The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-09-06

Private vices, however detestable, have not
dignity sufficient to attract censure Of thepress,
unless they are united with the power of doing
some signal mischief to the community.
If any course expressions have escaped me,
am ready to agree that they are unfit for Ju-
MUS to make use OF; but see no reason to ad-
init that they have been improperly applied
JUEIUs.
We noticed in the last Yazoo Banner, Judge
Campbell's Address to the voters of Yazoo
county, declaring himself candidate for the
State Senate, in the place Of Mr.. Grayson,
deceased. Really the Judge seems to hum
ger and thirst after office, as much as the
veriest loco-foco in the land. In his address,
he declares himself in favor of the passing
of Redemption Law. Although such ex-
traordinary times as the present may, justly,
perhaps, demand measures of relief equally
extraordinary, yet we cannot, for moment
think Of adopting any measure, which like
a Redemption Law, is chimera of such
injurious tendency. The tenure ofproperty
bought at Sheriffs' Sales, having incident to
it such an obvious clog as Redemption Law,
would be too uncertain, and liable to give
birth to too much litigation and various con-
fusion and dispute between the former holder
and claimants under or from him, and the
purchaser. to induce the few men who hold
cash in our community, to lay out their
money in this way. No rate of interest which
the Law might attach to the right of redemp-
ton, would compensate the money holder
for all the uncertainty and vexation likely
to invest an expenditure in this way. Be-
sides, as we all know, at this time there is
no telling the degree, to which money in
the hands ofsuch shrewd and active money
dealers, as there are in this State, is ordinar-
lily pulifc when expended in other of the
very numerous and certain channels of
money-making now in existence. By the
passage of Redemption Law, fees would
be made to flow in abundance to the pock-
cts, not of these only who are skilled in the
"nice sharp qualities of the law" but of
those who, possessing neither professional
intelligence nor integrity, deal in the quirks
and bubbles only of the Law. For the above
reasons, we deem that the bidders for pro-
perty at Sherifs' sales would be much re-
duced in number, and, of course, the pro-
perty would sell for much less sum than
it now does. fragrant and irremediable in
Justice to the creditor would thus be achieV-
ed. And the debtor himself, BY reason of
the numberless contingencies, accidents and
uncertainties incident to human life, would
frequently find his right to valuable property
gone from his grasp without having at the
same time his weight of debt adequately
reduced. Such measures, too, as that of a
Redemption Law, are generally designed by
those who want some electioneering hobby
and for this reason, we are bound to sus-
pect their intrinsic purity, if not their actual
expediency.
Viewing Judge Campbell's professional
character, we cheerfully accord to him talent
and attentive industry. But we are sorry
to pause here AS man he has suffered
himself to lie under a cloud of charges, fatal.
if true, to his character for common honesty.
The charges were made publicly, in the
winter Of 1886, in this place, by Judge
Montgomery, who is noted throughout the
State for his frmness and spotless integrity
as well as for The possession of very credi-
table degree of talent. Judge Campbell has
not, so far as we are aware, either resented
those charges, like man of honor, nor has
he given to the public such authentic infor-
nation on the subject, as is sufficient to in
duce belief of their incorrectness. He has
published some certificates, it is true, but
the public never said that they were alto.
gether satisfactory; nor indeed, did we deem
them SO. We should not be surprised il
Judge Campbell were not little indebted
for the Offices which have been heretofore
confded to has care and possession, to cry
of persecution, gotten up privately by hii
immediate friends. But we ask, whether
| in truth, there has ever existed any such
thing as the persecution of Judge Campbell
We are not aware of any persecution, and
we do think, that Judge c. has had very
good luck on this score.
We cannot think, for our part, Of choosing
a representative, who would permit hii
rights and character as man, to be tram
pied upon, without adequate resistance
We can place no confidence in the firmnesl
of such man. We know not what Graf
may not sulIy and weaken the guardianship
and representation of our own politica
rights. We cannot, therefore, feel that ou
political rights are invested with safety, j
placed in Judge campbell's hands.
IN addition, Judge Campbell belongs t,
neither Of the two great contending parties
The is every mans man. This we holC
to be very serious objection. These ar,
times when it behooves each and every MAJ
to battle in the cause of one party or th'
other-or else, the great wheel of govern