The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-02-09
NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR'S
POLITICAL CONSISTENCY. &c.

NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR'S
POLITICAL CONSISTENCY, &c.
Messrs. Strange and Brown, the loco foco
Senators from North Carolina, have signifi-
ed in the Senate, their determination to dis
regard the resolutions of the Legislature of
their State, touching the Leg Treasury,t the
Expungng Resolutions, and other matters
These men have hitherto been among the
NEST ch,morous for obedience to instruc-
tons, and the duty of The representative.
under all circumstances, to obey the wishes
OF his Constituents, or TO res gh his trust into
their hands. Bat ,hey,i IKE most ephemeral
democrats and perpetual denagogues, look
with very different eyes upon the rule when
it is brought to bear against themselves.
They now seel, TO shuttle oul of obedience
TO the known and expressed wishes of their
constituents, on the flimsv preeAt that The
Legislative resolutions do not assume the d.
rect and positive force of instructions but
are only an expression of the opinion of the
General Assembly on the various uijec,s
to which they relate! Yes, in the American
Senate, these representatives of a sovereign
State, have sought to shield themselves from
the odium and disgrace of disohedience un-
der this naked and contemplate technical
evasion!! We are glad TINY have done 50.
We wish the people to discover the shallow
ness of the pretensions of wide-mouh he'd
demagogues-whatt the camoring for high
prime iples is worth-how readily their tune
changes, when ''the chalice is commended
to their own lips,' and how soon they deSer,
the standard when it is to be borne up and
defended by their own hands, and at the OK
pense of their own interests.
Let these loco foco pretenders 60 back 10
the constituents whose declared wishes
they have dsrcgarded, and we fear not the
result Of the reckoning.
| LOUISIANA LAND CLAIMs.-Thc Legisla-
ture Of Louisiana has passed some spirited
resolutions demonstrating with Congress 70,
lis refusal to act upon the old B,ran Bastrop,
Mais"n Rouge, and Winter Land Claims.
The resolutions set forth he necessity oi
prompt action On the part of Congress, and
complain, that, although Louisiana was the
first ceded territory, she is the only one
whose land claims remain unadjusted.
| As the matter now stands, the cIaiman mis-
cannot bring their grievances before the
Courts; i, being an established rule of law
that no individual can sue the Government
without its permission: and Congress, by
refusing to authorize claimants to bring &C.
tons for the establishment Of their titles, eE
fectual'y closes the door of justice against
them.
The course Of policy on the part Of the
General Government is not only clearI,
wrong, and injurious TO individual claimants
but is operating to the serious dctriment o
The State, by retarding the settlement ant
cultivation of some Of the best lands within
lts borders.
| We perceive by the reported debates
that some members of the Louisiana Legis
la'ure took very high grounds in the discus
sion Of the resolutions above named; and re
commended, that, in case Congress shoul
refuse to act upon this last request, th
State, on its own responsibility, shout,
take the matter into its own hands. and d
herself that Justice which is denied her b
the General Government" ~
PRETTY Coon Some Yankee edito
says, 1.-THE best humbug Of the day, afie
the gold bill, is the declaration of war b
Mexico against France.n
!. The Pacha Of the Island of Gambia ha
! been murdered, and the Turkish and Greel
population have set up governments in op
position = the Egyptian authorities