The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-08-28

~ o,yId not be changed by any en-
Sv "nt on the bonds, unless made
~ consent of the State through hef
I've sanctioned by an act oil Inc
a,nre. The inference therefore,
Is endorsement is sufficient TO IN
y the contract, and release the
from her obligation, IS wholly
iess. L
does the assumption, that because
h was made to the Bank OF the
States, a party that is prohibited
= charter. from dealing in State
the State is thereby released from
bIigation, rest on any better grounds.
fyst place. there is not a shadow
dence to prove that the sale was
n the Bank Of the United States,
M. BiddIe for the Bank. Mr.. Bid
Is the purchaser in his individual
,g The whole correspondence
his individual name and charac-
nj the Commissioners had no right
III and would have been deemed
Ttiuent had they inquired for whose
benefit the purchase was made.
sale had been made to an idiot or
his guardian might have protest
.siost the consummation Of the con-
and refused 10 deliver the money:
wen such a sale could not release
hate from her moral obligation to
hNer she had received and used the
y Nor could she have escaped
rmaI obligation, had the Commits
/, COMO to Texas with the proceeds
bonds, or in any other way squan-
the money for their own use and
b1fe.
matters not therefore, to whom the
svere sold, if the State received the
s7 for them, she IS morally bound to
he for their payment. know, that
Gour courts has decided in the case
commissioners Of the sinking fund
Ds the Hon. r. ]. Walker,-that
ne the commissioners had no speci-
rant Of power to make loans, there,
the defendant could not be held ze-
liable for his note, executed for
b borrowed" But | have heard
the jury would have unanimously
led that having received, used and
Jed the money, the defendant was
ply bound to pay the note with in
b. and this think would have been
verdict of every honest jury under
ar circumstances. And here may
park, that the whole question Of res
BbIIily, is one Of purely moral cha
er The State cannot be sued on her
s, and her legal liability can there
never be tested; and the question
he people to decide is, is she morally
nd TO make restitution for none Y had
used! That she received the money
he full fre millions too, there cannot
doubt for she received script from
nion Bank for fUe millions of her
end appointed directors to manage
iak. ard superintend the States in
ho the same. She in fact appoint
The directors for the first year oil
and Is therefore solely responsible
be Encouragement of the bank anC
improper use Of her funds. The
4holJors elected no directors, as
Eve, tor The first two years. Certain
the State appointed all the direct.
"1o had any agency in the appoint
OF the commissioners. or, in the
PaatIon for the sale Of the bonds, anc
Pee be any thing wrong in the mat
she not responsible for it? The
II any, were those of her owr
sand surely it cannot be morally
noiake advantage of the misman
nsni OF her own agents, to evade the
nent Of her obligations.
w. am sure, would hardly contend
because you purchased your planta
ID 1856, when property was ia
Y lis real value, and the purchase
proved, from the acknowledgment o
oVerseer, or from causes beyont
control, most unfortunate one
therefore you were released from
SG!'ngatlon TO pay for it, after havini
w ior years, and that you would b
.ueu IN running the negroes of tt
Aas" And yet, | do conscientious,
Eve here would be quite as mucI
rlcallon for such an act, as there
,S lus slate to refuse to pay her bond;
~ hands of innocent holders, afte
.,ng received their value and used tn
|, 'u e state is not bound for the pay
N u ner bonds, then there is. Their
", no contract that cannot be ev;
Even the marriage contract-th
solemn of all engagemcnts-ma
"i "a on pretexts quite as frivc
10 contend for such doctrines,
p'ne very foundations Of all vTrtU
Iorality; and neither the State nc
c snizens would expect TO have an
lam 10 character or credit anon
. ,s!eT States. The people must
I'led with the State in all her act
5ou who have a family to raise
.~SIPPl, ought to look we'll to the r
which must inev;to blv follow a '