The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-10-18

ciations shall not save him, he may play the
bully as much as he likes, il will not deter
/ us moment from exposing his utter disre-
gard Of truth, and bis total destitution OF
principle upon all occasions, and if he is
not perfectly callous to every manly
emotion-:f he is not lost to all sense OF
honor, we will make his bronzed aheck glow
and burn with overwhelming shame. We
have said that he sCas in favor of a United
States Bank, Norfor the proof. We need
scarcely remind our readers of the excite
ment which prevailed this whole country
from one extent to the other, in consequence
of the removal of the deposites from
the Bank of the United States by the
orders of President jackson. II is fresh
in the recollection of us all. No one can
have forgotten the deep and intense excite
ment which then pervaded this vast Repub-
lie in allits length and breadth, petitions
and memorials were pouring into Congress
from every section of the country, public
meetings were held in almost every county
of every state in the Union, and hundreds
of committees of the people were at Wash
ington protesting against this high handed
arbitrary exercise of executive power. Our
own state was not exempt from the distress
or the excitement produced by it, meetings
numerously and respectfully attended were
held all over the state, and the voice of
Mississippi was almost unanimous against
the course of the administration in relation
to the United States Bank. Among hume
rous other meetings held in this state, one
was held at Gallatin in C0pi0h county, on
the 18th, March 1884. The following Off
cial account of its proceedings are extrac-
ted from the Vickburg Register of that time:
PUBLIC MEETING AT GALLATIN.
Agreeable to previous notice, given,
large and respectable number of citizens of
the Town of Gallatin and county of Copiah,
without distinction of party, met at the
court house, on Thursday evening, 18th
inst, to take into consideration the de
ranged state of the currency, the alarming
and increasing distress produced by it, and
the removal of the deposites from the Bank
of the United States.
Buckner Harris, Esq was unanimously
calledto the the chair, and Roland Johnson
appointed Secretary.
The Chairma nstated briefly and expli-
city the object Of the meeting, ALBERD G.
BROWN, Esq moved that the chair APP
point committee Of FIVE persons to draft a
preamble and resolution expressive Of the
feeling and. sentiments of this meeting, which
was carried unanimously.
Whereupon the chair appointed the fol-
towing gentlemen; S. H. johnson, Vim.
Barnes, A. G. BROWN, G. J. Smith, and
William ]. Willing.
The committee, after retiring short
time returned and submitted the following |
preamble and resolutions which were u
adopted.
Whereas, it is known By actual expe-
renee to nearly every member Of this com
nunity, that an unprecedented pecuniary
pressure is felt throughout the country
One not merely imaginary in character,and
spoken of the party effect, but resting with
almost intolerable weight upon every indi-
7idual, who in their respective relations to
he others, and duty TO themselves are COM
oelled to cry out in the language of suppl-
sation for relief. And further, that, as
We have the right AS YET to meet in a
oeaceable manner to deliberate on public
neasure,-THerefore be 1t
LIST. Resolped, That in the opinion off
his meeting, the arrangement of the cur
ency Of the country, originated in the
hook sustained by public credit, by the re- s
noVal of the deposites of the public money
rom their legitimate and constitutional de- {
ository in the Bank of the United States i
nd branches, to the vaults of other banks, b
OF known TO be solvent, if indeed such is f
he case. y
Cd. RcsolDed, That it IS not the wish of lie
lis meeting, consisting as it does of ma n
'rity of the friends of the administrations t;
/ an unfeeling manner to aTraign the con- q
lct Of the high officers who originated the %
easnres. and upon whose responsibility d
ID agency alone it has been consummated. IS
'fore the grand tribunal 0f public opinion; Il
It ia mild and respectful manner to ex- Il
ess their own by saying that the whole e
ocedure was without CAUSE UNAU- to
by the constitution, and evin- ca
$ restitution Of financial and political in
gacity no less surprising than the want of b
about toproye injurious. u
Sd. ResoLred, That the assumption of m
Wers By the President Of the United ",
ates. neither constitntionally confined bv a
preston or implication, IS dangerous TO III,
J liberties of the People, calculated to til
ate feelings Of jealousy and distrust
ich should never exist in any government
] IS il fact gigantic stride towards DES-
DTIsM.
9Th ResoIped, That the present Execu-
E has assumed and exercised powersl
Their given BY expression OF inplicaton,
that il is the duty Of every citizen to 70
test againstIt nc
Sth. RssolDed, That WE SANCTION THE rae
JRsE THAT OUR SENATORS n CoNGREss ear
) OUR REPRESENTATIVE, Hon. HARRY mo
.GE, HAVE PUBLISHED IN RELATION TO Sci
) BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, AND bis
IN WE DIsIRE THEM 10 DO Every THING pol
THEIR POWER CONSISTENTLY WITH THEIR rec
ii CHARACTERS AS INDIVIDUALS, AND RE- en-,
TOWARDS RESTORING THK aw
sRENcY OF THR CoUNTRY no IT'S FORMER tor
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