Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-03
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Conduct Of Mis,is,iypi-y,olation Of Pubic fsi,A.

Conduct Of Observation-Disclosures Of Public faith
/ The correspondence of Gov McNutt, yesterda,
published the result of the Mississippi elections
the known points upon which they turned, and il
| fact, the admissions and declarations of the dom
nant party in that State, all proclaim the certainty
tina, at this time, the People of Mississippi are re-
solved not TO pay the morey they have borrowed
from Europe to improve their Siate-not the inter-
est even, and of course, not the principal.
As far our historical information reaches, this
is the first deliberate, formal and avowed repudia.
ton o: pecuniary faith by any Christian communi.
ty, since the dawn Of modern, that is to say, Christ
ian Civilization We read OF such things not even
among the Turks! No-Mahometans, though they
be, the Turks act up to that which they believe
but among the nations which have benefited by
the progress of Modem Civilization, there no az
ample of it, by the State of Mississippi alone
God be praised, that no msn eau say it was advo-
Gated or done by whgsl Were such an infamous
stigma justly to alsht on the eseutcheon OF the
Wing party, it would we'll deserve the adherence
with which its opponents pretend now to regard il.
The two atoms of modern Europe, France and
England, who have furnished models of eiviliz ,iion
TO the rest Of mankind, IN all their Revolutionary
throes, furnish instance Of bad pe:uniary faith in
Government. Whnteyer the dynasty for the
tine being, OF however il was subsequently sub
rertsd, there was no attempt ever made to annui the
debt which the actin: Government had contracted.
Such contracts, when they were traced to the pubic
service, were ever saeredly respected. In France,
the Republic paid the national debt OF Louis the
XVI: Napoleon psid the deb;s of the Directory:
Louis the XVIII. paid those of the Empire: Louis
Philippe those of the excluded dynasty. Public
faith IN the article of money and the Indispensable
necessity OF maintaining It, veil the morality
has never been violated or denied by any modern
Government in its worst OF most revol utonary form.
What must be The effect of the conduct Of Mis-
sissippi upon the American character ard interests
in Europo3 Rosaes --Ra GALE SwiGders-Pi.
rates-sre the very mildest terms which they will
apply to us-all Americans are known to them as
fsnkses, and the name OF Yankee, will be synoni. |
nous with that Of rogue aud cheat. Can public |
'pinion-cven the public opinion OF Mississippi
20 prepared for such a state Of things as this!
Sooner than that any body of American citizens
hou.d he SO d.shonored-shoud incur such foul
'PProbrium-shou!d so sink the national reputation
n the eyes Of the wor!d-let subscription be got
lP: Let all men, by small contribution, aid Mis-.
iSsippi pay her h5Rss debts rather than that she
hould disgrace herself and US, by "repudiatns"
being the fashionable phrase.
But we do not and will not believe that the gen.
emen Of Mssssippi-the honest public sentiment
the SIats-wilI rutify so dissraceful compact
With sslf-interesL We know hundreds who reside
here-anu We cannot be persuaded that State
copied principally from Virginia, Georgia and the
;aronas, would ndOp, maxims of policy which
'ouId disgrace the savsges OF New Zealand.
Mississippi will pay her debts