Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-08
Nfississippi legislature.

or the progress OF business in our le-
glslaturc, we cannot say much. The
bank, seem to occupy their attention
more than any thing else, as they are
now the theme of as much denunciation
as the commission merchants of New
Orleans were year or two since. Now,
every demagogue mounts the stump with
banks, the rascally banks-somc OF them
are very rascally- when, two years
since, our distresses were attributed to
the rascally commission Merchants Of
New Orleans. The distressed are will
ling TO place the ccnsure any where but
upon their own, or the shoulders of the
responsible parties. The bad currency,
the loco focos say, is the cause of the
distress, and that party are determined
TO make showing, if nothing more, of
their promises to reform it by legislative
action; 10 effect which, bill of a very
peculiar nature has been introduced into
the Legislature, entitled san act to re-
peal bank charters" but which should
be more properly called an act to pro-
vide for and establish Executive patron
age, TO enable McNutt to feed his ''long
lean and lank" partizans, that, like rave
nous rls, are lowering over their prey.
The bill proposes to take the manage
ment of the banks out Of the hands of
The stockholders, and give them TO the
pets OF McNutt. Although we look upon
the bill as the most outrageous, and open
ing the door TO fraud, rascality and vii
lany, yet we are not sure that such
step by the party, is not absolutely ne
cessary to preserve our country. Parti- |
IAN feeling has so BIASED the judgments
of men, that they can never be brought
10 see the hidious delormity of loco foco- |
Ism until they are made 10 feel its effects. |
During the canvass last year the spot
lers were continually denouncing the |
wings for rag Barrons" and promised, |
If elected, they would reform the curren-
cy, and drive the banks into honesty, and /
because the Wing party would not agree
In the manner the reform was to be effec- |
ted, they were styled the ''shinplaster
party" We have frequently stated that
the issue was fairly made before the peo-
pie on the currency questionable ways
of reform proposed by each party and
that the loco focos were elected, that /
they were compelled By the voice Of the |
people TO redeem their promises. They |
have majority, full and heavy major
ity--now let them, # they dare, carry |
out their plan of reform-let them repeal |
all bank charters and they will do more
than the wings believed they intended,
and at the same time let them provide for
the thousand hungry, starving, loafins,
loaihsome unprincipled parasites of Gov.
McNutt-then they will have done what
the wings believed them capable of, but
without the courage 10 execute-then
will they stand free of the crime of hy
pocricy, but marked as the objects of de-
testatlon by the honest and enlightened
of all parties, and the bitter execration
of their dupes. Come ye loco foco Le-
gislators, you have no means of escape
either prove that you are vile dema-
gogues, INSCRIPTIONS hypocrites, by fail
ing 10 repeal all bank charters, or screw
your courage to the sticking point" and
perform your unholy acts of desccration
of private rights and private property,
and stop not then, render the measure Of
your infamy full, by providing for the
jackalls that surround a pampered Exec ]
utive.