Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-08-03

sage of the other bill there were III
votes, ii wings and six democrats;
against the bill, and in favor Of the We
to, t',ere were l3 votes, 7 democrats
and 6whigs, Hous Journal, 1876.
We come now to the last session Of
our legisIaturc--let us see what was
the course Of the two parties at the last
session. We will take first the vote on
the post-note resolution-that meas
ures ofinfamy and public ruin BY which
our citizens are plundered of twenty
five per cent on every thing they buy
and sell. The Governor interposed
his vote; for the passage of the resolu-
ton voted Bingaman, Alsbury, Brown,
/ Coffee, Farrar. Green, IIadley, Haley.
Ives KERN, Mathews Montgomery,
Ragsdalc, Rayburn, Smith Of kemper,
4 and Wall-I7. Counting Alsbury and
Hadlcya as democrats, there were 5 dem
ocrats and u wings for it. Those who
voted in the negative, and for the veto,
| were Bell, Boyd, Dease, Cranberry,
.1Kyle. Smith Of Lawrence, Tucker,
, Treyweek, Walker, and Walion-lO,
and all democratsn See Senate
Journal, 344. In the House, those
who voted for the resolution, and
5 against the veto, were King, Armat,
: Brown of Copiah, Brown of Lauder
G dale, Burress, Clark, Cox, Ellis of New
: ton, Footc, Garland, Gholson, Goode,
rfIarley, Hines, Hill Of Ponola, Hill of
|. Marshall, Holland, Iindman, Jacka-
J. way, Saml. Jane, B. ii. Jayne, Jen-
S kins, Joyner, Lane, l.oper, Marshall,
" Mel .endon, Mellen, 1Minter, Murchi-
k son, Murphey, Ncill, Portiss, Philips,
Reid, Ruff, Rupert, Roberts, Saunders
IS Sessions, Springer, Stewart Of Hin Is
2 Thompson Of Yalobusha, Ventress
3 Wood OF Wilkinson-45,-32 phig
re and l3 democrats. In the negative
8 Anderson, Barton. Carter, Frost, Grant
Hooper, Humphreys, Josselyn. Low
cs McCaskell, McRea, Pickett, Stone
O. Tillman-I3-whigs 4, and 0 demo
,e Gratis. Many ofth democrats did no
do their duty on this question.
If An act TO amend the Benton ant
r. Manchester Railroad and Banking
9 Company was vetoed by the Governor
ut In the House, the veto was supported
id by only lG yotes. all democrats. Se'
TO Journal, AGO. In the Senate, there
le were s votes for the veto, all demo
er Gratis but one, there were also vote
ed against the veto, and in favor of tn
lie bank 5 wings and 3 democrats,-Jl
to 318.
The closing scene of this session wa
to In true whig style. In almost the las
da mament of the session, bill was intro
M duccd by wing member from TN
ed county TO incorporate the Real Estat
Bank ofClinton ;somc half dozen othe
Is- real estate banks were tackled on TO
"a and passed. The bill did not &C
n through the Senate. Another bill ha
,st passed to prohibit authorized banging
le. which awaited only the signature
the Governor TO become law. FIJI
he ding the real estate bank could not b
he incorporated, but would be suppresse
4 by the bill to prevent unauthorizc
zee banking, another wing member p'
ere this bill in his pocket and thus prcve'
no. ted its becoming law.
II should here be remembered tn,
al the majority Of the House ofReprescl
mn tatives Of the last legislature was viii
es, and in the Senate, where the shinpla
an, Ter measures failed, the majority vi
in democratic.
The above statement does not Ell
his brace the vote on every bank charte
on ed, because the ayes and noes were n
Gle always called. Enough, however,
ere given to show the course Of the tv
.gs parties. The names given show, tn
mo. the same men usually adopted the sar
ker policy, and therefore it was a prin
are pie. Ii will be observed, that t
,ie: main body ofthe wings invariably su
he port the banks, and that the main bo
s. of the democrats as uniformly oPpa
them. The wing Governor reco
ON. mended banks; the democratic &C
DC ernor opposed and vetoedthe charte
ats: The wing Governor recommended Pc
tes notes; the democratic Governor OPT
mr. sed and vetoed the bill authorize
them. II is true, that small sect
sha Of the democrats voting with the grs
nix mass Of the wings have chartered
Dad banks; but il is also incontestlble tn
For had the wings been as sound on t
ere subject as the democrats, our State c
ats; rency would have been sound--equ
l2 alent to specie. 1t should also be
pas marked, that the few democrats "