Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-12-09

-,r,oNs IN OUR STATE LEeIsLA-
Sh' The remarkable dictum with which =
r1'So ,,en democracy has been claimed and I
'' lined by the par'izans ofthe admlnistra- n
n'n'a I the pertinacity with which they have '
ion aDI :, :, 70 Office, is too well known to re-
eyer ~. .onmentary. The knowing ones in
CUR. ..iOni have recently manifested degree
Nss1s, ,,.,muess in further participation in
pN. n.oement ofour State affairs, as would
he~r 'o Indicate a conscientousness Of their
seem liability, to disenthrall the State from
o1I r.,strous condition their bad management
ps ..,.olved il. or Why so many designations
~ State Legislature. They well know
v" :.,Dortance Of the subjects which must
"' ....rav come before the approaching ses-
p 81 the Legislature. Yea, questions of
'.D h;rbest public interest; and is it not re-
w me that at such juncture, men whose
.s,orce and opinions, while members, had
.ror tone to our Legislative proceedings for
=. ,,s, seversl years, when these measures
=" necessarily to be reviewed, should be the
c., 70 abandon their sea'si This indeed is
l.c,bcoism in its most extensive Specification,
hook o,lt when times were squally and come
.,,in when the spoils are worth dividing.
But il is all to no purpose, the people will
Lnow the meaning and object Of such trickery.
Never was a community SO grossly imposed
uDon by their rulers as the citizens of Mssis-
,opi have been by wicked and weak set of
defenders to democracy, whose misrule and
encouragement have Frustrated the credit and
character of the State, and involved her citi.
zors in State debt Of many millions without
an iota of benefit 10 the State or to its citizens
at large.
These are facts which the leaders Of tn,
urty know to be true, hence by resignin'
their seats they hope to screen themselve
from the odium and responsibility they hav
incurred by their acts and bad management.
They know too, that at the approachin,
session, a disclosure of the true condition
our Financial System must take place, whic
will exhibit state of things, the honest 20
ton Of our citizens little expect. We alluC
to the Mississippi Union Bank Estate Bonds
which. has been made the subject OF ride
lous and contemplate farce by the Van Bur'
party-a scape goat-the sport of the Unic
"a failure Of the Bank, and entailed upon Il
shoulders of the people of the State burde
some debt.
Under circumstances thus inauspioious
their retaining public confidence, the mo
cautious and polite are wise enough to 1ci
drau from the field, thinking thereby, to ]
tain a reserve corps which in an after d
may appear as untainted by their weak a
wicked misrule, whilst the party with Gov,
nor McNutt as file-leader, is to brdpe the CO
SEQUENCES which are to result from the die
ma IN which they have placed the State.
We have thus glanced at some of the lie;
topics embraced in the foregoing subjC
which we mako from a conscientious bel
that it is our duty as the conductor of Pl
Eo ournal 10 lay before the public.
A few parting remarks to the Wings
They are apprrsed of the miserably deran!
condition of our Financial affairs. The ?
they are tn take in reforming the abuses is
less arduous than important, but "let your Ii
so shine before men that they may see
good woI ks" that the public good may be B
Gifted thereby. An honest exhibit OF the
dtion of things you owe to the Wing p;
and to the public, but be not vindictive, lie
be disposed to cast veil of forgiveness
the frailties of our fellow men. The pc
have become convinced of the unfitness OF
Van Buren, leaders to manage the public
fairs.