Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-05-14

Aissionaf ne NlisslcnaFIes 90 The Sand
wen Stands ave It IT. eonlenlplalian e send
one Of taeiF printing presses TO the Noz peFoes
AlIsslon, west q the Rocky Mounlainsl
.eoaInfUNTcA TIoN.
Mr.. Edstor, Sit III The Democrat Of
Saturday The 4thsinst.,a communication
appears over tie signature Of t0rder. of
which i IS my intention to give. a passing
notice. ia regard 10 the resolutions adop,
tod at The meeting referred to, haysbut
llftle 70 say, not having had time to exam.
ine them in all their bearings, ard did not
vote either for or against their adoptions
but must beg leave to diEier fromthe wof.
thy gentleman whose vocation II IS to
hold mp vicesin. is most revolving charac.
tiers and to present yriue 10 is most al.
Turing featnres.'' understood that the
principal object Of the meeting was 10 pre-.
vent as far as possible a recurrence Of
scenes of violence aud bloodshed, and 70
adopt as preliminary step some measures
for freeing tbe city Of the hoard Of gam.
blers that latest if not that the gamblers
of This place had any hand ia the murder
of Mr.. White, bnt that they wele danger.
Gus persons both 10 the lives and property
Of our citizens. The writer 10 the Demo.
4 erat calls The. resolutions a gross SANDER
upon our community .'s--s' 4 disgrace to
the civilized age in which we live. I'D q
sLanderOls k6ek upon he cily. The fol.
lowing questions are also propounded and
answered: 8 Do you bekeue gentleme1
that our laws are feeble, defective and 10.
efficient to the punishment Of crinle4 Dc
you believe our public officers wink at It's
perpetrationl You ksloD better genlle-
men Iii is utterly false-there IS not a
better criminal code in the Union than we
have, nor more efficient officers. Now,
truth being virtue, presume the writer
wishes to present il 10 its most allufing
features in the above extracts, that being
his vocation. He has evidently convicted
himself of being either great dolI or
knave, For how can he reconcile the two
assertions that our laws are efficient 10 the
punishment of crime and that 70 officers
are more efficient than ours, With the dailg.
infraction Of the laws, and that TOO almost
without .impunity J, and yet we are grave
ly assured by. a minister of light aud life
that we have the best criminal code and
the most efficient officers IN the Union, to
all of which might doubtiess be added line
upon line, and Precept upon precept, from
the Bursting heart and flowing eyes of the
parsou himself, and sfill.yice and crime IN
every shape Of revolving deformity build
up an ominous tower ofstreagth around
our fair city, and threaten its inmates with
neral desoIation. Oh Pafson Parson /
new suggestion presents itself tosnny
mind perhaps the fault IS yours-per.
haps you have left undone things which
you ought to have done, and pcrchaHee
done some things which you ought not Ia
have done. That the defect IS somewhere
is a clear proposition. venture the as
sertion that there are few places OF the.
same size, where there are as many gam.
blers and as much ganibling as in the town
of Columbus ;--and slitl ne have the best
code of laws and the most Efficient officers.
/ acknowledge with pride that our criminal
code is among the best in the Union, and
l acknowledge with shame that some Of
our statutes are rendered nearly inobela.
tive by some Of our officers. in saving
this, wish to be distinctly understood IS
contradicting fatty the assertion Of or
del" in regard to the efficiency 0 some 81
our officers. I Do not allude Ia Judge
Bennett or any other officer named ia his
communication. They have perhaps done
all they can or could do but is there not
another officer in this County who has not
done all that he can or could do to Dat
down gambling, and to drive these pests Of
society from our city, viii not the ne.
cords Of the Court ofthis county answer
the question: Is e not ID the recollection
Of almost every citizen thai st the last
term Of our Circuit Court there was & laroe
amount Of bonds forfeited for the non-ap.
Pearahee of these gamblers 10 answer lie
charges preferred against them. BY re-
ference 10 these bonds you win find that
IA almost every case, the security taken
was entirely insufficient one gambler
generally beng The security for smother.
sl.hey refuse e appear; The security is
worthless thus the law u The hands b
'e1ef't QtliceT g rendered nefleci
nulllly. aese same gamblers s. soon IS
Court IS over can return q ile eit,s and
hey choose. Que can spread faro table
zig ile middle ol Main He VII 81
lna ond required Is give security 81
BIS appearance 81 the next terra o fhe
cont brother chin who dealing 81
arke' feel 50 bis ecuTltF: Eht
dealer @ aicied
his app rance
mon IS eHo alia zen Is b eIstl a
'ie thus ecirfocalior srcf
oQpQ sAQ iI
a his al efficient stec6lsn 4
80 rather do r6n not con
ElnEIng 81 It Ibe.is.ien s
n 1els als recon- A.,
l'c4'e ei CO.. ) of 81
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