The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-10-30

sble currency. mn fully aware that The !
great objection on tho part Oftho 4hanks g |
.uch issues. is thai they CURTAiL THEIR
PROFITS. This argument however ahoDld
not have much force, their imprc1ident
has mainly contributed 70 the
present disoJganized state Of our currency,
and they should cheerfuily coonsribute their
aid in giving to the people, at the earliest
possible period, a SOUND CURRENCY
r. j. WALRER-HIs OPINIONS g.
HIS CONSISTENCY.
This geutleman claims for himself with
no little self-complecency, the character Of
M one Of the most consistent politicians
Of the age. f It was true that he always
entertained the same opinions which he now
processes to entertain, 1t would only prove.
ihathe has been obstinate in error and viii.
fully blind TO the truth. We are not dispo-
sed however, to allow him the poor merit Of
having been consistent. The maxim says
snone are all evil every one has some re-
|deeming qualities. Mr.. Walker forms no
exception 10 the rule. He has at times
seen gIimpses Of the truth and has had the
courage to say so. We propose TO show in
d connected view some Of the most promi-
nent fergiversations Of this gentleman, and
/ il he or his friends can reconcile them let
them do so. e.ss
Up to the time when Gen. Jackson reno
we'd the deposites, Mr.. Walker was con-
sistent advocate Of his administration, SO far
as we know, for previous to that period he
had taken no active part in politics. That
outrageous violation Of the constitution and
laws or the country was too stong even for
| him to bear. He sprayed God to forgive
him for having voted for Gen. Jackson p
He tore the sock from his neck, saying
sth,s d-d collar has been too tight fol
long time,' abiding to the Jackson collar
which he had worn so long. About the
same time he addressed to Judge Black the
following letter, the best he ever wrote'-
II has been published before, hut It is ne
cessary to our argument, and we re-pub'
lish it:
| NArcHEz, March I, 1884.
tDear Sir:--As promised atour part
ing to give you my views on any subjec
| which might be interesting 10 your common
constituents, hasten to say that Mississip
pi will with great unanimity sustain you o.
the deposite question. In fact the p9bti'
i ooice loudly demands restoration q TIN
!. Deposites, and the creating bankto suppl!
a general currency. A State bank can n
more supply and govern the general curre'
cy than State government can direct an
i control the affairs of the nation. Go on
i your constituents are with you, the countr.
/ mus, be relieved from the frigh.ful scenes Q
/ distress which have visited US.
/ In haste as the boat is leaving.
Yours truly,
i Mr.. Walker has lately endeavored :
show that there is nothing in this letter !
prove that he was in favor of q Nationo
; bank. Even If this defence was not too Il
d,culous 10 gain even monentary evidence
It would be q sufficient answer to It to sn
, that he was avowedly writing to Jadg
: Black on ssuhieots interesting to hls consti
uents., that Congress can charter but on
kind Of q bank, and that q Nali0naI bank
. IF he meant any other kind Of 4 bank, VIII
should he write to Judge Black about = ma
ter with which, he could have nothing e d
and that too 10 . letter avowcoly written
haste, and consequently not likely 70 be bu
thened with extraneous mattersf The Ie
, ter however, speaks foritself Our readeI
, can understand it without any explanatlol
j and Mr.. Walker has but one earthly chanc
! Of proving that he meant anything exce[
+ what Is ia the letter, and that is by acknou
edcinp that he did not understand the NEAR
, inr Of the plainest terms ofthe English laa