Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-02-03
I To the Publisher ofMe Liberty AdpOcate. ]
JACKSON, Jan. 90, 1888.

To-day the House has presented a scene
OF vivid interest. This morning the mo-
ton for reconsidcring the decision of the
House, concurrng in the resolution Of the
Senate, proposing to take up Pray's Code,
was called up. The Sergeant at Arms
was despatched after absent members, and
soon succeeded in bringing up the default
crs. So soon as the absent members were
paraded, motion was made to ad Journ
till 10 o'clock on Monday, but was ost.-
The evident object being 10 smother the
motion to reconsider. All was i'll vain. II
prevailed by vote Of AZ TO AZ. A mo-
lion was then made to postpone the fur
Their consideration Of the resolution I'LL the
ist day Of January, 1889. This likewise
prevailed by vote of At to AZ. Fhere
was but one member absent; and this de-
cision of the House may be regarded as
settling the question Of Pray's code vo-
ted to postpone, and would have voted
for its rejection, had the question been pre-
scented in that shape. | do regard this
postponement as equivalent to its rejection
The reasons for my vote are simply these:
All the plans proposed for the lnVest'ga-
ton of the code, conceived 10 be nothing
else but an attempt Chough mistlhed) 10
force it down upon the House as u who,e'
am not one of those to be forced into the
adoption of measures | CONCEIVE to DC
wrong. could not sacrifice my liberty
Of thought-my conscience, at the shrine
of party dictation. would never consent
10 sustain the reputation Of any man, at
the expense of the public; for it is as evil
dent as the MONDAY sun, TO any one VINO
has been among the members, that ii Gen
Pray had not have been the author OF the
Code, it would have been rejected long
since. To build up men at the cost OF
ones country, is bad policy The last Le-
rislature ordered 1900 copies of the laws
of the State to be compiled, and they are
now ready for delivery, or rather, they
are printed and soon will be here; $4,000
have been paid for the publication Of this
work prefer the compilation to Pray s
code, and will state my reasons IN erfenSo
at future time. 1t seems to be the gen.
oral opinion that the Legislature will moi
ROMAN in session more than three weeks
Since the decision Of the House in relation
to the Revised Code, the House has incur
red the displeasure Of the good Democrats
for the course it has pursued towards the
labors of their Hercules. So soon as the
decision was announced, their eyes gowed
with indignation, and there was weeping &
wailing, lamentatiou,and CRASHING ofteeth
The Union Bank Bill has not come uE
for its third reading The orders of the
day are somewhat accumulated, and, per
haps, it may not be reached before the
middle of next week 1t is conceded by
all that it will pass.
There seems 10 be great excitement per
yading our Canada frontier, OH account o
the recent aggressions oftho British, ! nj
President Of the Union has issued his FRO
clamaton, commanding strict neutra'l
tx between the belligerant parties, New
York is deeply aroused at the nagran
outrage of the British troops. May I'M
cloud soon pass away, and leave usa clea
and serene sky. =,
On next Monday the election Tor =
States Senator comes on, the result