Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-04-10

y Va '"il"'o % VI thV HiaIt. we also nave
complaint against the mail, not only fo
failing to come; but also for failing L
bring US much that is either interesting
or important when il does come.
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TIE ANTI-BoND-PAYING- MEETING.
The meeting held at this place, or
Monday line 9Th inst, for the purpose o.
organizing an association in opposition to
the monstrous proposition to tax the people
OF Mississippi to pay the bonds of the
state, created in open violation of their
expressed will; and fraudulently sold for
the use of the Union Bank, gives unerrng
proof that The people are alive to the grave
importance of the subject, ard flatering
promise that they vii! repudiate the lille.
gally and lraudulenty contracted debt.
and preserve inyiolate the sacred charter
OF their rights.
HE success Of the meeting was more
than commensurate with the most san.
gulne hopes OF its warmest friends for
although it is an extremely busy season
OF the year with the farming portion Of
the community, they came from every
section of the county, without distinction
of party. The Democrat and the Wing
Invested of their distinctive badges, and
party animosties by common danger.
met IN unison under the same banner :
and by their attentive and enquiring mien
evinced lively solicitude for the pres
servation of their constitution and laws,
and the safety Of their jeopardzed liber-
ties.
1t was not meeting Of those blood
suckers of society who live by their wits,
and plumber the community by means OF
that which frek Of capricious fortune
has thrown into their possession; and VINO
only accumulate and consume The wealth
already produced; bu, meeting Of the
sturdy yeomanry, the pillar and support
OF the state, who alone are the producers
OF wealth and upon whom the onerous
burthen Of taxation must ultimately rest,
should foreign stock-mongers, domestic
swlndlers, and their misguided political
allies succeed in forcing upon our already
plundered state, the payment Of this iui,
quitous debt which is the offspring Of
foul combination of the blacklist fraud.
and the grossest violation OF law and pop
ular will.
Should the people Of Mississippi prove
so catiffa as to bow their neck to this yoke
OF oppression, and thus recognize an act
by which their constitution and laws were
trampled under foot, they will break down
every safeguard to their liberties, and
convert their state government into an
elective monarchy, BY making their lie. |
glslature and their Executive, Instead Of
Their constitution, the conservator Of their
liberties.
The object of written constitutions, is
to protect the liberties of the people
against the unwise and wanton acts OF
inefficient and uniailhful agents Of Gov.
ernmont. These constitutions are but
letters Of attorney limiting the extent TO
winch such agents can bind the people
VINO are the principle; and such agents
cannot bind the people by any act done
aeAorS the perview Of these letters of allor-
ney.
II IS in this light we view the debt crea.
ted by the sale Iof the bonds Of the state.
sold tor the use Of the Union Bank; and il
the view be correct, ofwhich but few who
have thoroughly examined the subiec,