Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-02-08

right to repeal the charters Of Banks
II the premises arecorrect, as mos
nrmiy and solcmnIy believe them t
be, the conclusion follows, asclcar ant
inevitable az flashing sunbeam, il
support of our position that this Leg
/ stature has ample power to repeal
alter, or amend any Bank charter with
in the limits OF our state.
I IN regard TO the expcdiency Of ex
ercisiDg such a power, shall say bu'
a few words. We are told that the
Banks arc already dead, and that nc
action Of ours could render them more
powerless than they now are. But,
sir, is only perhaps snort month a
go when the feelings Of the commune
ty were outraged by an insidious at.
tenpt Of one Of these dead in
stitutions to swindled the people out OF
their property by IA month post notes.
Others only lack the power or oppor-
tunity to make attempts equally as
fraudulent. SIR. do you not, and do not
gentlemen know, that this community
is like man lying Frustrated by rack
ing disease, who would swallow the
nauseous and poisonous nostyums
of any quack who could persuade him
they could relieve his pains! And are
there not plenty Of such quacks among
US, who would drench the body poll
tic to the last extremity, provided
they could be paid for their drugs in
what littleremains ofthe hard earnings
of this people? Sir, it is to Danish
these quacks from the bedside of the
State--with all their phials, retorts
and poisons--to Danish them at once
and iorever-that would recommend
strong and speedy action on this sub
ect. But were these roston and cor :
'rrt institutions dead, as some consider ,
hem, still would say, let US remove :
he sinking carcases, from before the
iossrils of our people. Sir, | would :
lot recommend such action as the
OF crime. ! am not one v
i those who consider the officers eft ;
hese institutions exclusively to blame t
orthelr evils. The fault is in the system. t
be blame is 10 be attached as much !,
those who passed, as 10 those who :
xecuted tie laws erecting it. The /,
Tvs, sir, are bad ones. The moral
'nsc OF once high minded and chiy- c
Irous people broken down and cor. e
lpted-industry and enterprise per- t
erted or shackled-and examples t
open dishonesty, encouraged and .
aused by the system these laws cree \
ID, practiced before the eyes Of a :,
sing generation-alI proclaim y
lem bad, and call for their repeal. Ct
lisslssippi, awake at last to sense n
her degradation, calls for this reform b
the hands of those who are the t.
uardlans Of her interests. PROSTATE n
nd struggling as she has long been in q,
ne dust-sPurned, scoffed at, and spit :;
pom by every spectator Of her shame; y
he mas at last caught glimpse oil !"
he hope of better things. and is de- h
ermned to make one more effort to o.
egain her once high scat. The star il
which gltters 10 her name in our con =
teilatlon IS emerging from the clouds =
u the horizon. She once more gives :
he blue stripe which is hers in our ?
'ountry's banner, to float out on the
oreeze. She turns an implorlng look r
or aid around on her children. and t
reaches forth to grasp keen and gilt a
'erlng sword and asks them to rid her {
The soulless and crushing corpora.
nons; the pampered plundcrers Of her
riches; who are sitting ike horriblel
night mares upon her bosom and grin
ming at her suiferings. Sir, where is
the true son of Mississippi who will
fail to answer to this appeal! Let us
take, the weapon handed us. and
strike, not With its back, in The feeble
and ineffective manner gentlemen wish,
but with its edge, earnestly, strongly,
and 10 the very heart of the purpose.
History will accord if, sir, that this has
been in Mississippi an era Of nonopolv. |
corruption and swindling. If We fail
now to meet this question with the ac-
ten expected Of US, the same page that
records this character of the times, will
also record that we had too Legisla-
ture, too imbecile or cowardly to use
the proper remedy when placed with
in their grasp.
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