Canton herald and Mississippi intelligencer. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1837, 1837-04-21

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The Was shuHt 1919. The Bank Il
ksHia w, lml suspended specie pay
nenfa, and yeitila creditor wanlA
|n0i thdmse his esecuiih wih
|hitcmteut 20 ttke Fhaf pafeG Ne Was
.GumlsIl6d g. Waii Is Twelve naHih luf
Z sale lof specie. 80 meet lns debit
Before, ~ about Co. time, when this
exruifn lass would have come inls
IUperaiion, I've fellefof execution was
Iesleeded 20 ire years. lu the mean
time, about 1890, Che State created
the COMMON wealth Bank, without q
dollar vt subscription prirat o. pab.
Nc, NJ us owu cVpence. There Werc
some pompouy pledges of wild lands
and their revenues, and is piper was
receivable ior taxes, but the lunnda.
ton for the baak was sheer.nased.
rags, as ever existed out Of old clothes.
But bald pennilcss rs this bank was,
creditors must endorse their erecu.
tons, receivable in its bOttomless "a.
per, or take tho long shot Of
waiting years for hart, real money,
that is gold and silver. The courts
now began TO scruple at the admins.
tration Of the law; and the present
IGoyerncr of Kentucky, it is believed,
then Circuit Judge decided against
the whole system, as unconstitutional
and void, in the celebrated cases 81
Blair as. Williams, and I.apslcy u.s..
Breshear. He was arraigned for this
decision, before the Legislature; but
without any effect. The cases were
then carried to the Supreme Court OF
the State, where they were, confirm
ed. Now commenced the XaiAat. the
Legislature upon the Judhj 4 ~ its
lhighestcourt. Two Go2 A.
dair, ard Desha sounded ~ bcsin;
and u Celebrated relief leadat& started
up, in Che person OF John Rowan; the
late Sehator ofthe United States. 1t
was perhaps, deep game of ambition
with that eloquent and powerful man.
He spoke and wrote; he was both ora.
tor and author for the relief party, a.
galnst Has bctter judgment. The war
OF words and pamphlets ragged hot and
fierce in hat excitable, but noble State.
Nothing is done by halves, in the
dark and bloody grounds. The PEG.
lple pour't their whole souls ipto their
actionsi and whether they 90 to war,
or to tile polls, they do it with all
their might. The Legislature could
not be brought to address the Judges
out OF Office, by majority of two
thirds. The next measure was, to re-
organise the Court Of Appeals, by lie.
glslating the old judges out, and gel.
ting new ones in. This strong meas.
ure even went down; and the strange
sight of two Supreme Courts, was ex.
hlbltcd IN our peaceful country Of
laws. The records of the old court,
were surrcptlteouS y secured and the
two courts, each claiming to be the
highest judicial tribunal in the Com
monwealth, went on to hold court aud
to entertain appeals. Now the par.
ties rallied under the denomintion Of
Old Court and Nem. Clay, Critteh
: den, Wicklitle, Robertson most of the
lawyers of the State, and the head,
, Of the yeomanry, were enrolled Ii
: the former. Rowan, Bib, Barry
: Kendall, Blair, the Johnson's, and the
T., embarrassed with their friends, anc
generally the poorer part Of the state
, sided with the New Court party.
Matters now rapidly approach ;
crisis, about the 1924 and 1896, the
Q elections terminated in favor of the
| Old Court. General Metcalf as can
4 didate for Governor, defeated Major
S Barry the late Post Master General
and who had been Chief Justice o.
the New Court, The Legislative ell
ections soon accorded with that o.
V Governor; and the constitutions
!, Court was re-esthblisced, while THEN
|, late antagonists expired under The
c freight and odiam ofpublic opinion.-
But apart from the happy lesson o
actual peace, read by these fierce
= contentious of party, in State
n where political differences rage like
t border feuds, the operation of thu
e whole system Of Legislative interior
!. ence with debts, was productive o
S most ride spread mischief and ruin
: Costs and interests accumulated upol
:, one another, and what is sure TO b,
: the consequence of ailegal war upol
capital, property fell. Thus, Will
Y the debts were increased, the mean
h of paying them diminished, till the U
!; nited States Court first, and then tn