Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-08-17

/ shnpaslers.- Sc Senate Journal
An act to prevent the banks Of this Stat
from declaring dividend on their stock t,ll the
shall resume specie payments, for this b,
/ there were 81 vo,es. "a democrats and wings
! against the bill were "a votes, democrats an
p Nhgs-Mr Speaker hing voting for ID
banks to declare dividends when they did nc
pay specie beng director and stakeholder h
went his death foT the shin Plas,ers--, Jourus
4O6.)
For tbs Real Estate Banking Company Q
Philadelphia there were &c votes, 5 OF Whom
were democrats against the bill there were 2
votes, Ii democrats and 10 wings lloust
journal, an
The Governor vetoed the Yalobusha and Tai
laha,chte Rail Road and Banking Company, an,
the lazoo Ran Road Company with banking
privileges. For the passage OF the first bill iher,
were 81 votes, % wings aud 5 democrats 10
the veto there were Is votes IL democrats an,
6 wings. For the passage of the other bill Their,
were II VOTES, / wings and s,N democrats ; a.
galost the bu aud in favor OF the veto, there
were ! 3 votes, democrats and 6 wings. House
Journal, 1915.
We como now To the last session of our legs.
laturo--let us see what was the course of the Two
parties at the last session. We Will take first the
vote on the postnote resoluhon--lhal measure
OF inlamy and pubic rum by which our citizens
are plundered Of twenty five per cent on every
thing they buy and sell The Governor inter-
posed has veto for the passage Of the resolution
voted B,nguman, Alsbury, Brown, Coffee, Far
raL Green, HadIcy. Haley, Ives, keIm Monlgo-
merry, Matthews, Ragsdale, Rayburn, Smith of
kcmpor, and Wall--l7 Counting Alsbury and
lladley as democrats, there were 8 democrats
and | 2 wings for It. Those who voted in the ne
gatlyc, aud for the veto, were Bell Boyd, Dease,
Cranberry, Kyle, Smith ot Lawrence, Tucker
Treyweek, Walker and WaIton--l 0,--and All
democrats iSee Senate Journal, 34i.) In
the House, those who voted for the resolution,
and against the veto, were King, Armat Brown
Of Copah, Brown Of Lauderdalc, Burress. Clark
Cox, Ellis of Newton, Fotc, Garland, Gholson
Goode, Harley, Hines, Hill of Ponoa, Hill of
Marshall, Holland. Hmdman, Jackaway, Saml.
Jane, Il. II, Jayne, jenkins, Joyner, Lane, Io.
per Maj shall, McIcndon, Meon, Minter Muir
Gibson, Murphey, Nel Por,iss, Philips, Reid,
Ruiz, Rupert, Roberts, Saunders, Springer SEES.
sions, Stewart Of iIinds Thompson of Yalobu.
sha, Nentrcss, and Wood OF Wilklnson--45--32
irhigs aud 10 democrats. in the negative, An.
dcrson, Burton, Carter, Frost, Grant, Hooper,
Humphreys, Jossclyn, Low, McCaskell, McRea,
Pucbeu, Stone, Ttllman- 10 Wings 4, and
democrats, Many of the democrats dJ not do
their duty on This question.
An act to amend the Benton and Manchester
Railroad and Banking Company was vetoed by
the Governor. In the House, the veto was sup
ported by only 10 votes, all democrats. See
journal, 400. In the Senate there were s votes
for the veto, all democrats but one, there were
also 8 votes against the veto. and IN favor of the
bank wings and 3 dcmoclats,--)Jor. 34s)
The closing scene Of this session was IN true
wing style, In almost the last moments Of the
session. bj was introduced by Wing member
from this county to incorporate the Real Estate
Bank Of Clinton; some half dozen other real cs-
tate banks were tackled on to it and passed ---
The bill did not get through the Senate. Anoth.
er bill had passed TO prohibit unauthorized bank.
ing, which awaited only The signature of the Gov.
ernor to become n law. Finding The real estate
bank could not be Incorporated, but would be
by the bill TO prevent Unauthorized
banking, another wing member put this bill in his
pocket and thus prevented It's becoming law.
Il should here be remembered that the mnior-
y Of the House Of Representatives Of The last
legislature vas vhig; and IN tho Senate, where
The shinplaster measures aed, the majority was
democratic,
The above statement docs not embrace the vote
pn every bank chartered, because the ayes aud
noes were not always called Enough howcy-
r., is given to show the course Of the two par
les. The names gwen show, that the same mcH
usually adopted the same policy, and therefore II
was a principle. 1t will be observed, that the
main body Of the wings invariably support the
banks, and that the main body Of The democrats
Is uniformly oppose them. The wing Governor
banks; tho democratic Governor
opposed and vetoed the charters, The Wing
Governor recommended post.notes; the democrat.
C Governor opposed and vetoed the bill auhaIiz.
M them. Il is true, that small section Of the
voting with the great mass Of the
Wigs have chartered The banks but II ls also in.
,onestible that, had the wings been rs sound on
his subject as the democrats, our State currency
would have been equivalent to specie.
I should also be remarked tina, the few demo-
rats who have acted with the wings in support Of
he banks, have usually been interested ~ these
corporations, sufficient reason why the people
hould not vote for such mou.--Ihe great mass
# the yoiets against the banks ATE invariably
democrats.
The wings alIege that the democrats have had
he majority, AMI are therefore responsible for
be Creation Of the banks. Ia other words, the
.reat mass Of tho Wing party go for the banks,
md induce small section Of the democratic
members to 60 with them, by which the banks
re chartered, and then seek 10 shat tho RESPONSE
,hy on 10 the democratic party. Thus the wings
n effect deny that they are moral agents or &C
ountable beings, and seek to shift Their own sins
m to few democrats, who have been weak or
uprinciped enough 10 aid them in this work Of
nquiiy. Such morality needs no COMMENT -
ir Prenilss and the wings may clamor TIL dooms-
lay, the evidence Of their guilt is written in the
rchives Of the country, and cannot be erased or
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