihe members from
the middle md eastern 0octions of the
Stute, and the wants al the pGcple, a
y ''s.,t A4.ssaS 49, e V. snpnp,, 81. Zps.s n
( ~ the requirements Of The charhr It's
rendered necessary that the Branch should
commence operations within SIX ntnths
from the time atwhich the Parent in&Nu.
| ton III Natchez began 10 do business Bun
we find so lar from this being the case.
more than nine months are suffered 20
eIapse before the Bank makes its appear.
ance, and then in manner which shews
the great Difference and respect observed
towards the wishes and representations Of
the Delegates 10 the Legislature from the
county where the Bank is located, and the
adjoining counties, and the united voice Of
the people who are most interested in the
Bank. ......-.
When II was known that Branch orthe
bank would be located az HoImcsvile. the
members of the Legislature ltom Pike aud
some of the negbbouring counties, togetA-
er with some Of the woathost and most
influential citizens of those counties, ex-
erted themselves TO convince the Directory
ot-the mother Bank Of the proprietv of
selecting the officers who were 10 take
charge Of the Bank from amongst the ci- I
uzons among whom il was located. This |
request, reasonable and rational all must
admit, was contemptuously refused, and in
defiance Of the unanimous wishes of the .
people, officers are sent to preside over
.leIr bank, who are entire strangers TO
hem, and consequently extremely unac-
capable.
with these gentlemen, or with their a.
'lhty to discharge faithfully the duties
which, as officers of the Bank, will deyove
m hem, | am entirety uuac9uuinted It'll.
not TO them. hnt tn tAe principle ingolT<.7
a. "hpcN 0Dlecl' W hcn IICn. Jackson =
IMPORTS officers from Tennessee. 20 take
,harge Of the Land Offices 10 Mississippi,
he people Of Natchez arc heard to raise
heir voices in holy horror at the stretch
If power, or rather Of the gross inlraction \
If their rights. When the people of the
nteriorof Mississippi request that officers
nay be selected from amongst themselves ,
o manage their own pecuniary ins,itu-
ions. their wishes are sighted and their
editions disregarded, and our Matches ,
rsends are thus guilty of precisely the !
anne conduct, which in Gen Jackson they +
o strongly, and in my opinion, 50 Justly f
isapproved.
But have done, could have extended =
MS communication to a much greater :,
myth, but the fear of trespassihg TOO .
luch upon your columns admonishcd me ~,
the propretyof saying no nja92-lny y
'e'ngs would not permit me to say less. u
cant, however, resist the temptation be- Il
re laying down my pen, of giving the g,
dltor Of the Courier what conceive to i,
a wholesome piece Of advice, never to n
1pugn the motives of others without first -,
nyincing himself that his own are above sl
spicion, and to remind him of a trte but ~
tremeIy useful adago, that people who rs
re in glass houses should be careful how W.
ey throw stones" ANTE. ",
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