Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-16

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ancestors were honest men, and would never
have thought of such contest They assert
ed to their right to have voice in the Pailia-
ment who claimed the right to govern them.
At the outset of the controversy, there was a
numerous party in England who believed that
tile principle which they asserted, was correct.
Sustained by the eloquence of Barre, al
Chatham, Burke and Fox, this party in
creased rapidly, until they drove the Govern
ment to the conclusion OF peace with the
colonies, recognizing their Independence
The second war was declared by the States,
in maintenance of principle OF international
law, in regard to which, am inclined to think,
the States were again right. How did that
war terminate? In treaty of peace, on the
principle of IS statu quo," in which, not the
slightest notice is taken of the cause OF the
war. This war cost the United States the
round sum of one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars. Should they determine to go to
war with the five powers, whose subjects own
the bonds, the expense of such contest would
not be less than three hundred millions of dol
lars. Add to this the sum now due from nine
teen States, (and be assured, if the Federal
/ Government assumes the debt of Mississippi,
she will assume the debts of the other eighteen,)
of two hundred millions, and you have the
sum of five hundred millions, to be raised
chiefly by tariff on imports. Divide this sum
equally among the twenty-six States, and the
portion of Mississippi would be nineteen mil
lions and fraction. But if it be true that a
tariff is tax on the exporting States. Mis-
sissippi would have to pay amuch larger share
lit is true that there are difficulties already I'M
pending between the United States and Great
Britain, which may result in war; but when
that terminates, it will leave the debts OF the
States unpaid, and must render the United
States still more indiSposed to embark IN
new one, to aid a State in her attempt TO de
fraud her creditors.
We notice these things with no view Il
= wound the sensbility of the citizens OF thu
other States, or even the bond-paying party
of Mississippi; for, we not only admire Anne
= RIGA, but are proud of her and her institutions
Il No sensible man in Great Britain claims Z
have s.whipped" her, and she can bear to o.
told that she has not whipped" us. It's pain
u full only to the dishonest, to be reminded Q
tread-mills and penitentiaries. 1t we weld
! whip, il shall be used only on iogues and
J, lcannot be in bad taste, or discourteous 10 re
I; plv YOU shall, t1osc~who have first tot
e ne. "we WON'T We are not disposed to sur
Il nl;cate what we have the right TO demand, an
the power to coerce. With all proper resPec
for your official station,
We subscribe ourselves,
Your obedient, humble serv'ts,
.. BARINGS, BROTHERS, & Co
X LONDON, Aug. Is, lS4l.
Us P. S.-We are informed that you have nj
had the liberality to comply with the reque
lg of Hope 81 Co., that you would publish the
US reioinder in the paper in which you had cause
of your answer to be published. We shall, Their
r. fore, not ask that or any other favor OF you
d. your party, but shall cause our commune
es, tons to be published in some of those Journa
III which advocate honor and honesty. BY t
at. hive. we are advised that the anti-bond orato
in insist that it would violate your CONSTITUTE,
tie, TO refund the money which was obtained
IN means of the Great Seal of the State, and til
ess lit would be dishonordble. This is novel
all plication Of the old maxim, "honor amo
lde thieves" Some of the more charitable me-
ac- hers of our firm insist that we ought to exec
ice from the generality of our denunciatlon, tt
, of norton of the ant-bond party, who, throu
sue ignorance, refuse to pay the State debts.
will are not satisfied of that: for IN our extens
md dealings, carried on during period OF thu
ms wears. and with men of all nations, we ne
found many instances in which honest n
tie have paid their debts that all others SAID W.
ess. unjust. but we have not known single G
I in in which such man refused to discharge
the OBLIGATION, pronounced by all disinterested
,rds nnnTeiudiced men to be just, and even SO
ann. mitted to be by members of the same trm.
the "'.''0N' B., B. & Co
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